Season of Fusion (Part-III) - Summer - The Determination

Continued from Season of Fusion - Monsoon...

There is no end of craving. Hence contentment alone is the best way to happiness. Therefore, acquire contentment.

- Swami Sivananda

The desire for sensual pleasures fades away if one abstains from sense enjoyment, but the craving [for sense enjoyment] remains. The craving also disappears from the one who has seen [or known] the Supreme.

- Bhagavad Gita

We all have cravings, everyone craves for some thing or the other only the intensity differs. This is for all of us...

Winter is over, wind has brought me a message, the season of dryness and sereness is here. All of the monsoon I was running around seeking pleasure from the rain, the cool breeze and the tender sunshine, however momentary it was... it was worth it.

By now the rain had already disappeared into the distance but I could still reach out to the wind. Distant from the wind I was getting increasingly agitated and unsteady, I could feel my senses craving for that cool breeze. Every now and then I travelled the distance to fill the wind deep into my senses, it used to make me feel in control. Deep inside I knew that it is eating me from inside and so I made attempts not to outreach the wind.

For now it appeared like the wind has come to me for one last time with the message. Well I am already preparing myself to bid farewell to the cool breeze that it was for me.

From here on I only see rust and dusty storms until the next monsoon arrives. And so I'm setting out on a journey to experience the supreme. The road is going to be my soul and the destination... my date!

Season of Fusion (Part-II) - Winter - The Bewilderment

Continued from Season of Fusion - Monsoon...

The rain had come at the speed of thought... and it had disappeared in the blink of an eye. Just when i started to feel that it wasn't to come back, not this season at least, it started showering... as if it was playing hide and seek with me... that was when I was waiting for winter and of course the radiant.. tender sunshine! if anybody ever told me that "sometimes things just stay and they'd never go!", i'd remind the Utopian that this isn't the right place for you to stay!



Nature was following a pattern... the winter also had arrived earlier than expected... had already brought shivers along. And I, as if utopia had bewitched me... I was under the impression that monsoon would never go!! I was avoiding shivers, was running away... tired, I decided to stay back at home because the spine chilling gust had left me cold with stellar thoughts, heavy clouds and giant needles to accompany. The wind in the curtains had different plans for me though... it reminded me of the radiant sun.. and the tender sunshine that i was waiting for.

I shared my experience of winter with my buddy, while we were having our dose of the sun vitamin and recharging our batteries... After listening to what I had to say, he managed to decipher the message that I wasn't able to understand all along... I was confused!! But then why wouldn't I be? things were happening in a hurry, as if anything more... unexpected.. had to happen in my life.. I wished I had that something watching over me... holding me back from getting into this current of events! this was just about the perfect time for it to occur!

Continued... Summer - The Determination...

A New Ball Game

It’s a new beginning brother… a new ball game altogether… how are you gonna go about it? :-)

Well it has already begun and things are moving pretty smooth… so far so good! Plan is simple… to work my way through the defense along with the ball and score… and I am sure that it’s going to be a nice journey ahead… (#murmur#: fingers crossed!)

Wait a minute!! It has already begun!!! :-o

Yeah! I was so very excited, still am… I had left my worries behind and prepared myself for a better tomorrow… It began when one of my best buddies, a great winger mind you, chipped in a juicy assist from the flank… that was one hell of a moment I tell you… I grabbed onto it and scored! “Thanks buddy we are home! Nice assist…” (#2 seconds of silence#) doesn’t sound dramatic, does it?

It does… to an extent! :-P (#thinking#: what is he trying to say!)

Good, I thought I saw a question mark on your face!

(#thinking#: I hope this makes sense in the end!) Then what happened next?

Well the game is still on…

Do you think things are gonna fall in place and everything that WAS, is going to change for the better? I mean we are always excited about the things to come… how sure are you?

Having dreamt of a better tomorrow… I’d say the first goal is an Inception! We have the lead and we are confident that we are gonna win! And I am quite happy cuz I am getting the vibes that the wait is over… “Be ready to celebrate cuz that better tomorrow is today, that better tomorrow is NOW!”

Season of Fusion (Part-I) - Monsoon

The seasons come and go, it's all the same every year... Like every year, I was waiting for the monsoon to arrive and was dying to experience the first rain of the season (Let me tell you I love walking in the rain, like to get drenched!) and I was expecting it to be a little late like last year. This year I was expecting it to be a special season for me but to my surprise it started a little shakily.

The first rain came much earlier than expected and I could not experience it the way I always wanted to. Just a little mellow, all I did was I sat with a cup of tea in my hand and stared at the drops of the first much awaited rain (there was somthing, some element that held me back from going out and taking a few drops of rain on the palms of my hands while it was drizzling!)... It drizzled at first and then slowly it started pouring, it rained for 20-25 minutes before the clouds cleared the way for blue sky. I went outside on the terrace this time with a glass of Mango shake in my hand (Yes! a cup of tea, a small break of 10 mins and a glass of mango shake :))... I had a look around and felt as if the rain had washed the air clean. All that was negative, had disappeared. What I was breathing was the wind in it's purest form, this brought me the feeling of happiness... delighted by all this I stood there admiring the beauty (and the time passed!)...

The very next day was dark and cloudy. I was out with a friend in the evening when it started raining, while we were taking a walk... And it wasn't any different this time round, I couldn't do what I love to, to walk in the rain. we took shelter, sat on the stairs of a building (the walk continued but down the memory lane)... It poured heavily that night, though I had shelter over my head... I was getting a feeling as if it was raining heavily on me, leaving me watery-eyed. It poured for quite some time... I left for home once it was over... I was riding (While in some trance!) for really long for the amount of distance I had to travel. It started pouring again, just as I reached home. I was watching it rain through the window glass... The warmth of home helped me relax, I don't exactly remember when I fell asleep...(the needles of watch moved really slow that night.)...

After having an eyeful of sleep, I woke up feeling something like hammer struck. The magical wind (this time in some other form.) helped me relax as the day progressed (while the needles still moved slowly!)... I left office with another friend of mine. We were riding our way home and it rained even on that day... This time the rain came as a surprise, there was nothing in the sky that showed the signs of rain, it started pouring all of a sudden... As if the rain had planned it that it won't let me escape this time, We both were all drenched within a fraction of a second! (and THAT something it was still there that had held me from going out in the rain past few times, but it looked helpless this time!)... And This time the drench of rain had made me Happy! Just like the wind on the other day. I was Delighted!

Continued... Winter - The Bewilderment...

Kyunki Aaj Sachin Ka Birthday Hai!!

Raja, a Soooper friend of mine is moving to Banglore for next +/- 6 months and had planned a breakfast with close friends today 7am.

After having just a couple of hours of sleep last night I woke up EARLY in the morning that too on a SATURDAY (A BIG achievement for a lazy fella like me :D) and made it to the Hotel Savera on time and so did expected others (including Nilofar despite being known for bunking more often). (Now ofcourse those who had achieved something by not witnessing the Saturday sunrise ever! were skeptic about their record... and hence couldn't make it. :P).

As we met there, greeted each other and praised the living legend. It is his birthday and everyone remembered it (Well almost!), Yes! I'm talking of Sachin Tendulkar. Rakesh strongly believed it to be 25th April and not 24th. Others were sure and did not waste this oppurtunity to make a best bet with him "to pay the bill" if he was wrong (Proved Period!! thanks to the technology at hand).

As Rakesh was about to finish his cup of tea waiter brought the bill,

Rakesh: "it's on me!"

Raja grabbed the chance and handed over the bill amount to the waiter.

Rakesh "Kyun??"

on that Raja replied "Kyunki aaj Sachin ka birthday hai."

SACH is THE LEGEND & influence of Tendulkar.

P.S.:- (Not to mention that) we all are big fans of Tendlya (that is what we call him with affection and admiration)

And this I believe to be the best day, for me, to publish my first "story telling" blog post "KYUNKI AAJ SACHIN KA BIRTHDAY HAI!!" :)

- Sandeep D.