Blog Post-5

19/01/2010

Hey Friends

I’ll be leaving for Mumbai morrow. Packing is almost done as well.

No doubt I’ll miss my parents and my always ready to fight brother, each and every one of you (except those who’ll accompany me in the trip), the cricket matches going on (I hope India wins) and last but not the least… the blog.

I will be back on 27^th.

Cya then.

Or rather… Hum Hain Rahi Pyar k

Phir Milenge Chalte Chalte.

Umesh Motwani

Blog Post-4

18/01/2010

“Some Uncle”
It was heart-breaking start today as I was asked to get up 7:00am in the morning.
Mom yelled my name in short form (Umi) as she normally does.
Umi I guess wasn’t quite enough to wake me up and thus she made that Umiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii…….. The frequency of her voice is very much amplified. All Thanks to her college students.
I gained some sort of consciousness and made her stop by giving a feeble response saying ‘hmmmm’ with my brain still fogged with sleep. She asked me to go to railway station as ‘some uncle’ of mine was coming to Bhopal and the arrival time of train was 7:30am.
Now who cares for who or which uncle is coming when he is responsible for spoiling your wonderful sleep. I don’t enjoy getting up early in vacations and especially when I sleep late the night before. She informed me that ‘some uncle’ will be guest for today.
“Atithi Devo Bhavah” she said and nudged on my head as I was getting a bit restless. She always likes to tease me in such situations.
Mom always says to drink water after getting up. But drinking water so early in morning is no less than drinking a bitter melon juice in winters. I normally avoid it unless forced by mom. I reluctantly moved to brush the teeth then knowing that I have to put that ghostlike cold water in maw later for washing. But no doubt that it feels good after brushing.
I then had a taste of boiling milk which is no less than ‘Amrit’ in such cold. I then asked dad to give a check whether the train is late. It is always good to ask such questions in our country and that too when it is hazy in the morning.
To my surprise the train was on time. This news broke my heart second time. My face tried to give the mixed expression to reflect my surprisal as well as heart-breaking. I left home covering myself from top to bottom and reached railway station driving slowly as the environment was foggy. Not to much surprise this time as the station was deserted with the pin drop silence that you don’t see often.
The train arrived at 7:40. I suppose the driver never gave the engineering exams and thus didn’t understand the value of ten minutes. Anyways I couldn’t help the cause. When that ‘some uncle’ touched the platform I realized mom was talking about my ‘Mausaji’.
With the swarthy skin of his face and his grin, he was easily perceivable through the mist. I did manage to give a smile to reflect the happiness of him coming to Bhopal.
I’m considered as a good and well-mannered boy by every relative of mine and I had to act like the same in front of him too. So I bent down to touch his feet and asked to take the bag to lower the burden of his shoulders to which he blissfully said YES.

Blog Post-3

15/01/2010

So here I’m again... Starting afresh for my second post...First of all I would like to thank to all those individuals who read my first blog (deleted now) and also to those who at least visited it once...Keeping my hit counter busy. ;)

It has been cold and breezy from last couple of days...I passed my time by catching some zzz’s yesterday. I don’t think of any other option when given the choice to nap in winters. :)

So its Friday today.

Time for the release of Shahid’s Chance Pe Dance….Hmm eight-pack. I ponder sometimes that instead of concentrating on acting the actors of now are busy making packs. (No offence meant for you Shahid. I know you are amongst very talented actors and in top 10 of bollywood today). May be this is what gratifies the present generation. And of course they need to do something new to grab the attraction of viewers.

Also we had the longest solar eclipse of this century today. Fortunately a friend of mine had the special filter eyeglasses and we thus viewed the spectacle of eclipse.

Today I want to convey you two noteworthy messages through this post...The simple they sound to be the harder they are to implement in practical life. Most of us are aware of such things but often don’t give credit to them and realize it later that we have committed a mistake. I felt to write about this when I experienced some moments in life which I would like to forget ASAP.

It was pretty hard day yesterday...I almost lost a very good friend of mine...But the bond of friendship is not so weak I suppose. I first wondered at those who spoke to me about the conflict with so and so friend. I thought that this can never happen to me as my friends never had an iota of problems with me…But now I realize that it can happen to anyone.

So Firstly: - Do not let your best buddies go away from your life...You won’t get them in future again. It is not everyone whom you get emotionally attached to. Not many become a part of your life. Just give a thought to this.

And Secondly: - Do respect and Love your parents throughout your life… and please even more when they reach the autumn of their life.

You might be thinking of why I am saying such thing... But I suppose the above two messages or you may consider them as requests were very much imperative to convey.

Also few days back I listened to people debating on “Joint Family or Nuclear Family”

I think that the time has changed. It is sometimes not possible for an individual to live the life in joint family. What is more important is to love and respect parents rather to discuss on whether one has to live with them. I suppose it is often not possible for an individual to stay with parents. So in case it is not possible for you to live with your parents… love them so much (by any means) that they don’t feel that you are far away from them.

“Unme Rab Dikhta Hai”

Now if I think about writing for parents here then I may well end up with blog of record length ever written by an individual.

Few more points :-

*Try and give more emphasis to Mother’s day and Father’s day.

*Just one suggestion to Parents too: - ‘You must take out time for your children.’

*For those who are atheists: - If you do not believe in God or His presence is not felt then “Go and observe your PARENTS”

*Movies like Avtaar and Baghban is must watch for everyone.

*Make your parents happy whenever possible and if you can’t do that then at least don’t hurt them.

I never thought that this will be my second post. But I suppose the situation demanded me to write this.

A short poem that I read on some site.

I don't always show it
but you know that I do
appreciate how much
the both of you
have helped me with my life,
love, and career
and given me all of the things
that have gotten me here.
Thank you Mom and Dad.

Good Night

Umesh Motwani

Blog Post-2

14/01/2010
I'm sorry for deleting my first blog.
Regrets
Umesh Motwani