Money......by hook or by crook !!!!

Recently I gave a talk to high school students on Indian culture...and a girl asked me....is it illegal for Indian girls to have sex before marriage.....are they outlawed from the society.......and for a second I didnt know what to say.....
There was a time when I believed that would or should be the way.....but over the past few years I have learnt...there is a lot happening.....and not everything is visible.
But I told her its more of a moral individual opininon and there is no right and wrong!!!
Today I am more than shocked.......beyond words......thanx to Times of India article........money is the law of the land .....all over the world....and everything and anything is justified in the lite of business and modernism....and demand and supply rules !!!!!!!!!
How does this affect our life....is the question I ask myeslf?????
The Link: Times of India article.....online on 29th June 2004.

Pottery painting....

I have never had an inkling for any kind of art work.......yet i have been artistic......i can decorate things...rooms....house.....dinner table....but if you ask me to draw a painting and craft a design or all that threadwork......I am bad...lousy....i dont have the hands for delicate work!!!!
This weekend however I tried my hands at pottery painting.......I made a plaque that says I love BUA for my yet to be born nephew.....and it was amazing fun.
I can be artistic if I want to.......
Here's how it works...
U select a piece of pottery...plate.....glass...photo frame....etc etc ....whatever u like to start with.
Then u pick out the colors you would like to use......based on designs you have in mind or from books........you pick out the stencils that interest you.
And then you start.......light colors before the dark ones.......base before the intricate details........and obviously the add ons come last........and you will be surprised as to how good you can be!!!
I think anything with all those bright colors would look nice even if you dont do anything else.........try it!!!

Mere yaaar....ki shaadi hai !!!

Hum bade ho gaye hain....woh kehte the na bade buzurg......saari nasal jawaan ho gayi hai.....:)
Ek ek karke sabki shaadiyaan hone waali hain.....and I am going to miss most of them because I am in USA :(
But I am sooooooooooooooo happpppppppyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy for those who are finding their so called life partners....better halves.......
Aaj main khush hoon to tum hi bolo main hoon khush kyun.........:):)

Constant Reminder....

I wake up every morning and I tell myself......I have to WORK
I leave my house and I tell myself......there is so much to do
I reach the building and I think......I have to WORK
I switch on my laptop and I think.....let me check my emails too
and then the blog too....and some other blogs....and then news and...then I had to check out this site and then that.......
And then I realize its lunch time......and I think to myself.....I'll work after lunch.......and then after lunch......I am too sleepy I need a break
and then its time for basket ball.............and the day is over......and I say to myself again.............I have to WORK!!
Let me change this now......I have to WORK .....there is lots to do and I am getting down to work!!

Last 15 days.....

Staying away from home.....meeting your family once a year......trying to communicate on the phone...............and then you get to spend 15 days with them......changes dominate.......differences rule......and at the end of it all.......its as if you had never left.............THATS FAMILY !!!
Last few days have been more than normal.....happiness.....anger...frustation...disappointment......love......all packed together beautifully.
Like slowly engulfing the beauty around.......swinging to the melody of the sounds we hear......breathing every breath........refreshing!!!

Me off to Vegas....

Last year I went to Atlantic City...with some people.....wouldnt call them friends really except for one......the others were strangers............and I didnt gamble!!!!
Then I went on a cruise with my family...............and again I didnt gamble!!!!
Now me going to Vegas.....and the million dollar question is will I or will I not????
If i win a million dollars why not !!!!
I have decided that I am going to try my hand at this..........I think I should make the best of this Vegas trip............maybe the guy luck (as opposed to lady luck) will be on my side and I know its going to be fun for sure.....!!!

A roller coaster......thats LIFE !!

Events flash by faster than light......before I can register one ...the other has happened !!!
Changes strike like lightning from time to time !!!!
Innocent words .....nothing out of the ordinary.......burning in my ming and heart.......etching a permanent mark.............a mark of what ????
I am confused.......yet sure
anxious.......yet relaxed
frustated......yet calm
gloomy..........yet elated
tears waiting to drip down.............yet smiling !!!!!

There is so much to do.....so much to think ...........and even more to realize and react.....and if I dont now......life will run through my hands like water.....like sand.....and the stars in the sky will never be mine!!!!