18 Jan 2005, 3:30am
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Last week was quite hectic and I had the wonderful opportunity of spending sankranthi in a village. The traditions, the simplicity, the joy or having an occasion smiling across every individual's face. New clothes, be they 30 Rs. of 300 Rs. were displayed by everyone.
There are so many things we do in the city, but some of the most fulfilling tasks are often overlooked. When was the last time you served food to a family from a not so well to do back ground?
When was the last time you went to party with ur friends and blew a couple of hundred or even thousand? If not all, I am sure quite a few have done this..
Fundamental questions such as: does the satisfaction compare? if you give an entire family new clothes and good food to eat, does their goodwill for you match those of ur fellow partiers?
As I stayed on and listened to a few people, I could see that they were unafraid of sharing their pains. They are looking for solutions, not masking their inadequacies with their egos, they were unafraid of being judged, slotted or simply having their lives out in the open. They don't expect you to be the same, they just hope that you will contribute to society (their society) and create an immediate effect for a better life.
We are a afraid. We live in our own shells, our own carved out caves and cages, protected from each other.
When I was a kid, I was taught this trick with a looped string called cats in the cradle - a form of entangling the strings to create different shapes and finally making all the tangles disappear.
Sankranthi was great, I remembered this trick, and realised we were playing the role of entanglement! Where was our jumble doctor? Would he/she come and straighten things out? This is a start to attack a few fundamental fears - look within... what would you like to simplify?
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Current Mood: Preachy
Current Music: Cats in the cradle
7 Jan 2005, 4:14am
For New Year's eve I made the stupidest mistake of going to the building's party. Not only did I realize that I did not know anyone in the building, I also realized that I was so totally bored that I was falling asleep in the party. Thankfully, we had food and I rushed home.
So New Year's Eve - BIG DRAB... More so cuz the whole gang was there in Hyd and I couldn't get to see them, neither could I see my cuzin.
This was made up though, the next day when we went out for a night on the town and it was great. The place was nice, the music quite good, the crowd - there was no crowd as it was a huge place- was phenomenal, swanky, urban, chic and all such adjectives continuously pour in cuz they are what are used to describe such places in newspapers etc. It was quite a nice night. The bill was quite the blow torch, but thankfully only one of us had to stand in its path, face its fury, succumb to its mighty power and use two different cards to pay!!! It's justified considering it's not everyday that fighter pays!
Current Mood: Cheerful
Current Music: The final countdown
