Paradox of Disassociation

Had resigned from my job, at Newgen, a couple of weeks back. Reasons were : impatience (read long wait for success in new geography), money, and some of the people!

Post-resignation, life was easy - no tension of work, no time pressures...easy life.

And that's what you need, to understand how much you enjoy doing a particular thing. For close to two weeks, I did not do what I used to do day-in and day-out; and this break actually made me realized - how much I enjoyed doing that.

Most of us, often complain of things being so routine/monotonous for us. However, what we don't do is to pause for sometime and completely detach ourselves from our regular routine for some days. This break actually helps us rejuvenate and at the same time, makes us understand - whether we love what we do or we don't?

It indeed is a paradox that to test your love for something, you need to dis-associate yourself from it. But, we need such paradoxes.

Resigning from job could'nt have been better than this; it helped me get back to my job with more vigour now.

At cross-roads...

Just like my diary, the rate of my entries into this space is also diminishing at a fast pace. A fair gap between last two entries.

Life has been moving at a rapid pace these days; got engaged this July!! And now, slowly coming to terms with this reality...

Soon to be Mrs.Pandey has Sonal as a prefix and Mishra as Suffix. Based out of a satellite town called Kalol, near Ahmedabad. She'll be completing her MCA next year. So going by the current tradition(in terms of right age for getting married) - when settled to ones satisfaction; this marriage can be aptly called "Bal-vivah"!!

They say that the phase between, engagement and marriage is the most beautiful and most rememberable one. And they are not wrong! This indeed is turning out to be a beautiful phase of life..and of this relationship. You get to know the person...and you let yourself known. The feelings...slowly and steadily get intense and intimate. The word emotions find a new meaning.

At the same time, such a relationship like this brings with it a deep sense of responsibility and I am sure that this feeling is going to strengthen/intensify with each passing day. This transition from being a 'carefree single' to a 'committed & to-be responsible soul' has just begun. Would be interesting to meet, Mr.Bindesh Pandey around the same time next year.

Life indeed is at cross-roads...personally as well as professionally...

Taare Zameen par...

Written on 30th december, 23:10 hours

Taare Zameen Par...

Dont know where to start from. Right now there is a tussle going on ,in the mind, to find the best superlative to describe Taare Zameen Par. And looks like we have to invent some new superlatives which can do justice to Taare Zameen Par. In my quest till now(to find the best adjectives/superlatives)..the words which have come across my mind are: awesome, superb, beautiful....just amazing. The movie is more beautiful than what any of these adjectives can convey.

Though am a highly emotional person, but it doesnt happen very often that tears trickle down my cheek....and I dont make an attempt to stop that flow. This happend while seeing TZP. And I guess that should explain the kind of connect the movie establishes with its audience.

Was talking to Sumil a couple of days back; told him that I'll going for TZP this sunday...and he predicted that on sunday night there are 200% chances of my blog having a entry about TZP. Must say Sumil...Bulls eye!


Frame by frame, the movie is a masterpiece. A beautiful and touching story, told in a simplistic yet equally beautiful manner. There wasnt a single soul in the audience who left the theatre with dry eyes. I Believe the timing for this movie couldnt have been any better. With the world around us going more and more mechanised,and the emotions getting a back seat its time when we actually pause for a moment and think about those emotions. Its the time when we actually stop thinking "ki bada hoke kya karega/banega", and let the kids follow their heart...and chase their dream. Everyone is not destined to be a doctor or a enginner or a manager...then why do we force the kids to chase these 'imposed' dreams. They can be sportmans/womens, they can be faishon designers, they can be journalists, they can be writers, they can be painters...so why restrict their horizon...why limit the parameters on which we define success of someone. Its time when there's a need for an honest attempt to understand the dreams in those nacent eyes.

Coming back to the movie, Darsheel deserves a standing ovation for his performance here. I am sure even the greateset of great actors wont mind to stand up and applaud this kid. He has done a marvelous job. Nonetheless, not to take the credit away from Aamir Khan-The director. He has this knack of delivering knock out performances as an actor, but this time he does it as a director too(ofcos he 'did it again' when it comes to acting). He does full justice to the story and eventually ends up creating a masterpiece which has certainly raised the bar for other directors. Everyone in the cast does good justice to their respective roles, and everyone's effort indeed shows here. Good performances, complimented by good music + lovely lyrics makes the impact even more stronger.

It a must must must watch...for everyone, irrespective of their ages.

Saying Bye to 2007....

Just a couple of days more, before the "yy" part of dates will read-08. Anyways, thats not what prompted me to pen down something. Had some time to kill, as my office bus comes only after 8 p.m... hence thought to read the testimonials which people have written about me on orkut. You do feel good when people say something good about..and esp. those who are close to you, whom you call you friends. And thats why I think why dont we express that often, both in our professional & personal walk of life. On professional front, One pat on the back or a couple of good words can make a big impact. It motivates the person like anything. He/she gets this feeling that yes,the good work which I m doing is getting noticed and appreciated. The effort which I m putting in is not going waste. And that pat on the back actually helps him/her remain self motivated when in middle of something challenging or when things are not going his/her way. Similarly on personal front, when someone hears something good about him thats satiates his hunger for motivation on emotinal level. Not just praise, I believe, even small(and i guess apparently very common) phrase like: "Dont worry, I am wid you", or "i understand" make a lot of difference(though, in a subtle way)..
Many a times, I have said to a friend that the most poverful 3 words in this world are: "I love you". When you say it someone(or hear it from someone) with all your heart....it shows...and irrespective of how the other person responds to it, you feel so good saying those words. And I can bet that even if the person responds negatively, they do feel good listening to those words(ofcos its a different mattter, that they may not express the happiness)...

So if you have something to say to someone..go ahead... say it will all your heart...

Good bye 2007!

The bond that Unites India

One would often read/hear that "nothing unites India like cricket does." And this statement was on display today. Cricket which makes a Vice President and the peon ask with equal excitement "score kya hua hai ?"; cricket which makes you frnds with the Auto-Rickshaw driver...Cricket which makes you hug people, whom you have never seen before....Cricket which makes you dance...makes you laugh...probably makes you cry as well.

Today India has won the World Cup for Twenty-20 Cricket.

And the feeling was something beyond words...Its something special...you call up your frnds..you are excited like a kid...jst everyone you see has a smile on his face...there are people dancing on the roads...music being played in full volume...people distributing sweets. What a team of 11 people does in a oval shaped groud, for the period of close to 3 hours..can bring smile on the faces of 100 crore people! Thats incredible...beyond any comparison. Needless to say...Nothing unites India..like Cricket Does.

Dedicated to MBA-04

Why they call me senti...

First things first, They very rightly call me "senti"!. For I dont see any other reason why I am writing another post regarding "Chak De India". Yeah, watched it for 2nd time today. Thats automatically proves..I have really liked the movie.

Nonetheless, here I am not going to talk about the movie all over again. There's just one particular scene...which I would like to mention/talk about.

Its the scene, where the reaction of SRK is shown...after the Indian womens team have won the world cup final match against Australia. In real life,almost all of us would have faced this..when we were part of a winning team. The moment, immediately after winning...that is something to cherish for your whole life...that moment when you actually dont know how to react...that moment..when you suddenly realize..yes! we have done it. One's emotion @ that particular are amalgamation of so many emotions. In the movie too...this particular part has been picturised simply superbly....There's tht little disbelief(That yes! we have finally won it!) in the eyes...tears automatically trickling down...getting a little week in the knee. I must say, for me that has to one of the best scenes I have ever seen !

Thats it! Bas yehi kehna tha. And yeah...They rightly call me senti!