Me : Well, a
Do lot of whys make you wise?
Wednesday, April 17, 2013
At ease with being difficult...
Me : Well, a
Thursday, April 11, 2013
Yeah well....
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Silver Lining Playbook
Cooper is excellent with his impeccable timing. His prowess as an actor clearly shines through his accurate portrayal of wide ranging emotions and of course his proven success in comedy. And the lead actress (Jennifer) does one heck of a job matching him on all fronts. She is quirky, she is talented and she is hot!!
Has something for everyone - From big themes around football and dancing to being crazy in love and otherwise :)
Special bonus - Deniro's usual brilliance on screen delivered ever so naturally and Anupam Kher's special appearance!
All in all, a great watch. Simple yet profound and doesn't try to be pretentious (at least i thought so!). Makes you realise that crazy is just another dimension of real life which can co-exist with love, romance and happiness. But more importantly reiterates the importance of human connections over anything else in life!
Monday, July 18, 2011
Peace in a break... OR Break into pieces?
What if you think you are a decent human being and have many friends to endorse it but no one really special to call your own? What if you are open to accepting people for who they are and let life take its course but others you meet in this context aren't? Will you still keep going single handedly to make it work or let it go on the premise that if it was meant to be, then it would have started kicking?
How long can you keep telling yourself that the its not time yet, and when the time comes you will indeed meet that one person meant for you? What if all this is a farce and there is no such thing as "one meant for you" ?
What if you find yourself toying with the idea of putting a stop to this companion quest and just let it be? Should this bring peace or scare you even more?
What if you think you have found the things you are looking for in principle like compassion, intelligence, being grounded yet fail to find that spark? Would you settle for that or would you not?
What if you find all that and the spark but the other person is not on the same page? Would you then try to make your point of why you think its worth exploring, or just let it go on the pretext that if the other person cant really see why it would be a great fit, is it really ever going to be great fit after all?
So I have moved countries - from Egypt to UK. And by the virtue of the fact that I am now here where there are loads of my fellow countrymen, the pressure of finding someone has started to take its toll on me. I guess I was better off in Egypt , at least I didn't expect anything on this front all this while that I was there - something like being in Civil Engg, when you see all other batch mates from other disciplines of Engg sweating it out for interviews etc but you are at peace knowing no company comes to your college for recruiting civil enggs
I think I need a break - but then again, how do you take a break from yourself?
Thursday, January 6, 2011
Lets keep the faith alive!
My two cents....
I think "faith" should be a personal thing and should be treated like that. Dont get me wrong, no harm in opening a healthy intelligent conversation - but I feel it would be much easier if we just have some kind of a social rule about not questioning / scrutinising / opening debates on the topic of faith and just let people be.
Sometimes I wonder how people have no problems accepting & following the social rule of not asking / discussing/ commenting on subjects like income/finances (as an example - among many other such things) when talking to someone as its considered rude... however the very same people dont even bat an eyelid while giving unsolicited opinions on the other person's faith / religion.
What is so difficult to understand in the fact that "my faith" can be "what I want it to be", without having an iota of impact on "your faith" on "what you want it to be" - That, existence of differences is not always bad (Had that been the case, variety wouldnt have any positive connotation, now would it?)
In my opinion, GOD was created because the concept of goodness needed a form, a personification for people to easily relate to.So how does it matter if different people choose to manifest this personification in different ways... as long as it enables you to stick to the path of goodness (You could argue that goodness can be a relative term, but if you think about it, is it, is it really?)
All faiths ultimately boil down to having one guiding principle - some call it love, some call it sacrifice, some justice, some truth / knowledge, some tolerance ... and some call it something else. They are all meant to ultimately do the same thing , deliver the same message - guide you to a better living and to teach you to love yourself and everybody around you.
I guess we should just remind ourselves (whenever we tend to get carried away) that all faiths in some way or the other were created/ to cater to the following human needs
1.Create Hope for the good for people to go on in their weakest moments
2.Create Fear of the bad to ensure a harmonious co-existence between billions of people on this earth.
If you really look closely, the above mentioned (Optimism & Compassion) are the 2 fundamental principles of "Humanity" required fior a peaceful , chaos-less living. So does it really matter who you are - a Muslim, Christian , Hindu , Jew etc .. if you are following the principles of "Humanity" in the end , but just with a fancier / different name?
Sometimes i think that we people have just way too much free time on our hands to indulge in the childish "my-religion/faith- shinier- than-yours" debates.
P.S. - Since the last 3 years (since I moved to Egypt) , the number of times I have been asked this question about which religion i belong to.. is not funny! The funny part is that despite the fact that i am from a country which hosts almost all religions present in the world, this question is still new to me... or maybe its just the frequency of the question.
Not that we dont have religious differences/ propagandas in my country , still somehow i dont remember people asking me about my religion. Then again, maybe our names are perfect give aways of our religions... Any which way, I just wish people would stop asking me / anyone this question!!
Sunday, December 26, 2010
NO!!
Me to a female qualitative co-ordinator in my office - "When the consumers arrive for their indepth interviews, please inform Mr Ahmed" (my colleague who is supposed to conduct these interviews)
Qual Co-ordinator : "Mr Ahmed? No!"
Me : "Errrr.... ok..."
(Awkward silence)
Me : "Ahhhh u r kidding... ok ok"
(Qual co-ordinates straight face, no smiles. Me thinking - Good sense of humour, but a smile from her side wouldn't have hurt)
(Me back to my seat)
(Desk phone ringing)
Qual co-ordinator on the other line : "Gina, Mr. Ahmed - NO!"
Me : "Whats, whats wrong?...."
Qual Co-coridnator : "Gina I am telling Mr. Ahmed - NO!"
Me : "Ok just inform me and i shall inform him"
Qual co-ordinator : "we will send a mail to him"
Me : (thinking what the hell did Mr Ahmed do to this woman that she doesn't want to speak to him at all, and is expressing the same so vehemently in such an outright manner) "Dear, what seems to be the problem.I understand that you dont want to speak to him , so i am suggesting that you just tell me and i shall tell him. He might not be at his desk so he might not see the mail for some time"
Qual Co-ordinator - "Gina Mr. Ahmed NO... "K N O W"....."
.... yeah English is a tricky language!!