The Young Voice

6 year-old's advice to her mother who cribs about going to office - "Be happy that they don't say you have to be in the office by 8:30! We don't have that luxury!". I heed it.

Feeling Lucky

I think we are fortunate to be living at a time where the rulers are very passionately patriotic. They expect their subjects to stand up for national anthem with pride in their hearts even while they are being beaten to death.

Trying to Mingle

There was a birthday party on our floor on Saturday. Ours is an apartment with lots of children so I'm glad to get rid of mine for a couple of hours anyday. But this time the mother came and insisted that we all come for dinner so after some consideration P and I went. It was awkward in the beginning because I was meeting most ladies on my floor itself after a long time but they readily accepted my excuse of the lift being very next to my house(nobody is missing me, I know). I'm in awe of people who can organise such parties and get dressed up as suited to the occasion and still not at all look hassled. I'm always suspicious that my Bohemian(better word for undisciplined)  lifestyle would leave them shocked and confine myself to the role of a listener and come back vaguely happy that I've fulfilled an obligation successfully. But yeah, I do like some of the ladies genuinely.

By the way, Rajani's daughter's birthday party was last month and I had to decline her invitation politely but firmly. Her parents were here and all our common friends were invited but I knew there was no way I could go, even alone. So I told her a mix of half-truth and half-lies and I don't know if she figured it. Sometimes one's got to choose wisely, right? Even a dog learns after being whipped for the same mistake twice. 

The GOAT World

Every time Federer or Nadal win a grand slam, there is a clamor to immediately to declare one of them the greatest, which is simply disappointing. They are such terrific players that all I want them to do is go on playing the way they are or were. Why this obsession to have a single greatest player in any sport? Why should we keep looking for crystal balls to see the most beautiful? Or the richest or the most powerful? Just enjoy the differences, no?

Accommodating

Why should I feel bad if a 26 year-old says he's a loner and doesn't have friends? He may be happy the way he is!

I think the Centre messed up trying to paint the Rohingya refugees as potential terrorists. That said, I believe we should not be taking any more refugees either, simply because we do not have the wherewithal to provide them with a decent life. If there are thousands of people already living in refugee camps for the last ten years, what does that say? And on top of that if there is a government which wants to generalize them as bad guys, Myanmar story may repeat here anytime. 

Chugging Along

Anu's favourite song these days. She sings it even while walking to school. Reminds me of Amita S because as I remember, this was the only song she sang in competitions.

Anu is just beginning to get a hang of Kannada songs now. Once she used to say she hated them, then it changed to just listening to them but not interested in singing and now she's graduated to singing and relishing them finally. But neither can she read or write the language nor does she know most words. So I write down the song in English and explain the meaning in English and she sings. I tell her she's the new Sonu Nigam.