I, the Wanderer

 "The more I see the less I know, the more I like to let it go" - Hey Oh (Snow) Red Hot Chilli Peppers Its always good to have supporting elements with you which in fact differ from people to people. Mine is not being with people! Life is something that's not there, yet there and hence isn't supposed to be taken that seriously. If you take out the advertisements from the TV and your radio and those social media sites, you are probably taking out the tactics of fear that has been instilled in your head by advertisers.   Good part is I am at a very peaceful stage of life, and I think its always a choice to either fight out with situations or just get up and leave them behind. I was seeking out some better thing to work, which eventually put me in a little tensed phase with firstly getting no calls from anywhere suddenly when I was wanting it, secondly, falling sick with Chikungunya and feeling chained to bed and thirdly, of course mother's eyes were bulgin...

 I have personally felt that its not really that attractive without the sun when you are at the mountains during the monsoons, because the sunset, sunrise and the colours that they bring to the landscape is just mesmerizing. However, if you love the foreplay and the climax that the clouds bring to the whole scenario, I don't think there's a better time to see the mountains (minus the snow) except when it rains.  Here's a little glimpse of the recent road trip to Ranipokhari, Marchula and Manila, lesser known towns in Uttarakhand that Rajat, Raju Bhaiya and I toured in a Chevrolet Beat. That car is a serious fun to zip around the mountains and it definitely befits all photographs. Reason #1 : You call it heaven or you call it cotton spread all around you, but I bet you cant take your eyes off because the scenes change every DAMN second. Road to Manila Reason #2  :  Streams flow everywhere, cutting down small paths through the mountains and onto the roads...

" रोको रोको ! साइड में लगा लो !"   (Stop! Stop! Park it on the other side)  I exclaimed with my eyes popping out at the sight of two bikers flying and crashing on the road, just a car's length away from us. I had to stop for help. Let;s ride...   Let me rewind the story.   It had been a pretty normal Saturday while I sat working my ass of off with 3 back to back presentations to be sent. I was short on time since we were supposed to leave by 12 or 1 in the night to Ranipokhari, Uttarakhand. I had to go out for some work to Delhi and while I rushed back home on my 14 year old bitch who is doing just fine, it started to rain. Never before I had experienced a rain where droplets were pricking the skin, trying to pierce off every square inch of surface they fell on. It felt like a 1000 needles raining from the sky. In fact, it pricked my lip so hard that I got a cut over it and a one and half drop of blood came out in no time. Somehow, I reached home and opene...

 I have been feeling so objective-less about myself and so much bored of it that even talking about it seems like, well...objective-less. The need to live life overtakes my thought process from the moment I wake up to all that force-able sleep that I put myself into. Yes, I am bothered inside, too much, too close to the breaking point.   Anyway, this is not about my cribbing but about the little activity my 9 year old nephew and I did together for, well someone who is, perhaps, leave it. Here is a Do It Yourself birthday card that was a mix of inspiration from Etsy, a Bollywood movie poster, New York Times and some overcooked original words by my unsatisfied ego.   Ok so here's the finished product, just so to introduce you all with what exactly it looked like from the front (I am not too good at tying Ribbons...did it just to ensure the thoughts end well) C in Old English Font (NewYorkTimes) outlined with a 3D outliner, Special 26 movie poster, Ribbon and color...

  Before I went to the United States for a short visit, I had never experienced difference in Indian way of driving and other ways. There, I learnt how to drive in lanes, when to apply the accelerator and when to apply brakes, how to let pedestrians pass first , then cycles, and then other forms of vehicles, the transformer like trucks being the last. Since the day I have been back to India, I think I have really tried to control myself driving in these conditions that are totally opposite to what I saw in New York. In India, we 1. don't know what are lanes, 2. have no idea what marks on the roads mean and 3. never knew rules of the road beyond textbooks because, ummm, because nobody follows them anyway   Everyday, I pass through my favorite highway, The Gurgaon Faridabad road , that was once considered to be very very dangerous. To tell you the truth, it still is! For those who love speeds, its a heaven and for those who don't, its nothing less than a nightmare. Wel...

The Hero, Anti Hero or Villain?    Last Sunday was quite unmanageable with time, as is the case with me. A little miscalculation of time and I was late for a meeting that my friend Yash had been calling me to attend, since a few weeks now. And once you are late, you are kind of late for almost everything that happens beyond that, EVERYTHING. While waiting for a friend at Rajiv Chowk Metro Station, I suddenly bumped into another old friend of mine, Vibhav. A few chit chat at the stop and we were out at the Inner Circle.   We chatted across everything we hadn't talked about since long, old office, our new lives, drinks, women, trips and tours, about him and about me while we kept touring the inner circle till I saw this bare-footed old man standing with head down and back bent, holding a few pens in his hand, silently calling people to buy his pens. At first, I ignored. Next second, it felt a little uneasy seeing his bare feet. Third second, I asked Vibhav if he c...

The Cat, The Bath and The Food   Once inside our place of stay, we settled ourselves a little by relaxing our not-at-all tired bodies. A new place means you are looking for new things, and that implies tiredness is at its lowest. The sun was pretty warm anyway. We paid our rent in advance as per their policy (900 Rs/night for 3 people, not bad!!) and started with Dart games, paranthas and tea. Some moments later, I got a chance to meet this beautiful feline who was quite a badass in terms of attitude when we wished to play with her, but transformed to a little meeky squeeky cat  when she found us having food. It felt like she was always hungry. She could sniff food from anywhere and came calling with her meow meow, conveying modestly that she wants a piece of it. She was a gem, and pricked my thighs with her sharp claws!!  The chess board at Sukha's is quite huge and fun to play on. On the verge of defeating Ganesh, who knew nothing about the game, Rajat too...