Well, my opinions for the books I read.

The Hunger Games 

The book was all it promised to be : a thriller till the end with the right amount of drama in the story to keep you hooked to the pages. It is a perfect story of good triumphing over the evil .It starts from a small district in Panem , North America and takes you to Capitol the richest district in the area where all the action begins. A race to death for 12 contenders from different districts who don't just have to outrun each other but death too !

The Better Half

The Better Half

She buried her ears into the calm of his heartbeat, and in a matter of seconds fell terribly in love with the way her loneliness fell softly and suddenly, asleep in his chest - Christopher Poindexter 

Marriage- its a very innocent word which hides a deep meaning which you only understand when you are married. As soon as you enter the threshold of your new home, things change forever. You unlearn and then learn, in this process you can either become really fond of your new family members or distance yourself forever from them. This is where your better half can handhold you, make the process smooth for you and impact the relationship you share with your new family. He needs to be the guy who keeps on telling you all is well, when you feel lost in the new surroundings. Mind it, its all new for him too, living with a 'brand new wife' can scare the living daylights out of anyone. The experience of living with your partner is something which cannot be penned down and should be lived.It is like you are living your happily ever after and finding out what actually happens when you close that last page of your fairytale when the prince marries the princess. The journey is on, I am learning each day, loving my new family a little more each day...and a new story begins..

P.S: All the side effects of marriage you have heard about are true..;P

I miss...

I miss
The could have beens...
The journeys I didn't go for..
The breathtaking views I didn't see...
The interesting people I didn't meet..
The conversations I didn't have..
The delicacies I didn't taste..
The rains which didn't drench me from head to toe..
The ocean waters which didn't lap at my feet..
The snow which didn't force me to stay indoors..
The path which didn't stretch endlessly in front of me..
The love I didn't share..
I wish....
And I miss..

Confessions...

Being with him is accepting him completely.

When his is the first name that comes to your mind when you hear something really good or something really bad.

When you say what he wants to say just by reading his silence.

When his big day is a bigger day for you.

When he cares for you in more ways than one can ever think of.

It includes letting him go, if he is yours he will come back.

There is something that holds you to him forever- an inexplicable bond stronger than the strongest.

When love for him shows you the way in an otherwise very dark road.

When u put ur hand ahead for the phone and instead he places his hand on yours.  :-)

When there comes a time in your relation where faith is all you got and all you need to go ahead.

When u trust like u have never trusted anyone else ever.

When he is the best at your worst.

When he glares at you for doing something wrong and u feel he has never loved you more.

New friendships, new loves...

There is just something about new friendships. They remind you of all good things that ever was in life. It's like a new beginning,a clean slate to write the best story ever written and another chance to a" happily ever after". Just like new love, when you feel that the world is a happy place and there is a smile on your face always irrespective of your situation.

I Miss....

In the daily routines of our lives, we stop doing what we want to do and just do what we need to do. The non stop staring at our office laptops keeps us away from the calm that used to fill us while staring at a starlit sky , sitting somewhere on a bench, in a park. The various appointments that fill our day planners does not include the most important appointment which we fail to keep almost everyday- with our self. The non stop ringing of your phone reminds you that you have not spoken to various loved ones since a long time. The weekdays just pass in a haze and the weekends comes by which is like a big celebration of " Its not a weekday". Thus, another week begins. In all this I sit and wonder what is missing? The answer which I get is that I miss the time which I spent with myself , I miss the joys of learning or discovering something new and I miss my favorite pastime, of all times- reading and writing.I miss.....

P.S:  The good thing is that this note is a sign that I have one less thing to miss now. :)

And the season of festivals begin...:)

The smell in the air, the urgency in the walk of  pedestrians, the happy smiles on the faces of shoppers on getting the best buy. Even when you are stuck in a traffic jam, there is an indulgent smile and a remark that this jams will be there till Pujas. While moving around the city in every other lane, you find a pandal in the making- a half made marble place, a hut and hundreds of other creations which leaves you baffled and builds up your anticipation, as to what will  the final outcome be like?. The other day, when we were driving around the city, a friend remarked that she loves the fragrance  of "Palash" flowers in the air during the Puja Season which made me realize that I was thinking the same thing and enjoying the fragrance. Everyone loves this feeling that Durga Maa is coming and bringing loads of joy and smiles for all of us. So much so that we forget every worry and  revel in the moment and find it difficult to bid farewell to Maa at the end of the auspicious 9 days.

May Maa bless you
with all her blessings and
keep you happy through-out the year!
Wishing you a Happy Durga Puja