WANTED

A rich, beautiful, cat-eyed, Maharashtrian Brahmin girl who respects family values and loves animals. The candidate should be able to make mouth watering shrikhand. Age and education no bar. Family background would also be given minimal importance. Alliance called for 31 year old Telugu madhwa Brahmin boy who is well educated, handsome and witty. He is handsome in Hyderabad, and witty everywhere else. The boy is well experienced, having real time experience in the nuances of marriage, handling relatives, attending boring functions, etc. The boy has been married only once in his life. The boy has exceptional qualities of patience which are displayed in sari and jewelry shops. The boy has numerous other talents which include, but are not limited to, talking to fish, playing the guitar in a peculiar fashion, suddenly taking U-turns for no apparent reason, randomly buying Adidas shoes, etc. 

Interested parties may please send a huge dabba of freshly made shrikhand for pre-qualification purposes. Brokers/agents please excuse. 

Cupidity.

Hey all. 

I am going to tell you a little story. Let me begin at the end, or end at the beginning. Once you are through with the story, maybe you will understand the reason for my juxtaposition. This is the story of a man. A man whose perspective changed today, on valentine's day. 

Four years ago, the man bought a lot of things to make his house a home. Four years ago. The man dreamt a lot of dreams that he would be in a particular point in life four years later. Today, he sold all those things he bought. He was surprised that all his dreams could only fetch so much. He remembered how his (then) wife and he haggled over the dining table, the wife wanted a six seater, while he was content with four. "All the people we'll ever have over is another sweet couple like us", is what he remembered as having said. How they cribbed and cried at finding the right shade of the dressing table! And the refrigerator,  how he surprised her with that by opening it casually and giving a bottle of water when she had come home from work, saying, "mineral water or regular madam?". The rocking chair on which he had spent so many mornings reading the paper and drinking his tea, the small portable TV which he had since his younger days (which was a constant source of animated discussions), the mattress which he and his wife carefully selected after taking turns jumping on it in full public view, what wonderful memories they are!

And today, he sold all of them. He decided that there will be no more setting up houses. They say that in every man's life, there comes a turning point which completely alters the person's fate, thought and destiny, but what if you have so many turning points in your life, that you turn full circle?

For the first time in four years, the man was feeling terribly lonely, because all those familiar inanimate things on which his dreams were built were languishing in someone else's homes. Maybe those people would build their own dreams on them, who knows? 

Lynrd Skynrd's "freebird" was playing, his mind was nostalgic while his heart said, "Hello world, I am lonely, would you be my valentine?".

Happy Valentine's day. 

Tirupathi trip

Well, its the first time I am going to tell you about a place where I went. 

Trippers: Me, uncle, aunt, mom and dad. 

Tripped: Tirupathi, Golden Temple (Sripuram - Vellore), kanipakam.

Tirupathi - Got my head shaved. Saw Mr. Balaji. He is fine and conveys his best regards to all. Uncle got letters from Chief Minister, Home Minister, Minister of state for endowments. Dad looked pukka politician with head shaved and those shady ray bans. The last time he went bald was in 1963. I, for once, was happy that we both had the same amount of hair on our heads (Both dad and uncle have awesome hair and hairstyles - Hair transplant, here I come). Went around Tirumala to see Mr. B's feet, kalatoranam, etc. All in all, a good thing to do. They say that when you see Mr. B, you gotta tell him something, I miss all the time. But this time, I told him. I said, "the last time I was here, I had a wife, a secure job, a back, a bullet. This time, I don't have any. How would you like to see me the next time?". 

Golden temple - This you must see. The entire temple is gold plated. Very beautiful. Very gold. Very out of the ordinary. Very commercial. This temple is about 130 Km from Tirupathi. 

Kanipakam - Mr. Ganesh's temple. He is awesome. I like him. Given straight VIP treatment - thanks to dad's shaved head.  

Am back in the beach city for now. Will move out soon. This is for someone out there who just told me what had happened in their life:

When life gets tough, and you don't want to dance, 

go on, break a leg, take a chance.

When nothing makes sense, and opportunity doesn't  give you a second glance, 

go on, break a leg, take a chance. 

When the world turns grey, and there is dust all over your plans, 

go on, break a leg, take a chance. 

When everyone is traveling, and you haven't seen France, 

go on, break a leg, take a chance. 

For this life is all about guts, glory and romance, 

go on, break a leg, take this chance. 

Ringa ringa roses.

I am currently traveling in all directions. My mind has gone west, my back is down south, my stomach is still deciding (read 'going round and round'), so all in all, its pretty hectic. In all statistical probability considering the metaphysical laws of how banana peels can make you trip better than weed, I am moving out of the beach and coming back to the city where I was borun. By the way, I was borun in a place called Dangoria Nursing Home. Which also happens to the birthplace of my ex-wife. Which explains a lot of things. (If ever I have a child, I will tell him/her that he/she was born in a hospital called 'Rock Gods & Super Heroes Super Speciality Super Maternity Hospital') Roger Federer lost, everyone is losing jobs, my pod is not working. This world is coming to an end, I'm telling you.

I will be back as soon as the XIIth round table conference of my body parts happens and all of them agree to stay at one place, even if not very together.