Zindagi Everyday

Saturday, September 27, 2014

Teenage friends

Teenage

Hey, its me. She spoke

Yeah Hi ! how are you? He replied.

Smiling and shying replies to him, 'I am good...are you busy?'

'No No , not busy , just chilling in my room. You say whats your plans for the weekend?'

'Ok, as of now no plans, was wondering if we can plan to meet tomorrow' she muttered.

'oh yeah, sure, lets meet on the beach, what say? I will pick you on the station'

'Fine with me, lets catch up', controlling her breath she replied.

She happily put down the phone, and just begins to admire herself in the mirror planning out what to wear, what hairstyle to make...all girls stuff...guess its teenage- the culprit !!

Happily going to bed, dreaming for tomorrow.

Finally the wait ends up with a great sunrise. The city came to life with the early morning chaiwallas, newspaper guys. The empty streets and shops all began pouring with people in no time. She eagerly reaches the local station to meet him up swinging on all so goody goody dreamworld of hers.

She waits for him, finally he arrives.

'Hey, here you are. Sorry I got a little late.' boy spoke apologisingly.

She is so swayed off him, that the time she waited seemed to her of no relevance, as finally her wait is over. He is here, right in-front of her.

'Hey , I said I am really sorry to keep you waiting. Damn this crowd and the trains.'

She finally jerked herself to respond 'No problem, I can understand.Even i came just few minutes back' lying sheepishly.

'So the next train is about to come. Lets board it. By the way I was thinking if we can go to some other place instead of beach which we have visited so many times'. the boy suggested.

'you are right, lets go elsewhere' girl tweeted with herself on the top of the world.

'Hey look, the train is coming. You board with me, as it is general dabba so be careful, even though I will be there to take care of you' warned the boy.

She is just watching him with wide open eyes , conforming herself, 'what did he said just now...oh he is going to be with me....protect me....oh my god, hopefully I am not dreaming'.

'You are ready, the train is coming..come on hold my hand' screamed the boy. Before waiting for her reaction, he held her hand and pulled her in the train.

As it was weekend , the train was not that too crowded, but still it was kind of close to get crowded.

He found a place to make her stand safely, and himself stood facing her with both hands placed on the compartment wall, securing her from any touch or discomfort.

'Oh my god ! what is all this happening. Is he really doing all this or just appearing like a romantic bollywood movie sequence. Pinch me, pinch me....awww....it hurts, and its so damn true.' Lost in her thoughts, she sneaked to boy's face, making sure she may not get caught. She admired his long beautiful arms, with such a chiselled face which can make any girl droolling for him, wishing this journey never to end.

Finally they reached . The scenic beauty, and the cool breeze relaxed them. So many young couples, friend groups, families, newly weds, all added to the love in the air for her. They decided to sit on a near by rock , which was quite flocked by the people leaving her fantasy world in pieces of being alone with him. She observed how she is so in love with this boy. But do the boy thinks like her, does he really like her, or love her, or is just a protective and caring friend.....arg...the girl's mind..always have traffic on the thinking roads .

Watching the sea waves, the beauty of the sunset, the rising waters, they both talked about their friends, lives, studies and blah blah.Meeting after long time,didn't realize, it was time to go home. As soon as they stood, to their surprise, the rock was surrounded with sea water. Now how to cross this water and reach to the shore.Girl started worrying in her mind of the increasing water. Ahead of them,the newly wed couple and their family members started wading through the water which was deep till knees. The newly wed girl was reluctant to put her feet in the water, and so the mr. husband lifted her in the arms just like the DDLJ types and started wading.

Such a high end romantic scene was there infront of both. Boy asked to the girl 'can you walk in this water, i will hold you...you wont fall' Girl being not so sure answered 'may be i can give a try'.

By the time more people started warning that the water levels are going to rise more, cross it soon and reach the shore. He suddenly asked her to hold him tightly, lifted her up and started crossing the water. All she can mutter was 'dont make me fall'.....They started to board the train to get back. And there she was still in those moments where she got her DDLJ moment of the lifetime, thanks to that couple. They boarded the train, he dropped him to her place, and headed towards his. In between the way not many words were exchanged. May be both were in those moments, or may be he was wondering why is she so quite and shying .....May be,for her its her first love feelings !!

PS: this is my first try to write a fiction. It may not sound great, but yeah improvements are always ahead :)

Tuesday, September 23, 2014

Mumma-Mania

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Childhood

Some of the symptoms which does not let you dare forget that you are a mom:

1. You have high vocal chords now, by every time screaming, or shouting to get the task done with the kid.
2. While asleep, you still hear the kids voice, Hallucinations.
3. Your handbag has been replaced by BABY Bag, always stuffed with diapers, milk bottles, water, napkins,extra pair of kids clothing, Johnson's baby cream, powder, extra pair of bibs, and hand towels,instead of your kajal, mascara, sunscreen,lipstick etc.
4. While on a shopping spree, instead of your stuff, you end up shopping with all kids stuff.
5. Every time you step out, you think of getting home as soon as possible to take care of the kid.
6. While on a dinner date, instead of talking to each other( poor hubby),fully engrossed with kid to make her/him eat or stay calm.
7. On the hotel menu, searching for items kid can eat.
8. End up humming the nursery rhymes instead of your favorite songs.
9. Your phone memory, hard disk and every electronic media storage is full of the photos and videos of the kid.
10. When you cannot find a single pic of yours with hubby dear.
11. The mobile phone is full of rhymes, kids games, and activities apps (thanks to smartphones)
12. The joyous and proud feeling when your kid starts learning new things. You just keeps on flaunting, how he/she has started recognizing objects/body parts/alphabets, speaking first few words, first activity, and many more.
13. The love you feel when the kid hugs you and kisses you.
14. The amazing feeling when you make the kid ready for the school, wondering how your little baby has grownup so soon.
15. When the kid plays with her crayons and the drawing book, the curious you to see what the he/she makes out.
16. Every now and then you keep on sharing on social media the pics of the kids, and of the recent activities the kid has learnt
17. On every trip you end up clicking the kid's expressions and poses more than the trip scenery and views.
18. Every 2 hours, just thinking about what to feed the kid next.
19. The 'Oh my god, have i missed her pee/poo timings' self realizations.
20. Waiting for the kid to sleep, you may finish off some work.
21. You just open the laptop, the kid gets its smell, finally end up with playing the rhymes instead of doing your stuff.

And the list goes on ........ !!

Wednesday, September 10, 2014

Weaning the kid- a really tough task

Unknown 6:18 PM Pari , 0 Comments

Pari

How difficult it is to wean the kid off the bf. I desperately want to wean her off before our vacation to Goa, for obvious reasons :
1. She is now 2 years old, and already had a extra enough time of bf.
2. She now needs to eat solid food as much to get the required nutrients for development of her body and mind. If she still keeps on bf then, she eats less of solids , which may hamper her much required nutrients.
3. Its very uncomfortable and embarrassing to feed her in public places. As she is inhabit of bf, so she asks it anywhere she feels.
4. And the last but most important, finally I need a freedom form this dependency of my kid.

So, after giving thoughts on how to wean my kid, I started to act on it. For few times I was successful to deviate her and make her eat other solid stuff, but at some other times, I had to surrender.
As she does not sleep without having her share, doesn't matter if she is hungry or not, it became really difficult for me to handle her sleeping schedule. So had to give up. Right now working on weaning her in the day time. Lets see when I will succeed , hopefully before her 2nd birthday she would wean completely. Good luck to me !!

Vacation Planning

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Random

Two weeks back, we were making plans to visit Kashmir or Laddakh during Dussehra vacations. Every family member had his/her concerns and views for both the locations. Finally Kashmir and Laddakh took back seat on our priority list, and we zeroed on 'GOA'. Made all the bookings and confirmed it.
Who knew dropping both the locations was for our good. A few days back, the news of heavy rains and flood started appearing on the news channels. Day by day the situation getting worst, with so much of destruction, and loss of lives.
Its good sometimes if you dont become stubborn to your decisions and give a ear to others too !!
My sincere prayers to all those struck up in this natural calamity. Hopefully the situation eases up soon, and sun god shower his blessings on this paradise of ours .

Saturday, September 6, 2014

Mumma's Shoes !!

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Childhood

Putting her tiny little feet in my shoes/ foot-wears is her favorite these days. Be it anyone's slippers, she will put her feet and walks cautiously yet successfully. She knows how to correctly position the slippers, and without making mistake wears them like a pro :)
But as soon as her slippers and shoes are asked to wear, there comes a big drama. Guess all kids are the same. Seeing her sometimes make me remember my childhood activities.

Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Ganesh Chaturthi

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The Ganesh festival is going on in full swing, this post came out a bit late, but its said better late than never. So here comes my little bit gyan with personal experience about the festival.
Ganesh Chaturthi is a hindu festival to celebrate the birthday of the god 'Ganesha'. This festival lasts for 10 days. Some people do fasting on this day, and after bringing home the ganpati idol and offering modaks/laddoos break their fast.

Home made Laddoos

In north, and central India, huge clay idols of Ganesha are places on the raised platforms in homes, as well as outdoors. For outdoors, some people form committees in the society and collect money (charity/chanda) from the residents for Ganesh Festival. From the collected money, the huge pandals are created, Ganesha idol is purchased from the idol-makers, and on the D-day 'Ganesh Chaturthi' the ganesha idols are established in these pandals along with performing special pooja which is known as 'PRANPRATHISHTHA' .The preist follows all the religious ceremonies for this pooja. Aarti and pooja are performed regularly for the next 10 days in these pandals. People visit these pandals to have blessings of Lord Ganesha. They offer modaks and laddoos which are known as the favourites of Ganeshji.

In my childhood days, we also use to bring ganpati at our home, and do the poojas, aartis, and distributing prasad. That was really fun and a nice experience. As kids we believed that ganpati has his sleeping time, so do not disturb god. As a result, we never use to allow anyone to open the curtains of the idol before sunset. After sunset, we use to switch on the illuminating lights to our jhanki ( the arrangement of ganesha idol along with decoration). Lighting the lamp, doing the pooja ( we ourselves were the preists...bacche bhagwan ka roop hote hain :P ), singing the aarti by reading in the book (hahaha) and then comes the prasad- the laddoos.Really that was simply awesome.And after that handed over our ganeshji to the procession people for visarjan in the river, as beings kids we were not allowed to go to the river to do it ourself.

Coming further, after PranPrathishtha, for 10 days that is from Ganesh Chaturthi to Ananta Chaturdashi, Lord Ganesha is worshipped. On the 11th day, these Ganesha idols of the pandals and those pratistith(established) in the homes, all are taken out in processions, with music and dance, to be immersed in the nearby lakes or rivers, or sea. This ceremony is popularly known as 'VISARJAN'. The visarjan symbolizes the journey of Ganesha to his home 'Kailash' while taking the misfortunes of all the people. ' Ganpati bappa moriya, agle baras tu jaldi aa ' are the favourite lines people rhyme along visarjan. The whole 10 days mark a great celebration of Ganesha, the whole atmosphere seems purified and divine.
Posting the picture of Ganpati at my mom's place.

Jai Ganesh !!

While I was in Pune and Mumbai, I witnessed a different flavour of Ganesha Utsav. In Maharsathra Ganpati is kind of favourite god. You will find them in every household, his temple in almost every area, nook and corners, and chaurahas.The famous 'DagduSethGanpati' is the charm of pune. Being in pune gave me the opportunity to take the blessings and feel the divine atmosphere during the AARTI in the temple. Photography is not allowed inside the temple, but when the dagduseth ganpati comes out of the temple in the ganesh festival, the long lines are natural to be formed. After ganesh utsav ends, the ganpati is again seated in the temple.

The processions taken out for visarjan in Pune and Mumbai are something to witness. Huge crowd, dhol, music, colours, long traffic jams, people dare not to go out on the visarjan day.

The aarti in marathi which is sung in every ganpati temple is something which melts honey in the ears.I heard it first time in Siddhivinayak Temple, Mumbai and then Dagduseth Ganpati Pune. It is simply awesome.
Posting the aarti wordings here. (sources : google)

"Ganpati Bappa Moriya"

Pari's second day @ Playschool

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As usual, she got ready excitingly for the school. Reached her school in kid's cycle. After entering the school gate, she was not ready to leave my hand. She is liking the games, toys, playhouses there, but not ready to leave mumma. She wants to play with mumma in the whole stuff available there. On reaching first started with the kids cycles available, she was not ready to shake hand or do namstey gesture to anyone in the school. I tried to engage her in many school activities available, she went to play but dragged me. She played with ball, but that too with mumma, with blocks but again with mumma, and so on. She was not ready to leave me. After staying for good 1 hour( as the admissions are going on, so got the chance to spend time in the school) with her, at last i left her at 09:48 am. And now it is 10:50 am, and yet no phone call from school. Desperately waiting for the phone call as I saw her crying when I she saw me leaving. Also I stayed for few minutes in the school premise and there heard her loud cries. Hopefully she would have stopped crying and started engaging in games and other kids. Just waiting waiting and waiting for the time to go and pick her up from the school. Not only me everybody is waiting to get the response about her behaviour for today's stay in the school.
In the meanwhile posting her second day pics !!

At 11:15 we went to her school to pick her up. We were quite contented to see pari with the madam, not crying, engaged with her. Ma'm updated us that she was crying but then slept on her shoulder for few minutes, got up and cross checked if ma'm still holding her, then came into the ofice and sitting with her. Pari was muttering mumma mumma, but she convinced her pretending making a phone call to mumma. Thankfully she stayed, and ate a bite of banana too, and had drink water also.
Improvement from the first day :)

This is the excitement !!

This is how I go to school !!

Pari's First Day @ Playschool

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Today on 1st September 2014, my so little cutie pie went to playschool, her first day at school. She was so excited to go that she got all dressed up without any fuss. She always ask me to put kajal bindi on her forehead, and at the ear sideways. I dressed up her in her papa's favorite dress, a white long Aline dress with a cutesy polka dotted pink waist ribbon. After fully dressed up clicked her pictures , and touchwood she is looking really adorable (kahin nazar na lag jaye). By the way kido loves her school bag, waterbottle and lunch box. She put her bags on the shoulders, and waterbottle in the neck and started posing. Such a camera friendly girl she is.

A lifetime memorable memory for me, as i prepared her first lunch with her favourite 'aloo' in the rice khichdi. Though she ate it not at school but at home :D

We ( me and her grandfather) took her school in her tricycle, and she really enjoyed the ride. On the way she asked for her water bottle from me and kept it on her cycle. After reaching the school, i had to spent 20 minutes with her, and then left her there. When we reached home, we were just waiting for the phone call from school asking her to pick up, as we knew she wont stay there. And finally at 10 O'Clock the phone call arrived and we rushed to pickup pari. When reached to the school she was sitting on the lap of the teacher miss, holding her 'Alpenliebe' toffee in her hand. Seeing me pari just cheered up and asked me to open the candy. The teacher was also laughing that she wasnt yet not ready to listen to anybody only blabbering 'mumma mumma' and now as she saw me she is so normal eating candy. Thats how the kids are during the first day of school. And yeah she is the youngest kid in the school.All other kids are 2 or 2+ years of age.

We came home,and she ask for bf and slept comfortably and convincingly in my lap. Just cant stop myself from kissing her innocent face. She had been through a lot of crying for the first day, but have to adjust her to this new schedule.Slowly within a week or two she will like to go and play in the school.