Hot Chocolate

Family Happiness...

 Family affairs---

Cold...can almost hear my teeth telling that to each other!

Tired of conversations;

And someone just hears what I want---

A hot –brewing –dark brown liquid,

Thick in consistency;

As rightly as I would want it—

A sip--- and I would love to kiss the hands that made it—

Mother--- How you always know what I want?

I go back ---talk to everyone around---

Warming my hands with the coal burning aside,

And so wanting this time to extend!

As "Easy" as Justin Vernon

The BIG bogus INDIAN WEDDING!!

Marriage or Mirage! ;)

Talk of marriage--- still fails to understand why we would not bother to help for a cause---but spend for waste !!

Talk of waste---had all the beggars of Delhi been fed in a pandal together---that would have been a greater cause than inviting people/relatives who never bothered or gave a damn.

Why it is satisfying to see people attending huge ceremonies---getting contended by the weight of  gold---and rather not love the weightlessness of simplicity in life---?

While conversing with someone almost my father’s age, I got to know about  his big plans for his daughter’s wedding--

That’s what he said----

“We have extended the celebrations to 5 days, earlier the custom just kept it to two days but now, the trend has changed…..there would be drinks too,because if you don’t keep that, whatever big efforts you do,seems a waste!!"

And left me wondering,

5 days of loud music--

5 days of bling bling--

5 days of sleepless nights...

5 days of generation of tonnes of MSW---

Jesus---all he is talking about is making others happy---what difference would it make –the crowd will come , hog food, drink, curse someone around for the dress he/she is wearing……would be inquisitive to know whether the marriage is arranged/love?

Is their anything else that ever happens or ever will?

Why can’t the entire affair be low key and minimalistic rather than so out of the box and blown out of proportion?

I can never stop or change everyone’s mentality—I rather think too differently …

But I surely know…when it will be my turn—it will be without pollution of noise, people and mentalities!!

Last 27th !!

Last 27th February was surely something!! 

1.00 A.M

I love time travelling. While the outside world is howling ---dancing to loud music ( my landlords son is getting married and the house is on fire literally) , which is  bursting my ears out---I am even sure that in a few minutes the walls of division between my room and the dance floor would collapse----I’ll just stop imagining----its scaring me away!!

Had no choice but look for my hard-drive---

Music—heard enough for the day—

Movies—you just can't watch them after a day of work….

Series—nothing left now…have just watched everything---wonders what I did after 12 AM in college ;)

2.00 AM

Well shifted all my focus to the old pictures ….--- Memories…

I am usually a person, who loves making everyone fall in love with the concept of clicking pictures when out with my inner circle of friends. I also set targets----my closest circle knows I am always out with a target of nothing less than 500  ---and I ensure its met.

Yah—they all get irritated!!

But at the end of the day----like today….you get 500 copies of the best times we all had----my motive being just that---

Well yesternight---I just stopped by the last 27^th ---

And literally had tears in my eyes -Tears which fall down from your eyes when you have laughed more than required to be very specific ;) —for the best times,  melodies,  love, warmth and life---

It was just a stupid recording of spoiling all the hindi songs---the biggest flop parade ever---I cannot upload them all ---some are way too disastrous…this one’s the best compilation ever.

Thanks to the Legendary Indian Singers who were our source of inspiration-- BHOPPY da, Reshamiya, Anu Malik-----

All I remember is that - some minutes, hours together made it so worth while--- nothing beats it—nor even a Jackie Greene or a Floyd----

These melodies atleast for me will always top the charts of laughter!!

PS- Miss you all so much!!

4.00 AM---- time just passed away---and  I fell asleep!!

                                                   Here's the historic video!!

     

Vocals: Rats, Zorby, Zundu, Lanos and Ti

         Virtual Drums: Zundu

    Virtual Guitar: Ti

     Chorus: Zundu and Ti

Forbidden

When Life's a Complete Mess Emotionally--- some do what they are forbidden to!!

Last night was the longest so far for Catherine Mathews, for she didn’t had butterflies in her stomach caused often by her grueling job but after five long years, her patience had given way to the most beautiful moment in her life. Jack Brown wasn’t a Californian but a country folk singer from Australia. They both met in a world that was virtual.

Whosoever knew about how Catherine fell in love with Jack, awed with both amazement and a question, “How can she trust someone she had not even met or even seen??” For now she knew that He was the one. And when anyone in this MAD WORLD knows that, you know you are in LOVE.

The only recognition of Jack to Catherine was his voice .She listened to his compositions everyday religiously. She would sleep listening to his voice humming lullabies and would wake up with an eternal morning glory.

She dressed in the best white outfit in town for Jack loved white. They had to meet at the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra that day. She picked up the taxi at 5 pm and by 6 she was there. 


The clock struck 7, inside the orchestra had started the melodious tune of “Night in White Satin”; she didn’t want to go inside because they decided to meet at the entrance of the hall. 

The clock struck 12, another day had started…

“Mam, time to go. Should I call the taxi for you? “She had not lost hope, hoping against hope was what she was doing, she didn’t say a word. The taxi arrived and she reached her abode, she switched on her answering machine..

Mam…the flight from Australia to California met an unfortunate accident… we could recover some belongings and this one had your name and address...

Lying all over her bed were his letters…which he had written to her past 5 years and a charm having a fairy on it. It was a night when tears do the talking because your body and soul is all numb...it wasn’t his face she had never seen and will never be able to see because she had pictured it in her eyes...every night she fell asleep...but it was his soul she wished to meet. She knew it was beautiful… there was only one way to make the meeting happen...


And then she took out her gun, aiming at her head------- 

A Meeting!!

Sometimes---you just love dreaming!!

Faces bleak---

Targets- the figures of speech!!

Bosses hound—

Voices loud.

Startled with figures—

The deadline triggers!

Coffee served—

Attention blurs.

Comes the end—

Phone a friend!!!

The Birth and Death of the Day!!

the light to die for...
Photography by Siddhartha Mukherjee

Life born—

Heartbeats!!

Sun shines...

reading between the lines!!

Night sky--

Stars high;

Faces lit---

When hearts meet.

Bloomingdales day...

Fears gone away—

Birds flock,

Work adhoc!

Breath …

Until no air left—

Sleep—

Death!!

What's Your Secret Song???

Songs I wish I could hide in a  trunk.

Music….the five letters unite to make a recipe that is a food for thought for many of us. The best part is the immence strange proximity/ bond that it makes you develop with people you might not meet in a lifetime, or with the instruments--- I am sure we all reach a stage where we can actually recognize the music instrument being played---be it harmonica, a didgeridoo, a harp---- almost everything, though there is always a Google it option.

And then at times you have these strange encounters of meeting people through music, songs—I am sure it would have happened with many of us, having someone who dedicated you songs or probably gifted and it so happens that you never forget such songs, you develop a bond with them like forever.

Here’s a compilation of songs I am sure we all must have loved, grown up listening to….

The 90’s

When I opened my ears to music--- I used to listen to Bryan Adams, Madonna, Spice Girls, Michael Jackson, BSB, Boyzone, N’Sync….

Ofcourse now I would rather shy away to share that I used to LOVEEEEEEEEEEE them….back then…I never missed a single coverage of Jackson’s epic History tour to India--- and yes I did had nightmares watching Thriller--- now I'd rather laugh.

So, for the Late MJ and for those times, here's THRILLER!!

The Teenage

Reminds me of the school fete, attending it hoping someone would dedicate you a song at the jukebox---it so never happened. But back then I did wanted someone to dedicate this song to me…from the 98 Degrees...

The boys---

Nick Carter---I'd run away if someone would ask me –you did…but I did love him way back in time —--- BSB and Boyzone were big and I am sure we all loved them!! Here's As long as you love by BSB, the video is way too adorable!!

 for every friend---Spice Girls Wannabe defines it all….it was/is peppy—— and full of life--

The what is love phase—and you  listen to music to know more because even Einstein didn't knew about it ;)…Bryan adams Everything I Do, or Savage Garden’s Truly Madly Deeply, I am sure moves many of us still…

The Epics... Beetles, Pink Floyd, Guns and Roses, Led Zepellin-- probably the inventors of what we term Alternative today.... guitaring and lyrics has been a prominent element in all their compilations. Here's an all time favourite---

With or Without You, well I heard it way back when Rachel and Ross were dating in the epic series FRIENDS, today I wish I could pass it on to someone ;).....this by U2 is an all timer...

Leaving on a Jet Plane--- Whosoever has ever asked me to sing-- well this one is my baby, my song ;)-- I  start off with it like a school girl giving a poem recital--- thought I can't even  come close to John Denver, for when he sings-- makes you so nostalgic-- when I do---well lets pass that---

With time, my choices have changed kinda completely, but all these songs have a story and would always remain special!!

For the good-old days...