That is a bad day? I am sure everyone has one and often when you look back you find that it was not that bad after all. Mostly it is when things move in the wrong direction, your interactions with people strain relations, and in total, you fell yuck. But whom should you blame for this, while you would love to blame it on the … Continue reading To make a bad day worse, spend it wishing for the impossible
Chocolates, I love them. I could never imagine someone who would not love chocolates and be a fun person. Apparently that theory was broken when I met my wife. She dislikes chocolates but is fun to be with. Since I like her and I like chocolates I made a planned move to get my kids to love chocolate so the chocolate side at home is … Continue reading Anything is good, if it is made of chocolate
Fashion is a big market, and there are people who follow it as well as those who don’t follow it. Fashion is often connected with the rich, famous and the high profiled, but the industry survives only because the masses enroll. There are trend setters and then they are people who recognize trends and capitalize on it. How much of fashion do you need to … Continue reading Before it becomes a fashion, you have to style it to be one
Rhea Turns 12 today. I remember when her first tooth fell, it did not really fall, plucked would be the right word. A two day event with me giving way for all her antics till her mom said that I was too much lenient. I remember her excitement getting 5 dollars from the tooth fairy, and me borrowing it once when I did not have change. Then she grew up to know that fairies were fake and I told her, ‘yes, they are not real, but enjoy a fairy tale all your life.’
Today when she turns 12 and steps a year closer to her teens, She has grown to be a responsible kid, a pretty one too and above all she has got a heart of gold Continue reading “Rhea Turns Twelve Today”
Every day is a new day and to know that we don’t need a lot of mathematical calculations. But what is different is that every new day comes with a new set of challenges and a different set of past day baggage. Unless of course your life is a string of well defined predictable moments collected to a 24 hours time frame. That does not … Continue reading Every day is a new day; but is it a balanced day?
I don’t know if any of you cry like you were as kids. The other day my wife said that I cried in my sleep. Well this is not something people often admit publicly, but it was interesting to note how we look at crying as an evidence of weakness. Forget about sleep, but we often hold back tears just to show we are strong … Continue reading Tears are the safety valve of the heart when too much pressure is laid on it
Video games or stuffed animals are a big industry and the more the kids become choosy the bigger gets the industry. But even with access to expensive toys and games, if you show the kid a paper boat or airplane, he is bound to drop the expensive toy on the ground and get the one you made. And if you show him how you made … Continue reading There are toys for all ages and I love the ones you don’t get in the shop
Everyone loves the festivities of a seasonal holiday. As we grow we also change the way we celebrate everything, Birthdays, holidays, special occasions and more. From where I come in India, we have two major festivals specific to the region. Though Christmas and Ramadan are also big events in my hometown, these two have a special role as they pertain only to the people in … Continue reading How Vishu Celebration changed for me over the Years
Is there a specific age when you lose your sense of wonder? The wow factor that we hold on so dearly as kids. An age from when on we kind of get used to things around us. I am not talking about the huge waterfalls or the rainbow or the stars and skies, but even simple thing as the morning on a new day. The … Continue reading It is Good Morning Outside
You fear of losing only when you have something to lose. This means that as man is busy in the pursuit of the ownership, his fear also should increase. This would then mean that the person who owns the most should fear the most, but we have seen that with the power to instill fear comes abundant material wealth. This is then a contradiction. Again … Continue reading Allow your mind to wander and ask questions; don’t bother about the answers
Vinod Narayan 