Dew

Everyone is busy... That's a known truth, which is why I can never get used to the word in my vocabulary. I have taken a break from work now and I am sharing some responsibilities at home this week. I just decided this morning, that I will take care of everything at home today. Everything just meant cooking and clearing up to me. And what with all the time I have with me, I was sure I could finish everything forenoon and spend time doing nothing at all :) Meetings and deadlines and time lines and discussions and communications and management were all really associated to office in my mind.. Yes, we all know implicitly that a home has all of these going on all the time, but there is no rule or a board room that decides and dictates these things and the most interesting part is emails don't rule your life each morning like they do at work.. So, these terms don't get explicitly acknowledged or understood by people like me who have spent seven working years in front of a compu...

There are a number of opinions floating around in the state about the International Tamil Conference, being held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India. I was not too keen on commenting about it. I always believe that there are people who surely know what they are doing and what they are getting into. Often, we may not be in a position to understand why they are doing what they are. So, although I had my own view points about this conference, rather about the large scale spending that is happening in the state for this conference, I chose not to comment. This morning, I heard an old lady remark : Wonder if someone can take me straight to the conference venue to meet the Chief Minister. I would ask him what is the significance of this conference and the money splurged in it, to the villages in Tamil Nadu where they have to run for about a kilometer's distance to fetch a pail of water. Apparently, last week there was a T.V programme that showed the plight of a specific village in Tamil Nad...

There is so much happening around me. Our house and home is getting ready for a very festive occasion in the family. My mind has been super-busy. Last night, I almost nodded off to sleep when my phone beeped. A very devoted citizen of the cell phone world, that I am, I picked up to see that one of my good friends was getting admitted in the hospital for her first delivery. Amazing, how this one news keeps me thrilled and excited and concerned every time, in the last so many years. I called her up, wished her well and slept off hoping that I would see the message about her new born this morning. As of this post, which is about eleven hours after the message, she is still in the hospital waiting for her baby. And so am I. Amidst all the thoughts running on my head, this one thought about the to-be born baby and my friend keeps me too occupied. Said a silent prayer when my phone beeped again. This message was from another friend who just got into the hospital for her first delivery too. C...

You never know how responsible you can be until you are put in a situation. Responsibility is an off-shoot of commitment and sincerity. If there is no responsibility, there is no sense of satisfaction. It is good to take responsibility for all your actions and words, else it will transform into a blame game which is often very unpleasant on the relationships. Nobody else is responsible for what is happening, except yourself. If your child has to be responsible, take the responsibility yourself first. It is possible to be responsible and still be relaxed. It is good to be responsible for the happiness of your loved ones, because that is all there is in life at any given point in time. If you want to cut down on our monstrous ego levels, just try to be responsible for one person's happiness, at least once in a day. Things just happen, and you only assume responsibility most of the times. Responsibility is a big word; Its good to play it well for a happy living. You cannot avoid respo...

Dear Readers, Hope this post finds you in the best of your health and cheers :-) I may not be able to write in the regular frequency for a few months from now. I am slightly occupied with life's present personal action-packed season. All is well,but just that I wont be able to blog as often as I used to for the next three months. Will keep posting on and off though. I wish you all very well and hope you keep that beautiful smile of yours on, no matter what. Best wishes, Keep smiling, Dew

Most of the tropical India is tiding through scorching heat of the summer and I am writing about spring here. :-) During a conversation with a friend yesterday, I heard this line: Spring comes once a year. How true!!! Well, its not that I am hearing about seasons for the first time, but then there was a zen moment when I understood that we cannot expect everything to go on the way it is. Suddenly, some proverbs and sayings made total sense: Nothing lasts forever, not even your troubles This will also pass through There is always a time for everything Looks like, nature has all the laws of life painted clearly. It seems that it has answers to all questions that our restless minds raise all the time. Its just that we need to learn to connect with nature to understand the norms of life... The sea, the breeze, the mountain, the seasons, the sun, the moon, the stars, the sky, the wind, the brook, the stream, the sand, the tree, the bird, the cloud, the rain, the flower, the grass - All of t...