Every Tom, Dick and Harry in this world knows that working out is important but if you count the number of people you know who workout on a daily basis or even regularly you’d be amazed to see that there are hardly any. If you have more than ten of your acquaintances/relatives/colleagues who make it to that list you are a lucky one. And no, please do not count those who go for walks regularly because walking the way people do is more like a stroll than anything else and let me add that it doesn’t do a world of good either. Imagine, not even ten people in your entire list of all those people whom you know workout on a regular basis! But the important question is - ARE YOU IN THAT LIST OR NOT?

Posted on July 22nd, 2010 under Feelings. Tags: calories, fitness, gym, lose weight, workout. Comments: 4

Which caste are you from? Are you a Jat? Or are you a Brahmin? Or a Gujjar? Or are you an SC/ST? More importantly, are you ashamed of your caste? I’m a Brahmin and I’m not ashamed of it. You may say that since Brahmins are considered to be the upper caste I don’t have to be ashamed. May be, but let me tell you that I’m not exactly proud of being one either. I just happen to be a Brahmin. It’s not my achievement and it’s not my fault either. And I very sincerely believe that keeping the manner in which I was brought up the same (I’m referring to the financial status of my parents which was lower middle class) I would’ve been the same person that I’m today even if I was born in a different caste.

Posted on May 15th, 2010 under Feelings, India calling. Tags: BJP, caste, casteism, census, class, Congress, Mayawati, Politics. Comments: 9

During the last few years the number of channels on our TV have increased to a level where we have lost count of them. With the channels going 24X7 there was a big inflow of all kinds of programs. Most channels had some kind of fitness related programs in the morning. Some channels had some swamis or babas delivering sermons, singing bhajans or even some gurus teaching yoga. Something on every channel for everybody’s taste. I realized that all of a sudden every one wanted to catch our attentions. Our eyeballs were suddenly becoming very important. On the spiritual front not just the number of programs but even the number of channels exploded like never before. And some of them were rather too blunt and in your face. Your spirituality was being thrust on you. To my bewilderment I found my mom and after marriage my mom-in-law listen to these discourses and bhajans pretty regularly, something which I found rather difficult to get myself to do on a daily basis. And they were not the only ones doing this. Gullible as we are, I found millions of Indians across every town, city and state following some religious preacher or the other. It was as if the Hindu society was being divided all over again. And this time it was based on babas and swamis.

Posted on April 14th, 2010 under AUTHOR'S DIARY, Feelings, India calling. Tags: baba, faith, Patanjali, pranayam, Ramdev, spirituality, Swami, yoga. Comments: 14

We would be rather naive if among the numerous confabulations which reverberate in our monotonous regimen we chose not to coagulate our symptomatic priorities in our subconscious existence so as to mitigate any conflicting preponderances which may permeate to vitiate our environment.

Posted on February 15th, 2010 under AUTHOR'S DIARY, Feelings. Tags: bed time, constructive, creativity, food, innovate, message, moral, stories, traffic. Comments: 10

Unlike the main protagonist of the movie Rancho and Hari (in the book) you cannot really succeed in life without being cunning. You have to have a bit of everything. Calibre as well as cunningness. In a way you have to be like the character of Chatur in the movie who was shown as a meritorious and hardworking student who could not see someone else succeed at his cost. Chetan Bhagat is exactly like him. Like in the movie Chatur does everything possible to succeed and be recognized at the same time Chetan too has ensured that his name will always be associated with 3 Idiots for good or bad for all times to come courtesy this smart controversy created by him. Rest assured that his next book will be sold at a much higher price than the stupid ten lakhs that he got for this one.

Posted on January 8th, 2010 under Feelings, India calling. Tags: 3 Idiots, Amir, Bhagat, Bollywood, Chetan, movie, Rancho, success. Comments: 9

If you really think about it, Mike Tyson may be a better human being than Tiger Woods. At least he doesn’t pretend to be good. He is what he is and we all know it unlike Tiger who pretended to be holier than thou but is actually not. Who would have thought that beneath that cool and calm exterior is a psychotic womanizer. Who would have thought that the person whom we all thought was a thorough gentleman was anything but a gentleman. He may be doing all kinds of charities but having a moral character yourself is more important than doing charitable work.

Posted on December 5th, 2009 under Feelings, Track the world. Tags: coward, elin, jokes, liar, oprah, tiger, waitress, winfrey, woods. Comments: 9

We all believe in coincidences in our lives. Some more and some less. Sometimes you bump into acquaintances in the markets or sometimes you even come across some distant relative of yours while you are enjoying yourself in the malls. Those are the occasions when you are like- What the hell!! These things happen with everyone and they are rather normal. But sometimes they go beyond the normal. When you have too many coincidences one after the other it is but natural for us to reflect if they were just coincidences or is there a message behind them. This is exactly what happened with me in the last few weeks or so. And they are all related to my blogging experience.

Posted on December 3rd, 2009 under Feelings. Tags: coincidence, fate, luck. Comments: 14

“The Safety, Honour and Welfare of your Country come first, always and every time. The Honour, Welfare and Comfort of the Men you command come next. Your Own ease, Comfort and Safety come last, always and every time.”
This is not just a sentimental quote but the ethos on which the army actually works. These are words which define the moral fabric of our army. And these are words which drive our officers to achieve what they do when facing the enemy. Unfortunately, when some senior lot reach the level of being a General and when they have long been detached from actual soldiering on ground do we see such scams. This is the lot which over the long period of thirty odd years of their service have forgotten what they learnt in their academy.

Posted on December 2nd, 2009 under Feelings, India calling. Tags: army, corruption, ethos, general, hierarchy, money, pay, scam. Comments: 11

Gatecrashing is an art or rather a scientific art. Scientific because there are rules for gatecrashing like in science and it’s an art because there is definitely a human element to it which one needs to perfect. Oh yes, I would know. I’ve done it a couple of times. A piece of cake actually if you go by the rules. I know I have this image of a very simple housewife and a blogger but I’ve had my bit of fun in life. And that’s what it was, pure fun.

Posted on November 30th, 2009 under AUTHOR'S DIARY, Feelings, India calling, Track the world. Tags: dinner, gatecrash, Michaele, party, salahi, state, Tariq, wedding. Comments: 9