So these little ninjas can be extremely good life coaches..like the real authentic ones..they teach you to push the envelopes, try patience some more, manage time better, boomerang your ego back on you, show you the mirror of your forgotten self! Children are your true mentors..

I believe in the magic of the things..in the way it unfolds..in the experience than the performance..in the beauty of ‘living it up’ than ‘having it all’! 

 अभी भी हम डरे-से, सेहमे से काल के एक कोने मैंबैठे है।.वैसे ये रात जहां हम है, एक काले घेरे की तरह है।..घूमा फिरा कर बेदर्दीसे वहीं ले आती है जहां से हम निकले थे।. जहां छोर होने का एहसास हो जाता है वहींदो घड़ी रुक कर सास ले लेते है।.सूरज का इंतज़ार है पर डर है कहीं इस अंधेरे कीपरछाई उस बेखौफ धूप पर भी भारी ना पड जाये..खाली हाथों की उंगलियाँ सिर्फ हिम्मतबांधे हुये है और कुछ नहीं।..

A roast recipe gone wrong

So it’s a win-win – Prime time of channels soaring the TRPs, and Tanmay Bhatt getting all the undeserved footage that he’s ever wanted..

If a comedian is a threat to our country, I wonder where our country is going..A democracy that bans humour is not a serious democracy.

He’s been roasted by politicians, fans, followers and protestors. But isn’t black comedy known for its prudent, irreverent jokes and the guy in the highlight belongs to the fraternity where such humour prevails?

As for the legends, they are at a level of maturity where such puny things hardly matter .

But yes, our icons must come out and speak in defense of the issue with real dignity..as Tunku Vardarajan says in the article to "The Wire", Thin-skinned icons are more dangerous than bumptious comedians."
 

We have bigger objectives to fulfill and no time to spare for a nonsensical, ill-humoured troll.. But as Sanjay Manaktala tweets – “On the bright side, at least the Indian media will educate the masses about what snapchat is..:)”

Ki and Ka -
R Balki did it again! Very sensibily written film..straightforward and convincing dialogues...
Deals with the fundamental psychological tussle between the bread-earners and the homemakers of the society... pity, the reviewers condemned the film so much..it is certainly not for the 'masala' brigade..
Kept the contextual maturity of the characters intact till the end
! Totally vouch for - "its an art to make a home" ..housewives, take a bow!!

हम सभी की कहानी -

ये जो लोग बुरे दिखाई देते है..ये लोग नहीं संकेत है..ज़माने के होने का..नज़र का टीका है अच्छी घटनाओ पर का..ये भी एक रंग है..
कुदरत के संतुलन का प्रतीक.. तुलनात्मकता का भी ..तभी तोः कह पाते है हम - कोई कम अच्छा, कोई इनसे भी बुरा, कोई बहुत अच्छा!..
ये हमे अपना ध्यान केंद्रित करना सीखाते  है..उपेक्षा करना सीखाते है..
ये वो लोग है जो परिस्थितियों से बंधे हुए है..
ये हमे अपनी सोच का परिचय देते है..जिसका असर यदि इनके व्यवसाय पे नहीं तोः इनके संबंधों पे, संबंधों पे नहीं तोः इनकी अगली पीढ़ी की परवरिश पे..उस पर भी नहीं तोः इनकी सेहत पर दिखाई देता है..ये उदाहरण है बुरी सोच के अंजाम का..
ये लोग नहीं संकेत है..ऐसे लोगों का जीवन में होना अनिवार्य है..

इन्हे मेरा नमस्कार!

They called her rain.

She emoted every time she felt. 

In her dance she hid her madness, her sorrow, her love.

To one, it was her joy..to another, it was her whim. But she expressed, every time she was touched.  Only the earth knew.

They called her rain.

And NO BODY could ever tell her tears from her laughter. She was the ever so beautiful..RAIN!

grief, divinity inter-linked!

Grief is a litmus test for our relationships.Certain hands extend for help.. howsoever inexplicable, It’s a tendency to expect for help during troubled times. From the trusted ones, even from the ones you once trusted!

And then there are those with godly attributes  who would emerge out of nowhere and go all out to help you. Totally inexplicable! They seem like demi-Gods and Goddesses. These are the avatars who surface suddenly and before you realise it’s them, they are already in your saviour list!

He keeps you blessed with his divinity! It is scattered secretly in various forms of life and it shines through with overpowering light whenever needed. Just like as a passerby, sometimes the flowers make you feel they are smiling at you, sometimes it’s the rain-drops cooling it out and sometimes it is a simple touch from a loved one that does the trick! Albeit you should be caught by the divinity awake and alert!

The goodness triumphs again - TOI Indore Plus October, 2010

Discover your style quotient - TOI Indore Plus October, 2010

City on the development path

A few of my articles published in the past month with Times of India's Indore Plus.