tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54421356385696742292024-03-14T20:14:32.617+05:30অনুরণনResonating thoughts..aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.comBlogger50125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-30475301707799301222020-10-28T16:33:00.043+05:302021-06-15T13:25:24.846+05:30Maana Ke Hum Yaar Nahin Angry, Super Angry, A Head that can't stop thinking, Splitting Headache, 2 days oldHopeful, Why Now?, Shy, CuriousAngry, Eyes Wavering but watching, Can't get enough Audible heartbeats, WishfulJust wanting to know, There's much to talkWhy are all these people here?Can't focus, Abrupt as alwaysStill,In Love.Dated: Dec 21, 2019 aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-32046115277958168932018-01-09T14:00:00.002+05:302021-03-21T18:13:18.122+05:30Hello 2018!
While 2017 was completely abuzz with work, family gatherings and my daughter growing up, I didn't exactly float through happy into 2018. A death in the family, visa troubles and vacuum in work marred the last few days of 2017. I know it sounds stupid but as per astrology these are the last few tough days and post January 14, I and my family will have reason to cheer. (I will let you know if thisaastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-75294583065399869582019-09-26T17:23:00.000+05:302019-09-26T17:23:32.043+05:30Book Review & a bit of Me: Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother
How many of us mothers really have an opinion on what kind of parenting is best for our children? Have we really given this a serious thought and taken steps towards achieving a certain kind of parenting. That's why I think "Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother" really matters. Because through this book, the author and mother, Amy Chua establishes 1) The need to give parenting a serious thought 2) aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-53265868310588223512017-11-14T16:08:00.000+05:302017-11-15T09:10:39.613+05:30The best way to end something.
Ending a relationship needs courage. Here I am, ending my 5.5 yr relationship with my workplace.The only way I know to do it best is by writing. Mechanically and systematically going over my memories, filtering out the best moments - the positive ones and forgetting the bad ones. Memories purposefully purging their way through my head, so it can filter, well. All is well that ends well, isn't aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-71253067882096898942017-02-16T12:09:00.001+05:302017-02-22T13:57:03.202+05:30Year of beginnings, 2016
Same time last year, the reflective last few hours of 2015, I had decided that in 2016 I will take out time to do few things out of routine, out of my general commitments to family and work. I will do this to enrich myself with new knowledge, to gain new experiences and to continue to discover myself even as I am turning boringly old in the 30's club.
I opened an unused Diary and aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-17350016506134524132016-12-31T16:26:00.001+05:302016-12-31T16:26:16.333+05:30Art with a Heart!
Who in this world has the time to make something for
you, with their own hands? In the age of assembly line like production for
pretty much everything including our daily diet, handicraft stores come as a
welcome change. Luckily, I live in Vadodara, Gujarat – a city well known for
being a producer and marketer of Gujarat’s handicraft products. Here are some
reflections from a recent handicraft aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-12184919636220881932015-11-26T16:47:00.000+05:302015-11-27T12:15:07.575+05:30Kick out Negativity
The world is full of people and people are full of thoughts, ideas and feelings. We live in a society and enjoy the company of friends and family. But what happens when these people who share your life, who become a part of it by virtue of relationships or friendships contribute in negative ways to your life. People share negative thoughts, negative ideas, negative emotions and constantly prod aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-88706035362953994852015-10-08T17:20:00.001+05:302015-10-09T12:28:59.555+05:30Two years of mommy-ness
Yesterday, my daughter turned two. That marked 730 days of awesomeness with her! To be honest, not all the 730 days were exactly awesome, some were terrible and some I marvel that I got through. To note a few of the ups and downs in this mommy journey of mine, I write this self appraisal note and wonder what's my next KRA (key responsibility area in corporate lingo).
The first 10 days: aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-91382799274979326682015-10-08T16:40:00.003+05:302015-10-08T16:49:54.563+05:30Grey Grey Grey
Few are White.
Few are Black.
Most are Grey, alright.
It's tough to be White.
It's tough to be Black.
It's easy to be Grey, alright.
White has No Compromise.
Black has Little Conscience.
Grey has No Other Choice! Alright.
White feels good.
Black feels bad.
Grey is life and
Grey is human.
I am grey grey grey, alright.
aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-77235927995578039822015-01-27T21:06:00.000+05:302015-09-22T11:52:06.922+05:30Closure
Some relationships never get closure,
And some dreams never get freedom.
aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-24134511225882100412014-12-15T16:17:00.000+05:302014-12-15T16:17:53.225+05:30Upcycling - #1 & #2
I recently read that upcycling is the new recycling. Instead of crushing up and using waste products in a different form altogether, upcycling is basically reinventing a waste product and giving it a whole new purpose as well as value. I think I might have two examples of this at my place.
#1 - I upcycled Cereal and Cerelac boxes into CD holders. It aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-20947684672224278932014-06-30T15:31:00.001+05:302014-12-15T14:16:13.809+05:30Sometimes..
Sometimes
I listen
to your eyes that narrate vividly
the depths of your love for me.
Sometimes
I breathe
in and out of ecstasy
until I feel you inside of me.
Sometimes
I wait for time to pass by
and let us be.
Sometimes
I giggle merrily
just to watch you watch me.
Sometimes
I cry
to see if tears still come to me?
Sometimes,
I question
if good times will always be?
and then regret
my doubts over aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-22092942889311430022014-11-29T17:31:00.000+05:302014-11-29T17:31:52.616+05:30Plastic Courtesy
The one thing that my fellow nation dwellers are ready to give away promptly, the one thing they are ready to gift to any random stranger, the one thing they don't mind parting away with for FREE - is that friendly neighbourhood plastic bag. They seem to commit this act of charity or what they think is an act of supreme courtesy with so much pride that it puts me to shame (for not aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-12989443366569253142014-03-20T03:00:00.000+05:302014-11-29T16:19:04.704+05:305 Simple ways to start being a greener YOU.
I know most of us have given this a thought - How can I contribute to a greener planet given that I don't want to take too much trouble doing so. If you haven't yet given this a thought then maybe this is a good time to do so. I have at least 5 really simple things you can do and feel much greener about yourself. It is not going to be too hard but it might need you to be more thoughtful and aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-39161091763511722252014-04-15T14:08:00.000+05:302014-04-16T12:46:24.666+05:30Friends No More
Don't you treat me
like a convenience store.
We are friends no more.
Now that you are
far as you wish
I want to say
good bye to you bitch.
I put that in
because it rhymes,
but i chuckle at the
splendid coincidence!
I feel sad from within
that you did this to me.
We were friends before
but not any more.
aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-20184227611938075072014-01-30T15:17:00.001+05:302014-01-30T15:17:03.034+05:30Writing
Just let it come back to me naturally. I think it has, after three years and a baby.
aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-7380476188810341782011-10-06T10:30:00.000+05:302014-01-30T15:16:12.631+05:30Vicious weave
Time is running away from me. As I struggle to make sense of the world I am in, never for a moment forgiving myself that I was the one who created this very world for myself, I get more and more swallowed in its depths. I wonder if I can ever pull myself back to the surface and breathe. I really honestly want to breathe. Why can't I get a second chance? Why. Or rather how can I get a second aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-7047973057737699622011-02-20T20:41:00.002+05:302012-05-01T16:15:22.657+05:30Dilli Diaries
I didn’t like the first look of Delhi. The language was new to me, the people were rather rude and the weather was awful. When my family landed there, it was hot, really hot. Since the admission deadlines for most schools were over, I joined a school called Kathuria Public School in south Delhi. It was almost like a government school with very limited facilities. My parents weren’t too happy aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-67087370546979145932010-06-18T10:19:00.008+05:302011-02-20T20:40:55.275+05:30रोशन कर दो जहाँसुबह के अबोध धूप से रोशन होता हैं जहाँ ;संध्या की लाली से डख कर हो जाता हैं दुआं।जीवन की भी लय यही हैं;बड़ी सीख मिलती हैं यहाँ।मम्ता की गोद से उतर केजवानी के नशे में झूलते हैं हम।ज़िन्दगी का मूल हूँ "मैं"यह समज बैठ्ते हैं हम।मांगों की अपार दौलत सेदुनिया लूट लेते हैं हम।अपने अस्तित्व को भीदांव पर लगा देते हैं हम।अपने परायेसबको दुःख दिए जाते हैं हम।मैं को खुश किए जाते हैं हम।हर ज़िन्दगी कट जाती हैंaastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-77045197864014551402010-11-29T05:32:00.007+05:302010-11-29T08:40:31.550+05:30You don't really knowWe lived togetherfor many a year.The growing up dayswere not easy at all.Hand in handwe braced it all.You watched on meas I tried to steera paper boat on a stream thatsprung up from rain o dear!You were the only oneto witness my danceuninhibited.You were the audiencebefore the show.You have been my studentas I loved to teach.Ah! the blackboard, me and youtogether it taught me to learn.You stood aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-24366862994530912272010-07-02T01:16:00.008+05:302010-07-02T04:02:00.578+05:30ConversationsConversations. We have them every day amongst family and friends and even acquaintances. I don't think a whole lot about most of them.But there are some that leave me with a sense of satisfaction, joy, just a smile or just more questions. These are the ones I'd like to take note of. Think about why they were so. Why do we linger on to some conversations more than the others?Let's see. My most aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-73298553373334827012007-05-22T17:18:00.005+05:302010-07-02T02:39:43.446+05:30Fragrance of RajnigandhaQuite recently i saw this Hindi movie, 'rajnigandha', for the second time. it stars the placid, now forgotten vidya sinha and the effervescent, now director amol palekar. a simple story-line depicted by basu chaterjee. so simple that we might miss the complexity intended. The first time i missed it.I must have just run into the teenage years then. the only reason i might have watched it is the aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-35388311630539523102010-05-18T06:09:00.017+05:302010-05-27T00:24:41.132+05:30Golden GlorySprightly green Aspen leavesunshy for a ballad feat;spirited by the musicOf the gusty wind.Dyed in youthful greencountless leavessparkle as new.Love it is;as golden rays kissthe dainty greens.Crabapples' pinkshow up few;in testimony to nature'ssense of hue.O' shimmery summeryou've brought in a world anew. aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-77399734628365425082008-01-13T18:51:00.006+05:302010-04-08T19:30:11.602+05:30KUMBLE.ComI always wanted to write about this remarkable human being , Anil Kumble, my childhood-teenage and all-age hero . I realised that it is never too late to write about him. At any point, he is doing more than what he is expected to do, he is doing more than his best. Right from my younger days I have had a soft corner for the underdogs, the not so glamorized personas and Kumble has been one such aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5442135638569674229.post-2461814779920167092009-11-21T03:43:00.009+05:302010-01-27T03:21:54.773+05:30Naguva Nayana (Smiling eyes)This is a English translation of one of my favorite songs, originally in Kannada. It is from a Kannada movie, Pallavi Anupallavi. The movie stands out for it's unusual story line and offbeat look. It also marks itself as the directorial debut of Mani Ratnam , and the debut of actor Anil Kapoor. But what also stands out in this movie is it's incredibly soulful music , by the legendary aastha-inkshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12827266396789376858noreply@blogger.com7