Want to make God laugh...tell him your plans...

There’s a Marathi serial on TV which endorses the concept of Surrogacy…now for those who don’t know about surrogacy….the term literally means using a substitute mother in place of natural mother to conceive a child… ….
so this couple, married for 10 years or so….have tried every option possible in the world – scientific and otherwise …nothing has worked for them….as the last hope…they decide to opt for surrogacy…they put an ad in the paper to look out for the willing candidates….after screening and scanning hundreds of options, finally a girl (who is incidentally heroine of the serial…and who is against this concept theoretically) unwillingly agrees to volunteer...feeling burden of huge financial pressure on her….’cos this couple is rich enough…and ‘M’ factor is not a problem….so she agrees…takes the money (signing amount…J)…and they start the procedure….after all the filmy dramas and twists…the girl is now pregnant…couple is on cloud nine…finally the things r falling in place….
And now suddenly the ‘original’ mother is carrying….after 10 years….and the couple no longer want the child for which they have spent loads of money….they want their biological child….and the hapless girl is left to her fate…unmarried but pregnant…I mean I don’t get this…is this God’s idea of a private joke or something…or is he in the mood for some mischief….they say…’want to make God laugh…tell him your plans’…..how true…

Feeling blue...

Do you feel the ‘void’ one day after the ‘birthday’…it feels as if people are telling you…’yesterday all we did is to pamper you…now wake up….dream day is over….you get back to the routine and let us get back to ours….’….as if they had enough of u in one day…now they will just ignore you…well they don’t really…it just feels that way….and it wasn’t exactly my birthday L

Don’t know why ‘m feeling a bit down since last 2 days….bored, uneasy calm descending upon me and the surroundings….something is just not right….maybe it is…but I don’t feel that way…as if the ‘twilight blues’ are working overtime to make up for the recession…we seem to have everywhere around us….and I don’t know the reason….hence there’s no solution….’cos I know I am essentially an optimist….i believe even if things seem to go wrong, there’s always a solution if u r willing to find it…there’s always a way is been my motto for long….then why do I feel the way I am feeling?? Well…the feeling comes back once in a while…its not frequent…but its not rare either….. Sometimes I get bored to the limit…to the point of pondering over end of life…and it suffocates me….its the feeling I can’t define…but it doesn’t go away…..

Sometimes I wonder….what do I want exactly? Love, fame, money…what? I seem to have enough of everything required to be fairly happy and content in life….but these things never seem to be enough…whats that one ‘thing’ (if at all it’s a thing), I am constantly looking out for…striving for…. ‘m not a perfectionist either…..

As I am going crazy over these thoughts, a group of people, of both genders and ages…but mostly old people are busy collecting neem leaves for tomorrow…for Gudipadva….they are busy pulling a huge branch of a tree down to get some (free) neem leaves which r considered auspicious for the occasion…and in the process they have brought entire tree down….with their efforts…there it is…a huge branch of neem lying on the ground…and people are jostling each other for their share…somehow the site is not pretty….even I need to get some of them for tomorrow…but forget it…collecting those leaves from that branch just seems cheap….something again is not right….i start feeling down again…..as if I really need a reason…..

Does that branch feel pain? Does the pain ever go away….or do a point come where pain just stops…or its an eternal thing…never ending…God…am I feeling sorry for that branch now?….well…that’s the kind of mood I’m in….

Live your dreams....

Natrang and Harishchandrachi factory both seemingly different movies give us the same message….live your dreams…whatever it takes…but believe in your dreams…and one day they will come true….and even if they don’t at the end…u will sign out from this world fully satisfied that you tried your best…you gave it your best shot…i dream it...i will do it...i did it!!

There's another aspect of these two movies...which is quite remarkable....in Natrang....the family of protagonist fails to come to terms with his dream....and blames him for their poverty and pains...and their miserable life....and when he is down and out....they leave him to suffer his fate....the other protagonist is quite lucky that way....his wife and his children do not seem to think 'anything crazy' of whatever he is attempting...even though making motion pictures is quite unheard of in the society....they believe in him...in fact they are actively involved in the film making....Both had to fight really hard to achieve their dreams....but i guess your family being with you helps....

'jab apne sath hote hain...to kuch bhi namumkin nahi hota...'.....

Driving nuts....

Today i was driving activa on mumbai-banglore highway....met a real specimen on the way...
a middle aged man (must be 45-50)...and his wife were riding on a (at least) 25 yr old bajaj scooter...they were quite ok till i overtook them at one junction....within seconds...he overtook me...and drove away...i thought he didnt like me overtaking him...just to make sure i was right...i overtook him again..and there he was....again increased his speed....overtook me....and flashed me a nasty look...

well...that did it...i was really excited by now....and it was easy to overtake him again...he was so livid....started driving like a maniac.....and trying to get past me....but by then..i was in game totally...and was easily keeping ahead of him....i mean are gadi tari bagha...mi activa chalwatiy...its a 4 stroke bike...ata ti 25 varsh juni scooter chalwun kiti mazhya pudhe janar ahat kaka...its not a competition betn a man and a woman...its a competition betn machines...and quite logically....the machine with more power will win...
pan nahi...tyanna itka rag yet hota ki mi tyanchya pudhe jatiy....pudhe pudhe tar mi thode distance zale ki speed kami karat hote...tyanna pudhe jau det hote...ani mag punha tyanna overtake karat hote...did i behave like a sadist?

.....tya bhangadit mage basalelya kaku jeev muthit gheun basalya hotya.....imagine no helmet...two wheeler with min power, no rear view mirror....driving on a highway....but just that attitude...that how can a woman overtake a man...:)....Buland bharat ki buland tasveer...Hamara Bajaj :)