Pramod

  Well, another break from writing……!. The frequencies have changed…..The urgencies have changed….. Some ,   close , are not so close today….maybe …the agendas have changed !   So we’ve heard …..” changes are for good “ ……but some changes are not so admirable or gratifying…!   Ok….Back to basics ….back to ‘gyani baba ‘ version…..hahahahahaha… Enthusiasm is everything ….seen a guitar ? …..look at the strings…taut and vibrating…! It takes bravery and heroism to stand up on a stage with an acoustic guitar…. Maybe , someday , I will do that …..all for the free eggs and vegetables , the people who will throw at me …..hahahahahahaha….. Jokes apart ….all you have to do is to have that acoustic guitar and a voice ….and the song should be good ! Dreaming , after all , is a form of planning …right ? There’s a lot of excitement in our lives….......Actually , I used to call it stress…..you know …..but guess , I feel much better now , that I’ve started to call it ex...

  It seems ages , since I wrote the last article. I wonder why … Writer’s block ?....Oh no…. The block was collective…Too many things happened to keep me distracted…..to keep me away from all this and more……! Well…..here goes….!! Been there , done that….that’s what we’ve been doing so many years …! We’ve got what we wanted , achieved what we aspired , loved what we lived for…..errrrrrerrrrr…that’s what we’ve thought all these years…..Always wanted to be somebody……now , if I think about it , we should have been more discrete…! It took me so many years to find out , that I could write …..and by the time I started writing , people had already judged me …… The idea to write…did not struck me ….you know….I wanted to write …..so I damn well decided to have an idea….That’s how I got the idea…..ummmmm…never mind ! Today , when I write ……the pictures people drew of me , don’t match …..hmmmmmm…! Blame it on luck….how convenient …..I’m still not over 100%......you see…. And lu...

  After all those   “ Bade Bacche “   gyan ……I am back ! Looking for an inspiration to write this article , I came across people…..errrr….my younger colleagues in office ……most of them   between 21 to 30……running around in circles ….wondering what hit them , at this age …! Hahahahahaha Coming up to my age ….looking at them …they are either my best friends or the devil’s designate……….    honest here !   hmmmmm Thought , then let me be one !....Now …..now ……we are not so old…..are we …?.....We are “recycled teenagers “ We are the ‘senior adult group’…..but I don’t like the way they call me a senior ……..you know ?.....ummmmm….I don’t certainly act my age ….that is …! That’s who we are …..!   The difference is that we’ve had so many more experiences than we did when we were teenagers , the first time around…..We have this …ummmmm.. the first-hand knowledge of so many things that allow us to enjoy the second phase so much more …! What to wear ?...

A hindi title for an english write …..yeah…that’s how I am going to connect …! My friends often post AVs on having fun…..Everybody has  different meanings to have fun ….you know….Mature set of friends , colleagues , blood lines…them all. ! Having fun is not violation….nor a fault…. It doesn’t show us immature …..It’s just that we know how to have fun....Guess , there’s plenty of time to play dead !  A friend settled elsewhere , posts his fun loving side…..friends settled here , post theirs… that way both have fun…..and the joy of being together deepens…! This bond is  not of blood !...but it is of respect and joy in each other’s life ! I’m close to 50 today…..close….ok?.....and I see no good reason to act my age ….I don’t mind being this old,   ‘cause it doesn’t matter ! Meanwhile …I love Victor Hugo quotes….here goes one : “ Forty is the old age of youth; fifty the youth of old age “ I’ve never stopped learning ….you know …..I read and read and read …..appar...

  Long time …No ? The activities down the weeks were exhausting. Never forgetting , how confused the weather was , too. Looking   up   the sky, I saw it puzzled and disoriented. As if asking – ‘should I rain or should it be the winds….only ?’   hmmmmm… Well, as mortals …all we could muster is   “ bring it on ! “ ……jo hoga dekha jayega ….! Mind Set : Whatever happens , happens …! OK ! We can’t control everything …..but eventually all things fall into place ……until then …..let’s laugh at the confusion ….look up at the sky and live the moment ! Lately , a friend posted this -   “ Be the reason someone smiles today ….or the reason they drink….whatever works ! “……. Hmmmm….. I think , I am going to drink today….that way … I’ll smile too…hahahahaha My wife’s watching me write this …..I have this feeling , there are going to be two glasses now …….ummmmmm….never mind ! We are in adulthood…kids are grown up….dreams pursued , fast and furious…..some accompli...

  Well , that was me ,   last time we met …! Back to doing what I do best ….ummmm….ok…..haha ?! ..just a man , and his will to survive ! I keep on doing this..writing ….not losing the grip…ummm…on the dreams of the past..! Ok…It is merely not to survive….you know ….but to thrive .. and to do so with some passion , compassion , some humor …and yes….a little of some style …! Life is not to simply exist.. or to survive …but to move ahead ..to go up , to achieve … to conquer ! I am Maharana Pratap !....errrrr…Ok….that’s a bad one …..my bad!   hahahahaha. Jokes apart !!   yes…it takes a positive thought to survive…and thrive ..! Adapting to the situations and dedicating to the present moment ….is what I mean to survive….a surrender without giving in…you know ! I always wonder …how I write to inspire ....how I write to motivate ….the big words…the astounding   sentences ….the unbelievable me ……! And then after all these rubbing of the mind ….life says to me ...

  Gemini – May 21 st to June 21 st   I know , you guys have been reading   me religiously over these years   ….( if you've been reading me ) . Let’s get a flair on   who am I ? I am a Gemini…that doesn’t mean that I am unto what is to be followed in the sun sign version of the story….hmmmm….Astrology ?.....no …!   I am skeptical ! My excuse to write this article…….maybe , just because I am a Gemini… Being a Gemini …I represent a set of twins……..Twins……hmmmmm…I think the both of us needs help…right ? hahahahhaha Somebody asked me once …. “ Can you Multi-task ?”....... The answer is yes…… I think , I am losing my mind and writing this article…both at the same time …! Hahahahha The hahahaha is the one with the laugh….… I am hiding a thousand feelings behind this hahahaha.. I started to write this …a few weeks back.. then I wrote on SOPs….wonder why ?..... errrrr…I am a Gemini , so I change my mind every day…! The Kids love me ……apparently , I make a su...