The stars are shining for me

Last week, while on a long drive I looked up at the sky and was dazzled. It was a lovely starlit sky and each star shone so distinctly so brightly. I vowed that I would look up at the sky each night and soak in the marvel of the universe...At least every night that I spend outside of mumbai...In mumbai you only see dark ominous clouds.. no stars...other than the bollywood variety and these days even they dont shine brightly...You have the Himeshes!!!

Lifes Lessons

These day i spend most of my time in my own company. A lot of people ask me if I am lonely. Of course not, I love my own company. Your best friends are your thoughts and I have many of them..more so in this splendid isolation that I live in..These days the most stimulating conversations I have are with my house help..She in Bosnian and I in English....Dont get me wrong..she is a fine woman who has seen much sadness in life..a single parent...who lost her husband very early in life in an accident..Still when she walks into the house its like sunshine..ever smiling and joking...I wonder where she draws her strength from...partly I suspect from the cigarettes she loves to smoke...and the kafa (coffee) she loves to drink....but from her I have learnt that Life is about the happiness that you grasp amidst all the sadness. Happy thoughts then!

Economic turmoil!!! Markets Bleeding!!!!...just goes to show that when everything seems all right it does not take long for the carpet to be pulled from under your feet...Economic boom and exponential growth were words being bandied about and now its panic, depression, bankruptcy...all of which should put our lives in perspective..ultimately everything is transient ..so why worry..go along with the flow...just dont give up.