Family teaches lesson

I am not one of the kinds who would go to any level for revenge. If you all wonder why have i started at such a hostile note, let me tell you that i have been suffering strengthening by #people'sjudgement&tags they have adorned me with since last month. Now when i say "People" don't assume it to be those related/known to me blindly following the long lines of relations-Grapevine. No, they are the ones with whom i have shared my memorable childhood. It would not be wrong to admit that they used to be the closest sometime. Having known them for years & staying like #cousinsforlife admiring them for the way they cared & loved me, i never imagined our relations to create bad taste ever in my life.

We never knew that the bear hugs we shared will soon be called off with nasty exchange of words. Not an exchange because i am bought up by an over the board patient & forgiving parents. They have remained fervently consistent without losing a bit of their emotional balance. However, not to their extent but i have been gifted by the same virtues. How easy it is to be a foul-mouth with out calculating the risk of losing what all grace has been earned till the time. It doesn't take even a micro second to serve a plate of rumors topped with lemon & coriander leaf which is found equally relishing by the ones who get to savor that. In fact they not only stops there but get high by the mere thought of burping after that. 

Watching these things closely, i have been experiencing a divine feeling of being contented. I feel a vigorous wave of positivism gushing throughout my nerves. What if am younger to them, i know i have been sensitive, understanding & more mature to handle things on my own. I am thankful to my parents who instead of pampering me & suffering my tantrums, inculcated values to be a good human being. They taught me to be respectful for younger as well & never encouraged an insane boasting of my implied authority over others. So for now the mantra is -

For those who claim to reach the stars

Indeed loses their grounds to land

balance goes for a toss & heart goes drained

Do you get some breath or it too falls for your temper

Go get a splash for the ego so high

may it clear the clog of your wise

55 Words Fiction - A precious Gift !!!

Door bell made her leave the seat, bookmarking the webpage. It took some time for her to open the door against the cruel dry summer afternoon wind. 

Moments before her eyes open properly, tiny hands give her something. Unable to say anything to that infectious smile, she started licking "Orange Bar" at door. Simple Pleasures !!!

It all happened overnight !!!

I never believed in the theory of people turning up-side down, (not literally, to be read as change) overnight. I mean as quick as a drop of hat...really. I never happened to meet anyone so fickle minded. Changes do come, i agree but there is a structured phenomena for it..right ? Change in attitude, surroundings, job place, roles of life make differences to what you are but certainly not too quick. We get into a new role, observe it, analyse it, evaluate our compatibility to them, making choices of to be or not-to-be and then if found worthy we do change ourselves. Trust me, nothing is tougher than getting our own selves into a compromise with new things. 

Now, what if i say that it all proved a past story for me. Yeah, for a reasonably rigid difficult-to-mould personality. If given a chance i would throw a bash of kisses for the one who propounded "Its difficult to understand a girl's heart". See, he understood the entire breed so correctly. And definitely i am one of them and will remain so until & unless any exceptional list is provided for the saying. To be honest enough, Tanmay has seldom never complaint of me complicating things unnecessarily, blowing petty issues out of proportions, playing a game of Guess What/do you read my heart bulletin everyday (after all, one who says things straight at face is not a girl) etc etc. So we have always been confident that i don't come to the list of demanding fiance who doesn't let go a moment of stealing the show.

And then it happened...without any clue.

Sinjara - is a ceremony done a day before Gangaur (Parvati ji) & Teej, two of the biggest festivities of rajasthan. Basically Sinjara is done for newly wed/to be wed DIL by her in-Laws. Gifts like saree, sweets (Ghewar, to be precise), jewelry are bought to the girl's house, where she gets ready with all 16-singaar. Gifts are exchanged between families and songs of Gangaur maa are sang. Next day, the girl do gangaur puja, elaborated meal is prepared & ladies do sing, dance & pray for a good husband/long life of husband (Little confusion, you know). In and all its a ladies thing which never appealed to me until yesterday. From yesterday morning till the moment i write this (yes, i am still hopeful) i desperately want a sinjara for me. Though the day has already gone but somehow i am clutching to the hope. I too want to wear a saree, do make up & ready to receive hands full of gifts. If you think that i am getting inspired by my mother or anties who do so then let me make it clear that it's not done in our family. It's a typical Jaipur flavor which my family fails to gorge. 

So what, any day is good enough to start with a new thing. If it all can come to my mind, affect my mind & heart by ultimately breaking it into millions of pieces can't these elders sense & act on it. Now that i am almost sure that nothing exciting can happen, i pray to Gangaur to please flush out these super exciting ideas of getting a doll treatment for myself from my mind.

PS - When Tanmay was told about the super heighted & far reached excitement in my adrenaline for it, he lovingly asked me about what all is done & promises all this to me for next year.