The Pensive

World is big and everything embedded in it is a wonder. We used to stop by every creation for a while and ponder. Remember how we used awe at the sky and the thunder? How we used to escape from mommy when we did a blunder? Remember the pleasure of playing hide and seek in a huge play ground? And the person you were searching was standing just around. Do you remember the shouts and screams when he was found? Remember the fights over silly things on a muddy mound?  Do you remember the endless games even on a hot sunny day? Remember the gentle breezes drying your sweat in a soothing way. Remember the tender grass on which hours together you used to lay. Remember the petals you used to collect when the wind swayed them away!   Image courtesy :  http://sarabbit.openphoto.net/gallery/ Remember the diary in which you preserved the petals even if they were wrying? Remember how the petal held your name in capitals in your neat hand writing? ...

The Day 31 prompt for   " May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -   31. Four things:  Choose four things and take a photo. They can be anything.  Phew ! I can breathe now . Finally the last prompt and the easiest of alllll. Thank god its Friday and thank God its over . I feel relaxed as I can rest and do some thing else now ;) . The marathon of every day challenges ends for me as of now ! Coming to my four pics today, they are just random clicks. Who doesn't like soft toys and key chains ? I have a penchant for them. NOT TEDDY BEARS though. Some how I never liked them much. I like different kinds of stuffed toys. I was mad about angry birds till some days back. My hubby got me my favorite red bird and also the yellow bird in the second pic. The one you see in between them is a character from "THE CROODS" movie by Dream works. Its name is belt. My husband got it at office when the movie got released. Perks of working at a crea...

The Day 30 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  30. Tool:  A tool in the garage or something useful that helps you get through life. Perhaps in a cooking tool. Find one and share it. There are many tools  and appliances with out which I can't live. We are surrounded by machines and tools. We depend on them more than we depend on fellow humans. A mobile , lap top , stove , tread mill , T.V., , fan , AC . Phew ! If you think of it you will realize that your life will be hell even if one tool is missing in the list! First and foremost tool/ appliance which I remembered is my oven with out which my life is sure is painful. For a simple cook like me oven is a life saver. I love my LG oven which conjures delicious food in no time. I am too lazy to spend hours on cooking . So, most of the times I boil vegetables or dal or go for grill at times :)  I love my oven Can you guess whats cooking ? :P If ...

You want to learn dance and perform on the stage? You just need to fly by coming out of your cage. Dance needs a spark with in you and it doesn't need any  age. It only needs the spirit to dance, to enjoy and maintain the rage! You want to excel and master your singing? Go do it now. Can't you see it is your true calling! Sing and know your song. Tomorrow can never be today. Your song might change your life. Start without any delay! Do you want to get rid of the phobia of water? Do something which you wanted to do with fervor. Don't just watch from a distance. Go dive in to the river. You only have to face it to end the quiver! You want to write a book and make people read you. Start it now and wonder at what you actually can do. Till you actually start something you will have no clue. If you do not start, the to-do list will always be in due! Life is surrounded by uncertainties, challenges and too much of fear. Embracing your lif...

The Day 29 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life "  29. Kiss:  This is our charity prompt. We’re going to kiss MS goodbye. So wear red, or pop on some red lipstick and show us a ‘kiss’! After reading on  "Chicky's blog"  I came to know  that  "Kissing MS good bye"  means Kissing Multiple Sclerosis good bye. Click on the hyper link to know more . I thought a lot as I don't have a proper click with red lipstick other than me in my red wedding dress and red lipstick. No I didn't kiss the groom . I mean I didn't click the pic of it :P After too many thoughts I remembered a pic I clicked in Nehru zooological park - Hyderabad . Thanks to FMSphotoaday group on FB which gave me too many ideas. Taken through the glass window They are not actually wearing red lipstick and their skin is green but a Chameleon changes colors right? So please imagine them in red and I left a red lip stick mark on the...

The Day 28 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  28. What you’re doing now:  Choose a moment in your day and take a photo of it. Ok this challenge is getting on to my nerves now. It is really charging on me like the DINOSAUR in the below smiley :(  I questioned my self today as to what to reply to what I am doing now? There are many possibilities you know. If I take the moment now I am actually typing for the post. Other than that I do anything and everything which every other person does. Irrespective of what I actually am doing the thing which I do forever with out any pause or rest is to DREAM ! One should have dreamz unlimited is my life's funda but sometimes my dreams are just crazy and can range from me entering a wonderland- Afshan in the wonderland and ruling that land to being a super woman- No not the elastic woman or the one who can shield the attacks from the opponent. I would love to see my self as the...

Rahul was Seema's first love but they didn't succeed. Now Seema is married to Vinay and has 2 kids. Rahul returned from the U.S.A. and wants to meet Seema at any cost! "I am in your city. Want to meet me?" asked Rahul.   “What if Vinay knows?" "There is no need to tell him”  “I am just scared Rahul!”  “It is your call now Seema. I am staying in Hotel Marriott!” Next day as Rahul was sipping tea in the lobby Seema walked to him in a red sari. “ Her beauty and charm only increased with years ”, thought Rahul earnestly. Image source - "first love" This piece is written for  100 Words On Saturday 11 Prompt: YOUR CALL  hosted by Corinne at her blog  EveryDayGyaan  

The Day 27 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  27. Can’t live without:  What would you rather not live without? As I am done with too many posts on people who mean a lot to me I am going with things this time. I can't live with out books and music . Music soothes me , changes my mood instantly and makes me think. I am not much in to English songs. I enjoy hindi bollywood songs and other regional songs which I can understand. I am particular about lyrics and just let each and every word sink in to me. Javed Akhtar , Majrooh Sultanpuri  and Gulzar Saheb are my heart favorites. A.R. Rehman , Mohit Chauhan , K.K. , Sukhwinder Singh, Kailash Kher , Alka Yagnik , Shreya Ghoshal, Nikhil Paul George and Amit trivedi steal my heart too! There are many names which I am not taking here but I absolutely respect the musical talent. It needs heart mind and soul. Those who naturally have it are truly god gifted. A day doesn'...

The Day 26 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " - 26. Fave thing to do on Sunday: What’s your favourite thing to do on Sundays? Sleep-in? Eat out? Party? Share. "Sun"day is meant to be a LATE day when you don't feel like watching the sunrise and you don't feel like having your usual 7O'clock tea or 8O'clock bath. When I was with Infosys Hyderabad I used to wake up by 10 or 11 on a sunday morning and have brunch (breakfast+lunch). Even now my sundays start late and end late. We switch off the alarms and lose track of time. When I check the mobile it will already be 9 A.M. and I hurriedly go to gym. After coming from gym I am  always treated royally by my husband. I sprawl on the sofa and wait for the master chef to serve the break fast which obviously is delicious, hot and just the way I like it. My sundays are incomplete if my husband doesn't cook. Even on weekdays he interferes and customizes the ...

The Day 25 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  25. Us:  Us could mean your workmates, family, friends or otherwise. How will you show everyone your ‘us’? Have posted too many pics from the past 24 days which represent "me" , "us" and "we" . Yet again I want to show "Us" . Us here doesn't mean me and my husband or me with my parents.  In the below collage in the first pic its me with my friends who were a part of that folk dance in which we prayed forest Goddess for rains :P . Can you recognize me in it ? We all were in jubilant moods so jubilant that it actually rained the next day :D  The best "us" is when kids get together. Its a racket and a perfect entertainment show to people like "us". Hence the remaining pics in this collage are of the kids / bachoos - Bacha party as I would like to call. The second pic of collage has Sami, Danish and Ayaan (L-R) ...

The Day 24 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  24. Go:  A green light means go, but what else symbolises this energetic word? Nature symbolizes a "GO". What else? Nature gives us resources which make our life easy. It is our duty to protect our water bodies , forests , trees and vegetation and every thing which is natural to stay happy. Nature gives us pleasure and rejuvenates us. Below are the pics from Hogenekkal falls which is called "India's Niagara." I was spell bound by these humongous falls. Its a delight to watch water falls which are always going and flowing non stop :). We are nothing compared to these nature's wonders ! Check them out. They are divided between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu states. Breath taking This was clicked from the view point. "Panorama" view! Coracle ride is must if you happen to visit. It was raining when I went which added to the bliss Whe...

The Day 23 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  23. PJs:  Pyjamas, we all wear them? {Except you nudists!} so share them. Please. You will laugh if I say I groomed my feet with extra care and applied nail polish to just click for today's prompt. :P I usually w ear them before I sleep . Do  not wear them regularly though- doesn't mean I am nudist :P. I am not particular about wearing Pyjamas before I sleep. I am in anything which is comfortable enough to sleep. Some times if I am sleep deprived I can even sleep on the floor wearing  ^_^ ^_^  anything and everything ahem :p   .Today I am wearing them since morning and yawning as I am continuously feeling its time to sleep :) Anyway below is the pic. I didn't want to put a high resolution pic of my polka dotted retro pyjama and scare you all. Hence modified it a bit on instagram and PicCollage! "The tender touch of a pyjama mak...

The Day 22 prompt for  "May Photo A Day Challenge : A challenge that will change your life " -  22. Change:  This can be a hard one, so put your thinking cap on. How can you show change in a photo? I changed a lot in a decade. A decade- my God!! I didn't realize when it got over. 2002-2012 just flew and I entered twenties from teens and as the clock is ticking I realize even thirties and forties will hit me :( I feel scared at times thinking of all the things I want to , need to and plan to do ! One of those things is for sure travelling and travelling a lot. Today I will talk less and share a magnificent pic taken during one such travels. I went to Agra in the summer of 2010 and went again in winter 2012. Below pic shows the stark difference between Taj in summer and Taj in winter. Wah Taj! Nope I didn't modify the pic. You can clearly see the fog in the second pic. The magical and mystic Taj was invisible till we approached it where as in the fi...

She and her curiosity always stayed indoors. Her heart trapped behind the bars inside the wooden doors. Her soul traveled miles even if she did not move an inch. The desires pricked her like the thorns of the cactus making her flinch! She was as lonely as the Cactus plant and the deserted street. She needed permission to sit or squat or to just stand on her feet. The Cactus still had the pot and the floor as companions. She was unwanted and inside the doors buried were her passions! Picture Credit:   http://www.fotolia.com/Info/Images/FreeImages If she boldly stepped out of the door any time of the day, She had to face the wrath of the master who would love to fray. Her child hood, youth and women hood are all seamless. For she knew only slave-hood which was always loveless! Slavery to “ men ” whom she feared to accept or deny. Slavery to the beasts and their erotic desires which made her cry. Behind those closed...