We, Around Us!

 I took a flight, on a Wednesday night, to see my sister’s wedding with my eyesight, I landed Kochi, on the Thursday bright, but dozed off loosing the Jet lag fight. I woke up in the evening, when my Mom brought Tea, and prayed for a wonderful weekend guarantee. Then came a news, like a Tsunami from the sea, “No Flights from Saturday to the UAE” My mother enquired, what I will like for the dinner, my head went like a spinner, I was upset from my inner, and waved bye at home till the next summer. Then I rushed to the airport like a child, got a ticket as God was kind. Friday morning, I reached Abu Dhabi, 'I will take you home’ promised my Cabbie But he dropped me until Jebal Ali, from there I was a Khali Bali. I took a metro, then a tram, then a bus to reach my address. Saturday I Quarantined, Sunday I pranked, Monday my emotions were unpacked. I was asked about the weekend I spent, I said, It was an expensive Tea, my Friend!  

I asked my Team head from UK to review a document with title ‘Upgradation of System’ He wrote me back the word ‘Upgradation’ itself is wrong and denied to review. I said it’s the title from a client in South Asian Country, we cannot change it. This was not the first time he was worried about these words, ‘Upgradation’& ‘Updation.’ I wanted to know what was wrong as I was using these words from childhood.  I came across a page: https://english.stackexchange.com where someone’s justification was humorous. He wrote: Quote It's an informal word created by informal English users who collectively influence large group of users/people. Most of these words originated from India (eg. upgradation, updation). Basically, it is used by English users (Indians) confidently thus influencing the other non-familiar English user that it is a formal word. With India's population these words had become common through the years. Nevertheless, these words are not formally acceptable to native Eng...

A man and a woman dated, loved and got married. For them everything seemed to be falling in place when they started their new life of togetherness. They wandered romantically. Spent exotic life. They just flew like free birds. But every bird has to make a nest to rest and settle down. They both too moved into their new nest, thinking of a happy life ahead. One thing they forgot to realize that soon they were going to be the strangers in their own house. They left no stone unturned to impress each other. Some issues were serious but were ignored for the sake of love. But all the ignored nasty stuffs came as a debating points for the young confused people. Where did it all start from? Both did have different ideas of life. As they grew up in different culture it was the first barrier. Then came the family and then the person themselves. It's really hard to move in with someone whom you don't know completely. Its even harder to adjust with the habits which you are never ...

When I think of childhood days, the first thing that comes to my mind is school prayers and assembly. We all lined up paralleled, keeping a hand distance, well disciplined, with pin drop silence and with only eye contact. Secondly, the indoor games we played with group of friends. Specifically, during the rains or summer afternoon, we were advised not to get out of house, so we played games like Ludo, Snakes & Ladders, Chess, Trumps, Business, etc. Even we cared about cleanliness after returning to the home from outdoor. And while completing the school we exchanged the slam books with our friends. Where we wrote how well we knew them and the memories we shared. Wonderful days wasn't it. We all wished life could have stopped there. We all wished to return to our childhood days which we spent being so disciplined!!! This Pandemic has brought the child within us out. We are getting back to a healthy and disciplined life. We are staying connected with friends even...

The fear in you is normal! It starts in you from your childhood days, when your mom told you about demons taking you away when you troubled to eat food. The fear of failure when you didn't study well for your exams. The fear of rejection in a job interview. The fear of performance for your appraisals. The fear of 'No' when you propose to your crush and the fear of saying 'Yes' when you were not ready. Growing up with the fear, your fear grows up too. Some fade away when you correctly know how to tackle them, but some stays haunted for a longer time. Fact is that the world runs with this fear and your fear is a way of making money for many. Best will come to you when you analyze your fear time to time, simply like maintenance check for your vehicle. Being disciplined and determined makes you strong. The recent spread of Corona Virus has erupted a new fear all over the world. We have started to keep every next step with fear. We have started becoming over-cautiou...

You fantasize about me from the day you learn about me, in an aim to own me one day. You will not know whether I can satisfy you or not but still you fall for me as it shall be important to you as your friends have it, or you would have seen it with someone and how happy they are with it. I have seen from the day one about the struggle you had finding me that would be opt for you. Your success after some failure to reach me. Your thirst to have me with you. The belief you kept on me. The sincerity to keep me safe and your adaptability to customize me according to your likes. When you achieved me, you were just not you, you had changed with the new me that was introduced to you.   Just to make you sure, you didn’t choose me for suit you. I chose you as I felt comfortable with you and I made you feel special in the society that you live which doesn’t cares of you when you turn around from it. I very well understand that I shall glow for only few days. My best days are ...

You are blessed when you get what you wished. You would float when there is someone to concern about you. You may giggle when someone tortured you with tons of joy. You feel shy when somehow you get their image You are indeed worried when you don't hear about them. You are happy to talk to them and even sorry to miss that chance if you didn't get. You are excited to start that day and are also reluctant it shall get over soon!!! You jump out of joy when you hear their voice. Your anxious till the time you meet them. Your eyes fail to blink when they are near you. Your heart skips a beat, when you know they too feel the same. You are in love for sure, when you feel this by yourself!!!