One year

29th June2009, it was a important day for me- I started working.

One year later, I am thinking how my life has changed in this one year.

While international community broke away from financial crisis, I got a nice place for myself in Mumbai (ok, rented!). I got my first credit card. I lived in Manhattan for a month. I bought a Blackberry. I went to London and Scotland. I paid taxes. I started writing this blog. I got a LV and Jimmy Choos. I met many new people and left a few friends behind. I was engaged. Anish moved to Delhi which meant long distance relationship for the first time in seven years. AND my neighbor's 4 year old daughter called me Aunty :((

Dad got a little sentimental, he said there are three big days that come in every parent's lives- first, when their babies arrive, second when their kids leave home for first time. We encourage them knowing that its only a beginning, and then the day comes when the kids become independent and it dawns upon us that our little babies no longer need us.

Then he said- "meri life mein aisa din kab aayega, ab to poora saal ho gaya Sonia tujhe kaam karte, fir bhi mera hee khoon choosti hai!"

One word answer to this question my daddy-dearest- never.

You're not so lucky after all ;)

Silence

Sometimes when we are away from the hustle and bustle of life, we get a moment to hear our own heartbeat and breathing.

Up in the hills, as clouds descended upon the peaks (or so they say!) and drifted towards no man's land, I could hear my own breathing.
And nothing else.

Sound of silence, is it?!

Far away some bird was whistling and Sahil was impressed :)
Nothing was moving, nothing dared to make any sound.

I thought about many people, I thought about many places, I thought about many questions, I thought about many answers...

What is it about silence that invokes thoughts?