Dream.

What is it that saddens a parent the most? As a parent and the phase I am going through, I think it is when the child is not doing well, health-wise. Being a mother of a toddler, the most unhappy moments are the ones when my toddler is down with fever or cough & cold, or the most recent one - stomach infection. I introduced a new food last week - perhaps it did not suit him and it led to stomach infection. He is recovering; however, the recovering it's taking its own sweet time. And seeing him go through such pain is extremely painful for me.

As a child grows, I am sure parents have different set of issues to deal with at different points of time. Which school is the best for my child? Will my child get admission into a good school? Once admitted, is my child giving in his/her best at studies and extra-curricular activities? And always hoping that children don't fall into bad company. Will my child be able to understand right from wrong, good from bad, ethical from unethical?

I think the answer to the last question and the statement before it is more to do with the upbringing. What children watch at home and comprehend according to their understanding help them not cross the thin line between right & wrong, good & bad, ethical from unethical. And it is the upbringing that helps a child not bend to peer pressure.

I've seen so many parents asking their children to do things because of what the society will say. "Aisa karoge, toh log kya kahenge?" People will say things anyways. Someone will try to bring down another, maybe because someone could not do something himself/herself. The main thing is follow your dreams and let people say things. If people don't say anything about your dreams, I feel your dreams are not worth following. If people don't say anything about your dreams, you are doing what everyone else is doing.

Dream. And rock on!

Avoid Whirlpool products

Whirlpool, Whirlpool! The products we purchased actually made our life a whirlpool!

We had purchased a Whirlpool refrigerator (6th sense technology) and a Whirlpool washing machine (6th sense technology yet again!) - the sports version in February 2010. And after much research we thought Whirlpool is a good buy.

Unfortunately, we had to sell off the refrigerator in September 2012. Why? Because in these 2.5 years, it gave us so many problems that we just had to dispose it off. I was lodging a complaint every now and then in the time the refrigerator was with us. The problems ranged from the sensor, compressor, light, freezing or over-freezing,... The list would go endless. Uff! Now we bought an LG refrigerator and we are happy. Life's Good!

The Whirlpool washing machine has been giving us problems since earlier this year too. And I've been placing so many complaints that it's a headache! Our washing machine is not working since 22nd September 2012. And as per the Whirlpool technicians, the new part is not available. Somebody came and changed the motor & the washing machine still didn't work. And now they are telling they are trying to find a new part and they may find it in 2 days or it may take 5 days or a bit longer. When, they can't tell! This washing machine will have to go. Unfortunately.
We'll buy an IFB washing machine soon.

I've always had this thought that if a person wants the best, money has to be shelled out. Not that we didn't spend a good amount on Whirlpool - just that putting in an extra 4-5 grand on IFB then would have helped us avoid this re-spending on a washing machine so soon. And an additional 3-4 grand on the refrigerator would have made our life good from earlier.

My rating of Whirlpool - 0.5 stars out of 5 stars.

In fact, Kajol and Ajay Devgan being pretty decent actors must avoid being the brand ambassadors of Whirlpool. They can try being brand ambassadors of other better products. Are you listening?

Oh! The terrible lie...

Woke up this morning
Trying hard to hide my melancholy
I've joined you for breakfast
And we continued our lie...

Every day it's similar
You are so cheery
And so am I
Oh! our terrible lie..

I do wish sometimes
As I leave for work sullenly
Dreading the day already
Weeping far within...

The lie, terrible and unending
Would cease to be
And I would know the real you
And the real me...

...and no one knows

I am alone,
so very alone.

I am hurt,
so very hurt.

I am ignored,
just thrown aside.

I am security,
for others to have.

I am lonely,
there is no one close,
no one sees the pain.

I am alone,
and no one knows.

...

I shed a tear today,
Silently, I let it fall...
You caught it, you shared it...
Held it, felt it,
Then...
Suddenly, it wasn't so big after all!

What good is love...

I waited for your love in hope
That ours would come again
And makes me feel like the things
When we were one then...
But then time and distance have erased
The things I wished anew
And now I find myself alone
Even though I am here with you...

What good is love, that does not touch
What good is love, that gives you pain
What good is love, that makes you run
And makes you lost out in the rain?

Too painful is this - to journey back
To times of love and laughter,
The times we lay together with
A sense of you, and a sense of me...

I still want to journey with you
What good is to journey alone,
But at time too, I shall ask,
What good is love...

Ridiculous!

"Aa Re
Pritam pyare, Banduk mein na toh, Goli mere
Aaa.. re
Pritam pyare, Sab aag toh, Mere kurti mein re, Zara hukka utha zara, Chillam jala..
Pallu ke neeche Chupake rakha hai, Utta doon toh hangama ho..."

I was listening to this song for the first time earlier this year from the movie Rowdy Rathore and I didn't know how to react. Actually I din't give much of a thought that time. Then I watched this song again few more times whenever it was being flashed on one of the channels. What atrocious are the lyrics! As per the song, all fire is in that dancers shirt? And why would she show to all what she has hidden under her 'pallu'?

And who was the choreographer for this song? The dance movement look cheap!

Consider another song from the movie Kya Super Cool Hain Hum -
"Hum toh hain cappuccino, tum pee lo zara haseeno..."

And while singing this song, the two actors turn their backs to the camera and pull down their pants (I'll not prefer to call trousers) to show their colorful shorts with something written on them...


Has the standard of people gone down so much to prefer songs with these kind of lyrics? What happened to the golden era of songs from Hindi cinema? The list of beautiful songs is endless. Listen songs from that era today and they are still melodious and sweet!

"Ek ladki bheegi bhaagi si, Soti raaton mein jaagi si, Mili ik ajnabi se, Koyi aage na peechhe, Tum hi kaho ye koyi baat hai..." from Chalti ka Naam Gaadi
"Ajeeb dastaan hai yeh, kahan shuru kahan khatam; yeh manzilain hain kaunsi, na tum samajh sake na tum...", from Dil Apna Aur Preet Parai

Come on music directors of today, you can do better!