In between

I was on my way to Delhi from Gurgaon on a DTC bus, I was a bit irritated because I dint get a place to sit and it was a ninety minute journey. As I was looking around (for young Delhi girls!) I saw an old woman standing to my left; she was struggling to stand. To my right, I saw a beautiful young couple seated and coochie-cooing. For me, love is the essence of life, if you have not loved then you have not lived. So it felt nice to see them loving each other (so openly!). The bus reached its destination; the couple must have felt that just nine pleasurable minutes had passed. Then my focus shifted to the old lady who was still standing, she must have felt like nine painful hours had passed. I felt ashamed because I completely forgot about the old lady on seeing the couple and I felt ashamed of my people too as nobody cared to give her a seat. Many of us seem to have forgotten to respect our elders... think about it!

Let’s love and respect our elders because after some years we will need the same!

Hungry Diwali

It was time to celebrate the grandest festival of India and I was thrilled that I’d be laying my hands on a variety of food and sweets. With this thought I stepped out of my hostel (Yes I was away from my home!) to visit a temple and my first sight was that of a poor kid searching the ground like a dog for food. It was a terrible sight. That night I had a variety of dishes on my plate but every bite reminded me of that sight. Though I am from a struggling family I’ve never slept with a hungry stomach; that night I did because I couldn’t digest that sight! Those who manage to have three meals a day are privileged. To those privileged ones like me: Let’s take care of those who aren’t… Think about it!

Let’s not waste food and I hope this post has given some food for thought!

Thumbs up!

This has got nothing to do with the soft drink Akshay Kumar endorses! Its about an incident concerning me (like anyone cares!). I was on the way to office, lost in my own thoughts as nothing seemed to be going right in my personal and professional life. I was walking slowly down the road when a kid crash-landed on me. I felt like kicking him but his excitement and energy levels stopped me from doing that (not to mention his father who was standing right beside him!). He then gave a huge smile and a thumbs-up! I gave a thumbs-up back to him and I don’t know why but after this incident I carried a smile throughout the day, I smile whenever I think about this incident, I’m smiling right now as I’m writing about it. It’s amazing how such simple gestures leave ever-lasting impressions, it made me write about it, it made me smile... think about it!

Simple gestures are enough to cheer up a person and by doing so you’ll be inscribing yourself in that person’s memories forever!