SITA – Warrior of Mithila

 

I do have time during my train rides in the mornings to the office. While the best chunk of passengers love to browse so attentively their smartphones, I love burying my head into my books. I would have my earphones plugged into my ears and a book in my hand, while the rest of crowd just worries about if they can get a seat. Without any further ado, here is my review about this book that mesmerized me.

 A gem among all the reads that I have cherished so far. While purchasing this from one of renowned stored in Mangalore I did not have many expectations as in what this book would have for me in store. But every time I flipped the pages, it left me wanting more. As for me Sita – the queen was always just a beautiful queen who was Lord Ram’s wife. This is visualized since my younger days we heard stories, watched Ramayana and no other side of Sita was ever depicted. Hence this book astonished me. The moment I completed it, I wanted to share my thoughts on it, but it happened a bit later though.

The books start by explaining the ordeal Ram-Sita-Lakshman are going through their vanvas of 14years. They are being attached by Raavan since he wanted revenge from them. The trio along with their armies change places for security reasons to be away from Raavan. While we are aware of this part. But what caught my amusement was the braveness, calmness, intelligence, and yet down to earth attitude the lady Sita had. The books describe Sita’s existence and her early childhood days with her mother Sunaina, the queen of Mithila. When we read about Sunaina, we can relate to the honest upbringings Sita had from this amazing queen. She was a strategist, generous ruler, voracious reader, a protector that loved her people dearly, intelligent to handle any situations and not give up attitude. Sita grew to be a shadow of her mother who loved her dearly even after she had her own child.

While I dived into the book, it took me into that era which also was rich in its cultures and other core subjects like mathematics, geography, philosophy, science, and Sanskrit. Sita was not only a brave warrior but a person with knowledge of these subjects too. I wonder what kind of a human she would have been with these all-round qualities. Basically, this book gave me opportunity to know Sita and left me wondering why the society never speaks about it? Or was it my only unawareness?

The book is written by Amish who has also authored similar such beautiful pieces that am yet explore. The book has been also praised by our Prime Minister Mr. Modi, BBC, Amitabh Bachchan, many other renowned personalities. For anyone who is a voracious reader, if you have not read this book, kindly do so whenever you have an opportunity.

Happy reading.

 

Love

Andy

 

A Comeback

Well....that's exactly what i would want to be called now. After a span of nearly 5 yrs here i am again  to fill in  my thoughts, emotions, feelings and what not with the world. I hope to be accepted by all once again in a hearty way.

After my last post in 2011 i merely did not have much time to even breathe as i was employed here and being very new to a country and securing a job surely puts one's emotions in a nervous breakdown phase nearly....

And then comes of phase where you surely get lost with not only within the outside world but also within yourself...parenthood...so you just feel blogging...GTH..and this went on and on and on and still going strongly until one day i stopped saying that.Why? because i needed my world now. The world which i lived of writing,blogging, reading. I have resumed reading thankfully when my daughter is off to school, when she takes her peaceful 2-3hrs naps after school,or in the park.

Therefore, now i thought of resuming blogging too. But yes, during the midnights as this would be a peaceful time to ponder over the entire day activities and either fume in anger over a few or laugh out laud at a few others. But ultimately just notice that one emotion coming out. And that would be the exact idea that  i would get to share with all.

Let me do this as a ritual atleast to write once in a week (hopefully).

So here i say hello people whoever the very few following me here please do continue doing so as i shall be active from now on.....

Love
Andy

Proud to be 'ME'

I understand that is a great thought to have.Infact it takes ages to realise that how good and blessed you are in your present life.

It's been a long time since i have not blogged.There are many reasons.Tied up with loads of work,busy in myself,too many things happening around me and so not finding time for this.Actually none of these.It's only lazyness that has kept me away from my blog.Everytime whenever i had a feeling to blog,i would back as i felt i did not have anything relevent to share.But today while chating to an good old friend of mine i realised that how important i am in the lives of a few people.I have an extremely good abiltiy to make people happy.But why have i not realised this realty? that's because everytime i doubt my own self.My own ability.The power of managing things.

When i look back into a few such incidents that have made me to think about my abilities that have as well helped me to love myself and feel proud about.Though they may sound very tiny,but they did make an impact in my life.

I was crazly looking out for a job last year.I had almost been into depression for not being hired by anyone.Finally somebody was impressed by my profile and thought i would suit into the position.Therefore they hired me.It was something like this way.I need to learn the software that is configured in the company and help people in doing so as well...meaning training them.During a few days of my work atleast four to five times i have had a thought to run away from office and never come back again.But days changed and so did my attitude towards my job.I trained around 200 people.Great job done by me.Between i also had to manage my household chores after office.So multitasking as well.Double pat on my back.

I hated cooking till my marriage (i still do ).But now i cook for 20-25 people altogether that too some 6-7 dishes in the menu.So now you can call me a master chef..he he.I am proud of that.

So this way i have many to list down.But all would be bored to listen to me and would definitly label me as a self centered being.Yes i am one.

Many of us rarely try to realise about thier abilties.As they feel they are good for nothing or they are not worthied to live here.To all those people i only have onething to say....Be proud of yourself.Only then can you recognise others and thier abilties.

Love,

Andy

A year full of joys,commitments,fights,convincing...love..a wonderful marriage anniversary together

Now that asks for a pat in the back for a year long togetherness in a wedlock.But i just love this relationship.There were days when i was so nervous to even think about getting into this relationship.And now completing already a year ...cannot believe,its true.

Generally when a girl completes 21 years of age in India its like the girl is made to realise

that she is of marriagable age and its dangerous for her to stay alone anymore.Though the attitude of girls towards life is changed,but the above status still exists.Especially thier mothers become thier villains and suck thier blood till thier daughters are not bought to the altar to say "i do".But that is an old story now.Atleast in my life.Am a married women now.But i do feel sometimes that i should have married somewhere in later years of my life and not now.I have missed all that fun of bieng a single anymore.But this life also has its own charm in itself.A person who cares for you,loves you,understands you.......is a life partner.Well,i can say all this has come true in my life.With a wonderful husband around life has been much more loving and fun than before.I can say..ek pyar ka thadka tho har ek ke life main hona hi chahiye.But guys do not take me wrong.you might be thinking andy tho fully fida hai apni shaadishuda zindagi main.No no no....nothing at all.There are and were a lot of hiccups ,fights,misunderstandings and what not.After all the manana and pyaar karna only then it would bear a lovely fruit.

Its always told that life is not a bed of roses.Especially the married life.It's true.Life is not at all that way.But one can get a few rose petals and sprinkle them here and there and give it a new meaning.I know am too young to lecture on marriage.Whatever experience i have got from a year long stay together,i thought of sharing with all my dear ones.I am sure you guys are much more knowledgeable and smarter than me.

Friends, do not be in a hurry to marry.Just because you were one of the guests to you friends or relatives wedding.You watched all the glamour,shor sharabha,backdrops,costumes,music,photographs does not mean that is marriage.My dear, yeh tho sirf trailer tha picture abhi bakhi hai mere dost.Because wedding is only for a day.But marriage is for the life time.

So guys enjoy ur life as it comes.They say do not take life seriously.But i say,take life seriously only then you can live every moment of it preciously.

Love,

Andy

Trip to Mangalore-a memorable vacation

Oh yes.It is a memorable one.I can say right from the first day when we landed to India till date.All you people there here's wishing all of you a wonderful and funfilled 2011 ahead.May all your dreams come true.

A few of my Husband's friends this time asked me why am i not writing any blog now.I was shocked for a while and then blushing.I had never got that appreciation before personally.Many thanks to them for thier inspiration to write this blog.I never knew that there are people who followed my blog so honestly.Therefore,what better topic can i pick than sharing my vacation moments with all you great people out there.Ek choti si documentary tho zaroor ban sakthi hai...

As i told before my vacation is memorable right from the day i landed to India.We landed to B'lore from S'pore and thought of shopping for a while in Commercial St and Forum Mall.I was very excited once i touched down to B'lore and even more excited to visit Commercials.After the shopping we had to travel to our hometown M'lore by the bus at 10.30 pm that night.All excited about it (unaware about the sufferings in the later part of the night journey).The bus was smoothly running through the roads.As we were exhausted after our flight journey and shopping,we were fast asleep even before the bus took off.But after sometime there comes the worst.The bus started shaking as if its dancing for the tunes of "Sheila ki jawani" & "Munni badnaam hui".Aisa lag raha tha ki mano hum log kaanto par chal rahen ho.Our sleep had gone with the wind.One was lucky if he/she were in thier seats atleast for a second.So after all this dhakka mukka's finally a break of 3 hrs on the ghat section.Ek aisi jagah bus ruk gayi jahan na pani tha,na khana aur nahin network and a thick forest.

However the bus then travles after a break again on the thorns.The tyres of the bus were so patient that they did not trouble us at all.But they could not take it anymore and died off once down from the ghats.So another 1-2 hrs of break for the repairs.We all refreshed ourselves with a tasty dosa and chutney at a nearby hotel.So then after all these hardships we reached "safely" to Udupi.Seriously never knew we should have been nominees for arjuna awards for reaching our hometown.All thanks to the driver and his assistant for our safe departure.

All happy after meeting our near and dear ones and then taking a good nap.As this was required for a month long dramas of weddings,christenings,housewarmings,Communions and what not.Forgot to add Viral fever program which should have been our top of list as a priority.But as they say sickness never comes with invitation.

I had my share of viral fever,sneezing,throat infection,running nose and so as all at home.But we never gave up.We were and are attending all the possible programs here.

We also needed to energise ourselves to digest the feedbacks from the people in M'lore about our beauty and our body weights.So the feedbacks are as follows :" Audi (my pet name),you have not changed in terms of your complexion.But you have lost wieght", "You have not changed at all,niether put on nor lost wieght".Mano ki i went to Singapore for a beauty peagent and just returned after not even getting qualified in the final 10 contestants.Or i had been to Singapore for a Botox treatment to change my complexion/chop a part of my nose or chin/chop a part of my tummy.Nonsense.People can be so illiterate..never thought.After all this personality feedbacks there comes a feedback on family planning.Here i felt as if iam required to ask the permission from the the people here in M'lore inorder to when shall i plan for our baby.Amazing.But fun to listen to.

Whatever said and done.I love my Mangalore.As this is the place i opened my eyes and walked with my tiny l'll legs.I love the culture,the roce,the marriages,the baila,the meeting up with friends and relatives,the yummy food by mumma.The feeling is so different when i landed in India.I had my goosebumps.I felt as if i have come to heaven.An heaven where all my people are present.I just love them.

Love,

Andy

An unusual Evening

I guess by this particular title many of you might be eager to know what that incident was or for that matter an accident?...but yes that was a beautiful incident that just happened a few days back.Though it might sound boring,of much less importance.But for me i learnt a lesson of finding happiness in small l'll things happening around you.One should expereince only then these inspirational statements do really mean in our lives.
Well,let me explain what exactly happend.It was a Saturday evening and me and my hubby where so confused as to where to spend our rest of evening.Because we are not that used to stay at home on weekends.It sounds hell to us.Therefore,at first we decided we would visit a place called Little India here.As we thought we can as well have our dinner.But as it was weekend,the streets are crowded there.It actually looks like India during weekends :)
So both dropped the idea.My next target was obviously shopping which i love the most after coming to Singapore.But i was shocked to hear that before me my husband made the plan of taking me for shopping.But instead of happily agreeing i disagreed with him.Apne hi pair pe kulhadi mar di...Because the place he suggested was not great.However,at last we reached the bus stand.My husband wanted to watch the movie RED.He told me that.But we were in the wrong bus stand to go for it.So we decided we would travel by the first bus that would come now.So we settled down with this plan.Finally a bus arrived but we did not get in as we thought we did not want to go by it.But my dear husband suddenly realised that this bus does help us to reach our destination of movie.The bus was about to leave,we stopped the driver who was looking like a batata vada with his chinky eyes.And so as the passengers in the bus.The ones who were snoaring away to glory also were staring at us as if they had just met the bharathis of a bhooth.So finally we reached the theatre and got a ticket for RED.Later it was time for the pet pooja.So we decided something different today.So it was Pizza Hut this time.Never even thought about it.But felt so happy.Just enjoyed the evening.Especially the bus incident.We laughed away to glory.The movie also was a great combination of happiness.
A few small l'll things just make your day.I realised it.You smile at somebody,however the person's mood is he would feel great.You compliment a person who is not even the star of attraction,he feels proud of himself.So the day went on.I just reached home and thanked god for a lovely evening and a great life partner who cares about my happiness.

Love,
Andy

Job Profile - Housewife

I know you guys must be wondering what this job profile is all about.But yes this is one of those job profile's with which our mother's worked without complaining.Just for us.Those days i never felt that its a great job,never felt like its a job either.Because they never made us feel so.And we were so happy as our worlds revolved around them.

I had never even thought that i would blog about this topic ever in my life.As it never made an impression in my mind.Yes,but now its my turn to be one among them.'HOUSEWIFE'.That sounds quiet boring and behenji types na.I know as soon as one comes to know that one is an housewife quickly our thinking goes to say,'oh she has got ample amount of time ...she has no other job than browsing fb...she can go around'.God!.Also the daily soaps are as well dedicated to the housewives.Though only about handfull of them watch it.But i do not understand the mentality of people.Bieng an housewife is not a simple and easy job at all.It's a thankless job infact.Also we are not paid for it.But yes the performance appraisals do schedule every now and then .

I do understand how my mother has taken care of me and my sister.The cooking,looking after our studies,the daily household chores....but not a single complaint.She was very dedicated staff of her household.I can say the founder of our family.

The reason for me to write this article is because am daily facing the comments showered on me being a housewife.There are a few good ones as well.I do not say the others are bad....but they do put me to think negatively.

I just want to express my gratitude towards all mother's and my mother especially for bieng such a dedicated person and a dedicated,loyal housewife.

Freinds please respect them....they are the backbone of our families.

Love

Andy