Twice-fold Effect!!

As I belong a generation consisting of folks about to enter or who have just entered the matrimonial phase, I quite often get to hear of the match-fixing, negotiations, horoscope matching and if all succeed ,marriage.

Of all, to the phase of horoscope-matching, I have complete disapproval. Is the institution of marriage so simple that all one’s life, just the spouse is the entity the person deals with? Not really! If only horoscopes are important for compatibility checks, then why haven’t people realized, rather than checking the compatibility of the bride/groom-to-be, verifying that of saans-bahu will make Ekta Kapoor go bankrupt and restore sanity to the world.It’s quite unfortunate if the guy and girl like each other with the horoscope horror to dismantle their dreams.

As will the case be with many, marriage applicants will deny, parents will deny their denial. Looking for the right time of my absence, at time of my match-fixing, my mom had visited an astrologer with the horoscopes of Rags and mine. Just when I was back, here’s what she had to say,

Mom: Finally, I got the horoscope matching done.

Me: Come on, mama.

Mom: Shut-up! What do you know?

Me: Hmmm…

Mom: However, he said the compatibility is great.He said, that guy is the right person.

Me :oh!!

Mom: .... (Brimming with joy) ...and this is the right time to get married. If done so, everything will be twice-folded in your life.

Me: Huh? What about marriage then? That twice-folded too?

Mom: Shut-up! Won't you? He meant your happiness in life will increase.

Me: Looks like the Astrologer was right.

Mom: (Seeming quite victorious for having convinced me).. So finally you agree? Good.

Me: Of course, mama. You did say ‘shut-up’ twice. Twice-fold effect you see!!

Mom: God save Raghu!!

I was only kidding when I said that to her, quite an ugly joke that was. But my intent was to explain that not horoscopes, but hearts play a role in compatibility. Just ‘Put yourself in others’ shoes’ principle in life would lead to understanding anybody, not just the spouse. If I need to get compatible, I need to understand his priorities in life and so should he, right? Well, has there been any horoscopically-approved couple that hasn’t fought? That must be a wonder, I say.

Open Kitchen

Visitor Sandeep drops in to Aunt Revathy's house.

Aunt: Hey Sandeep, nice to see you.

Sandeep : Thanks Aunty. I came to invite you to my sister's wedding.

Aunt : That's pleasant news, Sandeep.

Sandeep : Yes Aunty.

Aunt: So where is your brother-in-law working?

Sandeep : Aunty,He is a software Engineer with an MNC.

Aunt : Excellent.
(She makes a move towards the kitchen)

Sandeep :No..no..Aunty, I just had my lunch and came.

Aunty: Come on Sandeep, eat little at our house too.

Sandeep :No Aunty, I am so full.

Aunty: Hmm...ok then...
(Aunt looks for Milk in the fridge )

Sandeep : No Aunty, no coffee too.

Aunty: Sandeep, how can I send you without giving anything?

Sandeep : Its perfectly fine, Aunty. Some other time , I will drop in .

Aunty : Ok, please do. Regards to your parents.

Sandeep : Sure, Aunty.


Open Kitchen does help, ain't it?

Hawaii Slippers

About 15 years ago, on one of the days I played with my friends, I had lost my new shoes. In the mind to avoid any wear and tear, I had them rested them in a corner and played bare feet. For every time-please in the game, I ran to the corner, gave a glance at my shoes and continued with my play. Then came a time- please and there I ran huffing and puffing to see, but not to find my footwear that seemed to have slipped into the hands of some stone-hearted person.

Mom’s reminder of carelessness ( but tell me, how careful than watching the shoes every now and then and preventing them from wear and tear can one get??) and dad’s venture to buy me a new pair with mom’s advice to buy me nothing but Hawaii slippers for as per her, kids of such age keep losing things and it would only be less painful to lose Hawaii slippers next time.

So off we went to a shoe showroom, dad, brother and myself. I eyed at a very good red colored shoes but never opened my mouth to express my wish for two reasons, one being that I was guilty of losing an expensive pair of shoes and another being that we were constructing a house then and I had thought that going for less-expensive shoes would save some money for my father ( Did I think that it would help him construct another floor!! Hmmph.. no clue). We were back home, dad, brother, Hawaii slippers and myself. I was not as happy as I would generally be whenever anything new was bought for me. Well, my brother who knew the fact told that to my father (well, kids of our age and my brother who is four years younger to me would generally know the kiddo secrets). Usually, his normal trait would be to threaten me of revealing the secrets, but this time, he said it. Amidst the anger that I had on my brother for having done that to me, I really didn’t concentrate on my dad’s response. I suppose he opined that I must have expressed my wish.

Kids will be kids, don't they? Wishing for small things, fighting for small things, threatening for small things and getting scared of small things!!

Well, these thoughts refreshed in my mind when I watched an Iranian movie titled “Children of Heaven”, translated into English on Star movies a fortnight ago. One of best movies I have ever watched I must say. A movie revolving around shoes and kids, gosh, it looks so real!! It brought back so many of my memories .What runs in a kid’s mind maybe beyond a parent’s perception. Composition the same, yet brains work different.

Title Picture!

In the saturday supplements of 'The Hindu' newspaper, there is a column called 'Caught snapping' to which readers are requested to send an 'out-of-the-ordinary' photograph( meaning not the ones of one standing next to the flower vase or in front of statue of liberty!!) with a 'good' caption. Winner of the contest get published and would carry home some gifts as well. Now, if all it takes to participate in the contest is to send an e-mail with a photo attachment, wouldn't a software engineer grab that opportunity? I did.

Picture :

Caption : "Tryst with Self"

Well, this is not a success story. When I was saying that I might win, rags had only told 'provided they understand the caption' !!! Was that enough to predict the result? It seemed like.

Nevertheless, as every movie would have a title song, my blog would have a title picture!! If not to allot a space for the unpublished content, what else is a blog for? More so,there's always another saturday!!

Safe Diwali

Yesterday, when Bipasha Basu wished a very safe diwali to the viewers of a certain channel, Rags,to respect her wish,instantly pledged not to watch her movies during Diwali!

Safe? Staying away from bad(?) movies or from 'hot' entities ???!!! Diplomatically said, ain't it?

Hmm...

Priceless ride

Strange are people's ways. Sometimes we enjoy things that come when we shell money. If it comes for free, we search for means to escape from those situations, isn't it? Take for example, most of us would be prepared to shell out so much money for all the high-thrill roller coaster rides in Amusement parks, but never to volunteer to accommodate the back seats in the cabs because of the bumpy rides!!

Well, today my roller coaster ride to home was indeed excellent. Does someone want to take the pleasure tomorrow?

Injurious Ban

Perhaps, I am quite traditional for I still stand by the feeling that smoking is a sick,not hep thing. I could not have been more ecstatic when I read the headline that smoking would be banned at offices too. When I went on to read in more detail, I felt that it was more of a bane than a boon to the inevitable passive smokers. Who on earth felt that smoking in a confined zone is more dangerous than smoking on streets,thereby increasing the scope of harm to passive smokers.
Rule banaaya bhi to kya banaaya! Wah.
At this juncture, I am reminded of my visit to Goa,last year. I was impressed when I got to know that smoking in public was banned and implemented more or less.

I thought smoking in public needs to be banned, if at all the agenda is not just about gathering publicity for a brief while!