Where the land is without fear

There are so many things one takes for granted. The list is long. Some obvious -parents, home, friends, family. Some not so obvious - rains, water, nature. And freedom. Few days back, I saw a dream. In the dream, I was in a land ruled by a female religious fanatic. And I had been chosen for a human sacrifice. There were three other people along with me. All three of us had to try and convince the ruler as to why we should not be sacrificed. The more we tried to convince her, somehow or the other, the more we got into trouble. Every now and then we were trying to make strategies to run out of the place, but since there were so many spies around, we could not do anything. Each passing day, I had to see brutal killings, all the while waiting for the same fate to behold any time. lol. This sounds like so much drama. :P. It shld have been a part of the spicy boredom post. But anyways, I actually woke up from the dream gasping for breath.

And suddenly it hit me, how much it mattered to live in a free country. To be able to do small and big things everyday without any fear. To actually be able to take ones own decisions about ones life. Perhaps this is what our forefathers had fought for - For a land which was without fear. Ofcourse the system is corrupt, the politicians dont do their work, there is poverty and illness and everything. But still, there is freedom, much cherished and valued. And perhaps taken for granted. :) . I guess the dream made me value my country a lil bit more ( Not that I din value it before). I hope that the only way India ever goes is, is forward. And I hope that I am able to contribute my share in it.

F.R.I.E.N.D

I love drama. You love comedy. I am dreamy. You are realistic. I am workaholic. You are workophobic. I am superficial. You are deep. I search meaning. You search joy. I listen. You speak. I am self involved. You are evolved. I love night outs. You hate my night outs. I think adventure first. You think safety first. I love mush. You love games. I am easy to please. You are not easy to please. I lose in ludo. You win in ludo. I like waking you up from your sleep whenever I want, even if u are tired. You do not like waking me up when I am sleeping. I am not straight forward. You are the most straighforward person I have met. I love gossip. You love gossip. I think less. You think more. I like gol gappa. U like gol gappa. I worry about money. You never worry. I always favor u. You always contradict me. :P ..

For all the many differences and contradictions, and the some similarities we share - here is wishing the list continues to grow :).

And when you get married, and have kids. And when they start learning to draw, and when they would not be happy with what they would have drawn, I would show them the pic below and say - Oh but baby, u draw much better than what your dad drew when he was 26. :P
( Oh yeah, i disclosed your age too:P)

And here is wishing you a Happy Friendship day for all the days of your life . :)

What we want is not IT, but the fantasy of IT

The life of David Gale

David Gale was a very witty and a highly intelligent professor. But one drunken night, he makes one mistake - a mistake which changes his life forever. Lol , this seemed exactly like the storyline of the bollywood flick - Bas Ek Pal. Anyways , the bollywood one is not an iota similar to the hollywood one .. And nor is this post abt any of the movies.

This post is abt a dialogue of David Gale delivered in one of the classroom sequences. Where he goes on to explain about fantasies. And how fantasies remained fantasies only as long as you did not GET / REALIZE them. As soon as you get something that you want, poof goes the fantasy .. and the desire of the thing ... :) ..

So basically its not IT that we want , its the fantasy of IT that we want.. and I guess if we examine our lives closely we would perhaps realise that it is very true. Atleast it is very true in my case. :)