Enough!

Another attack. Another round of chaos. Another day of doom on the city's calendar.


Some more lives lost. Some more injured. Some more families devastated. Some more futures wiped out.

Failure of law. Failure of order. Failure of politics. Failure of intel teams and 'special' squads. Failure of emergency services. Failure to put a gun to their heads and just shoot the bastards responsible.

Heroes arising yet again from within the common man. The common man who's watched this happen so many times he knows the drill better than the official ops teams. The common man who weeps for his losses, picks up the pieces and goes about rebuilding his life. Just like he did the last time around.

Salutes will be given to the spirit of Mumbai. The spirit of India. The spirit of the common man. That’s all we get left with in the end - salutes and sympathies - the only alternative to an actual solution.


So buck up Mumbai...rebuild what you've lost and you'll surely earn those salutes from the top brass.


Unless....you're actually fed up enough to want to put an end to this. To be able to go out of your house and know for sure that you and your loved ones will be safe. To look around at the city that's been your home and not hurt at the amount of hits and losses it takes...year after year...time after time.

Is there anything that can be done to stop this from happening again? Probably not. But can we atleast try to find a proactive solution instead of a reactive one? Can we wake up from the stupor induced by hunger fasts and hidden temple gold and who's-dating-whom to focus on the real issues faced by our country? Hasn't enough innocence been lost already? When will it finally be enough to satisfy the sadistic thirst of terrorism?

Forever

The mirror tells me I'm a face just like any other

Your eyes say I'm beautiful like no other

Let your eyes shine with love forever

Let me feel special forever.

The best gift

12 months ago, you endured a week of bad living conditions and a crazy diet just so we could be together for my b’day.

9 months ago, you held my hand and suppressed your dhinka-chika instincts as you slipped an engagement ring onto my finger.


6 months ago, we were blessed by our family and friends as we stepped into our new life together as husband and wife.


3 months ago, you risked being seen in public holding a bright blue soft toy so that I could have a Valentine surprise waiting for me.

Today, I look back at these moments and countless other times when you’ve made my day special.

Thank you for being the present a girl could ever wish for…thank you for being you.

The Twilight saga

1. That was the first night I dreamed of Edward Cullen.
2. I decided as long as I was going to hell, I might as well do it thoroughly.
3. It makes me… anxious… to be away from you.
4. About three things I was absolutely positive. First, Edward was a vampire. Second, there was part of him — and I didn’t know how potent that part might be — that thirsted for my blood. And third, I was unconditionally and irrevocably in love with him.
5. It’s twilight.
6. And so the lion fell in love with the lamb…
   What a stupid lamb.
   What a sick, masochistic lion.
7. If I could dream at all, it would be about you. And I’m not ashamed of it.
8. The feeling that coursed through me then was unnerving, staggering. And I knew I couldn’t ignore you any longer.
9. I’ll always want you. Forever.
10. I love you. It’s a poor excuse for what I’m doing, but it’s still true.
11. It’s like you’ve taken half my self away with you.
12. I think that boy is in love with you.
13. Bella, I won’t let anything hurt you — not even yourself. I won’t let go of you once, I promise.
14. Twilight, again. Another ending. No matter how perfect the day is, it always has to end.
15. Mostly I dream about being with you forever.

The Valentine List...

This is a list of my favourite lines that are doing the rounds this year for V-day...


1. True love cannot be found where it does not truly exist; nor can it be hidden where it does.


2. When you are in love you can't fall asleep because reality is better than your dreams.


3. When we find someone whose weirdness is compatible with ours, we join up with them and fall into mutually satisfying weirdness, and call it love - true love


4. I kissed my first girl and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. I haven't had time for tobacco since.


5. If I had a flower for every time I thought of you...I could walk through my garden forever.


6. Language is for non-lovers, those who are not in love. For lovers, silence is enough language. Without saying anything, they go on speaking.


7. What a grand thing, to be loved! What a grander thing still, to love!


8. When a woman comes into your life, things organize themselves.


9. True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears checked.


10. Do you love me because I am beautiful, or am I beautiful because you love me?


11. To watch you sleep peacefully, I could stay awake forever.


12. Love is like pi - natural, irrational, and very important.


13. Love is like a friendship caught on fire. In the beginning a flame, very pretty, often hot and fierce, but still only light and flickering. As love grows older, our hearts mature and our love becomes as coals, deep-burning and unquenchable.


14. Love is an irresistible desire to be irresistibly desired.


15. I love you not only for what you are, but for what I am when I am with you. I love you not only for what you have made of yourself, but for what you are making of me. I love you for the part of me that you bring out.

Musings of a late Friday nite @ ofc

As I sit here in ofc late on a Friday nite, counting down the minutes and seconds till when I will be home with my loved ones…a random tawt enters my mind. If I wasn’t compelled to earn a living, what would I rather be doing right now? I would home with my husband enjoying the winter over a silly movie and hot snacks…but I’m here in this absurdly cold ofc waiting for my official logout time…

I remember going through Sandy M’s foto albums and thinking how his talent is largely unrecognized by those who ‘appraise’ him. I watch Soumi dance with such fun and passion that I wonder what it would be like to watch her on one of those dance shows on TV....Unnu's cooking, Bish's sports mania…and many more such unexplored treasures of talent lie amidst us…sadly gathering the dust of time as we plow through our daily routines…

I know this is a tad senti and will probably be a hilarious read on Monday morning….but just for a moment, pause and think…if you could do what you loved instead of what your job demands, what would you want to be doing?

One for my blog

The Halley’s Comet is visible from earth every 75 to 76 years. So if phenomenon like this, can happen twice in a human lifetime, then why not something abstract called Love.

So the first time when I experienced it, it might have amused me. But when I got the real meaning of it & experienced it from a more practical point of view, I realised the first one was just an illusion. All credit goes to you dear.

When you see the waves & ocean for the first time as a kid you might be spellbound by its vastness. But when you begin to learn the meanings you are overjoyed by its depth & also enjoy the sound of the waves in the dark nights even though you can’t see it. Thanks for making me realise the depth of the relation.

I have seen & heard loads of stories of this abstract thing ruining people's lives & worlds. Surprisingly, I was unaware that something that can destroy can build a lovely new world as well. You are the engineer of my life.

I woke up in the darkness of the evening. The alarm made me realise its not evening, it’s just going to be dawn. I wanted to leave the past behind & dress up in new clothes. I did it only because you said so. Your magic touches made me think that I can live happily for the centuries to come. You have blown away my life like a twister breathing new life in it. I won’t be surprised if I wait for you & not take the last train even though the World is coming to an end.

Now I am confident enough to write on every dust particle of this universe that I want to be with you.

- A.B.

It'll be me...

When you need someone to share a joke with...It'll be me.

When you need someone to shed a tear with...It'll be me.

When you need someone to hold your hand...It'll be me.

When you need someone to watch your back...It'll be me.

When you need someone to fight for you...It'll be me.

When you need someone to believe in you...It'll be me.

When you need someone to dream with...It'll be me.

When you need someone to face the world with...It'll be me.

When you need someone to heal you...It'll be me.

When you need someone to scold you...It'll be me.

When you need someone to stand by you...It'll be me.

When you need someone....

It'll be me....always.