well read another book by rohinton mistry...called "family matters"
the title of the book conveys two meanings...
a) family matters...in the sense of some situation or event that is thought about
b) and the increasingly diminishing fact that family indeed does matter..
in todays world where personal bonds are sacrificed for money and power...where the old and the weak are left at the mercy of old age homes...where they are percieved as a burden to their own kith n kin...
heres a story about nariman vakeel whos effected with parkinsons. is under the care and mercy of his two step children, jal and coomy.jal,a gentle and dutiful son...a peace maker and man of composure... Coomy impatient,deceptive and scornful...can never forgive her step father for cheating on her mother!
nariman's daughter roxanne, a duty bound and caring daughter, wife and mother...who despite her financial woes takes care of her family[extended after her father stays with her due to a fractured ankle]without losing her cool!
its about the complete change of a lifestyle with the addition of another individual to the family...sometimes a moment of joy , sometimes burdensome...
with no offense to anyone...the old can somtimes ..all the times be extremely painful and annoyin[ am a constant witness to that]ungrateful and cribbing...totally annoying...
yet there are some who feel indebted to the other,for even the simplest and smallest act...[ have witnessed someone like that too!!]undemanding and content people...
nariman vakeel comes under the second category..
tries to help in watever little way he can...adjusting and caring...with immense gratitude for his daughter and her family...
despite his nature, fate leaves him at the mercy of his stepchildren...then own daughter...and finally a reunion of his family...
a revamped and remodelled family[ both home and members !!! ]each with a new set of idiosyncrasies!!?!
after all this my verdict....
......a pretty neat read, but nothing to beat his previous "fine balance"
signin off...
20 April 2006
9 April 2006
it was fun :)
8th april 2006, one of those amazing days that wud be etched in my memory for years to come...
reason being....a local city site seeing tour, with two o my frends nah...two o my real gud frends :)
its funny ,that the, company, can make so much of a difference to the otherwise mundane surroundings...that repeated visits to the same place [ any place...monument, restaurent,shoppin mall, a diff city ......]can seem boring or exciting , with the kind of people you go with!!!
like i said ,my friends and i boarded the bus at 8 am in the morning of 8/4/06...we took the conducted tour provided by our A.P Tourism[ hyderabad ,where we live!] department...
we started off with the Birla Mandir[ to invoke the almighty's blessings :) ]then a drive around the famed Charminar and Mecca masjid...then to the Nizam's pavilion, as its called... a museum showcasing the Nizam's enormous wealth... his wardrobe 240 feet long....[ apparently never repeated a single piece of his clothing ever!?!!]his walking sticks embedded in diamonds, emeralds and rubies, a shaving set cast in gold and lots more....not to 4get a spittoon, also cast in gold for his highness!?!?1
oops i 4got to mention , since we had gone on a "conducted" tour, i cannot 4get our "conductor" ...who kept us on our toes , literally... ordering " A.P" [ the name he used to address us all with] to get back within a stipulated time... must say a stickler 4 time..he almost left me and my friends to our fate cos we were 20 mins late.
well our next stop was at the Salar Jung Museum, where we witnessed the artistic italian creation..the Veiled Rebecca...simply out of the world....wouldnt want to dampen the beauty of this marble wonder, by talkin about it...its something to be witnessed in person!
phew am tired now[ of writing ;) ...surprisingly wasnt this dead yesterday :) ]
from the museum , we went to the Zoo[ had more of a photo session here...] , then stopped for lunch which was decent enough.
after refuelling ourselves, we went to the Golconda fort, only to return feeling absolutely famished!
well this was the fun part of it all.... it has 350 steps to take u up and 280 to bring u down!!!
my frends and i decided to go on our own...had fun during the ascent...went camera crazy...and crazy :)
reached the top...admired the scenic beauty and the architectural nuances....and then decided to descent using the apparent "royal" pathway...
some royalty it was... ..we had our hearts pounding for a good 15-20 mins as we walked in and out of the old time dungeons and durbars....also compounded with our conductor's threat of leavin us there, should we be late again!!!
well we finally made it in time....glad to c daylight and our bus :)
we then went to the Qutub Shahi Tombs, a supposed stop over converted to a drive through[ all of us were too dead ourselves, to go visit the dead!]
our penultimate stop was at some god forsaken shoppin area...
and the final stop was when my frends and i got off near mgroad...
treated ourselves to some delicious "chaat" and sugarcane juice :) :) [slurp!]
and then headed home around 630 pm....
phew! some day it was....a day when we were on the streets, literally :)
me stoppin now...am tired o typin...
reason being....a local city site seeing tour, with two o my frends nah...two o my real gud frends :)
its funny ,that the, company, can make so much of a difference to the otherwise mundane surroundings...that repeated visits to the same place [ any place...monument, restaurent,shoppin mall, a diff city ......]can seem boring or exciting , with the kind of people you go with!!!
like i said ,my friends and i boarded the bus at 8 am in the morning of 8/4/06...we took the conducted tour provided by our A.P Tourism[ hyderabad ,where we live!] department...
we started off with the Birla Mandir[ to invoke the almighty's blessings :) ]then a drive around the famed Charminar and Mecca masjid...then to the Nizam's pavilion, as its called... a museum showcasing the Nizam's enormous wealth... his wardrobe 240 feet long....[ apparently never repeated a single piece of his clothing ever!?!!]his walking sticks embedded in diamonds, emeralds and rubies, a shaving set cast in gold and lots more....not to 4get a spittoon, also cast in gold for his highness!?!?1
oops i 4got to mention , since we had gone on a "conducted" tour, i cannot 4get our "conductor" ...who kept us on our toes , literally... ordering " A.P" [ the name he used to address us all with] to get back within a stipulated time... must say a stickler 4 time..he almost left me and my friends to our fate cos we were 20 mins late.
well our next stop was at the Salar Jung Museum, where we witnessed the artistic italian creation..the Veiled Rebecca...simply out of the world....wouldnt want to dampen the beauty of this marble wonder, by talkin about it...its something to be witnessed in person!
phew am tired now[ of writing ;) ...surprisingly wasnt this dead yesterday :) ]
from the museum , we went to the Zoo[ had more of a photo session here...] , then stopped for lunch which was decent enough.
after refuelling ourselves, we went to the Golconda fort, only to return feeling absolutely famished!
well this was the fun part of it all.... it has 350 steps to take u up and 280 to bring u down!!!
my frends and i decided to go on our own...had fun during the ascent...went camera crazy...and crazy :)
reached the top...admired the scenic beauty and the architectural nuances....and then decided to descent using the apparent "royal" pathway...
some royalty it was... ..we had our hearts pounding for a good 15-20 mins as we walked in and out of the old time dungeons and durbars....also compounded with our conductor's threat of leavin us there, should we be late again!!!
well we finally made it in time....glad to c daylight and our bus :)
we then went to the Qutub Shahi Tombs, a supposed stop over converted to a drive through[ all of us were too dead ourselves, to go visit the dead!]
our penultimate stop was at some god forsaken shoppin area...
and the final stop was when my frends and i got off near mgroad...
treated ourselves to some delicious "chaat" and sugarcane juice :) :) [slurp!]
and then headed home around 630 pm....
phew! some day it was....a day when we were on the streets, literally :)
me stoppin now...am tired o typin...
6 April 2006
rohinton mistry's a fine balance
well finally am done readin "a fine balance " by rohinton mistry...for the not so voracious reader that i am..well yes it did take me days to complete the book...
its funny and amazing to realise all of a sudden, that despite being in the know of something [ anything...]we probably still don't know it fully....
i mean we are all aware of poverty, the poor being xploited always,that might is right ...so on so forth...
we all probably know it in a generic sense...
but after readin this book, my oh my, did i suddenly think i was slapped hard in my face!?!?!
the author has so lucidly and poignantly conveyed the emotion and the travails of being born poor...
set during the emergency, its a distressing tale of how the poor and the innocent are forced to attend the votebank gatherings the political parties hold...how the innocent poor are sterilised and castrated with the false promise of monetary gains....how the helpless are ruthlessly left to die...the dirty casteism prevalent in those times,adding salt to the injury....
it also brings out the immense hope and willpower the affected protagonists possess...a zest for life which outweighs the hardships...
a never say die attitude that stares into your face!
mmhhh this and much more...i suggest , go read the book...
it will kindle or better still rekindle the latent humanity we all possess somewhere....
its funny and amazing to realise all of a sudden, that despite being in the know of something [ anything...]we probably still don't know it fully....
i mean we are all aware of poverty, the poor being xploited always,that might is right ...so on so forth...
we all probably know it in a generic sense...
but after readin this book, my oh my, did i suddenly think i was slapped hard in my face!?!?!
the author has so lucidly and poignantly conveyed the emotion and the travails of being born poor...
set during the emergency, its a distressing tale of how the poor and the innocent are forced to attend the votebank gatherings the political parties hold...how the innocent poor are sterilised and castrated with the false promise of monetary gains....how the helpless are ruthlessly left to die...the dirty casteism prevalent in those times,adding salt to the injury....
it also brings out the immense hope and willpower the affected protagonists possess...a zest for life which outweighs the hardships...
a never say die attitude that stares into your face!
mmhhh this and much more...i suggest , go read the book...
it will kindle or better still rekindle the latent humanity we all possess somewhere....
5 April 2006
falling in love= aa bel mujhe maar?!?!?
mmhh well 4 those who dont know hindi...my caption meant" falling in love....is it inviting trouble?!?1 "
there are these funny oneliners about love and love marriages in general...about how fallin in love is close to committin suicide...invitin upon oneself avoidable trouble n heartaches....
i dont intend to sound like those typical old hags who find the very idea of choosing one's own life partner , absolutely ludicrous...
having being in a relationship myself i cant but agree with the witty oneliners about how indeed fallin in love is an avoidable mistake!
after a million brainstorming sessions with i me myself,i find myself cursing the day i said the forbidden "yes".....
...thers no denying to the lovliest moments that one can xperience when in love...but in the same breath..the trying moments dat one has to go through is sure painful all da more when its easily avoidable!!!!
y is it that an emotion as wonderful as love brings wid it so much heartache?!?!y is it that though happiness and sadness are two emotions of the same coin,it always seems heavier on the side of sadness!?!?!
is it jus me or is it jus the way "love" is.....
there are these funny oneliners about love and love marriages in general...about how fallin in love is close to committin suicide...invitin upon oneself avoidable trouble n heartaches....
i dont intend to sound like those typical old hags who find the very idea of choosing one's own life partner , absolutely ludicrous...
having being in a relationship myself i cant but agree with the witty oneliners about how indeed fallin in love is an avoidable mistake!
after a million brainstorming sessions with i me myself,i find myself cursing the day i said the forbidden "yes".....
...thers no denying to the lovliest moments that one can xperience when in love...but in the same breath..the trying moments dat one has to go through is sure painful all da more when its easily avoidable!!!!
y is it that an emotion as wonderful as love brings wid it so much heartache?!?!y is it that though happiness and sadness are two emotions of the same coin,it always seems heavier on the side of sadness!?!?!
is it jus me or is it jus the way "love" is.....
2 April 2006
:):) me lived up to my promise
well finally went for my walk today...4 kms stretch ...a rejuvenating walk...a nice feeling of breakin a sweat only to have a whiff of air lashing my face:)
the only hitch now...well i only hope i continue goin 4 my walks!?!?!
for someone like me...who cant do one single thing for too long and need a real incentive to do something constantly...its quite a task..
me only hopin it doesnt remain a task nemore...
dats it 4 now...
the only hitch now...well i only hope i continue goin 4 my walks!?!?!
for someone like me...who cant do one single thing for too long and need a real incentive to do something constantly...its quite a task..
me only hopin it doesnt remain a task nemore...
dats it 4 now...
really?!?!?
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mmhh...
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when will i.....
mmhh well me have put on lotsa weight..am tryin my level best to get myself to exercise in some form o the other...jus dont seem to have the drive to wake up early n walk:( :(
keep cribbin all day as to how fat ive bcome..wats the point....
today i intend to go 4 a walk come wat may...hopefully should live up to it!
like in criminal law...for an act to be an offence there should be "mensrea" or guilty mind and "actusreus" or physical act...
mere intention does not constitute a crime...an act in furtherance of that intention is a necessary MUST!!!
similarly if i only intend to walk, thers not an iota of weight that am gonna lose...
weird logic?!?!
well balls to those who think so :)
keep cribbin all day as to how fat ive bcome..wats the point....
today i intend to go 4 a walk come wat may...hopefully should live up to it!
like in criminal law...for an act to be an offence there should be "mensrea" or guilty mind and "actusreus" or physical act...
mere intention does not constitute a crime...an act in furtherance of that intention is a necessary MUST!!!
similarly if i only intend to walk, thers not an iota of weight that am gonna lose...
weird logic?!?!
well balls to those who think so :)
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