SMILES ETCHED FOREVER......

This photograph was taken in the month of July, 2002. The occasion was my cousin's sons (two of them) Upanayana. 

There have been many occasions when all of us have been photographed but, this is somehow special. On extreme right is my maternal uncle's wife...younger aunt. Next to her is my mom's elder sister and to her right is my another maternal uncle's wife. In orange saree is my mom...me in purple and to my right is my mom's aunt. 

I was living in Ahmedabad then and they all had visited me a few months earlier. So, it was time to capture all of us together again. No need to say that whenever I came home...it was a celebration.
We all were so happy.

Times have changed and people have passed on...only these smiles remain etched in our memory.
 
"This post is my entry for the 'One Picture From My Photo Album' contest conducted by My Yatra Diary and Cuponation.


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DARK SECRET.

 

She dazzled in Red and he, in his black Tux. From across the room, all he had to do was to look at her and she would be by his side, smiling. 

He would lovingly slide his arm across her back, pull her towrds him to kiss her on the lips.

They were perfect, inseparable, so in love and envied too.

When the last of the guests had left, she ran to her sanctuary - the bathroom and locked herself. As she sat in front of the mirror, removing the make-up, the bluish-green bruise marks on her face became visible.   

 

For - Everyday Gyaan

QUIET CONVERSATIONS - 100 WORDS ON SATURDAY.

 

They had been friends for years, had known each other well. Yet, they could not read each others' feelings or had not acknowledged what they felt for each other. And, so they started avoiding each other. Over the time, they had even buried their feelings. It was as if they did not exist for one another. One fine day, the Universe conspired and they did meet. It was as if the years of separation melted. Both of them, too emotional to speak...just stared. One look was all it was needed to convey the feelings they had for each other.

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AN UPDATE.

Hello fellow bloggers,

Am holidaying in my hometown and so unable to blog frequently.
However, I have taken up May Photo A Day challenge. This is active on my photo blog VITHIKA. Please do visit and comment.

Cheers! 

ZEN-SATIONAL LIVING.

 

Hello fellow A-to-Z ers.

This has been a wonderful journey and we all came out of this challenge as champs. 

Made some really wonderful friends here.

I will be leaving for my home town and so, this post is hastily done.

Thank you everyone for visiting and commenting.

Taking leave of you all with some good thoughts.

   

Zen does not confuse spirituality with thinking about God while one is peeling potatoes. Zen spirituality is just to peel the potatoes.

 Alan Watts.

 Being deeply loved by someone gives you strength, while loving someone deeply gives you courage.
Lao Tzu

In all things under heaven
the female overcomes the male by her stillness,
and because she is still she lies below.
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Sayings remain meaningless until they are embodied in habits.
Kahlil Gibran 

 If something is boring after two minutes, try it for four: If still boring, try it for eight, sixteen, thirty-two, and so on. Eventually, one discovers that it is not boring but very interesting.
Zen Proverb 

 

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LOVE, A TRIP.

 

Everyone feels high

On this roller coaster trip

Love-defines who you are.

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YOU - ESSENTIALLY.

 

Is it the words that give meaning?

Or is it you?

Meaninglessness makes 

Perfect sense

All I have to do

Is look at you.

Your silence

Caresses me, tingles my skin

And seduces me

Eyes that taunt

Dares me connivingly

Feasting on my bashful skin.

Gaze dangerously exciting,

Alights my fire and desires

Your whispers

Rains my senses

Clouding my brain

Cascading down my spine.

Fingers brushing 

And stroking the fire

Engulfing and wrapping me-

In your arms,

Imprisoned, I sccumb

To your charm.

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REALITY, A GAME CHANGER.

 

Thinking about the invincible

Relationships we have

Hubba-hubba when the going is good,

Bubbling with joy  

HE is a game changer, pulls the plug

And reality bites!

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Poetry form - Sijo

X-RATED YET XEROTIC... Figure that.

 

Xerothermic temperatures

Depleting energy levels

A formerly accommodating

And a xenial woman

Now, a Xanthippe!

 (That's what heat can do to you. Thought I would give the meanings of those words...but, why give away when you can google, right? )

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WASTED LIFE?

 

Some how the word 'wasted' has been sticking to my mind since yesterday. After yesterday's vibrant post, I do not want this to look dull.

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She thought her life was wasted as she lay there in the ICU. Her face serene with calm acceptance.

What did she think? She had all the time in the world to turn back the pages of her life. What did she find there? Did she have regrets? She did not share. Nor will I ever know.

Then, there was a surge of humanity, who came to see her....off.

The hospital staff had a difficult time controlling them. They had to send many of them back without seeing her.

Every one who was there to meet her, had a memory to share. How she had made a difference in their lives, had touched them and became a memory forever. Many of them who were there were not family; not even relatives. But, they were neighbors who were no longer in our neighborhood. There were also those whom she had crossed paths with journeying through life and stayed in touch.

Her disease never did have a chance...it could not touch her heart.   

  

It has been 5 years now. Even now I cannot look at her photograph without a lump in my throat. Never can get over the loss of my mom.  

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