La Culminación...

Thirteen years back I realized the power of never holding back and saying it all before it was too late. Before dear ones walk away forever...before another one wonders what happened...what went wrong... where were they wrong and the list goes on.

Few days back, a friend realized the same thing and decided to tell me something held back for many years. To tell you the truth, I wasn't expecting it. It took my by surprise.... stunned is the right word I guess. A brief call brought peace to something that had been tugging somewhere at the back of my being, all these years.

Hopefully the days of sudden questions greying my mind are behind me as I move ahead with "La Culminación".

Thank you dear friend for that call. It mattered...



Like Phoenix...I Shall Rise...

This is for you... The One Above...

I have a question for you. More often than not, you chose me as your contender for testing times. Why?? Have I not given enough tests already that you should let me rest for some time before you set up yet another battery of tests?

I may or may not get my answer from you. But here is what I want to tell you -

No matter how much you test me...no matter how many tough days you will throw at me...no matter how many times you will try to have a good time at my expense. I will not break down and fall.

Everytime you will pull me down...everytime you will try to make me bite the dust...I will hold fort and rise up like Phoenix. I may get dusty, my will may shake for a while, I may question what would happen around me....yet when the long, arduous night would near its end....I shall rise again.

Everytime you would throw a test at me, this is what I would remind you. I will keep rising until its time to finally be the ash.

You want to teach me a lesson...go ahead...

You want to break me... try your best...

You may see me grappling...you may see my tears...

But in the end you will also see...that I don't relent...

So you keep doing your bit and I will do mine...

I am a mountain goat and come what may...

I will not stop my climb...



My Queen...

It was always you..."My Queen"

Everytime the silhouette appeared in my dreams...

Even before it vanished...I smiled coz I had seen...

It was always you..."My Queen"

You made me smile...

You brought that twinkle to my eyes...

And even before I realized...

You found a place in my heart...

That I had kept vacant for my life...

Throughout my life...

I don't remember when I lost my heart to you...

I only knew I would not be able to live without you...

Not a moment...not another moment...

I just knew...it had to be you...

You can say that I crossed few rivers...

And crossed many mountains...

to forever be with you...

Oh! Can't imagine what would I do without you...

I may have told you umpteen times...

That you fill my days with the light of your laughter...

And every moment you spend with me...

I shine brighter...

Yet I would keep whispering this in your ears...

I would never leave any moment to admit...

You are so dear...

With dear ones and a ring as witness...

We've taken the seven steps...

And finally crossed the test of the litmus...

For better or for worse...

Till death do us part...

My Queen...I promise...

You will always rule my heart...

Every day...every moment...of our lives...

I will chose you..."Only You"

RP and PL (or I should say PLP)! This attempt is a small token of good wishes from my side. May God bless you with years of togetherness, happiness and good health. Cheers to a dear couple.

May you live happily ever after... Amen!!

And The Mountains Called Again...

The lore says that it is always the Mountains that call you. It calls the gypsy in you...inviting it for yet another tryst with the hues of green. My first date with the mountains was way back in April 2008. Simply fell in love with the bylanes of Mussoorie on a rainy morning.

But this post is not about Mussoorie. It is about a place less traveled. Well I traveled there for the first time and am sure it was just the first of the many more to come. It's amzing how the call of the mountain excites me despite the fact that I am a true born sea goat and love being near water. So when I got invited for a beautiful ceremony for a dear one, that too in a small town tucked away in mountains of east India, I had to say yes.

Mirik oh Mirik....you are so beautiful. A small town of good hearted people, you welcomed us with all the warmth and hospitality that you had to offer. Be it your tea gardens... or the dimsums that the lady at the corner shop offered (can you beat it that I stuffed 24 of those yummiliscious dimsums one fine morning)... or the calmness at the hill top... or the quiet lanes that I traversed at the middle of the night... or the soothing tea that I sipped away while I engulfed the scenic beauty around me... or the hotel terrace where I stepped every night to look at the beautiful star studded sky... or the calmness that greeted me at the Monastry. I can go on and on and yet some part of your beauty might escape my words.

The icing on the cake was the comapny that accompanied me to Mirik. Some old friends...made some new friends...found new relations... somec crazy nights...many cherished moments... and much more. All of it cannot be described here. All I can say is that I loved each day I spent there and would definitely be back to soak in more of its beauty.

Till you call me again... adios...

Doubts...

It is one of those days when doubt greys out my mind and all I can sense around me is deception. Deceptive people with deceptive actions…

I have been a fairly decent assessor of the people who surround me and only few times have I let my caution go down around them. At times, this troubled me (a lot) but other times nothing wrong happened. That’s how I learnt quite a few lessons of my life.

Today, am at a pedestal where I’ve let my guard down again for someone I think is dear to me but I fear what I am about to get is yet another lesson in life…probably learnt the hard way.

I don’t know whether what I fear is going to happen or not but it surely is giving me sweaty hands and sleepless nights.

When I woke up today morning, one of the friends had sent a daily morning quote. It said –

“Sometimes the best thing you can do is not think, not wonder, not imagine, not obsess & just breathe. Have faith that everything will work out for the best.”

I think I am going to follow this to the core coz I see no other solution to cut past the doubts that are cropping up. Time will soon tell….

It's Your Day Of Love...

It's been a long time since I wrote last. Life has been moving at such a crazy pace that even when I wanted to write, I just could not bring myself to do it.

So here I am, on a 5 day leave, in a new place, amongst people dear to me, having a good time and trying to catch up on the time I've lost  by not writing. It's almost 3 am in the morning and the movie on the television reminds me that the so called "Day of Love" has started. As I write, I'm also watching one of my favorite movies - "Letter to Julia". 

There is so much written about this day of love that I don't want to add another story to it. What I am going to write about is how you can begin a beautiful story of your own on this very day.

A lot of us wait for this day to express our love for that someone special. However in the scheme of things, we tend to miss out on a very vital point - love is not just about special moments on this day.

It is about making moments special every day....year round.

Often in our chaotic lives, love takes a backseat... it's taken for granted... it becomes more of a chore rather than our passion... it becomes pages of a story book or awww moments from a romantic movie. In short, the sparkle of magic fades away  and what's left are probably 2 souls who keep wondering - how did we land into this?

On this day of love, I urge you all to change the story of your lives. I urge you all to make each day your Valentines Day and love your special someone a little more than yesterday. We can't undo the past and correct the days when we erred by not chosing love each day. But as Lorenzo Bertollini said in "Letters to Julia" -

"When it is love... it is never too late..."

Each of you have to start today and keep going forward on this magical journey. No matter how busy you are, take out time for your special someone each day and tell them how they light up your universe. You don't have to meet every day to be able to do this. All you have to do is communicate and stay connected. Don't keep thoughts to yourseslf and share them before they lose essence. Be there for them in every possible way your heart, mind and values allow you.

Don't forget to tell them that they hold a special place in your heart and mean it everytime you say it. Surprise them when they least expect it. Think of new ways to bring smile on their faces. Cheer them up when the going gets rough. Ask them how their day was and then tell about yours too. In a sea of faces, be by their side and look in their eyes while striking a conversation.

Hold their gaze for a few seconds more and see that blush creeping up on the cheeks. Everytime you sit together, touch your skin to theirs - be it the fingers entwining amongst each other.... or hand over a hand... the warm palm at the small of the back...or tucking the stray strand that falls over face in some rebellion.... a kiss on the forehead as you greet... or hands encasing their silhouette....some public display of affection...or rubbing your fingers against their jawline...send a message saying they are on your mind.

The list can go on but all I want to say is...make every day your day of love and not just wait for one day that is dedicated to it. Keep weaving the magic so that the sparkle doesn't fade away. 

Cheers!!

New Year Wishes...

Yet another year just ended and a new set of 365 days are waiting for us to explore them.Ummm... how did the year 2015 go by? Mixed bag I would say. Some happy moments... some teary eyed moments.... patience testing moments... dreamy moments.... yes it was a mixed maze of emotions....

How do I want 2016 to be? Well I want it to be special...

What would special mean?

Special would mean....celebrating new freindships, cherishing the old ones, staying healthy & seeing dear ones stay healthy, being able to help the ones in need, climbing up the professional ladder, forging relationships that would matter, seeing smiles playing on the faces of the people close to me, traveling to the lands not seen yet...infact travel more often, write more often, be more adventurous, take more risks, be a little less uptight, take an off and not do anything and the list goes on...

Well only time will tell, what all I managed to accomplish from the abovementioned list but in the meantime, wishing you all a very happy, healthy and prosperous new year. May you get all that your heart desires...

Cheers!!