Marbleless life (Marvelous Life)

We used to play with marbles. We win matches , as well as we lose matches. But when we get a lucky marble, we keep winning matches. We keep the marble special, safe, secured and beyond everything we start loving the marble as a part of our life. We believe, and we gain the confidence, that we will win the matches with that marble.

At some point of time a stranger throws away the marble. And we are there just standing still and looking at the stranger throwing away our marble. We are forced to believe that nothing can be done. We forget all our anger which we have over the stranger, and we remember the love for the marble.

We follow the marble till it stops. We overcome all the hurdles. We face all the difficulties. We bare all the pain, all this we do to get the marble back into our life.

And the marble finally gets lost into a Well filled with diamonds.

"Wow", we would definitely say that !

We will feel a bit sad that we lost our lucky and special marble, but we may feel happy that we got the diamonds.

But what if the marble was our life and diamonds are the compensation for losing our life ?

Really Virtual or Virtually Real

During my schooling , chewing gum is a bad habit. Even I thought the same and I did not do that till my standard IX. After that I used to chew gum, create bubble and chew, chew and chew. I used to have center fresh all days to my college, but I never had chewed gum at home. I had a thought that my parents will feel bad, so I used to spit it before I reach home. It's just a matter of gum but felt good that I do not do that at home. This small thing gave me real happiness.

But now, I go for a Team party, I drink, I dance, I scream in the name of Lifestyle, I shout in the name of IT culture. I get tired and I go back to my place and sleep.
This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

I used to complete all my works faster on Fridays and I wait to see "Rangoli" in Doordharshan. Friday was always a special day waiting for new songs to be telecasted.

I wait and watch "Surabhi" . And I love to watch the hosts "Renuka Sahane & Siddarth Kak". I used to wait for hours to see these programs. That wait was irritating but gave the real happiness after watching the program.

But now, I search for these programs in Youtube, I search for Renuka Sahane's image in Google. Watch the uploaded video of "Malgudi Days"...
This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

Sharing money to get a cricket ball for Rs.10/- with 8 cricket team members. Playing in the hot sun till we get tired. Playing bet matches with other teams in locale.Winning/Losing gave the real happiness.

Bunking classes during under graduation and playing Table Tennis with Nishi for hours. These things gave the real happiness.

But now, I play cricket free online. I download "Brian Lara Cricket" and play cricket using laptop. I play games online and may be Nishi plays with his PSP.
This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

I used to throw the candy or chocolate high up in the air and catch it in my mouth. I used to do this trick in order to attract few girls in my school. When the girls have a glance at me, I felt the real happiness.

But now, I do the same trick with my tablets and capsules. By doing this I still give life to my trick.
This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

I used to wait for hours with my gang of friends, just opposite to an Ice Cream Parlor. We used to wait standing there for hours with our friend and he waits for his girl friend. That is the only place where he can see his girl pass by him without any disturbances. When the girl looks at my friend and gives a small smile while passing by , we all go mad and jump. We had the real happiness and even we celebrate for that small smile. Long wait was never considered at all.

But now, my friend calls me for a treat. I go there and I see him with a girl. He introduces the girl as his lover. We wait for hours to get a table in the restaurant. We three eat, we three chat , we three celebrate and no one else.

This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

I used to wait for days to receive the audio cassette, which I had already given for recording my favorite songs. After the wait for days, I used to play the songs from my audio cassette. This gave me the real happiness

I used to wait for my turn in the Browsing Center. I pay Rs.30/- for an hour of usage. I created my first mail Id with the help of Nishi and we used the internet till the last Rs.1/- balance. This gave me a real happiness.

But now, I download the songs and listen to them immediately. Internet connectivity is available all the time and I browse for hours and hours.
This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

I used to spend lot of time in selecting the B'day greeting card for my beloved ones.
I used to spend lot of time in writing letters to my friend in a post card or in a Inland Letter. I used to spend lot of time talking to my friends in front of my house for hours.. I spent lot of time but this gave me real happiness.

But now, I send e-card and e-mails without spending much time for selection.
I used to chat and express our thoughts with my friends by chat/messenger.

This gives me happiness, but makes me feel "Why things got Changed?"

When I turn back after this question I could see my best friend "Mr.Inner Sense" waiting besides me to say and make me realize that
"The only permanent thing in this world is the CHANGE".

Interesting night with a girl

I was walking back to my home, after my colleague dropped me nearby my place. I couldn't walk properly since my leg was paining very badly and I was not walking straight. A girl crossed the road along with me and since I was walking a bit slowly, I got left behind her.

Usually I would reach my home and then place an order from my regular hotel. But this time I thought of taking dinner at a hotel nearby. Since I was not walking properly and the road was really slurry some kind of noise was coming from my shoes. I believe because of these reasons, the girl who was walking in front of me got disturbed a bit and she was looking at me very frequently and in a strange way. I am sure that she would had definitely noticed my beard too....

I reached the hotel I went inside to have my dinner and I did not have any idea where the girl went. But when I came out after my dinner and just entered into the nearby cross road, I noticed that the same girl was walking in front of me.But this time she was carrying few bags. Hope she stopped for a while for purchasing somethings.

That road was not a busy one. It was really dark and isolated. No one else was there and we were walking. All of a sudden someone from one of the houses dropped something or did something which created lot of noise. Because of that the girl turned back and immediately noticed me. After that I believe she was really scared that am following her. She was trying to walk really fast but still the distance remained the same. Then she reached the end of the road. There is no street light and the road was totally empty. This part of the road is full of mud and it was very slurry and slippery due to rain.

Hope she was feeling totally unsecured and all of a sudden started running. But she could not balance herself. Within few steps she slipped and fell down in the same place.

I was amazed looking at this for a moment. But I was even scared to help her. If I go nearby and she screams, then am sure that I will be the Chicken Briyani for public. So I silently passed her away slowly with my unusual walk which threatened her so much. And after few steps away from her, I just wanted to make sure whether she was able to get up from that place. Then I noticed an awesome thing, she had cleaned herself from the mess and I believe she had got hurt badly. For that moment she was also walking like me and that was totally unusual. I was a bit happy :)

Then my inner senses said "Life is not just a circle, it's a perfect circle"

Missing my Amalda

Am mad about bikes and it's my third bike.
I named her "Amalda" and it's is a German name which means "Strong Eagle".

Thinking about marriage @ 3.30 A.M

My parents were discussing about my marriage last night and wanted to know my plans. So I had a thought of thinking about it. But thought about in a different way, and I just imagined what would happen if Arranged Marriage (AM), Love Marriage (LM) and Life of Bachelor (LOB) meet each other.

AM : Hi, How are you ? How is your Father ? How is your mother's health ? Is she feeling good ? [In a Formal way]

LM : Hey dude, am cool and about my mom & dad.. they are rocking man...Yo ! [Completely casual and excited]

LOB : Boss, listen to me , better be single. [In a Warning tone]

AM : Hey, why are u calling me Dude, Geed and all. I don't like this. Am formal and giving respect to you , why don't you behave properly. You do not worry about our customs.

LM : Hey, why u wanna be formal ? Enjoy your life man and go get a life...

LOB : Boss, listen to me , better be single. [In a Warning tone]

AM : Hmmm, Enjoy life.. I know what you mean by that. You are totally disobedient.

LM : Disobedient ???

AM : Yeah, then what ? You decide things on your own and you decide your life partner and never listen to your parents.

LM : That's not being disobedient, that's being independent, being confident and having freedom to make decision.

LOB : Boss, listen to me , better be single ! [In a Warning tone]

AM : Hmmmm.....Freedom to make decision.... Why do you want to make your own decision on choosing your partner alone ?
Your parents chose everything for you these many days ,they know you very well and they know your likes and dislikes.
Then why shouldn't they make a decision about your marriage ?

LM : It is not that I do not allow parents to make a decision, it's all about choosing a soul mate for my life.
May be parents have given the best things for me, but choosing soul mate is different and only I know about this. It is a real serious thing dude, How could you just get married to a person whom you don't know ? Only because of the reason that your parents believe the person is good and your life will be good with that person,you simply accept the person to be your soul mate. And the life with the person isn't going to be for few weeks or months , it is for next 40 to 50 Years. Man, this is too much for me.

LOB : Boss, listen to me , better be single. [In a Warning tone]

AM : Hey , Hold on ! Hold on ! Are you trying to to say that I don't get to know the person before marriage ? If yes, then you are wrong. I have more than the sufficient time of 3 to 6 months to know each other. We get engaged and then we'll get to know each other. What's your problem ?

LM : Yeah, you get engaged and then get to know each other. You don't have an option here. Your parents point out the person and get you engaged to the person and you have to like that person. You get compromised even if you don't like the person, thinking about your parents happiness.
What a life man..!!! [Nodding head with disappointment]
I don't want to get compromised in choosing my soul mate who will be with me for rest of my life.

LOB : Boss, listen to me , better be single. [In a Warning tone]
I've lost patience, come to a conclusion.

AM : Okay, let's start... Am the most successful

LM : Yeah, I fail most of the times, but if i succeed am the Happiest person.
I agree that you are most successful, but what about life after that success, how much happy you are ?

AM : I do not increase your mobile bill all the days. I do it only after engagement.

LM : No comments. I make mobile bills go for a toss.

AM : Everyone around me are happy, looking at them am also happy

LM : I will also be happy if everyone around me are happy, but it's not the only thing that gives me happiness. I have a space for my own happiness

AM : I have No hard feelings, No Hurts, No Pain, No Chaos. Somehow will manage to be successful and only happy endings.

LM : I know I hurt a lot, but that is ignorable in case of a true love. But you get compromised, you sacrifice your likings for your parents. Of course, not in all cases, but you do it in many cases.

AM : Yes, I agree for that. Because falling in Love is normal in everyone's life.
And yeah am a bit cruel that I make person give up love for the sake of family.
As a compensation, I do provide lot of dowry.

LM : No Dowry. Money flows from the end where there is money ! Money doesn't matter for me. I am behind true love and care.

LOB : Boss, listen to me , these guys wont stop confusing each other, so better be single. [In a Warning tone].

Saying this, LOB opens a bottle of FOSTERS, and enjoys life :)