B'lore.. Mysore.. Ooty.. with old buddies

Aah this time is was all together different.. frnds coming from pune to meet me.. see new places.. roam around n to have fun!!! all bookings n things done.. very well planned... dayz decided.. things decided... from places to visit.. like Iskon, Commercial to things to eat... like Neer doas with Fish or methichi bhaji, masaale bhat! :) :)
though i was visiting all places twice or thrice n playing role of tourist guide.. was equally excited!!! :) And as expected trip was juss awesome!!!!
M not putting down each n every deatail coz waiting Zar to post her own blogpost ;)

MARATHON...

I always have that feeling of doing something that i have never done before... or getting where i was never there before.. and this time it ended with participating in Mid Night Marathon event!!!! When we first saw these kind of new hoardings in Bangalore around one year back, was too excited to get into! but some how couldn't...
So, this time it was final that WE ARE GOING..THAT"S IT..!! registered.. though no one was interested to join except Rash...! we both were well prepared (with no practice physically n mentally too.. so never thought this gonna be feasible!! :) )..
Yes! n I am happy that i was able to complete Run(IT City Run, 5 km).. in 40 mins... yeah... stamina ki toh vaat lagi thi... but it was fun to do that!!! Needless to say that for accomplishing this we had to cross some hurdles(which we create by our own stupidities)... But it was all fun to be like that!

Kerala.. God's Own Country..!!

Nothing was planned at all.. as not finalized only whether we are going to Kerala for friend's marriage or not!( though train tickets n all were already done..)Din't even Googled Kerala or places to visit in Kerala.
Asked manager for leave n he directly said NO!(what the Hell..) then convinced him saying will finish assigned tasks before going... staying back in office till 8:30 running n catching train at 10 o'clock from K.R.Pooram started journey...
long journey it was! reading novels.. chit-chatting.. teasing each other.. long journey dint sound that long.. (including all incidents had in train ;) like some kinda fight of our rashmiji with one of the co-passenger..! )
reached Thiruvanantapuram at 3pm next day. Quite hot climate n tiredness coz of travel lead us to a hotel which a friend of mine has already arranged.(Complete event was so so well organized.. No wonder it was Namitha's Marriage.. :))
Went to a small function at home a day before wedding.. had lovely food over there.. and then stared discussing places to visit with her bro. Decided to go to Kovalam beach after wedding ceremony..
The day of wedding everybody got ready early moring ..still it took time(thank god not everyone of us wearing saari ;)) A beautiful ornaments she was wearing.. so much Gold my God! There also a lovely food on the Banana leaves!!(Yaay!! :D)
That day we left for the room at 3pm. Plan was to visit Veli lake and then sunset at Kovalam beach! Both the places were not far.
Veli lake was a having both sea and lake together! amazing!! There some of us had a coffee n tea on floating restaurant! N disscussed which sea,ocean comes on which side of India and which state has which one outta that!!
Then we left the place to catch sunset on Kovalam..
Kovalam beach broke all the pre-developed images in mind.. So serene.. clean... And the rocks we sat on to watch sunset.. boats unnecessarily moving here n there just like a painting..!
There we did shopping and left back for rooms... It was such a nice evening!! The next day though dint plan to go out.. since had to leave in after noon.. In train 4 pm.. returning back from Kerala.. bridges crossing small small lovely lakes and the last 10 pages of novel to finish off..! :)
A return journey from God's Own Country...!!

expecting... not to expect...

Aaj ek mail vachala. Mhanaje nehmichach ho, ki det java jagaala parat kahi milel yachi apeksha na thevata! vagare vagare. Pan kharach hota ka asa kadhi? Kitida aapan kharach kahich apeksha na thevta vagato konashi tari. Mhanaje vagatana nahi vatat kahi, pan sagal houn gelyavar manachya koparyat kuthe tari chhotishi apeksha astech nahi ka...
Mag yetat apeksha bhangachi nirasha, honari chid-chid aani mag swatalach samajavanyacha khatatop. Tarihi kahich apeksha nahi karaychi hi apeksha tari kashi karavi? :)

It's hard to leave it...

Now today I came to know that we all(project team) will be moving to
9th floor of our Gamma block of Sigma tech park. And suddenly I had
that familiar feeling of leaving something behind and moving ahead.
I know all of us go through this kinda experience then why am I making
it an issue? (Obviously I too donno :P). But somehow at first go I
couldn't accept this change of environment so easily! That's my
nature(can't help it).
And then suddenly I remembered a conversation I had with one of my
office friend about liking the location in office and all that. Though
I was not excited about it as her. But
now I have this feeling of leaving something behind... or apparently
something is leaving me and asking to move ahead!

I Feared UNTIL……!!!

Got as a mail from someone.... really nice one.....

I Feared UNTIL……!!!

I feared being alone
Until I learned to like Myself.
I feared failure
Until I realized that I only Fail when I don't try
I feared success
Until I realized that I had to try in order to be happy with myself.

I feared people's opinions
Until I learned that people would have opinions about me anyway.
I feared rejection
Until I learned to have faith in myself.
I feared pain
Until I learned that it's necessary for growth

I feared the truth
Until I saw the ugliness in lies.
I feared life
Until I experienced its beauty .
I feared death
Until I realized that it's not an end, but a beginning.

I feared my destiny,
Until I realized that I had the power to change my life.
I feared hate
Until I saw that it was nothing more than ignorance.
I feared love
Until it touched my heart, making the darkness fade into endless sunny days.

I feared ridicule
Until I learned how to laugh at myself.
I feared growing old
Until I realized that I gained wisdom every day.
I feared the future
Until I realized that Life just kept getting better.
I feared the past
Until I realized that It could no longer hurt me.

I feared the dark
Until I saw the beauty of the starlight.
I feared the light
Until I learned that the Truth would give me Strength.
I feared change,
Until I saw that even the most beautiful butterfly had to undergo a Metamorphosis before it could fly.

जाने हमको क्या पाना है....

'मला ना, GATE द्यायचीये पण अभ्यासच नाही होत आहे यार', 'मला बोअर झालयं तेच तेच काम, job change करायचाय', 'मला अरे swimming शिकायचयं', 'मला काहीतरी exicting करायचयं' अशी वाक्य दर दिवसा आड ऐकायला येतात आणि माझ्या मनात सुरू असलेल्या अशाच विचारांना अधिकच गती मिळते! म्हणजे होतं असं की To Do ची list वाढतेय पण done ची list आहे तशीच आहे! असं का होतं वगैरे गोष्टींचा विचार करून काही उपयोग नाही असा निष्कर्ष मनाने केंव्हाच काढलायं. खुप नकारार्थी वाटत असेल बोलणं पण खरं आहे तिकचंच... असं नाहिये की जे काम मी करतेय ते मी enjoy करत नाहीये किंवा मजा येण्यासारखं आयुष्यात काही घडत नाहिये, पण दिशाहीन झालोय किंवा धेय्य नाहीये कुठलं डोळ्यांसमोर असं काहिसं... 'जाने हमको क्या पाना है, सोचो क्या है अपनी मंजिल...'

... a journey so far....

It's a post saying something about some things i have observed, i have gone through or i have experienced in this one year away from home... yeah... can't believe that i am about to complete my one year....
When i stepped out of my home it was 10th july '08 (dates might not be the exact one...! :P). A gal who has never gone out of Maharashtra going to Delhi....Mixed kinda feelings... fear, excitement and nervousness along with separation from loved ones...
Started a training in Aricent Nalanda, Gurgaon. Though some starting dayz were hectic but started enjoying everyday with new frnds around n new kinda life... Having money though not much work... :P It was fun even in going to nalanda on weekends for studying for exams or tests for what they had their own some criterias n all... first of all we made a decision of living out in PG..! That search for PGs...(yeah... we dint do much as v new nothing abt geographical details of the place... Someone friend's friend came to help us...)N v situated at the place nearby Sahara Mall... A very good PG i must say...(as i got my terrace to spend countless hours at night looking at sky n stars... :)).. Found some different kind of people all together around... the toungues they have, the food they it, the interests they have... some inspiring, some funny n some weird too.... Those auto-rikshaws so called 6 seaters but 14 people stuck inside(Real India!).. for Sahara Mall to Ifko chowk n another from Ifko to Udyog Vihar...!
We made some unforgetable trips during those 3 months span... A place called 'Fatepur sikri'... Wah!! Tajmahal....! Akshardhaam mandir, Nainital, other places in Delhi like Qutub minar, Red fort, Paranthewali gali, India Gate...!!!
The markets n shopping in those markets(be it Sarojini market or Lajpat nagar...) gave a happiness which is invalueable!! Why? obviously that was our own money!!! Our own salary!!! We never spent a single weekend sitting at home(except one i guess... :P)
We had many things to do...! we enjoyed CDMA party, last day in nalanda... each n every moment!!! That's y everyone has the feeling of going there once though never speak it out!!!
Then again the time came when we have to leave behind some new relations we made, a new bond we formed as finally everyone got a location which they wanted...
20th of Oct was the reporting date at the location... we reached in Bangalore on 19th Oct... A city about which i had many imaginations previously made in mind....
Now we got our reporting managers, projects into which we will be working... It started with some KTs n trainings again but had a feeling of loosing something.. donno wat...
Here we had a lot more to face! To settle down we decided to live in a flat...(keeping previous PG experiences in mind.. u know... time limits!!! Who can forget scoldings got from previous PG owner almost every day of last two weeks in delhi... ;)) we moved to a flat after 15 dayz completion in company's so called guest house... I won't forget the very first month in that ground floor flat... It was not yet the time when we found ourselves so much buried under work...! Here also we made good trips like chunchu falls n Ooty..! I visited Mysore with one of my junior college friend... Chennai to attend roomie's engagement..! Can't mention each thing ya...! :)
one day we decided to buy stove n all stuff for cooking(we had this idea of cooking before only...).. but that day we actually implemented it! n here we started our cooking on daily basis...!! (Dont ask me do we follow this yet with same spirit..! of course yesss :) )
We had a moments which we'll cherish lifetime! Be it celebrating birthdays on terrace,sitting downstairs n chit-chatting, playing basketball(no particular pin-pointing here please :P ;)),small small fights with friends, having crushes(don't worry wont start list over here :P :P), some non-talking days, some fights(for the reason we all are actually different in every sense... from language, food, clothes we were n blah blah blah...) but we'll be like WE ARE alwayz....!
Now we are kind of settled down.. having work, responsibilities n sometimes pressure too! I have seen some ups n down in this journey... Some moments which have given me a pleasure along with some moments which took out tears out of my heart..! Yeah... n i believe thats wat life is....

When I say JAI... Then you say HO...!!!

A R Rahman cha punyat prathamach Concert!!! Wow!!! Pudhachi jaga milayala haviy mhanun itkya laukar gelo hoto pan tithe amachyach sarkhi mandali laukar aali hoti.... 7 vajatacha show ani amhi pochalo 5la..! Tufan gardi honar he tar apekshitach...!
When I say JAI .. then you say HO..! Asa oradat sagalech A R chi vaat pahaat hote...! 'Slumdog millionaire' chya ganyane suruvaat karat... 'Todays show will be good. With some good songs, and some bad songs coming up, also some mistakes...' ase mhanat tyane dusare gaane gayale te hote tamil song 'Machan machan'... mag 'Jaage hai der tak'(Guru) kamaal...!
Tya nantar ekahun ek apratim gaani prekshakansamor sadar zali... jase... 'delhi-6 title song',' dil se re', 'Roja jaaneman', 'Tu hi re', 'Sarfaroshi ki tamanna ab hamare dil me hai', 'masakalli', 'Genda phool', 'kaise mujhe tum mil gayi', 'Rehna tu', 'kabhi kabhi aaditi', ' Dreams on fire', 'Ringa ringa', 'Gangsta blues', 'kahin to hogi wo..', 'chupke se lagaja gale' ,'Azimo shah shehenshah'!!!! kay sahi atmosphere create zala hota!!! 'khwaja mere khwaja', 'darare darare hai' ne tar manach jinkale!! 'Mayya mayya' chya talavar thirakalya nantar mast mast ganyanche fusion karun non-stop nachavale! Mag 'Humma humma' hindi aani tamil madhe alternate kadavi gayali...!!
Aani shevat 'Jai Ho!' gaat tyanantar 'Ma tujhe salaam' ne eka abhutpurva concertchi sangata zali...!!! Manat eka apratim sandhyakaal aani abhutpurva show cha theva ghevun baher padalo stadium chya...! but u know I'm still der dancing and jumping on that maestro's beats....!!!!!

For pre and post Concert's details.... Zaru's blog

And they say we are restless...

It's always been kind of argument between we and elders that we are not calm, not having patience at times ... we don't want to wait to be happy... we don't want others to do things for us... we don't want something that happens to us affect our behavior... we spend time in some unnecessary things and no need to mention that we don't have to regret about it.... we fallow our heart at that moment and try to make it a grand moment!!!
And they say we are restless... yes! we are!!! For being ourselves!

Still under certification....

It's a story of a poor feature named FAD(Functionality Access Domain...). It's a feature which gives limited access for some functionality in one of the editor of our application...(yeah yeah... let's not go in technical details...). This is a first ever feature assigned to me. And we already start is one week late as per the schedule. Since very small feature we managed to finish of coding part in time(though lagging as per actual schedule. But who cares when manager is convinced... :)) But thereafter comes The Lord TL's job into picture! Makes so many changes(considering this person has more than 3 years of experience in same module!) completely scrapping our part of code. We staying back till late night till 12 o'clock and incorporating changes required as per new design! (How can I forget that day?)
Now there is requirement that this feature needs to be tested on some special server which offers security. And this is a big issue since we are unaware of dealing with servers. We spend almost two weeks to get the server then one week to make it security enabled. That's not the end of story!!!
The server not taking the assigned FAD! Then we and our manger sit and debug a code written minimum five years back! Conclusion comes as nothing wrong in code! We have to launch an application through webstart...! No no... not every issue is solved yet! Cause why do we have back-end processes? We having MAAT module dependencies!
Then we spend a week resolving MAAT issues!(Thank God! My coleague found out that it's a MAAT issue...!) And finally feature releases from our side to testing team...
Here they have their own difficulties for it! Getting some CDs from customer and all.... But now sine delivery is just after a week they start testing this feature...! And now new problem it has a kind of war between tester and developer going on! (No more comments on this please...)
And this poor just 20 days feature is dying to get certified! Donno what will happen with it....!
I am having my fingures crossed...!!!!!!

Ecstasy...

Have you ever had a feeling, reading a book, that is simply written for you!! Situations in book or references match precisely with thoughts in your mind!

पहाडांच्या राणीच्या राज्यात.....

शेवटच्या क्षणापर्यंत हो-नाही हो-नाही करत शेवटी आम्ही निघालो पहाडांच्या राणीच्या राज्यात म्हणजेच Ooty... बसची tickets वगैरे आधीच बुक करुन झाली होती पण वीकएन्डला ऑफिसमधे जावं लागलं तर काय?(हा प्रश्न आता नेहमीचाच झालाय...) हा सगळा विचार करुन Ootyची trip organize केली होती.
सुरुवातच जरा दणक्यात झाली. हां, आता बावळटपणाला असं काही म्हटलं तरचं मजा येते! बसमध्ये चढल्यावर ticket काढल्यावर स्टेशनवर पोहोचायला उशीर होईल म्हणून रिक्शानं जायचं ठरवलं आणि कंडक्टरला tickets परत देवुन बाहेर पडलो पैसे परत न घेताच(जेव्हा KSRTCचं ticket दाखवलं असतं तर तिcकेत काढण्याचिही गरज नव्हती. ) पाच लोक शेवटी कसरत करत शांती नगर स्टेशनवर पोहोचलो. बरोबरची काही मंडळी अगोदर जाऊन 'हिरवळीचा' आनंद घेण्यात मग्न होती... :)
बसमध्ये चढल्यावर जवळ-जवळ अर्धातास बुक केलेल्या जागा शोधण्यात गेला(कारण internetवर दाखवलेली arrangement प्रत्यक्षात असलेल्या जागांपेक्षा वेगळी होती!) पण मग थोडसं recommend करून जागा पदरात पाडून घेतल्या! रात्रीचा प्रवास, बसच्या शेवटच्या seats आणि खडबडीत रस्ता म्हणजे सगळ्याच गोष्टी अगदी जुळून आल्या सारख्या!!
दुसय्रा दिवशी सकाळी ऊटीमध्ये पोहोचलो. मग प्रश्न होता hotel शोधण्याचा! त्याला फार वेळ लागला नाही(कारण? आधी organize केलेल्या trips! :)) एक पुर्ण दिवस उटीमध्ये फिरुन दुसरा दिवस Coonoor फिरण्याचा plan होता. फ्रेश होऊन breakfast करुन Ootyमध्ये फिरण्यासाठी cab केली आणि निघालो! पहिला spot होता डोडाबेट्टा. म्हणे साऊथ मधलं सर्वात ऊंच पठार कि काय(वाटलं तर नाही!) Ooty असुनही दुपारी ऊन होतं त्यामुळे प्र्त्येकाच्या तोंडात 'अरे, वाटतंच नाहिये उटीमध्ये आहोत' हे वाक्य होतं.
त्यानंतरची जागा होती tea factory! चहा कसा बनतो ते पाहिलं. आणि १५०० चा फक्त चहा घेऊन बाहेर पडलो! :D त्यानंतर गेलो Pykara lakeला...! कोणत्या प्रकारचे boating करायचे यावरून थोडे वाद झाले पण 'knowledge Transfer' करणाय्रा लोकांनी 'सर्वां'चे purpose विचारात घेवून pedal आणि motor असं वाटून घेतलं!
सगळीकडे हिरवीगार झाडी, शांत, सुंदर तळी, आणि प्रसन्न वातावरण! खुप खुप छान वाटत होतं...
जवळपास चार वाजता जेवण करून निघालो Pykara waterfallsच्या वाटेने... बर्फाप्रमाने थंड पाणी आणि धबधबा! पाण्यामधे मनसोक्त डुंबून झाल्यावर आम्ही होतो film shooting pointवर. (तिथे म्हणे माधुरीच्या 'साजन' पिक्चरचं shooting झालेलं, गाणं- 'मेरा दिल भी कितना पागल है!(सौजन्य- Mr. Nimodiya)' :P :P) थोडिशी थंडी जास्त वाटू लागली होती पण गरमीने हैराण झालेल्या जिवाला छान वाटत होतं. कोणाची घोडेस्वारीची स्वप्न पुर्ण झाली! कुडकुडत्या थंडीत चहाची अवीट गोडी चाखायला मिळाली... पुन्हा रुम्सवर येवून परत डिनरसाठी बाहेर पडलो!
दुसरय्रा दिवसाची सुरूवात अर्थातच लौकर झाली. कारण कुन्नूरसाठी ट्रेन होती सकाळी ९ वाजता! स्टेशनवर पोहोचताच आनंदाला पारावार उरला नाही कारण ट्रेन होती पिक्चरमधे असावी तशी! मोजून चारचं डबे, निळ्या-हिरव्या रंगांचे! फोटो सेशन करतचं ट्रेन सुरू झाली! चित्रात असावा तसे भोवती देखावे, कौलारू घरं, पहावं तिकडे चहाचे मळे! तजेला देणारी हवा आणि थंडगार वातावरण! मोजक्याच स्टेशन्सवर थांबत ट्रेन पोहोचली कुन्नूर स्टेशनवर!
पुन्हा एकदा cab आणि पाहण्याच्या जागा ठरवून निघालो. पहिल्याच spotवर थोडेसे रेंगाळून आणि first class मसाला चहा घेवून पुढे निघालो. मधेच एका चहाच्या मळ्यात थांबलो. मग 'Dolphin Nose' नावाचा एक spot होता. सगळीकडे पसरलेल्या डोंगररांगा, ढग... तिथून आम्ही पुन्हा एकदा एका चहाच्या मळ्यात गेलो. इथे जरा जास्त वेळ थांबून basket घेऊन चहा तोडण्याचा प्रयोगही करून पाहीला. एका restaurant मधे जेवण करून Sims Gardenमधे गेलो. ४:३० ची ट्रेन होती कुन्नूर ते उटी त्यामुळे बागेतच tp करत वेळ काढला. तिथे एका पुण्याच्या माणसाचं पैशाचं आख्खं पाकीट सापडलं होतं त्यामुळे मंडळी त्याचा contact number मिळवण्याच्या मार्गावर होती.
परत उटीत येताना सर्व ९ जण (४+४+१ किंवा ५+४ जे असेल ते :) ) Ooty lakeवर एक फेरफटका मारून cloak roomमधून सामान परत घेवून रस्त्यांवर भटकत बसलो.वाटेत थोडसं थांबत, खात-पित शेवटी एका मराठी थाळी मिळत असलेल्या hotelमधे पोटभर जेवलो! सगळे अक्षरश: तुटून पडले होते. मग थोडफार shopping करून शेवटी बसची वाट बघत बस standवर आलो. खुप थकल्यामुळे standवरचं बैठक मारून बसताना कोणी फार विचार केला नाही!
प्रत्येक प्रवास नवं काही देवून जातो, नवं काही शिकवून जातो.... पण तोही कधीतरी संपतोच कदाचित एका नविन प्रवासाच्या सुरुवातीसाठी........

शाळा...

त्या दिवशी मला कळालं की शाळेची मजा कशात आहे ते. वर्ग आहेत, बाकं आहेत, पोरंपोरी आहेत, सर आहेत, गणित आहे, भूगोल आहे, नागरिकशास्त्रसुद्धा; पण आपण त्यात कशातंच नाही. आपण त्या गाईंच्या पाठीवर बसणाय्रा पांढय्रा पक्षांसारखे मुक्त आहोत. ह्यांच्या शाळेत बसलेलो असलो तरी आपल्या मनात एक वेगळीच शाळा भरते. खास एकट्याचीच. त्या शाळेला वर्ग नाहीत, भिंती नाहीत, फळा नाही, शिक्षक नाहीत; पण त्यातलं शिकणं फार सुन्दर आहे.
- मिलींद बोकील

Chennai visit....

(Actually feeling like writing an essay coming back to school after summer vacation :P :) but will write some things that I observed, some funny, some special... etc etc to this weekend's Chennai visit)
After having decided to visit Chennai and attend friend's engagement we board ourselves into train at around 11:30. We reached there(Chennai central) Saturday early morning by 5:30. Even at that time it was so hot that I could imagine how much temperature will be at 12 noon!(It was like burning a skin literally!)
As the engagement was on Sunday we had one complete day to roam around in the City! We asked the bus details to her parent's and uncle(at whose place we were staying) and at 11am we found ourselves onto road with a Sun ready to kill us(I mean it!)
First we went to Egmore museum and saw 'National art gallery' section and went to a place famous for shopping called T. nagar! For lunch we decided a place called 'Sarvana Bhavana'. I ordered 'Sarvana Bhavana special meal' (South Indian meal)with 29 items!!! gosh!! Lovely food!(Just reminded 'Durvankur thali' in Pune).
Then we went to shopping place and at around 4:30 we left for Marina beach world's second longest beach! No need to tell that we had lotta fun there in sea water!
We returned back to her uncle's place at 8:30pm.
Then night we spent in putting Hena for the girl! obviously the next day how can we get up early? But the family we were staying at was quite orthodox.. and follw customs(they were small small like can't eat anything before taking bath etc.) So we were bit concious about our behavior every time(We have to be!! )
Then we had a lunch at 10:30(yes! that was lunch only coz we ll be eating our dinner at 5 or 6 after ceremony :P)
The ceremony was as expected very traditional and had lots of flowers for putting in hair.. The meal was also good(again in Banana leaves!). Feelling of 'Anna he purnabhrahma!' again touched to heart.. And we returned back to Banglore this morning!
Aah one thing.. As we had herd that those people won't talk in Hindi(or hardly). While coming back I just turned on some radio station in Chennai. Surprisingly it had a show call 'Let's learn Hindi'. The lady was translating small small words and sentences in hindi from English. 'I am learning Hindi.. Hum hindi sikate(yeah n not sikhate :P) hai.. I am teaching Hindi.. Main hindi sikati hun.. lol..'

Replacement...

I was not talking to one of my friend due to some work load kinda reasons since two weeks or something(yeah I have some workload :P). But then I just called him to know whats happening in his life(and blah blah blah...). After saying all that crap like 'haan.. obviously you will be busy. Won't take out time to talk to friends.. etc etc.'.He suddenly said "For everyone we have replacement in our life"...(????)
Do we really have?? Is there a replacement for mom's care? Do we have replacement for father's affection? Do we have replacement for sisters or brothers with whom we fight and next day we forget about what all happened? Do we have replacement for our friends without whom we can't enjoy our life? Do we have replacement for person, we love and share all what our heart says??? Do we?

Rang.....

Rangala kiti vegala sthan asta aapalya ayushyat. Agadi pratyek goshta aapan pahato, vaparato, khato pratyekat rang astat. kadhi te dolyanna sukhavnare astat tar kadhi nakose!

srushtichya har-ek astitvat ranganshi udhalan diste. Maan trupta karnari vatate.

Ayushyatahi anek rang astatach ki kadhi anandache tar kadhi vedananche. Doghannahi titakach mahattva.

Manasanche vegagale rang pahayala milatat(ithe rang mhanaje swabhhav). Kahi loka hrudayala sparshun jatat kayamachi manaat sathavan thevun jatat.

asha ya rangbirangi diwashi mhanaje dhulivandanachya divashi... sagalyanna Dhulivandanachya subhechha!!!

ugich...

He likhan konatyahi muddyala dharun nahi kinva prasangik tar mulich nahi. Ugich mendula tras devun kahitari kharadnyacha attahas nahi.....
Jasa door akashyat baryachvel bagadnarya dhagala varyachi haluch zuluk basavi aan bhar unhatahi pavsachi rimzim suru vhavi tasa khupvela pasun manat datlelya vicharanna ektepanachi chahul lagavi aan sangavese vatave maniche guj konala tari. mokali karavi dvare agadi sagala sagala sanganyasathi. Aaple vatnare sarvasvi aapalech ahet ase vichar vatave konalatari hridaysparshi aan aapale swatache!
Ahe ka pan asa koni? Mahit nahi............... ;) :)

two strangers...

As decided I went to meet my junior college friend in Mysore. All alone(so excited!) After reaching there We saw the royal Mysore palace and in the evening Vrindavan garden. Its was so beautiful in the evening!
The next day we visited Chamundi hills where there is a temple of chamundidevi. After coming back to main city bus stand we went to one of the restaurant(considering our less budget that was less costlier than the Gufa or Jungle). So we gave our order as some normal north Indian sabji and roti and waited for it to come. As this is hotel is near the Palace it was heavily crowded! Even we waited 10 min to get a table.
So many foreigners were there in that restaurant also. And I was observing two of the ladies who were waiting to get a place. The manager of that restaurant was so kind to them that he told two of us(me and my friend) to give them a place on our table(since all tables were for four chairs and only two of us were sitting). First I was like "what?? why is this manager saying like that?"
But by that time two of those ladies sat beside both of us. I told my friend will start to talk to them but will we understand their language I mean accent? After 2-3 minutes we only started discussion...
Those had come from Canada and one of them was teacher that to of fashion and other was her daughter(daughter's name was Luicy and I forgot the name of that lady). we asked "aren't you afraid of roaming here without any guide?" so she answered confidently "No! I am coming to India for fifth time!". Yes! we were able to understand what they were saying to us and their accent was no good not like Hollywood movie stars! Thank god! After that we asked many questions and discussion continued. That lady had visited many places like Rajasthan, Delhi, In Maharashtra places like Pune and Mumbai,in Uttar Pradesh Varanasi(which she liked most and was having some attachment to that place) and many other! And I was like "You have visited many places than us in India!"
I was wearing a Tee-shirt which had names of Indian ladies like Mother Teresa, Kiran Bedi, Sunita Williams etc. That lady was so impressed by that and she told us that she knows about Kiran Bedi and her work. My friend suggested her the autobiography of her and she repeated the name of book which my friend told and said she will definitely read it!
Then she asked about now a days award grabbing movie "slum-dog millionaire" and also the currently happened "Manglore incident" and didn't forget to ask our opinions about it. We asked them many other things like "Have you seen any dance style of India?" then "Any Indian marriage ceremony?" etc etc.... And both of them were so excited about every cultural thing we have! they were wearing malas of flowers into their neck :)
We finished our lunch and got a bill as 180 for me and my friend and we said to each other "what did we eat for so much of bill?". I don't know about their bill but they had ordered one north Indian and one South Indian meal(asking for less spicy). And after paying bill "This is very cheap restaurant!" was their remark! :)
After that we said "good bye" to each other and left the place. And even after that thoughts going through our minds didn't stop. We had a nice lunch with two strangers.

Expressing...

"No no, I never meant it!" what? Got confused? Don't be... Read on... How many times does it happen to us? How many times we are able to express what do we exactly mean? How many times we utter words we want to say?
We can express our feelings though words by simply saying what do we have in our mind, facial expressions by crying or smiling, actions, sometimes even through silence! Yes, even silence means something and conveys something! Ability to express is a power of oneself. If you can do it properly then you don't need anything else in life...

Things not the same...

Not even thought of being here far away from home. yes, that lovely, protective shell around! And also away from all those friends who were essential part of my day to day life. Having those familiar faces around. But for me even more than that away from a people who speak a known language!
I don't know but I can't help it. Having people around you who are talking in some unknown language and you don't have any choice rather giving a blank look. You can't even read a bus name. Everyday have to ask a driver "Varthur Kodi?"(It's my stop name). Even after that have to tell conductor that "I want ticket for this and that!" Gosh!I am not blaming or anything but just trying to tell my everyday situation. Here I don't have any other option than paying some 180 bucks and watch our beloved Hindi movie in a multiplex which is having extra charges for weekends(their weekend starts from Friday evening as ours :) :D)
And it feels so nice when I hear my mother-tongue here. I know that person or not I will be like haan.. "Marathi" :) and that loud smile on face. So natural it is!
Not only language daily routine has changed SO much. At home in college days you have freedom. You can go whenever you want to college(don't misunderstand here ;)) but here now you are answerable for not going on time. Rather not completing work on time. It's like back to school! I have obviously struggled hard to get myself molded into this machine like life. But now it is only my life. Some interesting things do happen but somewhere deep inside have the feeling of not being the same as they were before. something like "Baat to bas wohi hai na, bus wohi baat nahi"...

start....

Yeah.. after regularly reading and commenting on friends blogs, I have decided to take off the dust from my own blog and keep updating it! And this time not sticking to any particular language... :P
This is not the only reason for writing a blog actually. I really wont to write something and this is the way I think I can at least try to explain myself oe better to say I will try to find something more meaningful or deep about myself! So lets start it...

kadhi...

ka kadhi kadhi kalat nahi,
nakki kay havay mala...
ka kadhich kalat nahi,
sawarayala hava swatala...

ka kadhi kadhi mann,
asa sairavaira dhavata...
kuthetari dhadpadhun,
jaagich ubha thakata...

ka vicharanche ghode,
ase chaufer udhaltat...
mani nasalelya gaavi,
chakara marun paratat...

ka he sagala asa,
kshanapuratach vatat...
aan fasalelya vatanvar,
punha paaul valata...