These past few days...

Hey all , It has been a while , now every other time I have written a small piece it has been from a  place of extreme certainty and a firmly established point of view, I can safely say this is  from the other extreme and it may not make a lot of sense but I think I'll do it anyway.

 This is about the time since Pa made sure everything was in order and decided it was time  .....  till today.....I suppose things will never ever be the same , a lot of people came to meet us and it felt really good that Pa had touched so many lives in so many ways, that all of them had so many wonderful memories to share some of which we ( the family ) hadn't even heard of, so much goodwill and respect. Every person who met us and inquired about our well being felt like Pa wanting to know if we were doing ok and how long we would take to get back to normal, the moment this thought came to me I warned the family that it will be really tough to keep secrets from Pa now that he is everywhere, not that is was any easier before but yeah we've got to be really careful...

 I still play a bit of sport and I realise now that i don't really have the older man in the house to take a result to(there is always Mom she makes up for more than the both of them) ...so whether it is still that much fun , I not so sure...not that the man ever went overboard in his appreciation... on the contrary really but if he ever did say well done ...or a 'hmmm'  with a very slight nod and if it was something that was really impressive (to him) it was done with raised eyebrows ...that there was the pinnacle ....of the compliment and of my success.......brilliant.

So when any of these elderly gents decide to come visit , I know they are responsible for onlt half the plan to do so and when we respond to 'their' queries about everything , I can almost see the man standing there with one leg folded ,one arm around his friend's shoulder ( so gracefully stylish) with that smile  that warmed everything around, proud to hear and see his kids and their kids doing ok....eventually all the uncles have to go home, but I am happy to have met them and left us with the thought that we are being looked after as always .....here and from that very happy place up above........Just thoughts. 





   

Trappings of a vacation

Hey Peeps,
It has been a bit long since  I last wrote about a thought  and the simple reason being that they don't come to me as often as I would like them to , a few that do, are inversely proportional to my liking or tastes so in continuation with my attempts of staying serious, here's one that I like and I have held on for about a couple of weeks.

This ones about a vacation, A vacation is usually planned with close friends or ones that catch up regularly or at least with people who you are most likely to get along for the duration of the vacation. Then with these people come the rigours of planning and it is rigorous. If this conventional approach is abandoned completely , it is like taking big chance or so I was told and very passionately at that.... we( the wife and I) the went against 'conventional (not a big fan) wisdom( less said the better)' to take this 'chance' to go on a vacation with some old friends and some that were brand new .
 The plan of this vacation took all of 30 mins maybe less the travel arrangements took less than 10,
that sorted everything else went to schedule , though we nearly missed the flight , the flight itself...... .....behaved.
 Still staying with serious ,If the idea of a vacation is to get away from it all would you be able to do so if you went on vacation with the 'same' regulars..... would you then be able to get away ???
 The friends, the old and the new, who also took their very own chances (needless to say a more daunting task than ours) were ,very refreshingly from different walks of life and very good at what they do too. This resulted in fresh perspectives thrown in discussions again very welcome changes from the norm, different approaches to situations( some of them are very challenging especially on vacations) for example 'Should we venture out of the resort , for whatever reason ....well?' tricky at the best of times..... the first time for  my hugely experienced self....discussions that followed were massive in content but small in size and breakthrough decisions were taken ....calmly....at first we  didn't go ....then we did, all of it in a very lovely, peaceful manner....another change from the usual was that I was the drinker( though one claimed to be equally if not more accomplished that however stayed just a claim) of the group, so at the end of one drink and at the beginning of the second we were usually suitably armed for whatever was next on the agenda.

The Friends that were on that trip still are ....friends... and seem excited to plan another one of these and soon.....with this charming thought of having caught up with some really lovely people ,whom we knew and liked for ages(quite bizarre as to why we didn't do this earlier),  to some who we just met but seem and feel like they have have been around for ages ( we really liked them too)  I would like to close and store one memory and with this successful concept in place, try and absorb another beautiful one ........'Just Thoughts'.


 

My kittens , my kittens
My lap and arms around
their only play ground,
My kittens ,my kittens
My shadow from the sun
Where they had all their fun,
My kittens ,my kittens
My ear where they were loud,
Now my eyes where they make me proud,
My kittens my kittens
Have now found their own mittens,
Where I firmly lay
Are new friends to play ,
My kittens my kittens,
Whenever it is me you need
Never worry for my being is full of heed,
my kittens My kittens.....

Khatriranjya..... 21/06/2015

Do you want to know your hero???

Hey all,
 Haven't been around  because honestly nothing reasonable came to mind.
This  thought however was on the periphery for quite some time now, it is not really a thought , more a question or is it really? , well having beaten the bush not around it , to pulp  , Ill come straight  out  and well .... ask. We all have our role models , heroes....people we look up to , admire , follow, use as reference points when we ourselves are growing ,developing into people we eventually want to be. We know our heroes ( going to refer to these people as heroes from now on) from a distance in some cases from a considerable distance , maybe never ever met them in person. So how much do we really know these heroes?   enough to place them on these imporant pedestals ? Sure? but these are not the questions that are bothersome ......that question is  Do you really want to know your 'Hero'?
Let me give you an example, for me a legend who has been an idol for many , hero to a billion like myself , man who made miracles seem regular occurrences , so regular that they were expected , even demanded.... unfairly but no one cared ...all this on the field , of it  known and seen to be very encouraging of young aspirants from his chosen field and many others which weren't his , generous , honest ,fair( as in not unfair, no one from our sport is genuinely fair ....skinned).....long story short ........'.Hero'. This guy has been around since I began realizing that the ball hurts the hand and it will every time till I keep at it .
So in essence the admiration , respect and I grew together ,now I have kids of my own, the guy is still up there and in my quest to know more about him ,suppose I get to know now , he refused to sign a kid's autograph or he doesn't get along with his wife , his childhood sweetheart(blasphemous)  or broke some law......, Where does that leave me? and I am not being self centered ... remember billions at stake here , he never  would have done these things.....never ever did in my mind , I can chose not to believe but he will surely slip a notch ,  I , for one cannot go on with life suspecting .......'Him' ........ I choose not to know beyond what I know and what keeps him safe ......but again  its worth billions and some of those  might read this so back to the question ..........would you really want to know your hero ?  ........a question maybe?......  or just a thought....       

The Kind Swimmer

Hey all,
Just back from an exceptional family vacation to liquid Kerala , liquid because of the amount of water bodies lets just say more water than land and that would be an apt summary .Water and vacation brings about two clear lines of thinking one is I just feel really  happy when I see an ocean , river , lake or just the hotel pool  (maybe its the holiday mood )and then the natural successor of a thought, swimming. This time however a third came to me about the swimmer and their types and styles, very fragmented and detailed they were too.
I have come to realize that there are basically three types of swimmers and this by no means is a broad outline, there are only three types.. One who wants enjoy his or her time in the water might swim a lap or two if they can that is or stick to the safe , shallow end till they crease out. Second, one who has remembered and realized  what he/she has had for dinner and drinks the previous night and has a clear idea now of how much they have saved in terms of calories , they do a number of laps and get out feeling 'worked out' and  try be guilt free for the next session of drinks and dinner. The Third , however is a real concern , forcing me to label it 'an encounter of the third kind' , this kind of Swimmer is one who has recently acquired the knowledge of moving forward in water , forward in their mind solely, this kind always seems to be on a mission , a mission to primarily kill the water and all life in it and as we know it. If Archimedes was around he would have had to alter his theory about displacement of water as regards to mass and weight , these swimming m'asses' displace massive quantities of water not to mention other swimmers , that however is not the really intriguing part , the fact that they feel that their mere presence has granted them  ownership of the water body , that their style and posture is mesmerizing (that is true in some cases , I sure was )   and that they can actually swim, being the real areas of concern.
 I think , now that we have had a change in governance in the country and it seems to be one where one can hope for progress , I sincerely hope and vehemently appeal for a penal code to be brought about to contain and confine these swimmers to jailed pools , every time these destroyers of traditional and normal swimming, think about a holiday and begin to plan, they should be extradited from their homes and be put in places with institutionalized pools , where they could be allowed to do as they please (human rights though I do not for a second believe that belong to the same specie ).
 I have saved their swimming gear and choice of wardrobe for another time .
 'Jailed for vacation' is an idea that comes to a troubled mind, as a savior of the peace of other holiday makers and its about time we all stood up for it . ..........Just thoughts.    

The morning after

Into the Scraps,

don't mind the raps,

never ever rued,

that feeling so good,

in for the tussle,

worth every aching muscle

Oh for the ache,

no piece of cake,

the fight juice has stopped to flow,

no glaze, no more glow,

think I am getting smarter?

Naw  its  just the ' morning after'.

Khatriranjya

15/02/2011

Its just strange...

Hey all, I have been thinking about this for quite a while now and I still can’t get over it. I am sure all of us meet and greet people everyday some of us more than the others but we all do and we get all kinds of greetings in return , when a ' Hello' is returned with a 'hmmm' usually parents or teachers do this when some kid is trying to butter them up to try and lesson the blow of imminent punishment , that to me is pretty normal but when it happens outside these relationships it doesn’t just result in raised eyebrows an arm or fist could also enter the equation. So you get the gist of where I am coming from and there are many such unique responses but the one that has me bewildered is a 'Yes' now this is a very peculiar response or a conversation starter, prevailing mainly in cricketing circles, or at least in Pune and I am quite sure it is still in vogue. Imagine this you meet someone and the first word you hear is a 'Yes' ....Yes??? What would you make of it? what would you have me make of it? It has been said with a large smile, a plain nod even a with a snooty grimace. One point in time, I very seriously thought the 'Yes' would replace the 'Hi' ,the'hello' or even the more traditional 'namaskar' well at least in cricket circles. It has had me in absolute splits , amused, bemused, bewildered even annoyed, Well why annoyed you may ask? picture this, you have just been given out which according to you was an absolutely wrong decision (it usually is) you most unwillingly accept it as fate, try and absorb, deep breaths, some clown waves and shouts a "Yes" half way across the friggin world , the same world that has seen you a minute ago , exchanging pleasantries with the Ump... then the ' Yes' happens ....followed by how are you doing? How am I doing!!! Wringing necks is the thought that has usually followed this sequence ,it has happened a few times. I am still trying to come to terms with what it actually means but since I am no authority on a 'hello' or a 'hi' either I have bided my time to get a suitable and convincing explanation, which unfortunately hasn't been forthcoming, if anyone one of has an answer for me do help me out and get in touch, I hope this is explanation enough for everyone to consider that my actions are reactions and that in the future when I am sure to be confronted with another "yes" its the greeting not person that the reaction is directed at. Hopefully the very few that read this would be around to save grace .....'Just Thoughts'