Brown and Indian

  परवा, मी नेहमीच्या एका कॅफे मध्ये नेहमीच्या जागेवर एकटी काम करत बसले होते. गुरुवार असूनही कॅफे ची टेबलं तशी भरलेली होती. मी मात्र, कानात earphones घालून, पुस्तकात तोंड खुपसून काहीतरी लिहीत बसलेले. हळूच आजूबाजूला नजर टाकली तर लक्षात आलं कि प्रत्येक जण कोणा- न- कोणाबरोबर आलेला होता; माझ्या शिवाय.  मित्र- मैत्रिणी, प्रियकर, सहकारी, वगैरे. प्रत्येकाची  अद्वितीय परिस्थिती, आणि त्यावरून रंगलेल्या संदिग्ध गप्पा.     मी पुन्हा एकदा पुस्तकात डोकं खुपसलं, पण मन सारखं विचलित होत असल्याने जरा वेळ विश्रांती घ्यायचं ठरवलं. earphones ची बुचं कानातून काढली आणि एक सुस्कारी सोडली. पुस्तक बंद करून बाजूला ठेवलं. शेवटचा पानाची खूण न करता पान बंद केलं आणि ते लक्षात आल्यावर जोरात 'हट्ट यार' असा उद्गार व्यक्त केला. कॅफे मधल्या सगळ्या नजरा आता माझ्याकडे वळल्या आहेत हे बघून परत स्वतःला चार नावं ठेवली; ह्या वेळी, मनातल्या मनात. मग, एव्हाना थंडची गरम झालेली iced कॉफी पीत निवांत बसले.       लहान पणा पासून स्वभाव भिडस्त असल्याने एकट्याने फिरायचा कधीच कंटाळा यायच...

Since we were kids, how many times have we used this line as a witty reply or as a joke; “ ए अस नको बोलुस , त्याचा/तिच्या बाल मनावर परिणाम होईल.” We have generally used this sentence in order to address someone who is naïve, innocent or emotionally weak. Now, you would be wondering, why would someone write a blog on a sentence which is nothing but a clever comment used to evoke laughter? If that question entered your mind, then I would like to give you a different perspective to the same sentence. Since the day we start our lives on this earth, our brain starts absorbing every little detail; sometimes consciously and sometimes sub-consciously.   As it enters the specific channels into the brain according to its context, it starts processing it further into opinions. Then as this information is processing, it is indirectly sent to our soul which is responsible for shaping our personality.  But the problem here is, all of this goes on inside a dark room which is never...

There are some people who, when experiencing a bad break up, will completely devoid themselves from the concept of love and affection. They claim to have turned their hearts to stone because one amongst billions of other people has broken their heart and left it wounded. These people, who once used to give up everything in the world to just spend time with their partner have now given up the idea of love from their life. By doing this, you are not turning your heart into stone, you are just closing it's open door to the world. Inside that door is a soul that craves for attention, for love and respect but you suppress it by making the lock tighter with each heartbreak. I would like to tell these people something. Life, is not meant to be perfect and it sure is not meant to stay with you forever. If you are living on this Earth, you are going to have to leave it at some point, whether you like it or not. In such a case, where our own life is not in our hands, how do we expect som...

I study video and filmmaking which means that I get to see what goes on behind the big white screen and based on whatever I have been learning and experiencing, I can tell you that media plays one of the most important roles in influencing our lives. How many times have we looked at those perfectly fit and flawless actors and wished that we could be like them? How many times have we watched those numerous clichè versions of Romeo and Juliet and wished that our 'Knight in Shining Armour' would come and save us from this cruel world? And how many times have we seen that actor turn his life from rag to riches in 3 hours and have gotten inspired to suddenly change the world? But let me just burst your bubble here and tell you, all of this that you see on the screen is nothing but a big scam. Yes. I said it. It takes several hours to just get the actors' hair to stay in place, let alone make them look 'perfect'. Since media has an access to such a big platform and such...

In this world filled with diversity, war, hatred and division, the only term that is socially acceptable and practiced despite all religions is 'love'. No matter where we go, love is something that we'll find anywhere and everywhere. But even though the term love is accepted world wide, it too has gotten humanized in many ways. When it comes to animals and other spieces, love is  just an emotion, which if they have, they never fail to express and if they don't, they don't even try to. But when it comes to humans, love comes with it's 'terms and conditions applied.' There are different hierarchies and levels of love that humans feel for different people and things. It's not even like there are a universal set of terms and conditions that get applied to the emotion, they differ from person to person and for person to person. I would say that the media industry today is booming because of this emotion 'love'. It's not just an emotion any...

We live in a world where 8.7 million species co-exist with us, with many more species yet to be discovered. When I say co-exist, I actually want to say 'attempt to survive.' That's because humans, being the most superior of the species don't believe in co-existing. Co-existing means treating everyone equally and that's something that doesn't fit in the human nature. They want the power in their hands and infact under their feet. They like to feed their egos by belittling the ones around them. They say they believe that there is one creator who created all of us and call him the 'Almighty' and then go ahead and challenge their own beliefs by trying to control and take over the world which doesn't belong to them. Most of us, in some point of our lives have been guilty of relishing on those delicious 'food' items like chicken wings, pork ribs, beef steak and the list goes on, by most of us, I mean, including me. Is your mouth watering already?...

It all started 2 years ago. I was out for dinner with my family when I first felt it. At first I thought it was just an acid reflux from eating too much spice. But then, it started growing by the minute and suddenly everything went numb. My head started spinning like the wheels of a high-speed sports bike and my legs started shaking like they had no life left in them. There was a very prominent choking feeling in my neck as if some monster was pulling onto my esophagus hard enough to make me choke but not enough to take my life. I could feel my heart beating as if it was on the highest fast forward setting. I was rushed to the hospital by my very clueless and scared family members and upon reaching there, I was taken into the general ward immediately and given an injection after which I was absolutely fine and back to sanity within minutes. Turns out, it was an allergic reaction to something that I had eaten. Everyone was relieved, and we went home as if nothing had even happened. Ev...