We, Around Us!

Dear Brother, Hope you are doing great. It has been years I have not written a single letter. With the fast-growing communication and social apps; we have literally forgot the feel of writing, reading and replying for letters. On your Birthday, I take this opportunity, to write this note to you. Hope you like it. Brother, as you know, Writing is my passion, and you are the first one who discovered it and encouraged me to continue. But as the time passed by, I believe I have gone lazy to write. My frequency of blogs may tell you the same. It’s not only about being lazy, it’s also about time. Whatever it may be, if I don’t get time to write about you, on your birthday what brother am I? To start with, I will not deny the fact you are my inspiration. From the day, I can recall, I have seen you as a responsible person who stood strong in every situation of our family. You have compromised some of your dreams to make me follow mine. You were just wonderful for never being selfish.

Imagine you are in a meeting in a jam pack conference with high profile people and you to pee and your bladder is so full you have crossed the level of control. All the thing you do is take an excuse for the natures call. Think you forget to express this feel with yourself, you would have got yourself insulted. As you don’t lie to your feelings with you even with the nature, then why you feel reluctant to express your feeling to the things you really want to get in life? Let us start from basic things that we come across in our day to day life. Getting toffees in place of change when we pay the bill at supermarket. Many a times we would have thought of asking our exact change but would have hesitated to do so because of a single thought what will other people think about us? This is a simple example of failure of expression. We know what we want but most of the times it won't come out of our tongue even though it t would have come till our throat. I aimed for diamond and I got

Each time the notification of the newspaper app pops up, we are much tensed and worried about the news it is going to give this moment. The headlines itself would be so annoying and creating panic situation, and each time we would be waiting to see the next move of the government and the preparations to be cautious every single moment. What are we waiting for? Who are we worried about? This is the question in every Indian’s mind. Are we prepared of war? Are we going to fight with the so called friendly neighbors who are trying to corner us with regional and religious dispute from both the borders? Yes we are divided by states, born in different colors, speak different mother tongues, raised by different communities and  are controlled by numerous religions and are followers of  hundreds of Gods. But when it comes to patriotism, we are United by one nation called India.  There may be dispute between states on different issues, there would be strikes by different castes and religions

From a teenage Boy to a Man, this period of transformation of a person in life is crucial and critical. It all really depends on the place and people with you at this age. For me Chennai is always like a second home. A small poem for Chennai, I tried and wish to dedicate on its 377 th Birthday.   J You gave me shelter, you gave me food. You gave me education, that made me Dude. You made me cry, then cheered me well, You were the place where I wanted to dwell. You gave me friends, you gave me love. No one else, was there to show. You were always hot, and flooded sometimes. That is why I miss you all times. You are life and you are the destination, Chennai is a name, MADRAS is an emotion. Happy Madras Day...

Side by Side or Miles Apart,    dear friends are always close to the Heart...   Happy Friendship day.   This was the first friendship message which I received this morning when I opened my whatsapp.    It  could be a regular forward message on friendship day for some, but for some like me, it was really an emotional message.   I  r emember ,  during school  and college ,  we used to buy  a lot of friendship bands to tie on our friends' wrists. And it too was  categorized  with some special bands only for best friends and for  some one  new, who we want as a close  friend  : P  The special bands for n ew people would sometimes work and sometimes it would have remained with us in their memory, expecting, some or the other day, they might accept it.   Those were very wonderful days, and every friend was a special for me,  at least  special for the lunch his/her mum prepares. :)   and the friends who we know from school and college will always be

Ennakku Inioru Peru Irukku , 'I have Another Name!!!' is dedicated to all the people who have a kilometer of letters as their real name but are confortable to be known with their nick names as their real names are been kept in the memory of their grandfather and grand mothers because their father and mother's name were dedicated to their great grandfather and great grandmother.  Yes, Like many other Tambrahms, I was initially known as Ramakrishnan, just because my father named my brother with his grandfather name and so my mother wanted to name me so with her father, my Thatha's name. Now you would be wondering what would be wrong with the name. Being born and brought up in Maharashtra, everyone would be aware of how important does a person's surname stands for.  Now I was named Ramakrishnan, my father's name is Krishnamoorthy and my Thatha's name again Rama Iyer, there is a repetition of Ramas and Krishnas. I'm not offensive with the names, even

Godhadi - Traditional Quilts is normally made of waste clothes stuffed together inside old sarees. This tradition is mainly practiced in the states of Goa & Maharashtra. I’m writing this as I read in Gulfnews last week, that many of the organizations are conducting workshops in Mumbai to teach women how to patchwork a Godhadi . It came to me as a surprise and sounded funny to me as it’s a  common practice in Maharashtra and everyone can make it easily. But when I googled it I got to know many women are practicing it for lively hood as partime jobs. Women Empowerment J Even though my parents are from south, being settled in Maharashtra, my Mum is too aware of the patchworks because of our good neighbors. When I was child even I had helped my mum in making it. It was not a rocket science to make it. An advantage of making it at our home was my mum used to use even my father’s old Dhotis and Lungies. Even the owners of the Cotton factories in Tiruppur would never had imagined t

Haan yehi rasta hai tera, Tune ab jaana hai Haan yehi sapna hai tera, Tune pehchaana hai Remember the lines of Lakshya Movie what Javed Aktar wrote… In life there is no desired time and dedicated moment to set a goal for your dreams. For that you will neither require special qualification nor the certain level of maturity. When you start thinking, yes this is the way where I should travel, then yes set it as your goal. The victory is yours. We might have seen many people who speak and think very positively and when there is a time of implementation of their thoughts, they will just hesitate to move further with the dreams. They would think, what will people say about them, they will think what they are doing will lead to the destination or not. Once when you have already thought a thousand times in setting your dream why do you fear to implement it. When you lose your positive approach towards your goal, there is no use of setting it. Forget it. You are the only o

Some txted and inquired me, about the reason for delay in my blogs, I got to know from them that many were reading my blogs.I was wondering what should be my next blog on resting my head on ma hand. I checked for the time, it was 5p.m., on my mobile by removing it from my pocket. Later I realised I had wore a wrist watch and could have easily saw it. This was not for the first time, and thought I was not the only person who would have done so. In this century we depend upon our phone for many of the things and would keep it with us 24*7 then checking time is obvious. Then why do we wear a wrist watch? Do we really require one? From childhood I had a craze for watches, and trust me I had never bought one with my money, every single watch in my collection is gifted by someone. And that gives me a thousand of memories. We all would have got that craze of collecting. My first watch was a digital one gifted by my dad which had time, date, alarm with a special feature of light. So I wen

It has been a week in Abu Dhabi, just thought of writing the things which come on my mind. Last week I was lying on ma bed in Mumbai at my home thinking about my tomorrows. As my visa and tickets had been already arrived I was little bit worried about my journey. My first trip abroad, leaving my family and friends there. The day arrived, I was tensed. From the time of taking taxi to the airport, I didn't react a lot. I just interacted with my family, answered to their questions and WhatsApping good bye to my friends. While we reached the airport, although we knew that none will be allowed inside except me, just tried to ask them shall I accompany them in? When the answer was 'No', I missed my heartbeat for that moment. And that was when I realised I was going to miss them, miss them a lot. A mother who prayed for my success and well doing. A father who stood as a strong support for every move and a brother who was more than a friend to me. I just stopped there. My thoughts

Every person born on earth must have come across many sorts of Q. From toilet to Tirupathy, I have waited patiently in all sorts of Q. No offence again, because this topic is only about Q 😆. Qs are of many types. Expectation-Waiting for Darshan in temple. Change- Awaiting near voting bank. Hope- waiting for the doctor's appointment. Patience- Public toilet and many more. Sometimes people start Qing without knowing what are they gonna get waiting in the Q. They too join the Q only because many others are already in the Q. I had witnessed such incident from the terrace of my building. One man had been on a call when he started making some gestures. Soon another person waited near him to see what he was exactly doing. In sometime many people had formed a Q behind him. But at last when the 1st person moved, they knew there was nothing good for which they had waited. Many a time you would have even waited in a Q for hours for something and later would have realized, you had been waiti

Best times of life are the one which you cherish throughout your life. No matter In whatever situation you, whichever may be your mood, thinking about these will bring you smile on your face and you never know these would be the remedy of your sorrow without any consultancy charges. This's also a simple yoga for your mind to get refreshed. The best moments of life can be anything. Sleeping on your mother's lap closing your eyes and forgetting the world. Walking with your father holding his hand, not knowing where are you going, but you know you are safe. Cuddling with your siblings and fighting with him for your favourite food. Fighting with your best friend, knowing he's never gonna leave you. Hugging your loved one tight, expecting the time never to pass. Some moments of life are just framed and hammered on our mind which won't forgotten even on your toughest situations of your life.

Every morning the priest opens the gate of the temple. He enters the sanctum sanctorum and I wait there with much anxiousness about the things to be done the whole day. He starts praising me with holy mantras that without any hesitation I keep transferring to the lord of the universe, for whom I have been placed as a resemblance. He pours water on me, performs all the rituals to delight me. He decorates me with the best available flowers and spreads pleasant aroma around that I'm ready to meet my devotees again to uplink theirs prayers and downlink blessings. Finally the priest fills the Copper Pot with water hanging over my head that showers water on me drop by drop as the holy Ganga. Everything is well set and I'm ready for the devotees to arrive and listen to their heart. In sometime one devotee comes in and starts offering his prayers. He lie's down and shows his respect. He goes round me in three forth and one fourth round. He has told he is going for an exam and he

In life there would be a in a place where you feel very fresh, and want to be fresh but the aroma near u stinks. You were aware of the same but still you have come there. In some possible time you know you are on the right direction but you get annoying comments for being so. You will always think of going ahead with people and climbing up, but people with you push you down and try to cross you as soon as possible. You are aware that you have reached your destination and want to end your journey but you are forced to continue your journey till the possible place where you can halt calmly. There are places in life you know there are risks of life and your valuable things, but you prefer to go there. Even there are more situations where you need to move your legs faster than your mind. If you happen to go through all these situations, My dear friend you are no where else in the world than Kurla station. #Mumbai Local.

Sitting idle for sometime,we think of many things. Many a times we think about our gud old friends, who actually we would have stopped remembered. Reasons may be any but we still think about them and remember them for many of the incidents which are still memorable. Even though we don't think about them daily, they stay in our heart in some of the corners, similar to their name in our messenger or WhatsApp. Scroll down your recent chat you will find their name and that wont be very recent anymore. I lastly checked the person's name and last chat with them was nearly two years ago. Our brain is programmed in such a way that brings up the recent and active things instantly to us. But the thought about these old friends is signalled by the heart because even thought we forget them or fail to remember them daily, they reside in the deepest corners so they pop up instantly when we think about them. Dedicated to all good old friends of mine, where my name lies in the last  in their

'Which is the moments you cherish the most?' Ask this question to anyone, the maximum number of answer you get will be of his/her childhood. Seriously it was the best time of the life spent. Anything learnt or did at that age would be remembered to your life till the end. What about the birthday parties? Everyone would have celebrated atleast one birthday when he was child. Last week I was invited for a birthday party by my neighbour of his1 year old son. He had organized it in the society hall inviting many members of our residential society. I too went there with gift to the child, not only because we were neighbour but also because i never missed birthday cakes. Normally our society is filled with lots of kids, who could be seen playing, running, shouting and doing all sorts of mischiefs which I would have done in that age. I went near the place of the celebration. I saw all the children running here and there. Obviously it was a kiddy birthday party, so there would be

Here's a Lyrics of Mukkathe Penne Song from the movie Ennu Ninthe Moideen, which im addicted of Ennile Ellinaal Padacha Penne, Mukkathe Mannilayi Piranna Penne... Ennile Roohiley Pakuthiyalle, Ennile Nooraayi Nee Niranjathalle.. Ennile Velichavum Neeye, Muthaye Nee Minnanna Maalayalle... Ennile Ishqinthe Noore, Aarum Kaana Oliyum Neeye... Enthe Kithabile Penne..... Enthe Kithabile Penne..... Movie:                                 Ennu Ninthe Moideen Original Sound Track:        Gopi Sunder Lyrics & Sung By:              Muhammad Maqbool Courtesy:                        https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=graP-a1MxN4

Its everyone's wish to meet some famous personality or the person whom you are fan of someday.  Though he would be a down to earth person still there would be lot of securities and system when we try to meet him in the public events. But we know challenging this odd things will take near to him, what's wrong in trying that. What will be your approach to it. I would like to share my experience to reach near a famous singers who I'm fan of in a recent concert. My way of approach might be wrong, but my intentions were not. Like everyone we were also waiting for the gate to open. And when it got opened we went in and started waiting for the show to start. And finally It got started. The show was going on indeed very well. Even they both had finished two songs. I was listening to each event patiently but in my mind something else was going on. I just wanted to go near them and talk to them. I said my bro, 'lets try to go near them and talk to them!' He said he's

'Will You be my Valentine?'  Toughest Question Ever set in Life. The person asking it would be eager to know his/her 'YES!' More concern than this exam results. The person who has been asked would be of different minds.. Awaiting, Confused, Pissed, No, He's ma frnd, I need to ask my parents, What wil people say, blah blah blah.... Thinking about others is full of stupidity. From Chetan Bhagat's Two states,  “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.” Think what you need. Do what comes in your mind. Love is a beautiful feeling when it happens to you. Never miss a person for others, as you are the one to decide. If you really love, throw out. Show them the real you, the love for them. The next time if someone asks, 'Will you be my Valentine!', Relax & do

There was a time when we had basic mobile phones in which we used to create a group of ten people and forward messages. We used to forward only good and important messages in that group because each messages would cost us or the fear of exceeding limit for the day would make us use it effectively. Then there came Whatsapp and with it the trend of messaging changed. Though there are also other few more messaging apps and messengers, whatsapp is dominating all. Initially when it was introduced we could create a group with 10 odd people in it. It was fun, and during my college days only few people have android and Symbian phones whose phone could support Whatsapp in it. Later many changed to android and we need to create 2-3 groups giving names similar to first and pass the same message in it. Later the number of members was increased to 50. By this time we had various groups and the bonding between people increased. To be in touch with school friends we had a school group, and such as w

I love to write about Mumbai locals, there are enough things to learn through each and every journey you travel. You come across many faces each day. Some are the same who are used to this life, and some are new, confused, pissed and always wondering why did they land here. Whatever it's, the population index always shows, increase in new comers each year. Ask every Mumbaikar, who ply through local trains here and there each day, about the troubles he faces, he would tell you many. One of the major issue will be of carrying his 'Backpacks!' Every morning you get ready and start to your office with your backpack on your back, like an innocent child, goes to school. You take the bridge, subway or walk through the track the most dangerous things of all and reach the platform to board your train, which will take you to your destination. And at that moment you listen to the announcement of arrival of your local. This announcement takes you to a different level. It converts

We treat someone so special and trust them so hard that we share the deadliest secrets of our life with them. This belief towards them tells us the value of that person in our life. But the person whom we rely on should be that much trust worthy. Have we ever tried to know what would be their mentality and their approach towards our secrets? Even someone trusts us and say something, we should be matured enough to maintain that secrecy. Be that brave. Bound your heart so tough that even your brain cannot control it. That is the only good thing you can show them. As the person resigns their liberty to you and tells their secret, honour it and never use it against them.

Earlier when you got a clear or bright picture, clicked of yours, you used to praise your Face cream or the soaps, but now you are only and only praising the Apps of the Mobiles which gives you different effects to your pics. You are so much dependent on Virtual world that you have forgot what real is. Beware of these fake , because when you realise that “Objects in the Pictures are very much different than they appear!” you will really get hurt :) J  .

A ll days in life are not the same. Everyday is a new lesson which is to be learnt. Sometimes you even get to know new people who are totally different from others. They are even different from your friends who you know from very long time.   But sometimes these new people might have the same character as you. They may be as stupid as you are, and even more stupid than you.   After sometime in life you see  yo urselves busy, so busy that you even forget your friends. And when you really try to get in touch with your friend they may be even busier than you. At such times you get in touch with new people and even start hanging around with them.   According to science Opposite poles attract each other but in life I guess people with same character do attract each  other.  Th ese friendship may give you more pleasure than your other good friends. They may also give way for any new relationship.    Now   it's  your choice  how you deal with them?   

Why do we break-up if our love was true? And what would you do when you meet or speak to him/her after years? Every Love story won’t have a happy ending, and most of the people have failed in their first love. Everything will be fine everywhere, you think until a small fight breaks up. The reason may be a silly but you will take it to your heart as you are busy justifying that you are correct and  he/she is wrong. The Chain called trust starts rusting from here even though it is highly galvanised with your love. You only need to keep cleaning and oiling the chain, but you hardly care, you would start thinking, ‘the other person had done mistake, let him/her come first and ask sorry!’ The story would continue. This is not the only reason. There may be, some other reason for the continuous hatred but the first mistake would always come first. The fight would continue, this time it may be bigger. One single step you take to forgive, one single step you take to understand your loosing