Mumbai Diary

Day 1 (27-9-2011), Tuesday

It was 4:30 PM; hurriedly I left the office and headed home with my husband, where we had our backpack ready by last night. I and my husband ate some food, carried our backpack and left for Bhairahawa, from where we were supposed to take a rickshaw up to Sunauli then 3 hours car ride and finally to Gorakhpur Junction. Though it was a hectic schedule, I was excited about the train journey which I was about to experience the following day for the first time in my life. We boarded the bus from Gongabu bus station at about 8:30PM; it took about 12 hours to reach Bhairahawa bus station. 

Made for Each Other

umang & kamal

As our second marriage anniversary is approaching, I am thinking if my life has been changed after marriage.  Not much I must say. I used to be an independent, carefree, spontaneous girl and I feel the same after two years of marriage.  I married the same guy whom I loved so much. We got married after three years of our love affair. It was an adventurous and most beautiful part of my life.

Though we were classmates, I never happened to care about him when we were in school. I hardly noticed him or care for him in class. He was like the other seventy students for me in my class. But he always tells me that he was in love with me since his school days, though he never tried to reveal it then. We appeared at SLC, and school life ended. We moved ahead in life. I joined +2 in Hetauda and made new friends.  Never cared where is he, what college and faculty he joined? I did my +2 and Bachelors from the same college. I heard from some of my school friends that he was then a Journalist and worked for Communication Corner and he read the news every morning and evening. Since he was my classmate, I had some kind of hidden desire to listen to him reading the news. After several days I happened to listen to him. I found his voice so mature, so clear and perfect for a newsreader. I must say I loved his voice.

Happy Friendship Day

 August 7, the first Sunday of August, Friendship Day. As I am aware that the UN has declared July 30 as an International Friendship Day, but also there is a strong attachment with August as a Friendship Month, 1^st week as Friendship Week and First Sunday as Friendship Day.  I do not want to replace this day with any other date.

Today I am being a little bit nostalgic. I am getting a flashback of my school and college days frequently.  I had many friends then, it’s not that they are all gone but also we hardly happened to see each other. And top of it I find it rather awkward to share everything with them as I used to do back in my college days. Maybe it’s because I have found a best among the best friend in my husband itself.

How well do you know animals?

1. Which is the only animal born with horns?
a. Cow
b. Rhino
c. Giraffe

2. Which is the only bird that can also fly backwards?
a. Kingfisher
b. Sparrow
c. Hummingbird

3. Which is the only mammal with hair on the soles of its feet?
a. Ape
b. Gorilla
c. Polar bear

Food Quiz

Eating is perhaps the most popular pastime in the world among all races. Yet, there are some things about food that many might not be aware of. This quiz could surprise you besides, of course, giving you a new enlightenment.

1. Which is the most popular spice in the world?
a. Black pepper
b. Cumin powder
c. Coriander powder

2. Which is the hottest chilly among these three?
a. Bhut Jolokia
b. Infinity chilly
c. Mexican Naga

3. Which fruit is not good for pregnant women?
a. Papaya
b. Guava
c. Pineapple

Comforting The Elderly

If they do not have any source of income (like pension, old age allowances) give them some money on a regular basis so that they can spend for their day-to-day small needs. Even if the allowance is small, it doesn’t matter because it will mean a lot to them and make them feel more independent.

Last month I went to Briddhashram at Pasupatinath and talked with some octogenarians abandoned by their family. A significant number of elderly people told me that their son and daughters-in-law showed them the way to the elderly home just because they had been ‘uncomfortable’ with their children. At the most care and love demanding age, those old folks are spending very lonely, boring and nostalgic days in an old age home. All the beautiful moments shared with their loved ones have been lost.

life keeps on moving

Hi! Friends, I was lost somewhere in some other world for so many months and finally, here I m today at 11:26 Pm (17 June 2011) willing to post something on my blog. Hope you have not forgotten me. I really hope so. So many things happened in between, I got married, I changed my job, I joined new faculty etc. etc. In all this, I happened to meet many new people and lost some dear ones. Some I cannot get back if also I want to, my grandmother and grandfather (miss you and love you always) and some may be does not like to come back to me :( sad is not it? Anyways this is called life. I think I have learned some very useful lessons about life in this part of my life. I feel like I have become more mature than before and I can tackle situations as per their demands.
I believe you guys also went through many changes in between. Many good and bad might have happened, but life doesn’t wait or rest for anything. It keeps on moving.
Good night
God bless.