दिल की बातें, सीधे से

Kisi roz kahin par Jab tumko paya tha tab khud ko paya tha Kuch pal aur kuch ghadee ke liye hi Mahsus huyi thi, is dil ko chahat Tumhe chaahato ki thi, khud se muhabbat Khokhli ummide aur swaarth ki doriyaan Swapan marichika aur samajo ki bediyaa Baandh Ankho pe patti Kar ansuni atma ki wedna Khoya bhi maine khud ko Wahi par kahi tha.

It was around Thanksgiving of 2009 that I took oath to lose my baby weight. I set a target for myself to lose 12 Lbs in 6 weeks. Well being as competitive as I am, I lost 14 lbs of it. This resulted in fitting into old jeans and many T-shirts which were hidden in the darkest corners of my closet. (Not to mention I put 6 lbs back on by the end of March). That is the diet people usually talk about, well mostly talk about. Especially on weekends when you meet up with friends and sit around the dining table or look at that skinny girl dancing on the big screen. We just find excuses to talk about that diet. With obesity as an epidemic, there are 100s of diet program which help you lose weight. Promise you to get your life back on track, save marriages, prevent cancer and what not. During the day time, when I try to catch some breaking news I surf through at least 27 channels talking about various diet or exercise program. And that’s not something I wish to talk about here today as I leave i...

Aaj Sakale Sakaale , daadiye janlaar dhaare dekhlaam neeche, choti pore - niye haathe cha Taktak kare, takiye aamar deeke se ki tumi chile?

वो दिया हू मै जिसे दिन मे जलाया सुरज को दिखाया गया जला भी , बुझा भी हो कर के खाक भी बस रह गया मै बन के मजाक कि मैने रोशनी भी नही की

Today is a perfect day to just rant about things. It is bright and sunny morning while it was quite cloudy yesterday. To me, things are blurred then ever. Ok - how does it sound like when the father of your children leaves house for the day in crisp white shirt, black suit and blue tie (I know people expected red - no that’s too bold for him), holding a toasted bagel in one hand the laptop bag in other. At the door he says good bye saying “Be calm and be good". Should that reduce me to the wild 6 year old creature sleeping hopelessly in his captain bed and dreaming about all the DSi games he is going to own? Or, should it bring smile to my face thinking, how thoughtful and caring the comment is and I must follow through...Deep breath...another one and sit in Padmasan with eyes closed and keep the posture for the rest of the day because it has been advised to me? The next thing that bothers me today is people keeping 2 last names in their names. It makes me feel as if they are not ...

Today morning I woke up and started unpacking. I emptied my purse and the backpack which doubled as diaper bag for my 1 year old- It poured out some white sand. This sand had travelled with me from the Islands of Bahamas. I felt the sand and lingered at the moments I spent in Paradise Island. No wonder those are considered the "World's best Beaches". Friends believe me! If you have not seen Caribbean, you have not seen ocean. It was just another evening when my husband got home, tired of a day long working day (the NY working day – especially with office on Wall Street) and suggested that we take a vacation. I had no clue, he would suggest Bahamas. He spoke to another friend of his who (Equally tired and frustrated with long day) agreed to come with us right away. We planned for almost a month for the trip. It started with a trip to library and getting books on places to see at Bahamas. Well all I did was looking at pictures and some basic facts about the country. We took...

It is a "Not-so-New" Hindi movie, that I watched night before last night. Love aaj Kal, starring Saif Ali Khan and Deepika Padukone. My boys (yes both of them) love the songs form the movie, they were big hits at the New year's Eve Party and still soothes my cranky one year old in the car. The movie has a fresh feel to it and the humor was also likeable. The way 2 stories are woven together from 2 generations is also something new. I liked everything about the movie except how they treat the bond of marriage. The bride(Deepika) realizes after 3-4 days of marriage (may be on her honeymoon) that she has made a wrong decision in not marrying Saif but somebody else and decides to separate and wait for him till he realizes his love for Deepika and return. That was ridiculous to me. They call the marriage off as f it was another part of courtship. After 2 years of dating you marry someone just to call it off because you feel like talking/seeing your Ex boyfriend who has moved (...

Yes I do have a lot to say. Today morning on facebook I set my status that "I can not afford to lose a fraction of second" and many of my really busy , some working well-wishers got alarmed. Flashback, It was a fine morning yesterday as it is today. After tending to baby, dropping off my 6 year oldto school with lunch (homemade obviously) ,preparing fresh soup for myself, talking to my mom in India for good 30 minutes+, arrange for dinner plan and some laundry I still had some time to call a friend of mine. She also has a baby who was not well and I wished to inquire about her health. After few minutes I invited her to come and share some soup with me for lunch, she reminded me that she is quite busy and has a lot to take care of. And added "How come I have so much time" (to call her or other friends of mine and ...well I tried to explain and finally gave up thinking - I don't need to explain. Well in time to pick up my son and his piano lesson - I picked up ano...

Prabho yah tumhara vardaan hota Jihwa agar mujhko di hi na hoti kalam meri likhti panno pe panne aur meri tulika rangati kahani dekhte unko aur padhti wo aankhe samjhti jo bhasha mere hriday ki aur baki nazare, unpar thithak kar guzar hi jo jati karke, andekha tho accha hota, kam se kam mujhe fark samjh me hi aata kisne hai samjha aur kisne na jana prabho yah tumhara vardaan hoga kahu main sabhi kuch Ab kalam se , tulika se.

Can not believe it is already a year, and my baby is celebrating his first birthday already. Past few weeks had been harsh weatherwise. While Chile and Haiti shook with earthquakes - It never stopped snowing on East Coast USA. Finally the sun is out and we are hoping for spring. Basant...Basant aata nahi, bulaya jaata hai.