Modala maleyante...

Modala maleyante edege ilide mellage

Modala kanasante olave olide ommege

Chachidaa kaige aakashave tagide

Geechida haage malebille maigantide

Hosa samvatsara hosa manvantara

Shuruvaagide aagide eega….

You have descended into my heart slowly like the first rain

I have started liking you instantaneously just like the first dream my love

Am able to touch the sky with my outstretched hands

The rainbow is pasted to my body as if someone has scratched it

New calendar, new architecture

is starting now

Modala maleyente edege ilide mellage...

You have descended into my heart slowly like the first rain


Nee nanage siguvaa munna

Ellellu baride mouna

Koti koti swara omme chimmo thara

Bande nee hattira ninte baanettara

Kanmuchi kanbittare badalaagide ee dhare

Hosa samvatsara hosa manvantara

Shuruvaagide aagide eega….

Before i met you,

there was profound silence everywhere

Just like Millions and millions of vowels spurt at a time

you come near me and stand as tall as the clouds

Each time i close and open my eyes, the world looks changed

New calendar, new architecture
is starting now

Ondondu kushiguu indu

Naa iduva hesare  nindu

Nanna ekantake antya nee haadide

Sundara swargake nanna nee doodide

Kanmunde neen iddare,ee lokake naa dore

Hosa samvatsara hosa manvantara

Shuru vagide aegide eega….

For each happiness that i am experiencing today

i will give it your name

you have put an end to my loneliness

you have pushed me onto the beautiful heaven

if you are in front of me it feels like am the king
New calendar, new architecture
is starting now

Modala maleyente edege ilide mellage

Modala kanasante olave olide ommege

Chachidaa kaige aakashave taagide

Gichida haage malebille maigantide

Hosa samvastara hosa manvantara

Shuruvaagide aagide eega….


You have descended into my heart slowly like the first rain
I have started liking you instantaneously just like the first dream my love
Am able to touch the sky with my outstretched hands

The rainbow is pasted to my body as if someone has scratched it

New calendar, new architecture
is starting now

What's on your mind?

This post is dedicated to my best friend G who has been asking me to write about 'how and why we need to express ourselves'? I had been putting off this topic as I hadn't taken it seriously but today for some reason I have realized why it is very important to express oneself. So G this post is for you (and mind you am writing before the deadline you had given me- close(d) friend's birthday. Though you had asked me to write a book this is the best I could do)

In one real-life situation, I was asked a question as to what according to me is needed to make a relationship stronger? I was taken aback on with this question and that too from a person whom I had just met.

I took a deep breath and told that the strength of a relationship lies in honesty, straight-forwardness and also the fact that we must learn to express ourselves in a way where-in we have to put forth our views in front of the people who are with us such that it doesn't inflict pain (read as sugar coated where necessary). The person may have not understood the underlying meaning behind my words but I strongly feel that communicating our views and concerns will definitely make way for a stronger bond between people thus helping us in the long run.

More often than not, people part mainly because of misunderstandings and a lot of presumptions caused due to mis-communication or the lack of it which can generally be avoided by sitting and pouring out.

There was yet another incident when G and myself had confronted another good friend of ours who had distanced herself from us abruptly. The answer that we got was that we can express ourselves well while she couldn't. If only she had expressed herself, we could still have been the thick of friends.

Well as a matter-of-fact, these are just a couple of incidents though in reality there are a lot of incidents where we need to talk. Say for instance a married couple, parents-children, manager-reportee, if need arises strangers, a guy and a girl when they are contemplating marriage (as is the case in arranged marriages) where the trust and knowledge about each other can increase only by expressing.

A lot of people face problem in expressing themselves as
a. They feel that their language quotient is not good enough
b. They tend to their egos more than the relationships
c. Their insecurities, for instance there are a lot of people who feel that if I tell my friend, partner, sibling about the issue, then they may feel that the information can be used against them at a later point of time and also that the former is considered insignificant than the latter or that the former will be degraded
d. Mostly people do not know how and why they should communicate.
e. Lack of confidence

The truth is unless we express people won't know what is going on in our minds. Sometimes the people around us can give better clarity and simpler resolution to the in-numerous battles that the mind is engaged in.

What more, even facebook, the most popular social networking site asks- 'what's on your mind' to update the status?

Come on people lets make our lives as well as the lives of people around us and most importantly of those whom we are close to, a lot simpler by expressing ourselves better..

If you have been an introvert, start by talking to your people whom you are close to such as your friends, family or better your reflection in the mirror to get the confidence to talk to people.

Guess what my favorite author agrees with me. This is what she had shared on her FB wall :)

So what's on your mind?

Workaholic me!!!

People in my close circles often feel that I am very much career-oriented, a go-getter, a workaholic who refrains from living 'life'.
Seldom do they know or understand the continuous rumblings if my mind which have taken the better on me and overpowered me, rendering me helpless.

Little did I know the consequences of doing something which everyone do. Nor was I lucky enough to enjoy to taste the fruit of the hard work.

I chose myself to be busy always so that my mind (as well as the heart) dint get much of free time to do trampoline as and when it wished.

I chose to pursue my dream of having a PG degree. I was too involved in my own routine to even breathe in the past sixteen months that today I dread at the thought of Friday evenings for which most people of my age look forward to so that they can have their 'their' time which includes hanging out with friends, family etc. The so called busy schedule came to an end this may when my theory classes got over and since then the Friday and Saturday nights are the most difficult to spend without thinking of the past happenings of life.

Lastly to all people I know and who are close to me, all I wanted to tell you is, I love doing a lot of things. For instance-travel, read novels, listen to mind-soothing music, draw, paint, write, watch movies with my good friends which I fully intend to do.

I need the right push and companionship to pursue my interests and mainly the courage to get over my fears of various things that makes a long list

Luv you all for giving me my time and space..

TOUCH- a book review

Can there be more than one love in a person's life?

Are only girls accountable for all the breakups?

Will the person who breaks-up never reminiscence the good times spent with eachother?

Is it easy to bury one's love and start afresh without any hiccups?

To find out one must read TOUCH- 'The One yoU Cannot Have', the fifth book by my favorite author Preeti Shenoy.This is the first book from the author which has been written from the male perspective.

To describe the book in one word- therapautic. It is not only for those who have loved and lost but also for those who have seen people love, for those who are in love and last but not the least for all those who intend to love.

The book revolves around the happenings in the life of Aman, the male protagonist. The book has been divided and written in the form of each character expressing his/her thoughts which makes it easier to understand.

While Aman and Shruti were once inseperable, Shruti is today married to Rishabh and Aman has moved base to Norwich to get over his heart-break.

It has been two years since then and now Aman is planning to return to India to start his life afresh

Anjali, a writer and a columnist for a women's magazine, got introduced to Aman through common friends and has been in touch with him since then. She has developed a liking to Aman. When Aman returns to India, he meets Anjali and he doesn't reciprocate when she makes advances thus leaving her bewildered.

Has Aman got over Shruti?

Has Shruti gotten over her past?

Can Aman and Shruti make peace with the past?

Will Anjali be successful in winning over Aman?

Will there be a happy ending in Aman's, Shruti's and Anjali's lives?

What will the effect of 'The One yoU Cannot Have' in everyone's lives?

To know more, grab a copy of TOUCH and read on.

It is definitely a page turner and apt for small journeys lasting 4-5 hours now that the holiday season is nearing.

I would rate the book as 4.5/5


P.S. This book has answered a lot of questions that were hovering in my mind in addition to showing me the right direction and strengthening me to go on in life.

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Mind's rumblings

Am not sure whether it is split personality or bipolar disorder that I am suffering from!

There are two me's.. One which asks me to:

1.trust people
2.love somone unconditionally
3.care for people around me
4.help the needy
5. Empathize with others 

Yet there is the second part of me that is more realistic and rings appropriate warning bells whenever I try to do any of the things that I have specified above and awakens the other me. It makes me recall the certain untoward and unexpected incidents that have happened over the past two years-

1. betrayals in friendship and in love..
2. Mistrust of people close to you..
3.The occassions when I couldn't get solace or support from people around me..
4.The rough times when I needed a shoulder to cry and I was offered none as the latter part took the better of me and refrained me from telling things to certain close people until I was strong enough to laugh off the incidents in the fear that others may laugh at my endeavours.

Which 'me' is going to win eventually?

Will I go back to become what I was a few years ago?

Will there ever be an end to the continuous raging battle in the form of my mind's rumblings?

May the best thing win.. Or has it already won in the process of reforming me into the person I am today- 'matured' and 'resilient'