The 21 year old bundle of joy – JYOTHI – True to her name!!! Happy Birthday Princess

The 21 year old bundle of joy – JYOTHI – True to her name!!!

It’s been 2 decades and a year plus since the time this bundle of joy brought complete joy in our lives.  She is the light of our life, a lovely daughter, equally childlike in her heart, full of giggles and a complete tyrant as well (every teenager tries to portray all these qualities I guess).

To be honest, I grew up with her since I got her when I was barely of 21. With the support of my hubby and my parents/in laws, I too grew with her, The child in her and the child in me.  She was named Jyothi, Light – just absolutely true to her nature and quality.  Very naïve and just simple at heart.

When you are barely of 21 and just understanding the nuances of marriage, here comes the baby and you are taking care of this fragile little thing placed in your arms. When she smiled, I smiled, when she laughed, I laughed, when she cried incessantly, I didn’t know why the heck she was crying.  I remember the day when she had her first polio dose.  I cried much more than her and the doctor had to ask me to get lost. Am sure the little one would have wondered as to why Mommy cried (lolz).

So here she is… grown up into a matured little kid, definitely more matured than me (I take no credits for it). I no longer have to take up her homework, sew the button of her uniform or iron her stuff.  I have retired hopefully temporarily from all that work.  That means basically I have time to myself to pursue all the stuff that I once wanted to, but all the stuff that I frowned upon at one point of time, gave me joy for sure now when I think of it.

It was as if there was nothing more to be done, as she was growing up .  Simple school related jobs that appeared humongous  at one point in time gradually reduced.  I still remember the days when I would not tie her pony tail right. She would frown at me and also make a wry face when her white uniform (she was the PREFECT in her school) turned blue (not every day though), thanks to the Robin liquid which I emptied.  I can never forget Mondays for sure when the whites did not look like the whites and looked more like the sky blues (lolz).

Activities like covering her books to buying her school stuff, craft paper gradually reduced. God saved me and Maddy as Jyothi was brilliant at every project work most of the stuff that the school wanted her to do.  She got all her stuff related to project and did wonderfully at drawing, craft etc and with such finesse.  I am still not adept at doing calligraphy and charcoal painting like how she does.  Forget me, Maddy still can’t draw a proper straight line without using a scale (hope he doesn’t read this blogpost of mine – Fingers crossed) and if he has, he would agree to this as well.

So here’s wishing you and me a very HAPPY BIRTHDAY KANNA.  Love you loads.  The very point of writing this blogpost was not to make everyone realize about the love we have for you, but  this is just to try and figure out whether I am able to jot down even half of the feelings on paper,  The post has a lot of feelings and emotions and just written straight from the heart as always!!!

Remain blessed always and may you keep smiling and being the cute little kid.

Loads of luv

Amma

Om Asato Ma Sadgamaya

Tamaso Ma Jyotirgamaya

Mrutyorma Amrutamgamaya

Aum Shanti Shanti Shantiprin

Mother Nature –Apologies to you !!!! SORRY TO YOU

First of all, sorry to you Mother Nature for having troubled you,  knowingly or unknowingly.  Why are you crying so much? Please be gracious enough to accept our apologies for the manner in which we have troubled you and JUST CALM DOWN. We are your children and we have committed blunders after blunders.

The downpour in Chennai is evidence that we have raped Nature beyond compare.  Please pardon me for using this language, but this is what is taking a toll on Chennai and all those places which have at some point in time affected with such downpours. We have friends, relatives who are stuck up in this massive massacred menace (if I may say so). Every minute and second that people are living is in fear till you stop this wrath of yours.

All of us are aware of the wrath of mother Nature.  What’s happened to her? Why is she showing her anger on her kids? Is she angry, is she sad or is she just taking back what we encroached upon? Even she is not aware. But I am sure as Humans we are.  But we beg of you to stop doing this taandav that has been engulfing our City of Chennai.  The city has been put to a standstill with roads, rail and air networks getting blocked. There are families who still have not been getting help, though there has been a lot of help from known and unknown people. The police and civic staff are doing their best. But in all this mess, the city of Chennai stand united. Inspite of all the differences in caste, creed and religion, we are one family.  We are the human family and as long as we understand this and live amicably, things are going to be good. 

This also bogs down to the fact that we cannot take anyone for granted and most of all Nature who has only given us without taking back anything in return.  However, when the limit is broken, the dam breaks and there is just destruction.  Let us all vow and promise to act as decent citizens, rather be HUMANS and make sure not to cross the limits/boundaries when it comes to all the beautiful gifts that nature keeps showering on us day in and day out.

Luv to all

Rekha

p.s.  Just like how we say sorry to our mother, amma, aai, let’s all just say sorry with all our heart and I am sure she is going to forgive.  After all, She is a Mother

Are You Choosing the Right Thoughts From the Menu Of Your Life

Recently, I was at a restaurant with a group of school friends. There were giggles and laughter everywhere. The entire atmosphere was literally hustling and filled with happiness.  We were all just our selves, enjoying the time and the laughter and of course the food.

We had chosen happiness and laughter as our menu for the time we spent on that particular day(not  to forget the lovely food that was served to us). Few of my friends including me chose what we would want to have from the menu card that was given to us. 

There was chatter that this is not very good and this could be spicy or this could be full of  cheese (with 40+ we need to watch our waists you see). So basically, we were all choosing all those dishes that more or less suited to everyone’s taste and liking.

This left me thinking.  When we enter a restaurant and wish to choose the menu, we are so particular about what we put into our mouths and of course our gut. We are cent percent sure whether our gut is going to be friendly with the food that is served or not.  However, we ain’t aware of our thoughts. We are at a complete loss of awareness when it comes to our thoughts about ourselves, our kids, our family, our society and so on. Isn’t it time to get selfish and choose only those thoughts that are going to elevate our consciousness.

We need to adopt  “CHOOSE THE MENU” policy here as well. Why would you pay for something that you do not like or wish for you or for others. Just think about it !!!  It’s truly worth giving a thought to ! What is the menu that you are choosing right now to happen to you in your lives!! Everyone is going to choose happiness, good health, wealth, joy and bliss undoubtedly.  Would you want to pay for food that you do not like or you do not relish or is stale?  The answer is obviously a NO!!

 

Thoughts are magnetic and thoughts have a frequency.  As

you think thoughts, they are sent out into the Universe

and they magnetically attract all like things that

are on the same frequency.

 

Everything sent out returns to the source YOU

P.S.

90 times out of 100 we are the creators for the circumstances and situations in our lives.  So choose your thoughts wisely, live happily and never put it on AUTOPILOT MODE.

 

Loads of Luv,

 

Rekha

(Yes, December is Here)

 

 

Are You Choosing the Right Thoughts From the Menu Of Your Life

Recently, I was at a restaurant with a group of school friends. There were giggles and laughter everywhere. The entire atmosphere was literally hustling and filled with happiness.  We were all just our selves, enjoying the time and the laughter and of course the food.

We had chosen happiness and laughter as our menu for the time we spent on that particular day(not  to forget the lovely food that was served to us). Few of my friends including me chose what we would want to have from the menu card that was given to us. 

There was chatter that this is not very good and this could be spicy or this could be full of  cheese (with 40+ we need to watch our waists you see). So basically, we were all choosing all those dishes that more or less suited to everyone’s taste and liking.

This left me thinking.  When we enter a restaurant and wish to choose the menu, we are so particular about what we put into our mouths and of course our gut. We are cent percent sure whether our gut is going to be friendly with the food that is served or not.  However, we ain’t aware of our thoughts. We are at a complete loss of awareness when it comes to our thoughts about ourselves, our kids, our family, our society and so on. Isn’t it time to get selfish and choose only those thoughts that are going to elevate our consciousness.

We need to adopt  “CHOOSE THE MENU” policy here as well. Why would you pay for something that you do not like or wish for you or for others. Just think about it !!!  It’s truly worth giving a thought to ! What is the menu that you are choosing right now to happen to you in your lives!! Everyone is going to choose happiness, good health, wealth, joy and bliss undoubtedly.  Would you want to pay for food that you do not like or you do not relish or is stale?  The answer is obviously a NO!!

 

Thoughts are magnetic and thoughts have a frequency.  As

you think thoughts, they are sent out into the Universe

and they magnetically attract all like things that

are on the same frequency.

Everything sent out returns to the source YOU

P.S.

90 times out of 100 we are the creators for the circumstances and situations in our lives.  So choose your thoughts wisely, live happily and never put it on AUTOPILOT MODE.

Loads of Luv,

Rekha

(Yes, December is Here)

 

 

Nothing like our 1840 Chaitime

Yes, you heard it right, I look forward to the evening Chaitime (oops we) and that’s exactly when the clock strikes 1840. 

It’s time for the evening tea and the chairs are arranged perfectly to accommodate all the eats on the small table and no points for guessing that within few minutes the adrak chai would be adorning the table.  

After a fruitful day at work, coming home and have the hot steaming tea is something absolutely orgasmic. Those of you who have the privilege to come home around that time and sip the tea will be able to relate to me perfectly.  Those of you who have not tried it, should definitely give it a try. It’s the least we can ask for, isn’t it?

With an assortment of goodies ranging from homemade snacks to our all time favorite (Anytime doughnut) we just love et al.  Not to forget the A-1 samosas (no one can eat just one) – so you know where all the passion for the evening chai is coming from.  The eats list is anything from dry snacks like methi khakras to poha chivdas, sookha bhel with finely chopped veggies and topped with coriander with a dash of lemon.

Nothing less than a gastronomic travel which our family delves into every evening totally oblivious to the clock that’s ticking in.  My family loves the roasted groundnuts that is stored in the shining steel container and the typical half roasted burnt aroma that comes out of the container everytime we dig our hands into it.  By now, you would have got a feel and the aroma of the groundnuts has mesmerized your tastebuds for sure.

Its’ Chaitime !!! Bye for now

Luv

Rekha

“I am” WAYNE DYER

Yesterday when I was just browsing my cell, a piece of news flashed.

“Wayne has left his body, passing away through the night. ... Our scurvy elephant will enjoy the other side."

It left me in a tremble.  I doublechecked to find out if the news was just a prank.  Sooner did I realize, that this was authentic, tears dripped down as if I had lost someone very very close to me. We tend to feel bad for people whom we have interacted with -  be it family, friends.

Dr Wayne Dyer, I have never ever met you in flesh and blood.  You have inspired a million million people through your talks on every subject from meditation to life to karma.  I am one amongst those millions of humans and you have made a difference to my life in more ways than one.  Yesterday, I cried unconsolably, firstly because that I would never ever be able to meet you in this physical world.  Second, because I always thought some day you will come down to Mumbai, India and I would be fortunate to listen to you and be a part of the audience, waving out to you. I related to you, just like how a student relates to a teacher.  Wayne, you have been a great teacher to me in last two years.  As I am writing this blogpost, I have your  book right in front of me ‘THE POWER OF INTENTION” with your face filled with joyful smiles, standing tall and looking as cheerful and graceful”.

Wayne you always said “ I AM” are the two powerful words of the Universe.  This blog post is dedicated to you Wayne.   I completely believe in these two words.  My day starts with your AW meditation and today as I did my morning meditation, I found it difficult to concentrate.  This is your power and so is the power of all those people who love you so much.   You said you looked forward to another new adventure – but I guess you are out for creating that special adventure in another world which I am sure is blessed to have you.

We can never ever forget you – Wayne you will be truly missed. 

Love to you and all

Rekha

 

 

 

Smitten by her presence and aura

It was their college reunion and there was a lot of noise and commotion, thanks to the students meeting after close to two decades and more.  There was so much to catch up on and talk about who is the “who” now. Friends who met after nearly two decades, some with the same smile, some a little too shy to open up.  Few of them had started balding, salt and pepper hair – you could find all the concoctions in that restaurant which was to hold the college reunion.

There were this group of buddies Jay and group (as they were called) in college - who always chilled out in the college and hung around the college canteen, who not only had their masti but also were intelligent and smart when it came to their examinations.  Then you had the nerdy group (Ananya and her friends) who wanted to have all the fun, but somehow wanted to just top the examinations as if it was the formula for “Jeevan Safal”.

Ananya (Anu to say) was beautiful and attractive even then, but at times we tend to simply brush off our own beauty and chose not to be noticed. Always engrossed in books and the library (which was her first love) at that point in time, she was busy in her own world.

 Then there were this group of real lookers who were always the gorgeous looking and drop-dead looks that one would really keep gaping at them (Dil maange more types)

There was this dazzling entry that she made at the reunion and Jay was dumbstruck, totally in awe of her presence and that radiant smile. The guys could not take off their eyes off her and were left stumped that was she the same girl who literally drowned herself in books.  Time flies, years pass by and little do people realize that people change.  Amongst all the crowd, his eyes fell on her, her instantaneous rapturous smile caught everyone’s attention. She smiled and giggled like a collegian with the entire group. It was that wonderful and spontaneous and the aura was overbearing and just enough to sweep a guy of his feet.  The elegance, charm, the smile, the outfit – everything was just too perfect and most of all she was just herself. A striking contrast to what she was in college.  The boring reunion suddenly got interesting for Jay and the place did not feel empty any longer.  When she walked into the boring room, it felt like sunshine.

To sum up the story, we at times tend to bracket people in a specific category.  But situations and circumstances change and people go through wonderful changes in their life, thanks to family, career and so on.  Last but not the least, people who really want to see life the way it is meant to be!!

Love you all

Happy Reading

Rekha

 

 

The Train incident



 

She immediately caught my attention.  I looked at her, she didn’t look like the normal kids I saw day in and day out.

It was the usual crowded train that I took back home.  Somehow I managed to get a place.  She sat exactly opposite me.  When I was just trying to settle down, she smiled at me and I smiled back.

She looked a little different, very innocent – those big eyes were searching for someone.  A lady sat towards the end of the seat at the other corner. I put two and two together and quickly arrived at the conclusion that she could be her mother. I happened to look at her, she smiled back.  She gazed at her mother and was sort of happy. Everytime, the train halted at the station, she looked for her mother. Why was the little one scared? Was she scared that her mother would just leave her and go?  Not sure.

Then came a vendor selling her wares with a lot many toys. One of it was a caged parrot.  Kids were raising hue and cry and the mothers had to buy it for them. This little girl was looking the toy, touching it and looking at her mother. She desperately wanted to hold one in her hand. I wanted to buy the toy badly for the girl, but was unsure as to how her mother would take it, lest she take offence.

Just then a eunach entered the compartment. The girl went into a shrill and started crying. The eunach came near and just patted her, but she was so flustered even with the touch.

There were women standing all over and she was comfortable with the happenings around  but the moment the eunach entered,  she was so uneasy. A shrill went down my spine and I started wondering what could be so wrong with this.  We hear a lot of stories about child abuse and child molesting. The train arrived at my place of destination and I had to get down. However, it left me thinking about the little girl and I prayed for her safety. That’s all I could do at that point in time and got down.

The train left the station, but I could not forget the scared look in her eyes. We are not sure how many girls and boys get molested.  The numbers are scary, the percentage increasing. 

It is our duty to stop such acts that bring disregard and disrespect to our society.  Take the first step NOW!

Love

Rekha

 

 

The Sequel - Gayatri stands cold and numb

Gayatri is all dressed and is really anxious - Why the hell has Avi called her.  What did he want to convey?  Was he in another relationship, What if he walked out of her life ? She had a kid to take care of.  Would he be introducing her to someone he was involved with or attracted to?  She did not even have a decent job. The flat – oh yes! The flat was in his name.  There was nothing to call her own, except for Avi and her little princess.  What an irony, her princess also was named after him – she was Ananya Avinash.  It reminded her of the dialogues of the movie:

Yahi toh kiya hai tum jaise mardon ne hum jaisi auraton ke saath ... kabhi kok mein hi maar dala toh kabhi pehda hote hi ... yeh kaisi ajeeb parampara hai tum logon ki ... sab kuch tumhare naam ka ... maang meri sindoor tumhare naam ka, gala mera mangalsutra tumhare naam ka, kalai meri chudiyan tumhare naam ki ... yahan tak ki kok meri, khoon mera, doodh mera aur bacha tumhare naam ka ... sab kuch tumhare naam ka ... phir yeh batao aakhir tumhare paas kya hai mere naam ka?

 

This is what men like you have done to women like me ... sometimes you kill us when we are in the womb and sometimes just after we are born ... what kind of tradition you guys have ... where everything is in your name ... the hair parting is mine but the vermilion powder is in your name, the neck is mine but the wedding necklace is in your name, the wrist is mine but the bangles are in your name ... infact even the womb, blood, milk all are mine but the child is in your name ... everything is in your name ... now tell me what do you have in my name?

All sort of negative things were flashing down her mind.  Did she make the right decision of agreeing to meet him, she just wanted to delay the entire process of what was going on at that point of time.  It made Gayatri so stressed that she started sweating and tears started dripping uncontrollably.

She walked down her flat literally dragging herself.  Avi was always punctual then and even now. She sat next to him and he drove in the car, seated next to him.  It felt as if he was a stranger and there was stone silence between them.  There was so much to talk even few years back - where did all that vanish.  It kept her wondering. She just looked out of the window and it took her back memory lane.  Avi didn’t have a car then.  They just walked for hours together, holding each other and it felt as if nothing could be more beautiful than those moments.  It was like time was so less and both of them had to reach their respective homes which were in opposite directions. They just wanted to “BE” with each other.

What an anti climax. Here they were sitting besides each other but having nothing to talk except looking at blank space.  From the corner of her eyes, she looked at him. He looked so handsome and smart in his crisp white shirt and navy blue trousers with the designer tie and of course his spectacles.  What an irony? She was seeing him everyday – day in and day out.  It was like – so near but yet so far.  Thinking to herself “ He looks so handsome, is he the same Avi I see everyday”.  What was so different today? 

It felt like yesteryears when they sat at a restaurant and spoke for hours together, looked into each other’s eyes. There was coy, shyness every ingredient in that love recipe which made them stand out as the ideal couple then.  Where did all that vanish and how did it all simply go away with the wind.

More to come!!!

Keep reading, love you loads

Rekha

 

 

Night out with husband after a long sabbatical – What was in store for her?

Get ready tonight!  Will pick you up from home. We are going out for a dinner date.  Just wait down at the gate was what Avinash told Gayatri.  To give you a short brief, Gayatri is in her late 30s and Avinash just 5 years elder to her. 

Life passed on for both with Avi getting busy in his corporate life and Gayatri taking care of her daughter and with the household stuff.  All of a sudden, this call put her a little uneasy as to why Avi would want to take her out (without any rhyme or reason) for a dinner night. 

As always, she did not know what to wear.  She remembered her days of courtship with Avi when she would wear the choicest of outfits -  crisp chudidars with the collar neck and she looked impeccable in that.  Avi could never take her eyes off her and she would drown in all the attention he showered on her.

Things were a little different now with both of them becoming busy in their respective jobs. With time drifting, there was a little drift in their relations as well, thanks to their daughter growing up.  Avi climbed the ladder of success to such a great extent that he practically had no time for Gayatri. She too wanted him to do professionally well and gave him all the space he desired.

What happens when two people who loved each other so much, suddenly drift apart after years?  Is there nothing more to talk and discuss other than kids, their studies. The lady is either too busy with her household chores and kids education that she somehow forgets that she has a duty towards herself as well.

Why do we tend to put our likes and feelings always at the backend?  We need to know that only when we are happy, we will be able to keep others happy as well. What is the point if we are trying to play the martyr and keep sacrificing things that people love about us.  Gayatri now wanted to look her best and though she had put on a little weight, the curves did look attractive on her.  She looked quite the Indian feminine beauty with the innocent look.

She gazed outside the window and it took her years back, when they were dating each other, the first time when Avi proposed her and how he had fallen head over heels for her.  He could not take his eyes off her when she had just entered his cabin for an interview. 

Gayatri gave a long sigh. She could not be late.  Why was she feeling anxious and tensed ? She had dated Avi years back, after that it was the usual routine. But this sudden going out for a date.  It was a mix of anxiety with a little fear.  Did Avi find her as attractive even now as he did years back. So many questions to which she surely did not have the answers.

She draped a beautiful chiffon saree that clearly clinged to her body. Put on her big red bright bindi, applied the kaajal and looked absolutely ravishing and after wearing Avi’s favorite perfume – it just completed her look.

Wait to read more about the story…….

Loads of Luv

Rekha

My Small Platter of Words – Living It Up

Heya all, Am back after a longggggggggggggg lull and this could have been the longest break I would have taken from writing.

Just got tied up with few things, had something new to learn and stuff to be completed.

There are many small things and events in life, which may just come and appear before us just like a fairytale dream. For me these are dreams, that I would have surely imagined at some point. It could be just anything from meeting someone new in the office, exchanging conversations, have a cuppa coffee with your school friend or just as simple as eating a roadside vadapav, listening to a beautiful music note and making me go completely orgasmic.

These are the little things that pep me up and am happy that keeps me going.  Honestly, don’t know what to write, but it’s just that starting problem after this so called break.  I always have identified this connect with people – absolute strangers, but when we start conversing with them, the flow of words is absolutely natural like long lost friends.  Many a times, many amongst  us would have come across this sort of a feeling. What is this? They call it chemistry in today’s lingo. Without the slightest blink of the eyelids, we tend to link chemistry to the physical aspect.  Let’s think out of the box!  If I am made of energy and I am connecting with you, our energies are meeting and the CHEMISTRY strikes.  Am sure there are more takers for this. I call it the hormonal crush trying to go a little haywire..  Oops ! this is no medical terminology.  This is from my small platter of words.

What is that connect which connects me to people? Why do we connect to some people and are absolutely in sync with them.  We do connect to people who may be many many years younger to us or may be much older to us, but it’s as if we have known them for years.  This happens and if we jog our memory, we will find that life can be really strange at times.

If the connect had to be just between two people sharing the same age, I am unsure of what the world would have looked like. If age is a number, so be it !!! It’s good for the Maths lovers.

So let’s enjoy all that is new and exciting and live it up because LIFE IS ALL ABOUT LIVING

Loads of Luv,

Rekha

p.s. Someone told me anything connected to life is spiritual.  It made me smile and am still thinking!!!

 

 

What is the vacation fragrance – Yes, Summer is here

When I was a child, I always used to love summer vacations just like any other kid.  With exams getting over around end of March or the first week of April, we as kids used to be so thrilled.

I still recollect the times when I used to ask my amma – the air is appearing so fresh and I can smell the fragrance of the vacation.  My mom used to be amused at this statement and gave a surprised look at me.  I was all of 10 or 12 years, but the fragrance of the summer vacations still mesmerises my soul. Summers are not any longer so fragrant? You may ask why?  May be we have grown up and we no longer get to smell the summer and remain carefree the way we used to.

Those were the days when the drink “Rasna” had become so popular. I used to literally trouble my amma so much to buy all the flavours. It was just the feeling and happiness of opening the fridge and seeing all the different coloured syrups. That was fun for me. It was the thought of my amma laying the rice vadams and karuvadamas (papads).  The perfect place for laying these was the building terrace.  We literally used to book the places for these

I was the first to get up early in the morning and used to run to the terrace to broom that particular area where my mom used to get the big pot with the batter. It was fun.  That was all the help I could give her.  But I used to be with her for the entire time she laid those papads and vadams/vathals.  I used to count every little papad/vadam that she laid and smiled.  Hahahah, come to think of it, it brings a smile. There was this excitement. We used to have neighbours who would come to terrace to dry their mango pickles and chundaas. I can never forget those days of papads and drying mangoes.

We as kids used to literally ravage the terrace and steal away those goodies that were neatly covered with the white muslin cloth.

Yes, that’s the fragrance of vacation. Come April and May the fragrance always stayed for many many years.  It was happiness for no reason and there was every reason to be happy.

Luv Always

Rekha

Get a Life – GET YOUR LIFE

Aww!! I look awful and feel terrible, said Reema to her cousin Nandini on the phone.  What am I doing of life? I am just working day in and day out, managing home, kids, cooking, swabbing, cleaning and that’s it!!!!

It was Monday morning and Nandini had just reached office.  She saw 3 missed calls from Reema and she thought that maybe she should call back.  The first thing she did was to call Reema and this is what fell on her ears. Reema sounded really low and she did not know what to do.  She had been working before marriage - marriage, two kids was becoming too much to handle for her. 

Nandini had somehow managed to strike a balance between family and in laws and her kid and was satisfied more or less.  We always feel that the other side of the pasture is always green till we actually get to it.  Reema had help, her husband was well known in the corporate world.  She had all the luxuries that a corporate guy’s wife could ask for. A chauffeur driven car, the best restaurants, the best travel, luxury salons – what else was missing.  Yes, Nandini was just trying to figure out what is that vaccum that Reema was engulfed in and what is it that she was missing out.

It is just that small change in hormones which can suddenly make you feel as if you are at receiving end.  Yes, it could be the 40 plus syndrome.  Nandini immediately gathered her wits. They met on a weekend.  Reema spoke her mind out.  Yes, she was missing the corporate life and she was missing it terribly. She felt she had nothing to look forward to and it was the dreary routine day in and day out.  Nandini asked her to enroll for a yoga class nearby or may be something that she wanted to do(but never got the opportunity to do), probably try out a new hair style, consciously get dressed up and go for a morning walk and to give time to herself and think of something that she could manage from home. Yes, all this was possible, but at times, we just ignore these small things which may make up for the big things in life which we may regret years later.

Nandini asked Reema to meet her after a month. Yes, Reema was definitely a changed woman. She had a brimming smile and was looking much younger than what she looked probably four weeks back.  It’s just about making this small change in our life.  At times, simple words and gestures from someone can change the way you look at your life.  It could be a really big turning point for many of us.

At times, we switch off from the world, switch off from our life itself.  But for how long will we love to sit in this darkness?  A little of conscious shift in our routine, just a little change will help us to bounce back and believe me, it works wonders.

We need to get a life – GET OUR LIFE!!!

Love always

Rekha

Love knows no relations – It just happens!

He (Ram) had just graduated from his engineering college at Trichy and he arrived in Mumbai, totally unaware of what was in store for him.  He had received  a call for a written test and interview at one of the top Engineering MNC companies.  It was his first trip to Mumbai and life had just started for him at a corporate level.

He landed straight in (her) Reva’s home and was welcomed by Reva’s amma who was his first cousin.  Reva was Ram’s niece who was all of sweet sixteen.  Bubbly, chirpy and chattering all the way and they were complete opposite poles. The smile on her face was captivating and little did he know that he had fallen for that innocent smile (just like the ones you read in Mills and Boon novels) – Love at first sight.

Reva was not even aware that Ram had secretly begun to love her.  A little extrovert and someone who would call a spade a spade had many a times not responded or was rather curt when he approached her for some help, be it for shopping or when it came to guiding him, considering he was new to Mumbai. But still he was mesmerized by her.  All Reva knew was studies and just wanted to top in her tenth exams.  Ram had just completed a month in Mumbai and he got his first salary. That evening he got cakes for the entire family, knowing very well that Reva loved cakes especially the chocolate filled ones. She dug her nails into the cake and ate it like a child.

The joy of getting the cakes was much more than the first salary.  But Ram could never express his love verbally to Reva for fear that it might not be accepted. After all she was his niece and knowing well that marriage within the family may result in complications.

Years later, they met again at some common relative’s marriage.  Both of them happily married, but first love is something so beautiful and only he knew it.  He had loved her first and last!!!!

Rekha Mahadevan

Mesmerize Life Such That It Can’t Take Off Its Eyes Off You

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Heya! Does this ring a bell or does it sound as if someone is telling you this.  Life tells you this in one way or the other through varied incidences that you go through. But do we listen or are we aware of what it is telling?  Yes, we do get to hear these murmurs on and off as gentle reminders which we just tend to shrug off. We wait for all life for the perfect time, day, week, month, year….  Totally unaware of the fact that the time gone is gone and it is never going to rewind itself, just because you have now become aware that the time gone is gone.

So what do we do about these? Let’s be honest. We have one life and we all want to live it like there’s no tomorrow. But we try and put it off? Reasons could be anything – may be doubt, fear or may be just laziness.  Do we have the time to let go off it.  I don’t think so.  Life just happens and in between the happening, we sort of tend to live or we assume we are living.

Come to think of it, we ask too many complicated questions to Life little realizing that the answers to those may be simple. The time to live completely is NOW.  Life turns back at you and has to say:

Yeah, she is one of a kind

She feared no one; she was not a hypocrite,

She spoke her mind out

She laughed like no one’s watching

I swear “Can’t take off my eyes off her”.

She surprises me every time, I challenge her.

Yes, she is one of a kind

I am not ashamed to say

I am in love with her

And I fear I may lose her

Holy Cow, what’s happening?

Yes, she is one of a kind

But I am not ready

She swept me off my feet

I am mesmerized by her

I challenged her though

Yet, she has a twinkle in her eyes

Yes, she is one of a kind

What is this challenge about

Am I being challenged

If it’s a challenge, so be it

Yes, she is one of a kind

I love her like nobody’s business

Yes, she is one of a kind

 ...................  Rekha Mahadevan

Live life, Love life     

Rekha