My Tabla Riyaz!!

Today I had a good long practice session of playing tabla,a long due exercise. It was fun experiencing all different combinations of kaydas and taals. I always have and had a fear of remembering those and playing them in the same order and thus was not able to make it a complete piece while playing. But recently I have developed a pattern of saying those in tune and ta-daaa...i know them well.

Tabla gives a perfect percussion for a musical piece making music all the more rhythmic. Its makes music feet tapping and worth nodding. Of course not that other instruments are less valuable in melody. Today while practicing I was constantly thinking about Ustaad Zakir Hussain. How flawless his hands move on tabla giving melodious sounds and so many variations. We just could not see his hands at times when he plays fast. He is completely lost in taals, kayadas, relaas and make us drench in the rain of music. That sure is a divine experience. How much efforts are put into it, that's what I realize when I practice. Playing just one piece flawless makes me sweat and tired. Hands feel numb and carpal tunnel is under stress :))....but sure a worth when once we get the result we want.

So today I was determined to sit for longer time for my Riyaz and at least pay a little tribute to such living legends who prove themselves an inspiration. Hats off Ustaad! May you be immortal just like your never fading glory to the world of music!!

My words failed to say!!

My eyes closed, in a soft peaceful candle light, a wonderful soothing piece of music and room filled with heavenly aroma I was slowly slipping into a divine time. Relaxing all the muscles and tissues my body was about to undergo a complete massage, a complete rejuvenation. I surrendered myself to the beautiful experience releasing stress, pressures from my muscles, my tissues, my mind and my heart. My body was totally into manipulation of its own making itself free from the heaviness of the daily activities. I was giving away each and every red spot in my body making it filled with a golden light, making it feel healed, making it more and more strong.

The bath of aromatic lotions used for massage was so very mesmerizing that my body and mind are still stuck into the realm of fragrance. Every little particle of that aroma inhaled into my body was flowing freely inside making me more and more fresh, beautiful and invigorating. Every cell of mine was happy and functioning to the fullest now. I realised that my body and mind was restored and made full and complete. On completing the massage session every time I feel that our body really needs this pampering on regular basis. As we maintain the automobile and service it regularly , so should be done this as well.

I am so grateful to have given this gift on my birthday by my hubby. A so required gift certificate from this spa was a sure shot a heart winning gift :))....Each thought of mine is thanking him a ton times!!

Some lost moments!!

I always feel that everyone in life is happy when they meet old contacts or lost friends. It is indeed a pleasure to get along with the time and make new friends and relations, but then why do we lose the old contacts in first place? No... now please don't give me the barriers like no time, different life patterns, no same thoughts, no same goals....its the same like past right now, but yet we feel good about getting in touch with the old relations.

The reason for this excerpt is I got re-connected with one of my cousins recently. It was so good to know his whereabouts, his life and changes in his life and same was his reaction...happy to re-connect. That made me think this, why in first place we lost the touch? what was the reason for that...again no reasons that are mentioned above. Or its a law of nature or as said in the spiritual world that every relationship has a time bound, when the connection time of one to another is over we lose the touch and again after the completion of a specific cycle we meet again. As we don't generally separate due to fight or grudge re-meeting is always a pleasurable experience.

How would it be if people did not lose their contacts at all? We will have such a big circle of friends, relatives, contacts, and we would be so strong in our lives. As human being is so much community oriented and would be happy to be together. Getting busy with the routines is a fine excuse for not being in touch and we are the only ones later finding time slots to spend time with the lost contacts. We make new friends, relations only to find these as old acquaintances in future...Life is surely a circle, a cycle of events, a wheel that takes us forward and backwards. It would be great if we stayed in touch with all the people we meet since childhood and take them along and be with them till the end of life. Geographical distance is not to be considered here. We can be close inspite of physical distance and yet close to heart with one another, or be distance apart even if staying under one roof. The matter is how we want to see it and want things to happen!!But never it happens as it should.

Well I am happy to get back one of my lost contacts! How abt u?

My budding roses!!

I love nature (who doesn't?), but seriously I was a part of a nature club when back in school n college days. Our leader was a true nature lover. He use to tell us that he can understand the language of plants/trees/birds etc. And I have seen him talking to the trees/plants. He was very sensitive abt the nature and environment. I lost touch with him over the period of time and also lost the touch with the nature.
As projects he use to give us some seeds or small plants to plant them in pots/gardens and see the development. I use to deeply observe the growth everyday and every minute. I use to water the plant with the scene in front of me that the plant is practically drinking the water from roots. But as I said losing touch with nature has made me lose the understanding of the plant growth as well.

The reason of such a big story is one of my dear friends gave me a beautiful red rose plant for my birthday, and one more rose plant was given to me by my dear hubby on valentine day.Now it has become my duty (which i love of course) to keep those plants alive and nurture them. Fortunately I have been successful in keeping them alive and getting some new buds on them as well. Everyday I observe them and see what they need. But one thing that I noticed in both the plants is that the buds those blossomed after I got those had a faint colour on them as a full complete flower, and the flowers that were already there on the plant had dark respective colours. I do not know the reason for this change. Is it that it is not getting proper sunlight or water? As for water I am maintaining the soil texture as required, as for sunlight I cannot help much as due to this winter season its not possible to get sun everyday!

Does anybody have any idea why this might be happening!...I don't want to give up on my plants rather looking forward to plant a garden coming spring n summer!!

Happy NewYear! 2011

New year is just next door and people are busy planning for the parties. Parties to welcome the coming year and bidding good bye to the year gone by, Whilst newspapers are full of instructions and news for spending the eve. Just went through the local papers for Pune and read that police force is taking extra care for the people celebrating new year party as they booze a lot and is a trouble for the society. I don't just understand that why parties always have to relate to booze and alcoholism. And specially those that need some kind of resolutions for new year, some extra efforts for us to make a new person, an improved individual and making life more and more comfortable more and more mature. Why should some police force be involved in making society or ourselves a good individual.

Well I may sound a bit orthodox while stating against alcohol. Sure have it but why not in limit? What is the point in celebrating the new year eve boozing so much that while driving it may be the end of life itself, then whats the point in welcoming new year if we are not going to be there at all to see that? Instead coming together and sharing the experiences of our own with friends,having fun together, enjoying mouth watering delicacies and resolute for new year where we want to be in future, sounds better to me. How can one resolute at all when the brains are totally fuzzy with alcohol, nope no way at all. Too much of anything is too bad....but who in this world understands the real meaning of life and its achievements....I know I might be a party pooper for many of those who are planning to totally booze this year...but sorry...this is how I am....

Quite frankly we should be thinking about all the values that one has to follow being a human being. The values which I mean are the ones not limiting to the culture, tradition or caste,but the values that a human being must follow to be a good citizen in the society. When we are kind of punished by the law for bad behaviour then what right we have to fight for our future? These thoughts definitely come to my mind when I read about the rave parties/ drunk and driving/ so called party bashes with hell of a chaos.

Well we are the ones making our own future and making our kids ready for it as well. So I personally think whether this is the example kids should have in front of them? Then going ahead we have to think twice ,I would say hundred times while expecting good returns from them. Think about it.

Happy new year!!

moment full of coffee...

Today Saturday, a regular yet extended weekend. Morning was spent as usual watching some TV stuff, and regular weekend chores. Not a busy day at all. But noon and evening was a bit looked forward to as some of the friends were to come visit us, and hence my day took off with planning and preparing later.

Evening covering all the events of the day as planned was tapering towards end. Hubby dear offered a cup of coffee to me and said lets chat for some time and then the day would retire as normal. But then a cup of coffee is never just a beverage, its more than that. Many things happen over coffee and same was the case. Nope, don't think wild, but we had a real good chat of ages over the coffee cup. Hot steaming brewed coffee was playing its perfect part and making our conversations more and more aromatic. We started with how the day was and overall events during. One memory leading to other making a chain which ended in our past. Our past which was more fresh, more young and full of life, making comparisons with today's life unknowingly. But surely we were not feeling bad or sad about today's situation, about today's life that we have.

We wondered in our then new days of life. We wondered like new couple in the garden of thoughts. We picked up delicate flowers of sweet moments we experienced together when we had just met. Out of which I would like state one here. In wee hours of night I would get calls from him stating he missed me and then that would follow with a beautiful gazal of Jagjit singh "Teir Aakhon ki samunder main utar jane de, tera mujarim hun main muze dub ke mar jane de"...Jagjit has played a really important part of our life and the moments to cherish for life long. Now when we look back and try to see our past, we are surely thankful to Jagjit :)

Then we talked on all other topics including politics, finance and songs..where there was no relevenace to the other.

But the whole conversation was so full of cherishable moments and refreshing memories that made my day! Alls well that ends well....of course with coffee. We concluded our day only to again start a new life full of vigour..picking up from where we had left the past...

Thank u hubby dear for one more wonderful moment in our life....which will be added to the chain of sweet memories in the scrap book of our life :)!! ....

Battle of two minds!!

"Boredom is a sickness the cure for which is work" yes I know that.I feel boredom is nothing but a lousy feeling. A feeling of laziness a feeling of emptiness. Today I was driving to my gym for a great and invigorating exercise. I had a fantastic workout schedule in front of me, but also had this lousy feeling in my mind. I wanted to but still not wanted to go to the gym. We have this experience many a times that we want to do something and yet we are lousy about it.I know I must exercise in order to keep me fit and running, make me feel fresh all the time. And I WANT to do it, not forcibly but by my will. And then why is there this lazy feeling, why is there this lack of drive sometimes?

This made my thinking process a bit longer and I started venturing inside me. I peeped within myself and tried to search where this unwanted feeling was sitting. My eyes were rolling internally all over to find that one spot which I wanted to get rid of. I have a lot of big list in front me of the things I want to do, I want to achieve and be proud of. I really want to enjoy all those things in my life and accomplish them for me. But then THIS feeling creeps in and there is no scope for me to do the things. I drag myself for daily chores and mundane routine.
My alert and active mind is always ready to take up new tasks and finish them and be happy with them. Reading all those inspirational books makes my alert mind more alert and wants to be one of those stories. But other mind which we call as is a bit laid back and not ready to work. So it makes me to think why does this not-so-great mind takes over the charge of my life and works things according to its will. My body acts just the way this not-so-great mind wants.And where is my brain at that time? Is my brain hypnotised my this evil mind during the process of no-progress. And where is this good and alert mind during this whole idiotic show?

I do wonder where from this lousy feeling creeps into my mind/body/brain? when do I allow this to happen? What am I busy with when this unwanted feeling or so called emotion plays with me? I kept thinking, how does this happen that I forget the feeling of excitement and makes myself feel bored. I don't want to be lazy,I do not like it. I like and love to be extremely busy enjoying every piece of my life, every activity I do and make most of my life outstandingly precious. 10 years down the line when I look back I want to see just the happy and satisfactory graph of my life. I know this, but for that I need to be on toes right now...then why this lazy feeling follows me many a times.....

I understand that I cannot pick up this feeling and pull it out of my mind/brain.....but I need to replace it with the feeling of enthusiasm, feeling of motivation, feeling of excitement ...but how?

I kept on thinking..and finding for an answer...but still left unanswered...do u go through this kind of situation in your life...then please let me know the answer if u are aware of one....