THE SPEAKING OF THE SILENCE , THAT OUTSIDE LAUGH

                         After landing up in Mumbai I have made a lot of friends and reconnected with old ones and one such girl a college mate of mine (You can find her mention in some previous blog) . When she is herself she is so peppy, so full of life ki even those in depression will start dancing to her radiant and vibrant smile. But yes when she is sad and I can definitely make out when she is sad , it appears that its gloomy all around. Such is her aoura that seeing her laugh away at life we forget our problems. It may sound weird but she is the bestest drinking buddy I could ever imagine, no lafda sort of girl. Its like she gives a fuc**** balls to life, some one who lives her life on her terms.

                          So then why the hell I am concerned. Its not because of any connect, its because I have seen her through the various mood swings, her happiness, her sadness, her ups, her downs. But she always smiles even though she is in pain, and the worst part is when u realise that she is in pain and still cannot do any thing about it. You feel so helpless and one wishes that what to do to bring that gorgeous smile back on her face.(And it just doesn't help that I am fatally attracted to her roomie).

                          Perhaps some things still remains unsaid from her for some rhyme or reason. I want to tell her that if sorrow comes again and again , just draw a line in the sand and beyond that line make some thing else happen. Hurtful experiences in life make you either open up or shut down and she has shut down. It was so painful to see her lost in some myriad thoughts and still smiling through it. But I will suggest her that the braver choice is to open up to some one close who is your confidante. Some times in life you will do horrible shitty things that make you want to cringe and slap yourself over the head.So then what do you do ? You just turn around your perspective on life, you focus on the good stuff in order to bring around more good. Cmon babe just love yourself, you are just too good to be heart broken or sad for some dumb ass guy or situation. Trust me emotional trauma serves a purpose but if you are willing to see an opportunity in a terrible situation you are already on your way to healing.

                        Bottomline dear we just cannot stand the fact that you are sad and if you are just give a damn babe, you know the fact there is life beyond, there are friends beyond ( like your so hot and drooly roomie). So atleast for them keep that smile on your face ,you just don't know it gives lives to so many people, just dont take it away


P.S.- Sorry but for me your roomie is more beautiful :P (and I am fully drunk so ignore any mistakes :P)

TUL.....TUL

                          It just seems that Mumbai keeps springing back surprises in my life. And this weekend was no different. After like ages I came across one of the most lovely girls of my college here again in Mumbai and she immediately stuck us down with her humbleness and cheek in tongue smile. A girl who had an overflowing heart and soul rather than a puffed up ego , which the beautiful and successful girls always have. I was astonished the way she has changed. She was so full of life which reverberated in her smile. Yes she had changed but I was not complaining as she changed for better. I so very clearly remember the way she used to blast us off whenever we used to poke her during her headache times and may be that scare will always remain.(May be some thing she would have picked up from her roomie who is a live temper brigade).

                         So, we met up had lunch talked away to glory even though most of the place she and Lipu talked about I had never heard of. I was lost in my world thinking about the fact that may be I had the same confidence that this girl has, the same smartness she exudes yet be so humble and grounded and meet with your friends with the same fervor like in college and of course like a typical Bengali gorging on fish and rosogolla.

                         But then the latter half of the day was most surprising. She opened up about herself. I never thought as to why she gives a damn to what other people think. Pretty sure half of them will be jealous that she is not with them and the other half because they cant think of being with her just because she has a class of her own. But for we people she is a classmate, a friend for whom we still care irrespective of what has happened or what she has done because I know she has never done anything bad to me. Thats why she does not owe any explanation to any one. My be she should learn from certain things like below:-

Gham ke ye baadal guzar jaane de
Ab zindagi ko nikhar jaane de
Chhod de ab yaadon ke dukh sehnaa
Sun bhi le jo dil ka hai kehnaa
Jee le zaraa, jee le zaraa
Kehta hai dil jee le zaraa

 Cheers to her for a wonderful day , a day well spent with some memories etched for a long time to come .......

BAM BAM BAM BAMBAI (THE MUMBAI MANIA)

           Mumbai ........mm.....mmm .....the very word invokes images of bright lights , dynamic energy ,bustling lanes , popular corners, local trains and many more. And as it had to happen I did land in Mumbai and was immediately greeted by the heavy traffic and in the past one month there have been so many incidents that have forced me to salute the spirit of Mumbai and its people. Mumbai accepts everyone with open arms and once you land in its cradle , you see the wide variety of people cutting across all corners of India united by an invisible dying spirit. Mumbai has always picked itself up by its bootstraps and marched off to work after every big incident that threatened to mar that spirit.. It won't be wrong to say that one city that can give you an insight about the entire country is Mumbai (handsdown). 

                 Even the Mumbai sea reverberates tales of the thousands of love hungry, high on testosterone couples, the righteous rebels of the city, the keepers of faith in that word called ‘LOVE’. The euphoric dance of the sea, the symphonic orchestration of the waves lends them an outlet to emote, to sing their songs without fear, gives them that inexplicable strength in the heart, coaxing them, cajoling them to keep the romance alive at least at that tender, confusing and insouciant age of helplessness. The quite and secretive exchange of the waves and the stars at the horizon, the gentle breeze, the glancing into nothingness infuses that tingling happy feeling deep in the pit of the stomach. The sea has witnessed the swaying of lovingly held hands, many a promises made, many vows broken, many a tear drop being shed on its wet face. People like my BADE and CHOTEY sharing their heart out in Marine Drive probably the best amongst them.

                    More than as a place, its the people of Mumbai who infuse that sense of spirit amongst you. In my case right from my roommates to the people at work , everyone has taken that extra care walked that extra mile to make me feel comfortable. Starting with roommates BADE,CHOTE,MOTE (the three musketeers apart from me) are unique in their own sense. Life just seems so dull when they are not around. Their noise is like music to ears, incidents like IRISH HOUSE and SEVEN HILLS which are etched in my memory for ever (with that scar on CHOTE's head ). In fact it will be wrong to say that if BADE stops taking Blender's Pride and CHOTE stops using TATA DOCOMO, both of these companies will go bankrupt . The way BADE sleeps in installments in weekends and CHOTEY eats at nights is quite unique.

                People at work here are equally amazing. Manju maam like every lady so particular about cleanliness and taking care of everyone like MOM so much so that I dont even miss my MOM. RAJ sir or RATS sir (dont know what Manju maam calls him) is a workaholic which even puts us to shame. I think he should get a cot, mattress and pillow in office only.  Both of them like my roomies always take care of me a lot and make me feel at home. 

            I know my stay in Mumbai is going to be quite short but I think that I have already had memories that will never FADE..