Vacation to Sariska Wildlife Sanctuary!

The countdown had begun for the summer vacation to end for my daughter. She was getting a little impatient & asked me whether we are going for any vacation or not. This put me on my toe to plan an impromptu vacation as I didn't want to have the guilt of not taking any break at the right time. Anywayz, a few research here & there & we were off to Sariska. I never imagined it to be such a beautiful experience for my entire family. It's our first ever vacation in a jungle & it was beautiful. We saw lots of peacock,Deer, Sambhar, chital, Lungoor & all kinds of birds. We also saw peacock dancing in the rain with it's feather wide opened. It was mesmerizing. Next day we headed for Jaipur. Chokhidaani was at its cultural best! Rajasthani food & shopping marked the day at Jaipur. Finally we started for Delhi to catch up with regular grind but not before stopping over for some Dhabha food which was yummy too!

Its a new day!

Its a new day,
fresh and rejuvenated,
new ideas, new thoughts,
what will you create?
may each day be like this,
for I love its bliss,
state of 'NO MIND',
is it that, that makes it a delight?
or is it a flood of ideas,
that is ready to rush in?
sowly & surely the mind has started to play,
spoiling the fun of spontaneous display,
Oh what an ecstasy, to be in no thought,
For I got to see me........ as God!

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"