Written by “That’s the funny thing about havin’ a kid. They come with their own set of problems; make everything else you were worried about seem kinda silly.”
- Greg Garcia
Monthly archives for November, 2011
Bran(d)ependent
Its surprising how our dependence on things increase over a period of time! More often than not, we adults label this as lack of simplicity in our lives!
I am working from home today and have a few gadgets around me, triggering how much I need all these brands for my day! Surrounded by brands, here is a quick reconciliation of some of the names I can see around myself…
- Apple
- Bose
- HTC
- Blackberry/RIM
- Lenovo
- Canon
- Casio
- Panasonic
- Neelgagan
- Hindustan UniLever
- Sony
- Roots
- Whirlpool
- IFB
- Airtel
- Samsung
- Hot Wheels
- Bombay Dyeing
- Portico
What I am really missing is a lot of stuff from flea markets that I have always wanted to buy! Someday for sure!
हम दीवानों की क्या हस्ती (Hum Deewano ki kya hasti)
Meghna had given this poem to me on a piece of paper back in college… I found it a few weeks ago again, while cleaning up… and now thought of putting it at Chai ki Dukaan too! Poems and Chai could be a deadly combination actually! As far as I remember a lot of our creative work back in college took place while we were having tea at a Chai ki Dukaan “up the hill across the road down the street” from college… beautiful days!
हम दीवानों की क्या हस्ती,
हम आज यहाँ कल वहां चले
मस्ती का आलम साथ चला,
हम धूल उडाते जहाँ चले
आए बनकर उल्लास अभी
आँसू बनकर बह चले अभी,
सब कहते ही रह गए,
अरे तुम कैसे आए, कहाँ चले?
किस ओर चले? यह मत पूछो,
चलना है, बस इसलिए चले,
जग से उसका कुछ लिए चले,
जग को अपना कुछ दिए चले।
दो बात कही, दो बात सुनी,
कुछ हँसे और फिर कुछ रोये,
छक कर सुख दुःख घूंटों को
हम एक भाव से पिए चले।
हम भिखमंगों की दुनिया में
स्वछंद लुटा कर प्यार चले,
हम एक निशानी सी उर पर,
ले असफलता का भार चले
हम मान रहित, अपमान रहित
जी भरकर खुलकर खेल चुके,
हम हँसते हँसते आज यहाँ
प्राणों की बाजी हार चले!
हम भला बुरा सब भूल चुके,
नतमस्तक हो मुख मोड़ चले,
अभिशाप उठाकर होठों पर
वरदान दृगों से छोड़ चले
अब अपना और पराया क्या?
आबाद रहे रुकने वाले!
हम स्वयं बंधे थे,
और स्वयं हम अपने बंधन तोड़ चले!
- भगवतीचरण वर्मा
The photograph was taken at Iskon Temple, Vrindavan
Can watch you for hours when you sleep!
Its amazing how I feel when I watch you sleep… its like meditation! Peace!
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Twitter Weekly Updates for 2011-11-27
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Speak a few!
Would it not be wonderful if you were speaking to us already?
We have to figure out so many things by just looking at your face these days… and most of the times what you do is accompanied by air punches and air kicks! Cold or not, you do not like the blanket on you.. but we feel that you should… and at times we have force it on you as well because its so cold…
And what’s with the burping? You get hungry and rushing for milk is understandable… and because you are too hungry, at times you gulp like crazy is also understandable… but with Papa and Mama both trying to get you to burp, you don’t help at times! not good… and we know it troubles you when you have a stomach full of milk and air!
Please sweetie… let’s try and make it more milk and less air!
And its interesting how different doctors have so many different views on infant care! 
Dr. Arvind Garg and a few others in NCR do not recommend any massage to you right now, and the doctor in Panipat is in favor of a regular massage.. and so are your grandparents! I am not sure I guess! Logically there is no harm in giving you a massage, however it has to be a careful process to ensure we don’t hurt you anywhere!
Hope you are liking it so far! Love you!
ज्ञानचंद दोहेवाले
मन में बात न छुपाइये, मन हो जाता भारी |
दोस्तों से मिलिए, दिल से बोलिए, छोड़िये चिंता सारी ||
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Another milestone in fatherhood
In addition being able to make Veda sleep, stop her from crying, singing to her, and being able to change her nappies and diapers, I could give her a nice warm bath today!
She did cry, but not as much as I had feared she would!
All is Well!
