The Balancing Act

Freezing moment This happened almost a year back. During my daily commute to office along with my colleague in his vehicle I used to see some daily sights and people, who became a daily part of the 50 minutes drive to office. One of the sights was of a beggar woman along with her old mother (seemed like) and two little children , one a girl of almost 4 years and the little boy was always on her hip and he was almost 1. I used to see her at the traffic light every day, and it seemed she slept on the nearby pavement, this was a busy road and by the time we reached the spot, we used to see her begging for some money and then bringing tea and biscuits for her mother and children, by the look of the pavement and things strewn around there I could make out that she lived there itself, maybe. I was really upset to see her everyday in this condition, her clothes were torn and tattered, the boy did not have any clothes below his waist, the little girl also wore a torn frock, the mother was...

Time does wonders. It mellows down people, it hardens hearts, it brings dreams crashing down, it pushes hopes soaring high, it brings life to grinding halt, but it never stops and never looks back. It is me and you who are caught up in the sands of time who travels down the memory lane or builds castles in the air about a few years into future, it is so funny but the speed of time , whether it is going fast or is crawling by, totally depends on the situation we are in , when we are happy time flies, when we are sad time just hovers around refusing to move. All those happy days in school and college when we had no care in the world seems to have zoomed past, the courtship days filled with rosy excitement and sweetness of chocolate on every meeting has just disappeared so fast. When the day of marriage dawned it filled the tummy with rainbow coloured butterflies, by the evening the fragrance of jasmine filled the air, time whizzed past and now on this day of my twelfth wedding anni...

Happy Birthday to my daughter The wails got louder As the nurse bathed you 9 years ago It was a cloudy, cold day And the new born you resisted the bath your own way I gathered you in my arms Kept you close to me It felt so strange having to look after , A frail little baby depended so much on me I was scared to take you in my arms You looked so red and so angry That you had to come out early My stitches hurt and I was tired All I wanted was to sleep some more But you wanted so much of attention Now you have grown up baby You have your own likes and dislikes Sometimes you are so funny You like to read only when you are in the mood You write well and you remember your lessons so well Only you want to play some more And also to watch tv some more Especially Barbie and her stories You have grown so tall And you look so beautiful Your hair is much longer than mine And I am so proud of you Soon you would become a little lady Beautiful and graceful Soon I ‘d be graying and aging But I shall s...