How I Met Your Father

 Author is hooked to HIMYM sitcom and going by reputation of forgetfulness , has decided to pen down some relationship gyaan.

Disclaimer1 : Some content of this post is inspired from friends experiences also and some facts are spiced up for high trp .But the fabrication is not rosy bullshit  from cliche rom-coms  , but is stark , truth .

Disclaimer2 : Author will not entertain any kind of gossip or cheesy teasing or "hollow" linkups .Mind it !!

kids, i met your uncles x,y,z......
(hmmm now i am wondering ......ummm , ok  let me stick to to-the-point fundas)

1. Execute on your crushes quick . Always start with friendship and not take the direct leap.But do take the leap before its too late.
2. Never date your best friend , NEVER.Loosing crying shoulders is pathetic.Unless....hmmm, whatever ,you will still mess it up.
3. The Flirts and Casanovas are good to hang around  when u are younger and NOT looking for commitment.
4.  Yes, all Men have "Moves" , some can just melt the toughest of you like butter , you wont even realize  when your hatred turned into adulation and that is when you might  get dumped.
5.  Do not equate "I love uou" to "I will marry you" ,  especially if they have koochi cooed it to you hundred times. If they really mean it they will say it just "once" and will do something about  it.
6. Trust me ,looks has got nothing much to do with Love , it could be the initial trigger , but as long as you have your personality  and hormones intact , chemistry is bound to happen.
7. Do not buy romantic comedies , there is no "happily ever after" . Every person changes with time and  so does every relation.
8. Men love to chase, so let them , the day you give in , the chase is reversed .
9.  Women are meant to be loved and cared . But nothing comes with life time warranty.Drop your expectations !
10. Do not play with anyone's emotions knowingly or unknowingly , coz when it breaks it hurts , bloody it hurts.
11. Time is the biggest healer.Every one can get-over anyone and can move-on , but you gotta stop at some point .
12. Some men are jerks and the worst part is they will never realize this .(Never get seriously involved with the "uncle Barney" kinds , they are mostly interested in your boobs and not what lies underneath them).Unless you are looking for similar unhooked fun.
13. Do not build on false hopes for long , they will just burn your youth years in seconds .
14. Being madly loved wins over loving someone madly . Though true love is mostly unrequited (Its always the quest and not possession which drives you towards it). Successful couples are often friends who are aware of each others unrequited fables.
15. You will have regrets , but believe me nobody waits forever .
16. Do not mess up with your friends girl/guy.
17. Start young , so that  when you really find some one later , you are not fooled in doing so or have the maturity to deal with the win or loss . ( Iss umer mein bhi khavoge dhokey,  dil to bachha hai jee... playing in the back ground)
18. Value the ones who really really loved you , give them a chance .But back off if they turn out to be obsessive /possessive kinds.
19. Believe in institution of marriage , commitment  phobia  will  make you paranoid even towards your soul mate ( btw,  soul-mate is highly overrated ). And if you are able to do so tell me HOW?
20.  In spite of above all , if you managed to get lucky ,then hold on to him/her and never-ever let go .Its rare , so grab with both your hands.

Readers ,  feel free to add to the list . Those who haven't experienced even 3 of  these syndrome , not sure whether to  pity you or envy you to have been way to lucky and untouched .

PS0: Re-posted on demand .
PS1: Oh "the father" btw , is a good boy ;)
PS2: And the count down begins.......  ;)

Identity Crisis

They :  so where are you from ?

Me    :  (sigh  followed by a long pause) .Born in Varanasi , 25 yrs of brought up in Hyd . currently living in Bangalore and parents moved to Delhi.

They :  wow , u born in the land of nirvana ...

Me    :  I haven't even tasted  Banarasi pan till now but yes that earthiness flows in my  blood .

They (the south Indian types) : you are a Delhi waali na ? btw , couldn't  even learn Telugu in 25 years,what a shame!!

Me  : no , i am no way Delhi waali and "naku telugu lo mata-pata antha vastundi".

They (the north Indian types) : you are a complete Madrasi nai, btw what is "kuchki"?

Me   :  Anything down MP is Madras for some Northies.Nope , haven't been to Chennai ever. But ya i am more of a south Indian.

They (The generic Indian types who watch star news a lot ) : Yadav , so you are from Bihar? you don't look like .You look like a Punjabi.

Me :  Nope , Bihari n me  ?  haven't  you noticed i say "sh" as "sh" only.

Punjabi ? all i had was some diluted Punjabi friends who are settled in Hyd.

Well , frankly speaking , i don't know , i don't feel owning to any state.  

 I like Hyd,  it has memories of ma growing years  and I love Bangalore as it offered the much needed change. I am yet to learn from  Delhi to be ruthless n strong  and not get hurt by small things. I invite change  , if i am not pursuing, it comes automatically to me for that matter it comes to everyone .And i am more fond of south than north, simply because i have more to identify with.

If readers are pitying me  for  this geographical disorientation , then welcome to this post , you really need to read further.

Living in one city for many years reaps more of fundamentalism than belongings .

I often encounter exemplary southies  stating their hatred towards northies and vice-versa . The classification is not just limited to north-south divide of compass ; I had a  Marathi roommate who openly stated her dislike towards Telugu people ; Punjabi friend complained  about  Tam politics In Satyam ; A konkani friend annoyed of Delhities obvious  rash, show off  behavior ; a UP friend warning guys of  Bong girls -"Jadugarnian " stay away from dating them .A bong roommate terming Punjabi men as women beaters ,ecetera,  ecetera .....
Harsh -blunt , generalizing , unfair statements .we all  might have passed a few.

However, for some strange reason , in all these conversations  i ended up defending the accused region.Being a"civilian" defense kid ,  my growing years made me mingle with local Indian migrants   .This makes easier for me to  be able to gel , understand and get along with cultural diffusion. Not that others are devoid of this exposure but social  DNA  i feel  defines its roots during  adolescence .Later people just network ,bonds and  emotional notions embed  much younger.  Of course exception exists , youth is subjective  term  and learning is a life long process.

Affinity is obvious because of years of association but acceptance and  giving space is necessary for one to see beyond typicality.Once conquered , one can see beneath the layers of external  facades of  culture :  the beauty of being just human , of being just naked self.

Anjaan

Ok , I suffer from  this.

It originated silently in high school .

It  multiplied in College

It vanished later depending on the targets (I thought so)

But, seems ,it still prevails minutely.

People who don’t know me originally, perceived that I am rude and have attitude ...... completely opposed to people who know me.

And those strangers really wondered ”is she really friendly , witty and such synonyms” ?

while friends wondered how can they question her  bubbly-ness.

All because of just one behavior of mine “ignore” popularly  known as “Anjaan marna”.

Especially to species hailing from mars !

After analysis and feedback from the victims(who dared to question me -why are you ignoring ?)  author has come up with  below  symptoms of  ignore-mania .

I really really did not notice the person
It  happens unknowingly
I actually want to ignore the person 
I really hate the person
1. I really love the person. 
I am lost at times even when there is an eye contact. 
At times I don’t care ........is it really necessary to say hi-bye every other hour ?

So Martians , kindly ignore this ignore-mania .

PS0: Interested readers can contact to  find out which category they fall in :P

PS1:Figuring it out is hard , as I give same expression for all 7 types :D

      

Har Ghar Kuch kehta hai

And nostalgia seeps in .

Hyd home bound good-bye was already pending and S’s moving-on post below has rubbed the yearning yet again .

"A month and a half to go before I leave this place. Will miss each and every little moment I spent here. Right from the moment I walked in and was swept off my feet by this place to the times I have spent in my Balcony overlooking the dimming city lights and incoming morning at 5:30 AM! But most of all I shall miss all the time which I spent with the two most awesome roomies possible on the planet! The goof ups, the cooking and finding the mobile inside the fridge!! :D”
 

I said - "so much more will be missed ,  the cap-less bottles , Victoria secrets ,

Tarot cards , shopping regrets 

Gossip sessions , cooking lessons

Chicken curry ,  pudina paneer

Scramble egg, chair pegs

Movies , books thrill

Internet and Electricity bill,

Long RV walks , beside the swimming pool talks ,

…….. the book- shelf will be empty without you , so will be our hearts.

btw , you forgot belan in fridge"
                                                                                                  

PS0: Yeah, our "cold" fridge has seen it all :)

PS1: FB  must provide export-thread-to-blog option, na ?

Indeed time flies . It has been over 10 months since I left Hyd, since I left my old-self  to be a new-self which again will eventually fade away.

I graduated from that clumsy 2 bhk to a  furnished 3 bhk .From  that bloody psycho *&^%$# owner who never returned the advance to the one who never bothers to a ping us for Monthly rent.

Well ,I don’t exactly miss much .Frankly speaking  my memories are too faint to miss anybody or anything for that matter .But its that moment when people bid adieu - a sinking feeling quietly oozes in.

But as they say people make places . I will always cherish the multi – lingual , multi-cultural, multi- cuisine , unify-friendly experience i had /have with my  UPite ,Andhra , Marathi ,  Bong and Tam roomies .And if you leave the origins apart it was and is a family away from family .

S stayed for few months and is a ribbon friend from school days .Amidst all cooking ,school revamp  ,skype-ing, girly fun , chatting , partying, wedding preps and packing  ....we forgot that the only photo we clicked together is in lacy corsets!

I know you loved the home more that us :P, drama queen!
But the tears shed and the bye-bye hugs  definitely were , as emotional as the ones happening  on your bidai . 
I say,  there was more drama going inside than outside :)
 

She completed, bonded  us and  the home together .
Now , some random left out papers, empty cosmetic bottles fill the dreaded silence of that room .Tomorrow the maid will clean that as well.
 

PS2: Sayonara .

Turning Point

Us mod se har koi guzarta hai
Koi sambhal ke girta hai
Koi gir gir ke sambhalta hai
Par us mod se har koi guzarta hai

  -Yours truly
 
Author's confession :-
I can't read poetry  !
It takes a lot of patience for me to  ideally read anything , but poetry  requires yet another level of that "patience" .One still tries and is very selective .
It's good in a way , coz if i would have read a lot , a lot would have quietly  seeped into my creations.
Not that , that kind of seepage doesn't  happen now. But in a knowingly unknown way with minute  contamination.
But as long as there are finite words and an even more finite vocabulary of mine  , the words will repeat them self's , but in every fold with a new meaning , with a new  emotion , with new inspiration , with a new conclusion .
From a new beginning to a new destination .They will travel and continue to flow whether they get absorbed or not ,they will continue to flow in this infinite space.

Because now i know , it doesn't take a dictionary to be poetic.

PS0: hmmmm
PS1: Ok,
PS2: hmmmmm , well
PS3 Fine , the end!! 
PS4: Ya, read the sher again , for a new meaning  and it might enlighten in every re-read :)

So That Author Continues To Blog

So , before the day one of the new decade ends ,let me do  what blogger tend to do traditionally -> wish you all a very  happy new year(s) .

Yeah,  motivation levels are all time down.Trust me , it takes only Me to pump it back.Myself need to help to find that Me 

No , author  is not running out of ideas  .There are still 4 travel logs to be jolted down and so many  drafts lying in  folders , sub - folders, mail box , blogger ... here and there waiting to be edited and posted etc , etc .Ok , let me not go the diary-confession-way .Lets talk and be optimistic .You know after all it's Jan1st , kids are told " what you do today , you end up doing same every day" .But then all that is to trick  kiddos to stay good at least for a day na . hehe. Hmmm , Hmmm whatever!

Oh , yes ! the 31st night was like - We want to go out -We really want to-But places are like super expensive -We check for movie tickets -But there are other useless people who prefer to watch movie on 31st, idiots!  -Don't they  have to party or perhaps do something else ?-So no tickets-We call Fame manager for tickets -He replies i just resigned , useless fellow ! -  Author already  down with cold and fever- But we still want to go out -Then it starts raining heavily , more than seasonal one -And then ma sandals break while crossing the flooded (partly with gutter)roads-We try our luck at traditional local theater - And Bang on !

Nope the story is not over yet.We get inside , the screen is like just-large- than an LCD TV .We order snacks  which ends up being  toooooo spicy and the juice bought for compensation  was like toooooooo sweet.

Noho , not yet .Not without moral .Their is an own masses ~charm to watch movie in  a good-old style  theater with people clapping , whistling , reacting with the flow with ohhhs -aaaahhhs - hahahas-hohohos- ewwww-ufffffs-hmmmmm.

aaall izzzz well.

PS1:  It was 3 Idiots .
PS2: No , no review here .Arreh filum dekho,  enjoy karo , stop being opinionated and judgmental about every damn thing on earth !.
PS3 : But for sake of it.It was fun , if you are ready to take it , Not great though ,  but some  sequences left us LOL.Try living in moment I say .
PS4: Of course in all this we had fun .
PS5: We kind of end up making  misery equivalent to adventure .
PS6: All in good times.
PS7: HAPPY NEW YEAR , i mean it this time , really :)
PS8: Duh , this was so diary-way only :D