Being Tagged

I have been tagged by Nimmy. Being tagged for the first time, I feel a little odd to write 8 things about myself. I will give it a sincere try.

1. A nature lover, I am and act like a small kid even at the smallest change the nature shows. Be it the first rain of the season, or a slight pleasant weather or a little greenery in the garden I behave as though I am seeing it for the first time! :)

2. People find it surprising to hear me appreciate about them. I find it difficult to appreciate a person's acheivement, in person. I can shower loads of appreciation in their absence to a friend or others based on judgement.

3. I always try to find good in a person I see and try to ignore small things unless they become a threat. I derive this habit from a story from Mahabharat, told by my favorite teacher which, has left a long lasting behavioral tract in me.

Dronacharya, the Guru, tells Yudhishtira and Duryodhana, the eldest of the two
families, to go around the world and see the people. They go and come back. Teacher
asks them what they saw.

Duryodhana replies "I could see ONLY bad everywhere. Everyone has at least one bad habit".
And, Yudhishtira replies "The world is filled with goodness, everywhere. There was not a single
person, who did not have at least one good habit"

4. People interest me. The colorful ways of life, cultures, language, rituals, make me yearn for more. Wherever I go, I try to learn and understand the local life.

5. Simple living, high thinking is what I believe in. Again, this was the same teacher, a Gandhian, who taught me. He taught us English, while he himself knew Urdu and couple of other foreign languages like French and Russian. Being a staunch, old styled Brhamin, he could read verses of Quran, with ease. He was 70+ while he taught us in high-school and continued to do till he was around 85!

6. I don't like fraud and fanatiscm, in any form.

7. Music(specially, instrumental) and dance take me to another world. Like Nimmy, I am waiting for the next birth to be a singer. Hopefully, I will be one! :)

8. I seek and profess "balance". Very rarely, I get obsessive about something and over do it. One miss among them, is sweets. I LOVE sweets.

Now, the best part comes - tagging others. Here I go with my list. I can't force anyone in this list, to continue with this chain, though!

Lokesh Pant: Lokesh is lively and open about his thoughts which he shares in his Open perspective blog.

Apoorv Durga: With his simple but witty remarks he takes people by awe! He shares his Random thoughts on ECM space.

Shishank: Shishank pens his thoughts on PCM Space.

Bharat Sagar: Of dreams and acheivements is what Bharat speaks out in his Living Dreamz blog.

The rules are:
-Each player starts with 8 random facts/habits about themselves.
-People who are tagged, write a blog post about their own 8 random things, and post these rules. -At the end of your post you need to tag 8 people and include their names. Don’t forget to leave them a comment and tell them they’re tagged, and to read your blog.

Of perfumes and Magnetic Theory...

Going by the recent perfume ads, it's purely a modified version of the magnetic law - "Opposites attract".

They show that a woman is attracted by the strong, manly perfume used by men and vice versa. Why?

Because it's innate quality of humans. They expect the innate qualities of a gender when they see in person. A man, for example gets attracted with a faminine perfume used by a woman especially, when he sees other faminine qualities in that woman. The ad's portray this in a very subtle manner. Have you ever seen an ad which portrays a normal woman using the perfume? No. It's always the prettiest female model in the question. And same is the case with perfumes for men.

What's only highlighted in the ad is perfume's fragrance and the law of magnetism. And we forget to see the rest!

Best Blogs in India

Amit Agarwal has maintained the best blogs in India compiled by him based on certain parameters. It features Nimmy's blog too!

Facts about Relationship

Any relation has the following four basic points:
1. Love
2. Understanding
3. Responsibility
4. Respect

The levels of the basic points in each relation vary.
For example, you might be close with a friend, but you might think that he/she is not responsibile. You might not show the same level of love to a stranger when compared to your family members.

The levels of these four pillars in any relation are bound to change with individuals. But when we call someone close, like family members, the height of these pillars should be tall for a long lasting relation. If any of the pillar is uneven, then the relation constructed on these four pillars is going to dilly-dally, often.

Every pillar, has it's own importance. And the right amount of it is required in each relation. Again, too much of love with no responsibility will not help in sustaining the relation, for example.

Next time, you have a crack in the relation, which you think is important, check which pillar is going weak and correct it.