The Pensive

Winnie the Pooh my most favorite says " Sometimes the smallest things take up the most room in your heart. " As far as I am concerned the smallest things take up the most room in my heart all the time! There are many memories which are hitting my brain in a surge so I thought to post one from my random collection of "teeny weeny" memories which actually are not so tiny and made me feel special. They still make me feel special when I think of them. One boring blue Monday morning it was and I walked through the office gates after the routine bag checking was done with disinterest which became a part of my life. I was in no hurry and took long lazy steps towards my building when the lady who checked my bag shouted, "Madam. Show your Id card please."  I lazily groped my waist to find the badge and frantically searched my bag but could not find it.  "I forgot it." I replied with more monotony in my tone now as I had to go to main gate security de...

Director:  Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Producer: Farhan Akhtar, Ritesh Sidhwani Screenplay: Vipul Vig, Mrighdeep Singh Lamba Music: Ram sampath Lyrics: Mrigdeep Singh Lamba , Munna Dhiman , Vipul Vig Cast: Pulkit Samrat, Varun Sharma , Ali Faizal, Manjot Singh, Richa Chadda, Vishakha Singh, Priya Anand and Pankaj Tripathi Fukrey – I didn’t know the meaning of the word till I went to watch the movie. No one told me what it meant but I realized it just means people who are good for nothing. I went to the movie on a weekday just for 100/- a ticket to a multiplex and I must say it is a total Paisa Vasool movie.  The movie stars Dileep aka Choocha (Varun sharma ), Hunny (Pulkit Samrat ), Laali (Manjot Singh) and Zafar( Ali Faizal) as Fukras and Richa Chadda as Boli Punjaban. Other than Zafar whose role is slightly dim all others are top notch performers. Zafar plays a music genius who is struggling to prove himself and suddenly faces financial crisis due to his paraly...

" I am sorry Peter. I over looked that bug in my module." "But how could you be so reckless John? Now I have to deal with the client side right?" "I am really sorry Peter. If you can give me two days time I will be able to fix it." "How can I give you two days time John? Client review is to noon!" "Give me a while Peter. I will see what I can do!" * After 2 hours * "Hello Peter. I identified the solution to the bug but it has dependency on Samuel's module. So I can fix it only if he comes to office." "But Samuel is on sick leave right? Will he be able to come?" "I am not sure about it Peter!" *After an hour Samuel  who is suffering from severe cold and fever comes to office and fixes the issue* They all join a conference call. "Hello Peter," says Samuel in a hoarse voice. "Ya Sam. I am so glad you came to office in such a short notice. A big thanks to you buddy!...

The night before I was reading a book and doing some research parallely to write an article on celebrities who died in a mysterious way. Just then my mobile blinked with five add requests on we chat. First one showed a name Jiah Khan and the number was 03062013. Second one was from Marilyn Monroe , third from silk smitha, fourth from Divya Bharathi and fifth from Parveen Babi. Every one had strange phone numbers which looked like dates. I got scared to accept the requests. I was feeling too jittery but still gathered courage and added all of them. Jiah Khan : "Hello Afshan. Hope you are doing good." Me:  "I am good but who are you and how did you know my number?" Jiah Khan : "I am of course the actress Jiah Khan. We just realized you were trying to write an article on celebrities who had an untimely death. Thought we could talk to you!" Me: " But how can you be online?!" Jiah Khan: "Worry about it later. Don't you want to ...

It is very common to see mother’s day posts and every one praising mother to skies. While mothers love is unmatchable and divine there is one more being whose love is not mentioned frequently in articles or blogs. I am not saying it is not mentioned at all but the frequency is less compared to the number of times a mother’s love is described. A mother's pain and myriads of emotions she bears those 9months can never be understood by anybody else but a father and his joy which has no limits is often side kicked.  A father also goes through most of the emotions which are inbuilt in a mother. It seems when I was born my parents were extremely tensed as they didn’t want a boy again. My father was praying it should be a baby girl and my mother was hopeful that it will be a girl.  Hearing my first cry it seems my granddad shouted outside the labour room, “Such a loud cry can only be of a girl! ” Being a father of six my granddad knows better than anyone else  :) . My pare...

Those beautiful eyes had so many unasked questions. Few were intimidated by her wisdom. Her smile always reflected in her eyes. There were oceans of knowledge and the girlish innocence behind them. Her gaze could penetrate one's heart.  Her eyes posed questions every minute. Her eyes reflected her dreams, desires, ambitions and aspirations. When she was lost in thoughts her eyes used to take her in to the fantasy land  miles away.  She had a new thing to do in her list every day. Her writings make her immortal.If you are unruffled by her vision then you must be really blind! Image source : "Helen Keller" This post is dedicated to Helen Keller.  Helen Adams Keller  (June 27, 1880 – June 1, 1968) was an American author,  political activist , and  lecturer . She was the first  deafblind  person to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree (Source : Wiki) . “Death is no more than passing from one room into another. But there's a difference for ...

After a friend suggested I downloaded we chat from appstore which is a beautiful app to chat with any one on the globe and do much more. I won a contest and got an opportunity to talk to the "Khans" of bollywood. With out Khans bollywood is incomplete and I cant thank my stars enough for getting a chance to chat with the Khans. I not only got an opportunity to chat but also to record and present it to the world. Now who is not interested in their cat fights , cold wars and open rebukes. In short Indians are fond of any news or gossip bollywood dishes out. I was given a date and time when all the Khans would be "online". I added and invited all of them to a group chat. My heart skipped a beat when I saw that Shahrukh Khan of all was online first. The conversation went some thing like below Me : Hey Shahrukh ! I can't believe its you ! Shahrukh: You gotta believe Afshan. Chote chote mobiles me aisi badi badi baatein hosakti hai ( In small mobiles b...