A post about love (!!!)

Now, I am not THAT kind of blogger / writer. I would usually refrain from blogging or writing about love or motherly emotions or any kind of f e e l i n g s. It reminds me of a scene from Everybody Loves Raymond, which, to my mind, was more of a reality show than some reality shows. In that scene, as the newly married couple Robert and Amy indulge in PDA, their seniors Ray and Debra look at each other with Debra finally saying "Remember when we were that stupid?"

But that doesn't mean I haven't had those feelings....hell, yeah I have. The wonderful thing about love is that it is capable of dominating bloody well all other feelings. I have experienced love to completely overcome fear. It can make you forget that this would be a situation in which normal people (read, those who have grown out of love) may experience fear.

In many cases involving love, one can feel one's resilience rise to an incredible level. The extent to which your mind can process things or events without reacting increases dramatically. I have seen love bring assertiveness out of an otherwise introvert person, and establishing stability over an otherwise impulsive one. 

If this capability of love, to change the innate nature of a person and to overpower other emotions were to be used in an advantageous manner, there can be tremendous achievements. But fortunately or unfortunately, where love is involved, there aren't any considerations of advantage / disadvantage. It is therefore left to destiny to bring out the best out of love. So here's wishing luck to be added to the power of love.....

The 'Sun-lighter' side of life.....

"How are you settling down?" has been on the top of the list of FAQs for me in the last few months, an obvious one for someone who has shifted residence across continents. It's not yet been six months, but here are some things that struck.....

You can see the sun in here and actually feel its heat. But the heatwave can also strike with a vengeance as if saying 'Coming from the land of rain, huh?.......now take this.....'. For at least a month since we landed, my nearly six year old limited her world to the AC room with a working remote.

Practically any grocery item needed can be found out of the society gate. But the heat makes you unwilling to walk to get grocery anyway.

Point to point distance can be reached with a means cheaper than a taxi. But sometimes, you are thankful you were able to get down in one piece from that 'means'.

Envelopes, glue stick, all available at your doorstep. But postal stamps can be secured only from the post office and must be posted in the boxes outside the post office. No post boxes can be found at a walking distance and if you do find one, you're told the post is going to stay inside the box forever.

You could travel in a local train past four stations for INR10 (EUR0.14) V/s EUR5. But god save you if you don't know which side you need to alight from.

You now have someone do your dishes for you. But promotions and bonus, all expected within a month, since its Diwali!

You now know who lives next door....but the twin kids next door can ring the doorbell (and at least thrice) anytime and hop in to disturb your kid's study.

Relatives / friends are now a local phone call away, but welcome to the land of no response to professional e-mails.

The language is of course, 'aapni', but the general mind set might sometimes feel like the square peg in the round hole, whose edges are being "filed" to suit the requirements of the hole.

Contradictions aside, it probably is the destiny of the ice to melt in its own water (Swades of course) and to be "unmade" in India!