Cricket... Why we Bleed Blue !!!

Cricket...... Just a game with Ball and Bat with 6 wickets........ Some people call it as a version of Baseball, some call it similar to golf, some call it mix of the baseball and golf........do they really know what cricket is ..........

I tried to explain one of my dutch friend about what cricket for us means:

- It is a religion for 1.2 billion people in India

- It is an essay which any Indian kid in a school could write without fear, knowledge and tuition

- It is an encyclopedia whose figures and facts are known to every Indian

- It is a Degree Course which every Indian completes in their Mother's womb

- It is wave which starts from Kashmir to Kanyakumari and Jaisalmer to Assam

- It is an emoticon defaulted for all Indian software and chats

- It is a gossip far crispy than gossip gals and desperate housewives

- It is a passion which drives the nation towards 9% growth annually

- It is something which turns griefs into happiness and Death into lives

- It is something which makes a girl feel jealous as they are deprived of focus from their mate

- It is which makes a scholarly lose his scholarship and a dumb to gains wisdom

- It is Cola with No Ice and Whiskey with a high Price

- It is always a discussion at Tea or Dine, at sea or skyline

- It is for which Sleepless nights and stressful days don't matter

- It is a song with lyrics unknown

- It is a day's meal for the poor and an investment for the rich

- It is life at once and death at none

- It is Mother's blessing and Father's vision

- It is the Blood which flows inside each Indian...... BLUE

I can't explain all what Cricket means to us in our lives.... I could just write that every Indian BLEEDS BLUE !!!!

When cricket is ON in India nothing else could remain ON..... As whole of India comes to a stand-still, Colleges are bunked, Schools deserted, Offices in Canteens, Kitchen in TV rooms...

WE just don't love the game... WE live it !!!

Cheers,

Bleed Blue INDIAN

I want Everything of Anything !!!

It's very true that the human behavior is so volatile that you could see a spectrum of expressions in just a moment. I always wonder what makes us so diversified and thoughtful that we are all the same yet so apart.

My mind was filled with so many thoughts, so many wishes, so much to do and what not......... Whole day I spent thinking to have a GOAL....... But never realized myself that I was playing a Referee's role in the field....

Sometimes hard choice is the Right one, But I feel everything Hard now !!!

What makes us so confused always??? Is it the NEED to have everything of anything ??? I feel its' true because our human nature is so sensitive and inclined to the demands of our heart and mind which creates a mess of your mind, thoughts and more dangerously it's effect on Life...

Confusion comes when we have options, Options comes when we have prioritized some wishes/tasks etc, Wishes are so many but which is the Right one and then comes the same Q !!!!!!!

Sometimes hard choice is the Right one, But I feel everything Hard now !!!

So I was just in the same state of mind and could not decide on my Anything from which I could deduce my everything :)

Somebody told me once "Think twice before you choose" and now I started thinking multi times to come to conclusions..... today was a day of unrest as my mind said something else than my heart and conditions have their own different say............... and in the same state I just remembered my wonderful friend who once told me these beautiful and inspiring words "you are so focused, so determined as you know what you want out of life at every phase of life" and here I am sitting confused whole day to get the hard nut crack. Smiles came on my face after those lines banged again on my head and heart....

Is confusion just a state of selecting your best option or to put it in my words....the selection of choosing the least risky, most profitable and most enjoyable actions of life? I feel confusion mostly comes with our GREED to have EVERYTHING of ANYTHING...... cos we demand more and more and makes our life miserable.

Yet, today I could come to the conclusion for so many things which made my life shaky from past few days..... A Sunday spent just being myself and I got my answer.........though I am not sure this time as it is more of Heart over Mind in the selection...... Still I have my answer by EOD.......

Now I want Everything of that SOMETHING !!!!!!!!!!

Cheers !!
Punit - The confused Nut :)

Sunday evenings are just for yourself

Every Sunday evening I find time for myself, to explore myself, to realize my goals, to relax and rejuvenate. Sunday has always been a day for relaxation and complete all pending tasks at home. I still remember every Sunday evening in Pune was spent watching TV or spending time with buddies, having famous cold coffee and Pao bhaji in Pune...... here in holland its spent in writing blogs, articles, reading news, business magazines, the terrible work of ironing the clothes.....

How important is SUNDAY in everyone's life as it prepares for the next 5-6 days of challenges lined-up. I get the nightmares of Monday morning each Sunday evening :)

Lets Chillax and just have a day for introspection and freedom....

So here I am taking a break from my regular Sunday blogs :)

Have a Nice Sunday !!!

Woh beetein Lamhe

The reminiscence of the old days I had spent...rather Lived with the best buddies I could have asked for...are still so refreshing that brings a cute smile off-course with dimples on my face :)

I just miss the fun of being with them......College days and nights went by.... playing cards whole day and night with cuppa tea and maggi(The official College Menu)..... Never blinked my eyes when we use to play for even 8 hours continuously (Although it took just a min to sleep when I had books open)..... Every Birthday party started at around 9.00pm till 5.30 am and Cards were our 5th buddy......... Never thought of those moments so cherished yet......

The story for playing cards didn't ended at college only..... as I got Real junkies after college in my job and it was the same college session continued but this time I was salaried......... Our play didnt include Money, so the best part was still intact and seamlessly I was gifted with junkiest roomies and friends who sung whole nite and played whole night just like me.......

The Kid inside me never left me till I continued playing cards but now here I am sitting in my room straying my eyes with Laptop taking complete control of my life... Being devoid of 3 other junkies which could bring out the REAL ME......

I still remember "Double sir dekhla pakad" was a phrase on each tongue........ I just feel to go back to my old days......which is not gonna happen.... Still I have the option 2 go back 2 my old MATES...... and the CARD SAGA will continue............. I miss those chais and bakwaas during Cards..... the gossips.... the Maggi..... the Buddies...... the girl's hostel khabarein..... the Infy kudiyaas discussed..... the business plans discussed..... the teasers....... Wat a fun !!!!!!!

Hope to go back soon and relive those moments with all.......

Ravindra, Mitro, Nikhil boss, Chopdu......
Ronie, Ranjan, Ravi, Rakesh, Bhupi........
Srikant, Rahul, Surri, Siddie, Anant, Zee.......

Cheers !!
Buddies

Time changes and so do people

Time changes.... So do people...... and both change very fast....

We all meet some people on our journey of life; some of those some becomes friends, partners, buddies, but not all of those some remain the same for you forever.........

Feelings changes with the time, care flows away, you come last on the priority for those some... whom you had cared, believed them to be buddies of lifetime... The reasons could be any.. I was wondering about my title of the blog and was confused between... "Time changes and so do people" or "Distances make relationship distant"... finally i looked on to a broader perspective and couldn't resist writing a painful story of my friend who still griefs about his relationship on the verge of a collapse and couldn't fight back with time as it has changed everything for him and his companion.....

My friend didn't had a girl friend but he had a friend (ofcourse girl :) ) who was more than any relationship to him, he cared for her so much just as a wife could expect his husband to be.

They both shared every moment of their life....when you are having such a relationship you always EXPECT the same attention, love, care in return even if you think that you don't Expect. We are humans and we can't resist this idiotic feeling of EXPECTATION..... my friend always did things for her voluntarily and was so happy in listening to all the talks a GIRL speaks whole day :)

He just enjoyed every moment with her even if they were not in the same city as distances didn't matter then and GTALK and Cell phones (1 Re. all India calling) were means of keeping in close touch with your buddies. The time spent on phone for him was so much that he never thought of keeping his phone away from his ears, always fully charged and also carried extra calling cards in his wallet for any emergency. That was his way of defining the importance of his relationship with the girl, though he never said anything about her as a girlfriend of him and his thoughts were pure.

Then after 3 years of their distant relationship, a new turn came as the girl moved to another city where she found a company of friends and was so mingled with them that my friend was left behind visualizing his relationship staging away. This was not due to the distance they had between their cities coz the new city which the girl moved to also had the same calling rates : 1 Re/pm.... Still the distance of hearts can't be measured in any units and neither they could be avoided. My friend had lost a Companion, a Buddy, A friend just in the matter of moving cities or I should better say Time moved everything distant.

There was no problem, no fights, no EXPECTATION problems, no confusion between both of them. It was just TIME which made people change as the importance of one is bartered for another. New friends, new group made the girl so busy and contended in her own life that she really forgot my friend who was just completely dedicated to her attention, he didn't desire for any other friends as they were together from heart, separated from cities as he found a BUDDY in her........ The girl went for new friends and engrossed her life among them ONLY and now I don't see my friend talking to her on call, as he also left calling her after so many tries to remain in touch.

My friend told me once "Life is more than just meeting expectations, its about setting expectations". I thought for a while as that was hard to relate but he explained me.... "I like spending time with her, talking with her, doing things to please her, keeping her away from tensions and worries, caring for her and everything I could do to let ME be the same for her forever as she is my real buddy. Everything I did for her was not in return of anything from her......No expectations....No commitments..... But now when I don't find myself the same for her...then it seems something is wrong with me that made her leave me like this."

I was stunned at his humbleness and then realize that the girl went for other friends and kept avoiding his calls, never called him back, never showed time for him. All this happened just because 'Time changes and so do people'. She found new friends, partied out with them, talked only with them leaving her best Buddy alone without any reason.......

But I know the reason.....as I agree with an old saying "Time changes and so do people", the importance of one is at the cost of other. Changing Habits and Changing ourselves carry different meanings and have completely different aspects in one's life. Habits don't change your feelings and relationship with your buddy, but Time changes you and your relationship........

I could hmmm the lines of a song:
"Waqt ne kiyaa..... kya haseen sitam....

Hum rahe na hum.... tum rahe na tum.....

Waqt ne kiyaa....... "

Time changes and it is inevitable but the changing times should not change a Complete YOU !!!!

A KNOT not tied .....

A knot not tied...... :(

Today is a day when a KNOT means a lot to all Bro's ........ Still I see my hands devoid of the resham dor......... Its been 3 yrs I have been away from my Home on this auspicious day where my sister misses me the whole day for her gifts and a thread in her hand called Rakhi.... A Knot not tied.....

Even in this digital age, i receive an Indian POST with Gandhi stamp which carries far more importance to my sisters back home than I can actually imagine.... Each cousin has to send a Rakhi of their own.... Though I know I won't tie myself more than one..... Still feels so happy to see those 4 letter post with a Mahatma stamp to entitle the feeling of MY DESH.... In the time of emails, pings, chats, voice mails, SMS....... My mom still ask my sister to write a few lines in that letter as it is a Shagun to send a letter with rakhi in the post...... Feels emotional every time I receive these letters from back home and reading them makes you feel NOSTALGIC...

My sisters still remembers me and ask me the same old DAIRY MILK (Off-course the best version available in market now :) ) which I have been getting from so many years now on this day......

What a Day back home in India...... A public holiday..... A Sister's pocket money day.... A Sweet shopkeeper's weighing Day....A day I am missing all back home .... To top it all have to work in office for 13 hours..........

Wish u all a Very special Rakhi......

Miss U sis !!!

Bhai

Being SINGLE is just AWESOME !!!

Friends, A friend of mine initiated me to write this one for you all....... Don't ask me HER name :P

An average indian lives for around 55-60 yrs now, out of which he/she usually gets married about the age of 25-30 yrs. This facts proves in itself that "Being Single is just AWESOME". Half of your life you stay single and other half you spend with your better half which scientifically derives that 50% of your life as SINGLE was most exciting, innovative, Stress free, Lively, Childhoodness, Youthfulness and what not..................

I don't state or feel that being committed/engaged/married has all the problems/issues/sorrow in this world....I just want to make people aware that half of their life they have already lived as SINGLE would be their most memorable, loved and cherished as it has so many phases, so many colours and so much of Youth....

Single, just didn't means a status....it has altogether greater aspects in life....... A Friday nite movie with frnds, A Saturday nite outing with the best buddies, A Sunday long drive alone...... Such pleasures of life we enjoy being single without having the fear of being associated/committed/engaged/married............... Though these enjoyments can also be a part of the Better HALF life but their chances are lean :0

Friends, the reason these thoughts has struck to my mind is....When I see my friends getting arrange marriage and in a while I get the lightening news of their divorce, Separated, fights, incompatibility, hatred......... Feels so pathetic to see Life changes from happiness of being losing SINGLEHOOD to Despair........

When you hear such disastrous stories of your loved ones each having a tale of its own makes you realize that "Being SINGLE is just AWESOME". Their is a flip side to this..... Finding True love for yourself.... I still wonder how many of us do find and get their true love as partners. I do hope we would have more LOVE stories now in coming days with the enigmatic love for their partner forever and it doesn't get washed out by TIME....which is biggest enemy and the best friend to a person.

Shelving half life to a person whom you don't know much is a PURE GAMBLE where the probability of loosing is maximum. Gone were the days when our parents get married happily and live ever after.... The time has changed for the worst as current state of arrange marriage is a RISK to your own freedom. Without knowing and loving a person, how can we really make the decision to spend the next half life with him or her. With such huge risk we land up in a mess at times and blessings at another...

I am NOT writing this story/blog to inform my parents that I am in Love and I would like to state you the Risks of arrange marriage in recent times. :)

I am talking about a major aspect in everyone's life and the worry it causes when you don't have your own Love selected to become as your better half.... Some people reach the end to have their love as life partners, some people struggle to make their love as partner and some people could not find a LOVE. Also, I am not thinking of being SINGLE always.......As the Time would come, I would have my Status Updates!!! :)

I am still SINGLE but fear of my other half life's risk made me think a lot on how can I choose. I am nor a pro-Love marriage, neither an Arrange marriage, I am here to place my views, my friends mental states which worries them in selecting a life partner without knowing them, loving them and analyzing them. My friends have shared their views on what they wanted from their life partner and after marriage what they actually received......Stories are quite demotivating as We, the Learned society are still engrossed is so many inhuman, insensitive, bigoted and illiberal acts which makes me and my friends worry on the Half life's risk.............. Though not all stories are like this, we have so many Happy ones with zestfulness, freedom, Better second half :) ....... but the only Fear still exists in the back of SINGLES ....... Will I be the blessed one????????

I am always a great support to all my frnz who opted for their love and went for it, at least I see those happy faces and feels a challenge to my lines : IS being Single always Awesome????

Being Single in a room when you are in search for Solitude.....gets you know of your self....... and there I find myself SINGLE but AWESOME...... Singleness has altogether so many wings....I do spend some of my weekends staying Alone and I never find it terrible, boring, unzestful because Single has its own dimensions of life, you can imagine and enjoy to its penultimate views without any disruptions.....

Boss..... I still haven't figured out what I want..............So many questions, mysteries need to be unlocked....... But as I live in the present and I just feel "Being SINGLE is Awesome".... who knows what life has to offer you on Status change :)

Hope you all would have understood by now..... I wrote all SHIT :)

Cheers !!!
Bachelors