Single child Challenges!

The other day, I was talking to my hubby about why we should think of completing our family & provide my daughter(who's already 7yrs old & what with my biological clock ticking..) with a sibling. Since I'm constantly being reminded of 'how a single child' is a big challenge to parent with & how my daughter will feel lonely..blah blah... I was at my element best to convince my hubby about what to expect. He asked me one question which was like pouring cold water on my enthusiasm: "Are you prepared to give up your flying career and go back to diaper changing et al?" Hmmmmm. That really set me thinking into what goes into bringing up a child. No small effort & that too after 7 long years, when your child is grown up enough to take care some of her needs. Thoughts like China has passed a "Single child policy" comforted me enough to rethink about having a second child. In this Age when both the parents are working, we could hardly spend even 2hrs daily with your child. Forget about bringing up 2 child...you are not even able to justify the task of bringing up a single child. With nuclear family mushrooming nowadays, its unjustified to the childrens to leave them in the care of total strangers like maids et al. And whats the need to have children's in the first place? societal pressure? do you feel incomplete as a family/couple without them? If a couple doesn’t want children in the first place then its a different matter. If someone doesn’t want kids but still has them due to the pressure from their partner or society, then obviously the kids are going to be a cause for resentment and may substract from marital happiness. I think one should priortise things before one goes into parenting. Its the most blissful thing to have a child but its also a journey which one needs to tread carefully & justify completely!

Uncertainity Strikes Again!

Uncertainity....this word has been my shadow ever since I understood the meaning of it. Things looks so uncertain to you at time. But I guess this is what makes your life enriching . It teaches you to believe in yourself and nothing else matters. It also teaches you that nothing is gonna be permanent & their will be light at the end of the tunnel. Suprisingly I'm most happy personally when I'm hounded by challenges, though it does shake me up a bit. It gives me sense of cosines, feeling of security just to be surrounded by my loved ones. You get to feel all this only if you are faced such eventful situations and not otherwise. Hence the usage of word 'enriching' for describing uncertainites.

“Uncertainty and mystery are energies of life. Don't let them scare you unduly, for they keep boredom at bay and spark creativity.”
R. I. Fitzhenry quotes

Cherishable B'day!

Happy birthday to me! Yes it was my birthday on 22nd April. Turning a year older didn't dampen my spirit of enjoying my day thoroughly. My morning was made by my family members, gifting me surprises, things that I always wanted to buy myself. My daughter was the most enthusiastic person around me, reminding me every second that its my birthday...no matter how it blushed me out completely. Blessings from elders & best wishes from my friends outnumbered the record call that I have ever taken. This tired me out completely :). Lunch was with my office colleagues at Dana Choga, & a cosy dinner with my close ones, marked my day! Thank You God for surrounding me with such a wonderful people & for once m not even thinking that I have to shift my base from Mumbai to Delhi for my soulmate....leaving all my family members, friends, acquaintance & my job.

Strong Medicine

Strong medicine is an amazing book. It gives you an insight on work-ethics of pharmaceutical industry. Miracle drugs save lives and ease suffering, but for profit-motivated companies, the miracle is the money they generate...at any cost.A successful drug could make fortunes overnight. One mistake and thousands could die. The pharmaceutical industry was no place for the faint-hearted. Or for a woman. But Celia Jordan had what it takes. Attractive, superconfident and disarmingly forthright, she knew how to get to the top in Fielding-Roth. The book reveals fascinating and disturbing drama as Celia Jordan overcomes male prejudice, politics, unscrupulous colleagues and heartbreaking tragedy in her relentless rise to be president of Fielding-Roth.

Language of Soul of the World!

No prize in guessing that I am reading Paulo Coelho's "The Alchemist". Since I have been reading this book, I have been thinking too much about things like 'Language of the Soul', 'Soul of the World', 'Omen', 'Destiny of Life' and so on. I have started thinking about it and most importantly realised the importance of 'living in the present'. Also how all of us are so well equipped to chart out in unknown & create our destiny. How one should not stop hearing the Omens and regret later for not being courageous enough to acheive what one is destined for. This prevents us from miseries & afterthoughts of not doing what one always wanted to do cause of some constraints. It has freed me in more ways then other and has instilled in me courage to embark what I want to do, no matter how much I fear of failure for "Failure is the obstacles to success"

Happy Republic Day 2008!

It has been 8yrs since we are staying in Delhi, but had never been to India Gate during Republic Day. This time we decided to visit one as my daughter was interested in seeing the fighter planes as she's taken fancy for it. It was chilly Saturday morning when we started of for India gate. We encounter high security on road just a few meters from our house...though India gate was about 18kms from our house in dwarka. There was proper traffic management so that people take certain route to reach their alloted cabin booth. We reached on time to take a seat in front row. Although the prime minister's cabin was far from where we were seated & hence we missed all the action over that stretch. But the overall experience of watching different states cultural activities as well as missiles & armaments were too good. Their was parade by different states cantonment & finally a bike stunt show. Helicopters from above showered rose petals on the crowd from top. As we got exhausted & was moving towards parking to go home, their was final act of fighter plane for which my daughter had specially come. We managed to show her that too & that saved us from her questioning eyes as to why did we come here in first place, if we have to leave before the show is over? But any given day if I am given a choice to come again for Republic Day Celebration I would choose the comfort of my home as we get the best possible view of all the happenings.

Saturday Discovery

It was a usual Saturday morning. I woke up at my own pace, leisurely enjoyed breakfast & drank my cuppa of tea. Its been a ritual since quite a long time that Saturday was never spend at home unless we are having some guest over. But today their was no plan in place & I was cribbing to my hubby that our social life sucks. How I had been uprooted from my birth place & been separated from all my contacts, had we been in Mumbai, we would be having a rocking social life.

Anywayz after lunch their was impromptu plan to visit air-force museum, as my daughter was asking us to go for a long time now. So we packed up for the Saturday night out. Alas! when we reached to the destination it was staring blank on our face. We quickly read the board put outside it which read "Holidays on Monday & Gazetted holidays". Recollecting that today is Moharrum & probably thats the reason why the museum was closed, I informed my disappointed daughter that we will try to take her somewhere more exciting place then this. Although I had no clue where.

I started thinking where could my daughter can have more fun so as to forget the museum thing. I know she loves swings et al....but had just been to children's park last Saturday. Finally an idea of taking her to "Rail Museum" came to my mind, to which she whole-heartedly agreed. We had a great fun there & finally went to another happening place for my daughter called "Eatopia" at India Habitat Center. This is best eating joint to be in chilling evening as it has a cosy warm interior & children section is separate where they can play video games. So a family is most happy coming over here as it serves the purpose of parents as well as children.

While going out of this place I spotted beautiful paintings in the lobby. On close inspection I came to know that those paintings has been done by disabled children from umang organisation.

It was so beautifully done...you can take look here:



























Seeing those painting stirred my desire to once again take the easel & brush in my hand & do painting. I also got assured that in long run I have one skill to keep my self occupied apart from reading & watching movies.