“The cultured give happiness wherever they go. The uncultured whenever they go!”- Swami ChinmayanandaAs much as I would want people to like me, appreciate me and say nice things about me, I kind of envy people who are so casual about things and hardly care about what people think or say about them. Often we do things to impress others or because we feel that we deserve credit or recognition. And there...

After relationships, love and romance...the Gujjus are my fav. topic to discuss/speak and..blog about.They are strange.They are passionate.They are so goddamned crazy that I can never love them for their idiosyncrasies.Lets take an example of their ability to name their children. What I mean is that with the mind-boggling ability with which they crack problems...you sure wud xpect them to have some...

Company of yourself.

"Niks, are u busy? If not, can you please talk to me for a while?".She longed to talk. She desired to be ONLY heard. I heared her. I heard her compilation of thoughts and impressions of experiences that contibuted its aura in her storybook of life. Life isn't easy. Never has been for anyone. We all go through it. It's funny that with so many people packed-in tight in this big city - you can never...

There is something called as 'bursting the bubble' and here is me basking merrily, at all times examining each moment with the pessimistic attitude that I have developed over the years. Gazing out into the world, having attained everything and stll feeling indifferent. There are times when we convince ourselves about certain things that would never be a part our world. And, so we build ourselves...

"Niks, I'll miss you", he said with tears in his eyes. "I'll miss you, too"O! dear friend, if I had to sit and count the times you lightened up my life, I wudn't have enuf moments in a day to hold it. There wudn't be enuf songs to sing, for all those times when you understood me more than I cud. All will soon be gone by the waves of change and time - leaving nuthing but empty shores behind.I clutch...