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So(cial) Life!

Life is lived in Silos.. But everyone thinks he will be able to influence others.. Everyone thinks he is a Swami Vivekananda or a Bhagat Singh or a Chandrashekar Azad or a Veer Savarkar or even a Subhash Chandra Bose. A few people even think they are Gandhi / MLK Jr / Nelson Mandela. What they do not realize is that the society of those days needed people like this and today, the society is full of people believing that they are like these noble souls. I participated in a few social functions over the past few weekends and what I realized is that it is best to be like a water drop on a lotus leaf.. present but not involved - Like the current day politicians.. Present for all practical purposes but not getting involved in anything worthwhile - I kinda really adore them for that specific aspect of their personality... Just that these politicians do whatever they are doing for a selfish sake - to fill up their granaries with wealth. The more I got involved in conversations, the more
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Impromptu Trips

I have always enjoyed a trip... and I feel the best trips come if you don't have a plan.  It has happened in the past when the original plan was A and we finally completed B.  Though there might be a lot of folks who will disagree with me and will stress on the planning part of the trips - to plan it to the last minute detail as to where they are going, what time they might reach that place and where they might end up staying, I'd rather take things on the go and make the most of whatever comes my way (literally!)  Last weekend, I had a plan to visit Mysore on Saturday to meet a friend and his family. The plan did not go through... (when has a plan ever gone through!) and on Friday EOD, I found myself desperate to get going out of Bangalore.  Friday night, me and a few cousins discussed on Whatsapp, tried to book self drive vehicles to fit in all of us and finally, ended up deciding to go in my car.  Saturday morning, headed out by 530 and took the good ol
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My tryst with cycling

I always loved cycling... albeit the fact that I had fought with my parents for making me learn cycling. I was kinda forced to learn cycling during my summer holidays of my 5th grade. I guess I feared the pain of falling. But nothing ever can be achieved without pain. I learnt cycling and before long, I was arguing for my own cycle, not keen on using a ladies cycle of my sister. With my cycle, I went to my highschool, my under-graduation and my graduation as well. During my under-graduation, I also lied to my parents about two people forcing me to go all the way to Ranganathittu from Mysore on my cycle.. though it was my plan through and through - the adventurous spirit I guess!!   During my first work experience, We had cycles to go round the campus and I did that at all times of the day.. It was a BPO and I had the opportunity to cycle at any time of the day / night that you could imagine. A break from work meant that I was on a cycle going round the campus, just to return in t
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Make n Break

These days, I keep hearing this word "Divorce" quite often. Wonder why people are so keen on breaking something that they made with great efforts. Not taking names here but a very close friend of mine got married. Theirs was a very happy married life.. so happy that many folks felt jealous about their beautiful relationship. They were blessed with their next generation but a couple of years down the line, they are now separated. It came like a bolt from the blue when I got to hear this. I know so many people in person who are separated and are living their own lives independently, albeit with a longing for companionship. The scenario is that the parents of such individuals are to face comments whenever a person of the other gender visits this person. Unfortunately, the parents of my age group are still old fashioned and this affects them. Also, there is a saying.. It is easy to start something, it is easier to stop something. However, it is very tough to keep it going.
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Why?

It is said that 3 consecutive why's makes a person come out with the truth.. the interesting part is.. how to put the WHYs across without offending anyone. A WHY is the most interesting WH question that you can ever come across.. for everything that has happened, there is a WHY. For everything that has not happened, there is again a WHY. For everything that exists, there is a WHY. For everything that has ceased to exist, there is again a WHY. I have been chided and goaded for asking a lot of questions.. again.. WHY? I have been ridiculed in my childhood.. and been taken advantage of during my everyday.. again WHY? I have often found myself in negative and low situations.. again WHY? It might be assumed that I am not bold or unable to answer back.. the actual reason, I guess and keep telling myself, is that I don't want to oppose or take a stance against anything / anyone that is happening. Let things flow the usual way that they normally flow.. why be a boulder.. b
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Happiness

Happiness is a state of mind.. it is not getting your desires fulfilled, it is not fulfilling someone's desires. It is not getting all the help that you want.. it is not helping someone in need... it is just a state of mind. You can be happy whenever you want to.. even in the worst of situations. It is not time-bound. It is not situation bound.. it is again.. just a state of mind. You can be happy wherever you want to.. even in the depths of hell... it is not place bound, it is not with whom you are.. it is again.. just a state of mind. Happiness is in a chocolate.. it is in a ball game.. it is in a ballroom dance.. it is even in a bike ride or a long walk in the hot sun. Happiness is in a tweet, in reading someone's FB post, in listening to a song that you love.. in listening to some music. Happiness, however, is not CAUSED by these happenings.. it is caused by your mind.. it is caused by you! Suppose, I stay hungry for a day... my folks might not be happy.. but I
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Dreams....

Nee maaye oLago.. maaye ninn oLago..  Have just heard this statement so many times ... thanks to FB Postings about Lucia..  Whenever I heard Lucia, I always had a understanding about Lucid Dreams.. Well.. for all I know, the plot of Lucia is just not Lucid. Not that I have seen it .. but whatever I have heard about it..  I have always had a fascination towards dreams.. so much so that I even day dream.. and yet, I have been told time and again that if you were in a deep sleep, you can never remember your dream.  There are some theories that any dreams, that occur in dawn, or just before you wake up, will become true.  There are also some theories that you can dream only about someone you know or have seen or met sometime in your life. You can never dream about an unknown thing / place / person.  << Ha ha.. Bollywood dreams in Swiss alps with romantic duets.. Take a Hike I say!>>  I get lost in dreams even while sitting in front of my laptop or while
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