Strength - Strictly singular

"Stay strong, no matter what." "you are such a strong person." "Ah..this is not expected of you. You are so strong" ..and so on.. The striking similarity among all these dialogues is the singularity that's called strength, so confined to just a single person- YOU. Sometimes to such a frustrating extent that it seems so fair to the world and its people that the strong ones deserve pain just because they are the choicest ones to be choice less.

The smiles that shine the brightest are the ones that have embraced pain not because they were so ready to openly invite it, but simply that's the wisest way to handle it when imposed upon by it. These people make the finest examples possible for forlorn souls. Actually, the fact being that they almost equal the feelings of the models posing for some classic paintings. How great is that? Undoubtedly, they display an array of arched brows, but that's not it.

There is this humble thirst for easiness. To just be a plain Jane that could laugh around singing in the rain, to gaze at the stars with no propelling heaviness of thoughts in the mind or to just curve around fingers in the sand and smiling at the illusionary creations.

The strong person's heightened sensitivity is often misjudged and manipulated enough to push them to limits they are totally unaware of, when they actually want to be pulled back in love and care. And that's how they end up showing up as some superhuman enormity that gets away with inspired sighs of aweness. So unreachable! Trust me. That's not a nice feeling at all.

Sometimes when this strength is drawn after being drained out of total genuineness, it hits so much that laughter is the only best option to counter react with. The tears that operate backstage is known only to the few that stand watching upon these "strong" people.

The next time you see a shining smile that can almost blurr your eyes, just remember there is a thunderstorm being survived and hopes dying to be met. Turn around to the ones who really care for you and assure they have warm smiles from your loving hugs and words of care and not the super shiny ones born of tiring pain. The strength which then witnessed will be the unadulterated kind that can never be toxic. The singular stands tall when it finds its plural in love and respect.

A birthday wish..

The first exchange of smiles
And the warm welcome of words,
I thought would probably be the last sweet farewell.
A cute blush you did brush on my heart with that perky smile.
Until one day, you brought it to a shine
The glimmer has not dipped as the warmth just rose
Like the instant upsurge of the tide as the full moon sighs
We are walkers of this clan,
Sharing pride and fears of the known and unknown.
Until when, neither you know nor I
As those long locks of yours leash the wind
And deep eyes open sights familiar to mine
Every step you have climbed
Has its story to scream
As I listen through your ways
It makes me stop you for a bit to say
And what better day than today
Humble as honey and reigning like a bee
May you be the sweetness to spread
Within your life and without
So much so that the divine can't resist
your wishes to fulfill as you simply insist.

Operation Maitri

Looks like the 1950 Indo- Nepal treaty enters a very heartwarming reassurance of security for our Nepalese neighbours devastated by misery, with Operation Maitri. A very preplanned and organised initiative by the Indian government, this mission is not deviating from its focus to heal and warm the scarred hearts with hope while freezing the emotions of the operators.
The Indian armed forces have once again proved themselves with undeterred efforts in implementing this mission with such overwhelming dedication. Its not so much about the 40 tons of relief material, 50 tons of food, 22 tons of water, 2 tons of medicines, 10000 blankets, 1000 tents etc, but more to associate with the speedy catering to the urgency in demands in the shattered country.

Not to sound very crude, natural disasters bring in such mass harmony which mother earth is dying to look for in war compulsive conditions of this world. Probably that's the reason she decided to get awake to see and many had to die for it. When else can such an alarming response of oneness be witnessed without a second thought.

The Indian Air force has mobilised its various fleets like the C-17, C-130, ILs to name a few, together with its Eveready air warriors to arrive for rescue without a wink of hesitation as always. The pride of the these souls is often a much talked about discussion amidst an ignorant crowd which fails to feel the nerve of a man in uniform. What he has earned, he gives it back where he took it from and without a qualm. That's the spirit of the true Indian, the Indian Armed Forces stand for.

Thousands of our fellow folks from Nepal are being evacuated towards safer havens, a thousands more being bade a respectable final farewell possible and bunches of hundreds still being held by hands of love and warmth. As I see all this happening, I sit with a heart of prayer often reconciling to the magic of the human connect that never fails. Here is an outreach to the glorious Nepal to stand tall once again with its wonderful people holding on to it forever.
Operation Maitri - magically made for reality.

Simplicity

Pretty face, beautiful mind
Gestures subtle and so very kind.
Your little giggle at even the burst of a humble bubble
The sluggish sigh and the lissome laugh at the sight of a puddle
Not so often do you see innocence burn in human eyes
Human hearts slowly as they ice..
I am just a wanderer who received your smile
As I go walking those miles
Even as I walk away with head bowed down
You show up screaming..ho hey...with such a happy sound.
Stay this way for such are few.
As many change faces when everything turns new.

M iss d

 With you...
I miss announcing my excitement of laying my hands on my new mobile. I miss sharing my jumping out of joy at achieving an 8 km run in one shot..something for the oh -not- so my- thing attitude of mine. I miss telling you how moved I was when I sat for the last time at my classroom table before bading farewell to folks at my best loved work place. I miss laughing with you at my dumbest act on the streets. I miss sharing those stupid jokes. I miss sending my warmest wishes on your birthday. I miss sharing the first comment I received on my poem on a notable blog site. I miss sharing the ideas that I write here. I miss saying and stating the fact that there was never a good bye.I miss the motivation this would have received the first from you. I miss not knowing that it still matters to you. Does it? I miss your presence in my life. I wish you know it dear friend that you are MISS D.

The laws of let go..

You let me go. I came back. You are gone.

Some are loving enough to let go. Some are selfish enough to do so.

You let go of the real but hold on to the image which runs in your head.

Letting go is to exclude yourself. Letting in is all inclusive..

I am human.. I am woman

Managing the mobile on one hand, trying to stir fry some mouth watering potatoes on the stove while rushing to plant a kiss on her kid's forehead as she leaves for school...phew..the challenging multitasking handled with so much skill. This is the modern age woman. She does not shy away from what she is. Her imperfections are beautifully blunt.
It's not about feminism or women liberation that march 8 calls for, but rather an acknowledgement of the strengths that a woman needs to identify, which is shrugged off most often. It's about nurturing the spirit of this arduous yet delectable humanness that deserves an awestruck jubilation from the male folks.
Ardhanareeshwar, the lord himself is an absolute example of gender equality that represents the wholeness of the duality that exists together in harmony.
 Isnt it time to look at this in depth quality with a subtler approach rather than simply classifying women as just instigating sex symbols or doll damsels? The pride of a woman is in just seeing it and not making a huge melodrama about it.
 The fire that warms is also the one that burns. That's a woman for this world. She doesn't need any kind of stamped certification by the world to realise her potential. It's in her passive patience that this enormity lies. Gallant, gregarious and graceful...I am human..I am woman.