It takes one little holiday...

... for you to rediscover...

Your rubberband notebook filled with scraps and bits of all your earlier journeys.. and how you savoured each of those times.

Your love for comforting, home cooked non vegetarian food... and how it makes your world go round.

Your space... and how nothing can disturb that sense of peace.

Your eagerness to explore... and how you would lose yourself in the experience again and again.

Your understanding of relationships... and how you will fight to keep some of them alive.

Silence... and how it has an uncanny ability to penetrate.

Solitude... and how it creeps in languidly even when you are surrounded by a pool of people.

Purpose... and how it stares at you all the time even when you try to brush it aside.

The present... and how it is all that you really have.

I
don't
care
about
what
the
rest
of
the
world
thinks,
says,
does,
feels.
For
me
my
time
is
important
and
it
infuriates
me
when
people
play
around
with
it.
I
wouldn't
do
it
to
you
so
I
think
you
can
back
off
too.
And...

Leave
me
be.

Fight.

The inner conflict. The need to show affection. Authority. Shallowness. Badly executed ideas. Craving for junk food. Auto rickshaw drivers. Ghosts from the past.

Of Conversations

My students go for drama class every Monday and Wednesday. The drama teachers are currently working on strengthening their (the kids') lungs. Today there was a flurry of excitement because they all got brightly coloured balloons to blow. Some of them were able to huff and puff and pump a lot of air in while the others tried relentlessly. One little boy after trying for a few minutes was on the brink of tears because his balloon just wouldn't swell up.

Me: Sweetheart, just try a little harder. I'm sure you'll be able to do it.

Little Boy: It's not happening! I'm going to take it home and try.

Me: That's probably a good idea. You must be tired right now.

Little Boy: No, Teacher. I have a vacuum cleaner at home. It will fill the balloon up!

Ah! The joy in working with kids! :)

Kids who greet you with their happy smiles, bright eyes and curious minds. A team which knows how to have fun seriously. A mentor who inspires you to be relentless. Constant learning. Explore, explore, explore.

Nothing's gonna change my world.

You know, this necklace makes me think of this totally random memory of my mother. I was a little kid, and I was crying for one reason or another. And she was cradling me, rocking me back and forth, and I can just remember the silver balls rolling around. And there was like snot running down my nose. And she offered me her sleeve and told me to blow my nose into it. And I can remember, even as a little kid, thinking to myself, this is love... this is love.

-Garden State

The line it is drawn
The curse it is cast
The slow one now
Will later be fast
As the present now
Will later be past
The order is
Rapidly fadin'
And the first one now
Will later be last
For the times they are a-changin'

If my life had a soundtrack, this song would definitely be a part of it!