Smiles and Laughters !! (Day Four)

Have you ever seen your own smile? Don't tell me about your teeth that mocks you from the mirror when you try to reproduce your beautiful asset called smile. That is not your smile. A mirror can never reflect the lovely glint of the eyes which comes along with a natural smile. I have been crazy about people's smiles. It is one thing that remains even after they stop being a part of my daily life.
During my pre degree hostel days, Gowri's smile was the one that always lifted my spirits. It was not a conventionally beautiful smile as she had put braces during that time. But it was one warm smile filled with love and innocence.
Then there is Kathu, my best friend...Her smile is an energy boost for even strangers. Not just because she is beautiful. But coz of the warmth of the person maybe... I still don't know the secret yet :) But her smile did make guys crazy ;)
I have been lucky enough to see my own smile couple of times!!! Trust me, it can work wonders for you. Once I had been in the railway station to board a train to Chennai. Since I was travelling alone I felt really bored. That is when Vijay called. He is a friend who can put a smile on your face, even when you are at the peak of frustration. While talking I turned around and was greeted by a very warm smile. Of course my own, from a mirror :) The happiness in my eyes were completely in sync with the smile on my lips ... Thats when I realized I can fall in love with my own smile too ;)
But now a days people are influenced by the visual feast served by television and cinemas... For most of them a beautiful smile means a colgate Ad smile, with white pearly teeth and glowing face and wrinkle less skin. But to me a smile is beautiful when it flows out of the person illuminating the surroundings... It doesn't matter even if he/she has the worst set of teeth or wrinkled skin or stupid nose. Once during our trip to pondicherry, we went on a boat, which was pedaled by a very dark guy... He might be in his forties. He was very dark, with tobacco stained teeth and very neat abs (The result of all his pedaling I suppose)... He never smiled completely, but had a very slight unnoticeable smile. There was a beautiful knowingness in his smile. I don't remember his face. But I still remember the feel of that slight smile.
Sometimes its amazing to see a different smile on a person whom you have known for a long time. A smile that can change long formed perceptions. I have seen that smile on my mom, when she sleeps. She might be having a sweet dream. Usually she frowns for something or the other. She is a worried soul. It's hard to catch her relaxing. But her smile in her sleep was so beautiful I did wish I was present in that dream of hers :)

I hope I can receive and give away more genuine smiles in the days to come. They  do count in this mundane life. Hugs and smiles to all of you!

Farming - (Day Three)

A topic that I don't know anything about. Yes, my grandfather was a farmer. But unfortunately he decided to die when I was in the womb. And none of his kids followed his foot steps. My mom's dad was a tax officer with the British government. So on both sides I did not get an opportunity to see or know anything about farming. On top of that we grew up in cities. So we never had neighbors who did farming.

But somehow I have this deep rooted feeling that farming is a solid thing. Like something that can refine you and make you grounded. It teaches you the cycles of life, and make you humble. Of course these are mere beliefs because I never had any real interaction with farmers except for one of my uncles. He is a real inspiration with solid six pack body and strong principles.

I always wonder about the stupidities of the priorities of human beings. If you consider the money ladder, the highest money making ones will probably be the entertainment industries. Movies, Games, Social Networking etc. And the essential ones like farming comes at the lowest level in the ladder. I do not know the reason for this phenomenon. But it might be the predictable outcome of the factor that humans are moving away from nature day by day.

In facebook I have found a farmers collective who share good amount of information on farming.
https://www.facebook.com/farmerscollective/?pnref=lhc

Suresh, one of the members of this group (https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100006871121523) always share informative posts on farming and I felt they are a socially responsible group. So yesterday I did a tiny little thing. I messaged Suresh in fb. Asked him if he could involve kids also in farming during the summer vacation time. Something like a summer camp for the kids. It will be awesome if kids get an opportunity to be close to nature, even if that is for some weeks. He told he will seriously consider the idea. It made me a happy person for the day :)...Hope they can start an initiative with kids and hope more and more city kids get a flavor of farming. And most importantly I hope our next generation give due importance to farming! I am hoping Nived gets an opportunity to be part of it if they start an initiative, if not for this year may be in one of the coming years. It gives me hope!

Diwanjimoola Grand Prix (Day Two)

This was my blog update blocker today. Watched this movie now. A nice sweet movie. The movie story and character development is pretty predictable. There were not many suspense or thrilling twists. Still I liked the movie. I loved the relationship between Siddique and his daughter (heroine). May be a little extra sweet, but I loved watching their on screen chemistry. Kunchako also did justice to his role. And thank you dear collector Prasanth Sir. I think your goodness and purity of thought is reflected very well in the movie :) 

Bucket List! - (Day One)

I never had one for a long time. Then I prepared one when I got the opportunity to work in Germany for some months. Some of the items in the list were 1) To bring Nived to Germany for a visit 2)Visit lego land with Nived 3)Watch snow with Nived. But then I guess it did not qualify as an actual bucket list because it was not about me, but mostly about my son. After coming back I wanted to make a personal bucket list which involves only ME in bold and capitals ;)
Here is what I came up with

- Own a 1bhk in a high rise apartment and fill it with books.
- Learn at least one form of dance form (even bollywood dance will do)
- Visit Paris & Amsterdam & Sweden once again. The exact same places where the magic happened
- Travel alone (A trip of minimum a week)
- A Jungle trek
- Learn Swimming
- Master Hata yoga
- Write a book(short stories)
- Write autobiography
- Spend a night at seashore
- Write 1000 poems
- Visit Cuba
- Visit St.Petersburg
- Visit Amazon jungles
- Complete a full marathon
- Win Snn Badminton tournament
- Visit Bodh Gaya
- Visit Nepal
- Ride a horse with a six packed cow boy

So many things in 5 mins!!...Let me begin the ground work now ;)

Blog Marathon!

The only way to make me write is by giving dead lines... So here is a challenge for myself. A 35 day challenge, to write something everyday. Yes, every single day. I have reached a point in life where only writing can save me. This is the preamble. Let the writings begin :)