Thoughtful Thoughtlessness

When somebody tells “I LOVE YOU”, you usually assume that they mean “I am now going to be a part of you, and be with you forever.” But it actually is something like “I am just going to be a part of your life; it’s totally up to you to make my part cherish-able or hate-able.” Be it your parents, your siblings, your friends, your “better half”, or for that matter, any person, he/she is NOT a part of ‘the you’ who is going to travel through different corners of life, but are just some good travel companions who take you through different lanes. Some lanes are dreamy and some may seem like hell, some may seem to be never-ending while some may be just a metre long, but long or short, good or bad, each turn is important to reach your destination and each road ends at the beginning of a new one. Now, let us assume that there are two roads; one is very shabby and dirty, with trash lying all around but clean at the ground level, and the other, which is very very beautiful and has gardens a...

Courage, bravery, audacity, valour.. Are all these words similar? Yes! All these words mean the SAME, and this “same” is different in every world. In the world of a 4-year-old boy, courage would mean being able to fall asleep alone, in a room away from his parents, away from a mom’s lap, from a dad’s warmth for he has become BRAVE enough to combat those monsters under his bed, which might attack him any time. In the world of a 16-year-old, courage would mean having a voice of her/his own, and making sure that that voice is never left unheard for he/she is BRAVE enough to speak up instead of being one among the bleating herd of sheep. The ones who are able to fight the demons inside oneself are considered to be lion-hearted. He/she is labelled to be STRONG if the person knows to hide pain and fear. That person will become BRAVE only when he/she chooses to confront agony, pain, danger or intimidation. This courage is totally DIFFERENT, yet very SIMILAR to the courage of a 4-year...

It was a dark, yet beautiful night.. There was total blackout.. Yes! This is about the aftermath of the dreaded VARDAH, which once again showed the chennaiites that "one for all and all for one" is the thing that gets us going! But amidst all the destruction, there was something which brought a meek smile.. It was about 9pm when we realized that the inverter was out of power and we actually had to spend the night without a single streak of light.. (though there were many who had been spending sleepless nights for the past 3 days) We finally decided to give a visit to our terrace, which we frequented when we were kids..  but now, with all those handheld gizmos we had forgotten how much fun we used to have to visit that place above our ceiling! We were using a small battery powered torch light which we decided to switch off due to the natural star light. YES! Chennai sky was starlit! We were as surprised as you are. We had quite some fun, when my siblings decided to go downst...