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.