Master Plan

Ayodhya, Babri, CWG - the key words for the week; no doubt!!!

God… 60 years is 6 decades! Is there a more laid back and screwed up thing as our judiciary?! Anyways, I am not here to invite any comments on that!

As I wonder what the hell they have been doing for 60 years, my most intelligent friend proposed this idea! I felt this is brilliant and is worth sharing with all of you.

So, here is the master plan:

Ground Floor – Ram Mandir
First Floor – Mosque
Second Floor – Shopping Mall
Third Floor – Food Court
Fourth Floor – Multiplex theatre
Around the structure – Gandhi Park

Problem solved, right?! Definitely a fabulous, sexy, insightful and a peaceful plan for all the communities across all age group! Why hasn’t anyone thought of this for all this while?!

Keeping fingers crossed… Today is the test of maturity of our nation. Let’s see how far we have progressed – spiritually, politically, emotionally, strategically, personally and intellectually! 

Reception

Unlocked the door. Got inside. Removed shoes. Changed clothes. Gulped water. Looked around. Stand still. Opened gmail. 9 new mails. Not interested. Over to blog. No new comments. Disappointed. Switched to facebook. No. Bored of 'liking' status messages. Log out. Rediff news. Yuck… dirty politics and retarded system. Gtalk. Hate chatting. How about Spider Solitare? Not so early. Shutdown the computer. TV. 10 minutes, zapped from 1 to 356. DVD. F.r.i.e.n.d.s. For the 100^th time, definitely unexciting. Flipped through the half read book. So depressing. Closed. Tea time. Switched the stove on. Lazy. Turned it off. But hungry. Opened the fridge. Empty. Next? Mobile phone. Ran through the contacts. No mood for a conversation. Looked around. Emptiness. Gloom. Just silence and its heartlessness! 

Husbands, wives, boy friends, girl friends, room mates, fiancés & friends! Planning to attend a late night meeting to discuss not-so-important strategies with folks in the US or Israel or UK or where ever? Think again and set your priorities!      

Back to school

While working now at my desk, I am reminded of my English teacher in school who once told, “Cows are not allowed in this school” to one of my friends whose anklets were tinkling away to glory. Now, when I hear the next-cube-girl’s bangles jingle as she types on her keyboard, I realize the magnitude of irritation caused due to these kinds of fancy things!

I started scribbling down this post thinking I shall go on & on about my annoyance at her bangles! But now I think I rather write about something I’d love to cherish …about the fabulous people in my life to recollect nostalgic memories I shared with them!

In the middle of theory of relativity and 3-dimensional geometry and economics and genetics, English hours were such a breather! How I loved listening to stories of O.Henry and Charles Dickens! …and how we were forced to by-heart ‘Daffodils’ and ‘If’ and the ‘Mending Wall’ to ultimately puke them into our answer sheets!

Thinking about English teachers, I am reminded of this ‘most happening miss’ who was extremely fond of giving her students a lot of gyan during morning assembly on varied topics. For Chinmayans of Kannur… here is the clue: She is famous for her perfectly round bindhi and neatly tied bun. If on Monday she talks about, “I see shoe prints on the wall near 11th standard classroom. I suppose we have boys and girls studying here and not spiders or reptiles!” on Tuesday, she will give anticipated highlights on the consequences if the students continue to misbehave during prayer time.

An adorable darling she is - the teacher who taught us “To Sir with love”! She, who was also terrifically bothered about cleanliness and punctuality, expected us brats to come in sparkling white shoes and ultra clean shirts and trousers and pinafores …thus compelling us to fight over the black board duster every day morning – to rub our shoes with the magical multipurpose gadget!

A cute tiny thing… fair & lovely was the teacher who recited so beautifully - about the phoenix bird who rose from its own ashes! A delightful experience it was, to listen to her repeat expressively the verses of the poem. However, little she knew that we were mostly flattered by her charm than what we were being taught! J

Apart from them, many other teachers taught me a lot other things – from “chubby cheeks” to “A for Apple” to “Robinson Crusoe” to “grammar” to “writing” to reading” to “calligraphy” to every bit of operation I do with English alphabets, words, phrases, sentences and paragraphs! Cheers, love and hugs to all of them!

…because of them, I have this blog and I write to you!

By the way, the bangles are still jingling …however I am not as irritated as I was before!

Chinmayans and non-chinmayans – Do you also want to share with us, your experiences with teachers in school?

Pre and Post Wedding

Oh… How I love being in love! True…there ain’t a thing better than falling in love; my life cannot get more beautiful than this!

Darling… My heart has never been so restless and keen; it longs to be filled with your love, more love and only love! It longs to be with you – now, today, tomorrow and every second! You know, the world shrinks into a minuscule when you are in my arms… my thoughts are arrested; they don’t fly out of the window and I love being confined in you!

My not-so-fancy life is all set to grow wings as you step into my small world; let us together conquer the romantic terrains to make all my dreams come true! Oh… how madly, deeply and truly I am in love with you!

Holding thoughts about you tight… here I go to sleep looking forward to a bright and a lovely tomorrow.

-Nik.

Nik closed his diary and went to bed …and she danced in his dreams. 

Nik is my best friend who is going to get married in a few days. A couple of days back, I was at a coffee shop with him. I have never seen Nik so happy and excited; and I cannot believe even he is stung by the love-bug! I was so surprised to see him in the new romantic avatar; the once-upon-a-time prankster Nik has become a hard core Romeo! Over a cappuccino with me, he talked volumes about his girl. However, seeing her photograph, I felt she looks more like a school teacher and very little of a Juliet. And like an idiot, I called out my mind to him! Anyways, my comment was totally ignored as he was profoundly involved in raving about his love for his to-be-better half!

Nik’s girl, the only daughter of her parents was a pampered baby …hey! but, never a spoiled brat! She belongs to the category of ‘very good, no-nonsense girls’. And this only added to Nik’s concern and anxiety about post marriage days. He wondered, “Appa’s apple of the eye she is, what can I do to keep her cheerful? What do I do so that she doesn’t miss her home?”

Finally, the wedding day!

The 3 days long Tam-Bram wedding happened with much splendor and celebration. The bride and the groom were dressed up in the most exquisite outfits; the couple looked overjoyed… well set to embrace the life that lies ahead of them. 

Nik still had a tinge of worry… about her wellbeing in the new home!

Blessed by near & dear relatives & friends, holding hands, the both of them entered his house …flowers & well wishes showered on the two!

Suddenly amidst the crowd, Nik found her missing. He knew she would be crying. Good bye to parents on the day of the wedding is a painful thing indeed! Any girl would shed tears. However, Nik is a smart boy! He has foreseen this and already knows how to pep her up! Nik dashed into his room, opened the cupboard and grasped the surprise gift he secretly bought for her – a stunning diamond pendant tucked in a heart shaped box, beautifully wrapped in red velvet!  

He went to all corners of the house looking for her.  

…however was shocked to find her in the least expected place - jasmine flowers drooping down her hair and gold bangles tinkling, she was washing clothes in the bathroom, in her kancheepuram saree!  
Amazed and not able to hide his expression, Nik asked her, “When the house is filled with guests, what are you doing here?”  
Casually she replied, “Give me just 5 more minutes please… What an eventful wedding it was - three days of changing clothes umpteen number of times! If I don’t wash my under garments, I will run out of them!”     
 
With his mouth open wide and the diamond pendant hid inside his dothi, Nik stood there staring at her, speechless!

P.S - This post is specially for Nik’s girl, now my very very good friend! J