Sleeping Naked

Hmm..no this is not a publicity stunt to attract more readers to my blog. This is something that I wanted to always share and get to know more from people around.

When my mom was teaching me Good Night manners, she did teach me to pray to God before sleeping thanking Him for a wonderful day and all that jazz. She even taught me to change into night dress before going for sleep.

Well..the idea kind of crept in my teenage days, when I was first introduced to those tight bust lingeries. My mom never taught me to avoid using them at night and I thought it is mandatory for a girl to sleep securely in those stupid tight unwanted things.

Then when my sister got married and I had no one to share my room and I kind of thought of trying my own way of sleeping in loose slips. But then when my mother found this she was more concerned that I will catch cold. lol even in summers. She was like “temperature is low at night, baby you will get exposure.” So I was back to those thick hosiery night suits with my body twisting and turning in it during the night. I keep moving all over the bed when  I am asleep.

Now when I am away from my family, I wanted to actually try this thing to sleep naked as I always wanted to do. I think I will feel more calm, close to myself, and really cosy doing that. I actually read that “Not only is sleeping naked more comfortable, but it’s good for your health too. Increasing your level of comfort makes it easier for you to relax and sleep, so you get a better night’s kip. The resulting deeper, longer sleep makes it easier for your body to regenerate and repair itself, and build up your energy for the day ahead.”
[Source: http://www.sleepnaked.org/]

Another place I found that a Canadian journalist Farquharson has come up with a book : Sleeping Naked is Green. In her book, the journalist writes about her 366-day attempt to make a green change every day–and blog about it. She lists the 366 things she did on her blog, and sleeping naked is indeed one. Cool!

So tell me have you ever slept naked? ( I mean of course you do not need to mention your intimate bedroom moments.) Do you regularly sleep naked? Do you know someone in your family who sleeps naked? Have you ever thought of sleeping naked? Do you wish your partner should sleep naked with you? Does it sound weird? Not to be discussed publically? Do share your thoughts and sleep well.

A come back? Don’t know

Well, it has been months when I blogged last…and so many things happened in between..I changed my job and even my city.

Now that I live alone and may be will have more time to feel bored and “alone” I am assuming that I will write here often…but I am just assuming. I am not sure.

I guess I am kind of direction less on what should I blog about…not that I am a wannable blogger and want to simply blog because it is the “in” thing! But I am confused whether I should maintain a theme….

For example, sometime I only want to blog about “instructional design” the profession I am in and sometimes I just want to share only my personal emotional mushy things and at other times I want to write some short stories…so I am not sure..should I maintain three different blogs!! lolz sounds weird to me because I am not regular on the one I have..

Then I think may be there should be some theme so one blog will become hotch potch with my so many different things…

well…lets see.

An Earthen Doll and the Golden Prince – I

The prince was blue-eyed, fair-skinned, ruddy, well–built young boy. He had a heart of gold and a sharp brain. Oh! he was adorable and cute too. The prince was youthful, happy, and loved to learn new things, explore new horizons, and understand different concepts.

One day he was out on a planned trip across his country. He noted new things that he saw, and compiled images of all beautiful things that he came across. He was happy because he was able to make sense of all that he saw. Making sense of things was very important for him because he was intrinsically a logic-driven person. He was knowledgeable and was happy that he could identify all things. He relished the beauty of nature and felt contented about his trip.

While coming back to his palace, the prince suddenly asked his charioteer to stop the chariot. His eyes had caught an unusual thing. Being a curious person, he stepped down and started moving toward the object of his curiosity. “Ah! What is it?” thought the prince “seems like some beautiful piece of art, I will take it to my palace. But it is too heavy for me to carry.”

Prince waved to the charioteer and signaled him to come near him. The charioteer came hurriedly and gasped, “His highness! What is it?” “I do not know, but she is beautiful, some great craftsman has created this earthen doll. Does not she look like a doll?” asked the prince.  “Yes sir! Indeed,” nodded the charioteer. “I want you to help me move her up in the chariot, I will take her to my palace, “commanded the prince.

Gauche

Today’s word for the day in Dictionary.com is Gauche. Gauche means lacking social polish.

Social polish…he he he. What is this social polish? Who decides what should be it? We? We all?  A few of us? Who authorizes these few? All of us? Or again a few of us? Is it always decided with some consensus? Yes? No!

Then why do we follow it?

Tere mere sapne

This is a special song for me! Can’t get enough of it anytime.

Well….I am back! Back with this evergreen song. Will try to blog consistently now.

Love and Karma

Love of Radha and Krishna is immortal in Indian mythology. The couple is revered and prayed in India and across world.

 

When Lord Krishna shifted his base from Gokul to Mathura, Radha used to spend her days and nights waiting to meet him. Scriptures reveal that Radha used to meet Krishna in her reveries for he had promised her to meet her in her dreams. Radha always used to be out of touch of the real world, in dreamy company of her beloved Krishna. She had no karma other than loving Krishna, missing him, meeting him in dreams, singing in his memory, and relentlessly thinking about him.

 

Krishna, on the other hand, was busy getting justice for his parents in Mathura, guiding Arjuna about worldly virtues, being part of the great war of Mahabharata, and then managing the state of Dwarka.

 

Clearly, there seems a distinct set of karmas followed by Radha and Lord Krishna.

 

 

The lady had forgotten and given up the worldly responsibilities in lieu of her dedication to Lord Krishna’s love. This act of devotion by Radha, according to Indian religious and spiritual gurus, is supposed to be ultimate bliss because dedicated love toward God is considered beyond any kind of achievements in this world.

 

However, in sheer contrast to this devotion to one particular object of love, Krishna played the role of a responsible ruler and a spiritual guide in his later years.

 

One of my acquaintances, who is a spiritual Guru, proposes that one should be in Love with God as Radha was with Krishna. It is only when a person reaches the heights of that epitome of dedication; the person will receive ultimate bliss from God.

 

If all this is true can we safely say that if we all couples(Let’s here take in to consideration only the couple love even though love of Radha and Krishna is considered more than that) show extreme dedication toward each other, such that was shown by Radha, we will have a happy, hearty, stress free and actually heavenly life.

 

In contrast to this doesn’t the story of Radha-Krishna itself points out questions such as: unless you give in to society as Krishna gave (in terms of his Bhagavat Gita updeshas and other miracles), you will be only remembered as a teenage lover (Radha) of a revered God?

 

Can we consider dedicated love and being lost in reveries of our beloved as Karma in itself? Or do we suggest that once we sanitize ourselves such that our object of love is be- all and end-all of our lives, we have actually gained Nirvana? And can Nirvana be achieved only if you love a higher being, God, and not a human being?

 

Is the love toward a human being a fallacy and that to a higher being the ultimate truth? Or is the first one a stepping stone to the other?

Desperate Housewives

The idea to write this blog came to my mind right after my sister, who is seven months pregnant, shared her woes with me.

 

Her woes were precisely regarding the reactions she was getting from our aunts and badi didi’s (elder cousins) for not sharing her “good news” with them for so long.

 

I mean, give me a break, aren’t these some private affairs? Why should you feel cheated or let down if someone feels uncomfortable in sharing their personal matters with you?

 

Aunties, in particular, are always so curious to get hold of such news: Who is getting married? Who is expecting? Who is having a troubled marriage? Who is dating whom? And all that jazz. And they play their games quite meticulously and emotionally to elicit your stories.

 

If you don’t let your pants down, I mean if you don’t share your spicy and juicy tales with them they will react as if you have committed a sin and that you are really an unsocial being who has no respect for their emotions and gossip craving souls.

 

My poor sister was baffled by all the accusations and actually felt guilty. She was really wondering that whether these “ladies” should have congratulated her instead of bashing her like this.

 

For me questions such as: when are you getting married and are you expecting sound precisely like this: So beta, when are you officially going to have sex? And when was the last time you planned to have unprotected sex to have a baby? WTF! Why should I tell them?

 

And even if these things are to be shared, I will share them only when I myself feel comfortable to do so.

 

Enough aunties and didis, if you behave this way with me ever you will have it from me. Remember, I always believe to call a spade a spade and a desperate housewife only the name that suits her best.

Mumbai Mayhem

When I logged on to CNNIBN7 live streaming on 27th morning to check what was happening in Mumbai that time, my boss very casually said, “Why are you checking that? What can you do about it?” I felt like giving her a tight slap. I was angry because her comment sounded that of an indifferent person. But then I realized she is somewhat right, she was actually expressing that helplessness which we all Indians were feeling across states.

 

What can we do when someone just opens fire on us? What can we do when some foreigners meticulously plan for months to destroy us in huge numbers?

 

We are a democratic country and supposedly, we the people of India have the power to choose our leaders and, in turn, the policies that will govern and safeguard our states. But is that the ground reality? Do we actually have a choice?

 

Delhi went voting on 28th November, I was also supposed to vote. I was too agitated by everything that was going on in the recent days that I decided better not to vote. I didn’t know whom should I vote for? What do I know about the MLA from my constituency? A pamphlet, a poorly written manifesto, something which has nothing in specific, is all that I have for my reference. I have never known any of these guys who are contesting from our area, they never visited us. I am sure I will see them once one of them wins and will carry out a winning rally; this is what happened last time.

 

So how do I translate my power to vote? To choose a half blind man among the blinds! I do not want that. Yes, I am regretting one thing: I should have gone to the polling booth and invalidated my vote. I really should have done that. L

 

Well, now that I have missed this opportunity, I introspected more on what I can do as a citizen of India to make my country a more civil society and avoid any kind of intolerable and frustrating acts like 11/26 and I thought of these things:

 

 

• I will not pay bribe to any damn guy whatsoever. If I violate a rule, I will pay due fine. If some government official does not process my work, I will use my right to information and see that the job gets done.
   
• I will make sure that I do not compromise on any kind of rights that I am rightfully eligible for. If any kind of parties go beyond 10 PM in my locality I will make sure I make others civil by making them follow the laws. I thought of doing this many times earlier, but used to let it happen because of receiving irrational reactions.
   
• I will make sure that I be vigilant about any activities that are going around me, it can be keeping my eyes and ears open when a new group comes and lives in my locality or checking my seats in public transport or entertainment venues. 
   
• I will continue to pay my taxes on time.
   
• I will not try to find loopholes and make mockery of any law for my own benefit.
  

• I will continue saving electricity, water, and not misuse any kind of public property.
  

• I will try my level best to ask people close to me and other acquaintances to stop violating laws and conserve energy.
  

• I will analyze what I can do best in a given situation and demand rightful support from related bodies. I will try to stop cribbing and start doing and demanding.
  

• I will try to write more and take advantage of the Internet networking to spread the message of how to be a good citizen so that I have a better country to live in.
  

• Lastly, something I deeply believe in: I will continue to pray for the peace of the planet earth, seek God’s blessings for showing everyone the right path, the right direction to sanitize the world of any evil thoughts and intentions.

art @ office whiteboard!

This is exactly what I do!

 

 

Looks like young Laloo Prasad Yadav!

 

Bure nazar wale tera muh pimpela(pimple-wala)!