An Hour under Candle Light

Momentary loss of power in my little house called upon an immediate mission, Light-the-Candle. Suddenly it seemed like Im dropped into a new world minus the ear puncturing music which my ears got used to (thanks to my neighbours age-old music system) over a few months. For few minutes my ears were echoing some mix of sounds and slowly settled down to the state where I can feel the gentle rustles of the trees and the cool winter breeze.

After a long time (thanks to the uninterrupted power supply in the city), I experienced the unconditional silence which brought my restless brain to a complete stall. That gave me an opportunity to gaze at the only little bright object in my near distance. It’s a little amusing to see the small candle light up my small living room with light sufficient enough to reach the four corners. My mind was totally engaged in observing the little light swaying up and down and sometimes brighter and dimmer at the reach of the weak breeze. Recently read in some article that “Light is equivalent to ones spirit and Diwali marks the joy of human spirits”. These words seemed vague when I read, but made more sense to me after seeing light in the dark! This made me reconcile of the fact that “Eyes cannot see what Heart cannot feel”.

Swami and Me

Its wonderful if we can get back into time and seeback the childhood. The fragrance of the happiest of all seen/experienced in the past is something that imprints permanently in memory. The little cute, innocent, coward character that I adore very much is that of Swami (played brilliantly by Manjunath) created by the most versatile Indian writer R.K. Narayan. Telecasted by DD, when I was as young as Swami, added to the relishing no-work-all-play Sundays (some videos available in google videos).

Cool@COORG

That night (18th Aug'06) Nagu called on Anwar to enquire his arrival and there the fun all started...our De-tour to an unvisited place COORG. Prak was on his bus to Bangalore to meet us (ofcourse being challenged not to take risks with his extra outfits on his invisible body). Anwar met us near the wheels of Qualis only to know that he will not be safe for the next two days in the yet to takeoff adventure trip. We four (I, Nag, Annu, Ammu) set off to recieve the other companions. Whole night our mighty organizer (no wild guesses, its none other than our notorious Nagu) couldnt get sleep. And dozed off in the morning painting all the back of Praks seat with his saliva. Our new companion, Vasu, who was until then silent hit the fun-counter first. That sounded an early morning wakener to all with big laughs! ....To be Contd.

My quote collection

Sow a thought, reap an action
Sow an action, reap a habit
Sow a habit, reap a character
Sow a character, reap a destiny...Stephen covey in his Seven habits

The Journey of a thoudsand miles begins with a single step...Miyamoto Musashi

To love and be loved is to feel Sun from both sides...David Viscott

A thing of beauty is a joy forever...Leo Tolstoy

Subdue your appetites and you have conquered human nature...Charles Dickens

While I can run, I'll run;
While I can walk, I'll walk;
When I can crawl, I'll crawl;
But by the grace of God, I'll always be moving forward...Cavett Robert

The foolish man seeks happiness in the distance, the wise grows it under his f
eet...James Oppenhiem


Remember, if you ever need a helping hand, you'll find one at the end of your arm... As you grow older you will discover that you have two hands. One for helping yourself, the other for helping others.... AUDREY HEPBURN

Every cloud has a silver lining...UNKNOWN

Charity is not in giving a dog a piece of bread, its in sharing the same when you have only one...UNKNOWN

Don't be encumbered by history, go out and create something wonderful....PAUL