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#32. ननिहाल की छुट्टियाँ और घर की खामोशी

06 July, 2025 - Sunday - Ludhiana

छुट्टियों का मौसम खत्म हो गया, और बच्चे अब फिर से स्कूल जाने लगे हैं. मेरे भी भांजे-भांजी छुट्टियों में आए हुए थे, जो जून के अंतिम दिनों में वापस चले गए. जुलाई से उनके भी स्कूल खुलने वाले थे.

लेकिन जो बच्चे अभी स्कूल जाने के लिए भी छोटे हैं, उनके लिए तो हमेशा छुट्टियाँ ही हैं. उनको अपने ननिहाल जाने के लिए गर्मियों वाली छुट्टियों का इंतज़ार नहीं करना पड़ता. जैसे कि हमारी प्यारी भतीजी दिवा, जो आज भाभी के साथ अपने ननिहाल गई है.

दिवा की वजह से घर में रौनक बनी रहती है; वो अब 15-20 दिनों के लिए हमसे दूर रहेगी. ऐसा लगता है कि वो अपने साथ घर की सारी रौनक भी ले गई है. अब घर में उसकी खिलखिलाहट की आवाज़ नहीं है, एक अजीब सी खामोशी है. अपने नाना-नानी, मामा-मामी को भी तो खुश करने की ज़िम्मेदारी उसी पर है!

अभी जब राघव, गोपिका, और भव्या आए हुए थे (मेरे भांजे-भांजी), तो दिवा ने उनसे काफी नई-नई चीजें सीखी थीं. जैसे "मछली जल की रानी है" वाली कविता का अपने अंदाज़ में मनमोहक अभिनय, इसके अलावा और भी कई सारे शब्द और उनके अर्थ समझने लग गई है. जब उसका मन होता है तो काफी अच्छे से बात करती है. हालाँकि, उसकी कुछ बातों को समझना बड़ा मुश्किल है, लेकिन वो किसी न किसी तरह अपने इशारों से समझा ही देती है.

अब जब अपने ननिहाल गई है तो ज़रूर वहाँ अपने बराबर के भाई-बहनों से कुछ नया सीख कर आएगी, और आने के बाद हमें भी सिखाएगी.

बीच-बीच में वीडियो कॉल पर बात तो करते हैं दिवा से, लेकिन सही बताऊँ तो मुझे वीडियो कॉल पर ऐसे बात करना अच्छा नहीं लगता. क्यूँकि जो खुशी साथ बैठकर बात करने में है, वो वीडियो कॉल में कहाँ? दूसरा, बच्चों को जहाँ हैं वहीं का आनंद लेने देना ही मेरी नज़र में ज़्यादा अच्छा है. हाँ, जब कभी ज़्यादा याद आए तो फ़ोन पर बात भी कर लेनी चाहिए, लेकिन शायद रोज़-रोज़ नहीं.

फ़िलहाल हम सब तैयार हो रहे हैं ये 15-20 दिन गुज़ारने के लिए. जितना उसके इन 15-20 दिनों के लिए जाने का दुःख है, उससे कहीं ज़्यादा ये सोचकर खुशी ��ोती है कि वो इन 15-20 दिनों के बाद फिर से आएगी और अपनी रौनक भरी मुस्कान और हरकतों से फिर से इस घर को महकाएगी. उसकी वापसी का इंतज़ार अब और भी ज़्यादा है!

जल्दी मिलते हैं! Madhusudan Somani.

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#31: स्पष्टवादी हिंदी vs Ambiguous English

05 July, 2025 - Saturday - Ludhiana

आज मैंने कुछ ऐसा सोचा जिसने मुझे वाकई विचार करने पर मजबूर कर दिया। यह कुछ ऐसा है जो हम सभी अपनी रोज़मर्रा की ज़िंदगी में अनुभव करते हैं, लेकिन शायद ही कभी इस पर ध्यान देते हैं: भाषा की स्पष्टता। विशेष रूप से, मैं हिंदी और अंग्रेज़ी के बीच के अंतर के बारे में सोच रहा था, खासकर जब बात स्पष्टता की आती है।

मुझे लगता है कि हिंदी में एक अद्भुत स्पष्टता है। जब आप हिंदी में कुछ कहते हैं, तो अक्सर उसका अर्थ बिलकुल सीधा और स्पष्ट होता है। शब्दों में ही उनका अर्थ समाहित होता है। उदाहरण के लिए, "सूर्य उदय हो रहा है" - इसमें कोई संदे�� नहीं कि सूरज निकल रहा है। या "मुझे भूख लगी है" - सीधा मतलब, भूख लगी है। हिंदी के शब्द अपने आप में पूर्ण और आत्मनिर्भर होते हैं, जो बात को समझने में बहुत आसान बना देते हैं।

इसके विपरीत, अंग्रेज़ी कभी-कभी बहुत उलझन भरी हो सकती है। एक ही शब्द के कई अर्थ हो सकते हैं, या फिर वाक्य-विन्यास के कारण अर्थ बदल सकता है। अक्सर मुझे ऐसा लगता है कि अंग्रेज़ी में बात करते समय या कुछ पढ़ते समय, आपको संदर्भ पर बहुत अधिक निर्भर रहना पड़ता है। कभी-कभी तो मज़ाक में भी लोग कहते हैं कि अंग्रेज़ी में "Yes" कहने का मतलब "No" भी हो सकता है, अगर उसे सही लहजे में न कहा जाए! यह अस्पष्टता कई बार गलतफहमी पैदा कर सकती है, खासकर जब आप किसी नई जगह पर हों या किसी ऐसे व्यक्ति से बात कर रहे हों जिसकी मातृभाषा अंग्रेज़ी न हो।

सोचो, "सेट" (Set) शब्द को ही ले लो। अंग्रेज़ी में इसके दर्जनों अर्थ हो सकते हैं - एक सेट डिनर, एक टीवी सेट, सूरज का सेट होना, या किसी चीज़ को सेट करना। हिंदी में हर एक के लिए अलग शब्द है, जैसे "समुच्चय", "टेलीविजन", "अस्त होना", "स्थापित करना"। यह दर्शाता है कि हिंदी अपनी शब्दावली में कितनी समृद्ध और सटीक है।

मुझे लगता है कि यही कारण है कि मुझे हिंदी में बात करना और लिखना बहुत पसंद है। इसमें एक सरलता और ईमानदारी है जो सीधे दिल तक पहुँचती है। और तो और, जब हम स्पष्ट रूप से हिंदी भाषा का प्रयोग करते हैं, तो हमारी बात में वजन बढ़ जाता है। आप अमिताभ बच्चन की भाषा शैली को ही देख लीजिए – उनकी हिंदी में एक ऐसी गरिमा और स्पष्टता है जो उनकी बात को और भी प्रभावशाली बना देती है। उनके हर शब्द में एक आत्मविश्वास और अधिकार झलकता है, और यह सब उनकी हिंदी भाषा पर पकड़ और उसके स्पष्ट प्रयोग के कारण ही संभव हो पाता है।

अंग्रेज़ी अपनी जगह अच्छी है, और इसकी वैश्विक पहुँच भी है, लेकिन जब बात अर्थ की स्पष्टता, सीधी अभिव्यक्ति और बात में वजन पैदा करने की आती है, तो मेरे लिए हिंदी हमेशा आगे रहती है।

शुभ रात्रि! Madhusudan Somani.

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#30: Decision और Right Decision

4 July, 2025 - Friday - Ludhiana

आज सुबह मैं बैठा था और अपने पुराने कुछ choices के बारे में सोच रहा था। अक्सर हम सब सोचते हैं कि काश हमने तब वो "right decision" लिया होता। लेकिन क्या सच में right decision जैसी कोई चीज़ होती है? या शायद असली चीज़ तो decision लेना ही है?

मुझे लगता है कि हम अक्सर इसी डर में अटक जाते हैं कि कहीं हम कुछ गलत न चुन लें। यह सोच-सोचकर कि "what if this goes wrong?", हम कोई कदम ही नहीं उठाते। यह एक huge problem है। Inaction किसी भी गलत decision से ज़्यादा खतरनाक हो सकता है।

Life में कई बार ऐसा होता है जब हमारे पास सारी information नहीं होती। हम फ्यूचर को नहीं देख सकते। ऐसे में, perfect decision का इंतजार करना simply unrealistic है। हमें बस एक bold step लेना होता है। एक बार जब हम कोई decision ले लेते हैं, तो हमारे पास कुछ होता है जिस पर हम work कर सकते हैं। हम उसे adjust कर सकते हैं, improve कर सकते हैं, या ज़रूरत पड़ने पर change भी कर सकते हैं।

गलतियाँ तो होंगी ही। हर decision "right" नहीं हो सकता। लेकिन उन गलतियों से ही तो हम सीखते हैं। अगर हम डर के मारे कोई decision ही नहीं लेंगे, तो सीखने का मौका ही नहीं मिलेगा। यह बिल्कुल ऐसा है जैसे आप ड्राइविंग सीख रहे हों। आप कभी नहीं सीखेंगे अगर आप कार स्टार्ट ही न करें, सिर्फ इसलिए कि आपको डर है कि आप गलत turn ले लेंगे। आपको ड्राइव करना होगा, mistakes करनी होंगी, और उन्हीं से सीखना होगा।

इसलिए, मेरा आज का takeaway यही है: Don't chase the perfect decision, just make a decision. Move forward. Action लो। क्योंकि कोई भी decision न लेना, शायद सबसे गलत decision है।

शुभ रात्रि! Madhusudan Somani

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#29. उलझन, Discipline, और Regret

03/07/2025 - Thursday - Ludhiana

आज भी रोज़ की तरह सुबह 6 बजे उठा। हमेशा की तरह कल रात भी पूरी excitement थी कि सुबह उठकर exercise करनी है।

लेकिन पता नहीं क्या हुआ, सुबह उठने के बाद थोड़ा मन बदलने लगा।

कभी-कभी ऐसा होता रहता है, खासकर उस दौरान जब एक break के बाद फिर से अपना routine शुरू करना होता है।

और अगर एक बार हमने आलस को अपने routine से ऊपर रख दिया तो फिर एक सिलसिला शुरू हो जाता है। और धीरे-धीरे हमारी आदत छूट जाती है।

हालाँकि कभी-कभी अपने regular routine से rest ले लेना कोई ख़राब बात नहीं है, लेकिन उसके लिए guilty feel करना गलत है। अगर हम ऐसी unexpected रुकावटों का अफ़सोस करने लगे, फिर तो समझो कोई काम complete हो नहीं पाएगा।

इसलिए मैं पहली कोशिश तो करता ह��ँ कि अपने routine को discipline से follow करता रहूँ। और अगर कभी-कभी किसी कारणवश follow नहीं हो पाया तो उसके लिए regret न करके आगे focus करता हूँ, ताकि बाकी पूरा दिन अच्छे से गुजरे।

वैसे आज मैंने दोनों के बीच का रास्ता choose किया और exercise न करके सिर्फ morning walk पर गया और हमेशा की तरह लौकी और पेठे का जूस भी पिया। फिर अपना पूरा दिन हमेशा की तरह ही excitement से बिताया।

फिलहाल सोने की तैयारी कर रहा हूँ ताकि कल सुबह भी अपने टाइम पर उठ सकूँ और morning routine से फिर से energy बटोर सकूँ।

शुभरात्रि! Madhusudan Somani.

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#28: Thought of the Day

03/07/2025 - Thursday - Ludhiana

The more you feed your mind with Positive Thoughts, the more you can attract Great Things into your life.

जितना अधिक आप अपने मन को सकारात्मक विचारों से भरेंगे, उतना ही अधिक आप अपने जीवन में महान चीजों को आकर्षित कर सकते हैं।

Source: Internet.

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#27: Restarting Writing as a Habit: Reel World से Real World तक

02/07/2025 - Wednesday - Ludhiana

काफी टाइम हो गया मैंने कुछ नहीं लिखा। या ये कह सकते हैं कि regular लिखने की आदत छूट गई। Professional life में आने के बाद, लिखने का टाइम ही कहाँ मिलता था? फिर धीरे-धीरे बाकी चीजें ज़रूरी होती गईं और लिखना बिल्कुल बंद सा हो गया।

हालाँकि कुछ ख़ास दोस्तों के जन्मदिन पर या किसी खास अवसर पर, उन्हें digital खत ज़रूर भेजता रहा हूँ। ये भी अपने आप में अलग ही सुकून देता है।

ज्यादातर तो मैं English में ही लिखता आया हूँ, लेकिन अब हिंदी में भी लिखने का मन है। हिंदी में लिखना या पढ़ना हमेशा से ही अच्छा लगता रहा है, लेकिन QWERTY keyboard की सहूलियत और हिंदी में ख़राब होती लिखावट की वजह से हिंदी की तरफ रुझान कम होता गया।

अब technology के इस्तेमाल से हिंदी में लिखना भी काफी आसान हो गया, सो अब से मेरी कोशिश रहेगी कि आगे के updates हिंदी में ही लिखूँ।

Tumblr का back dated update का feature बहुत अच्छा लगा। इससे मैंने अपने पुराने articles (जो कि अलग-अलग जगह uploaded थे) वो एक जगह पर align किए। अब मेरे आज तक के सारे personal updates यहीं पर available हैं।

हाल ही में मैंने social media से दूरी बनाई है, सो अब से मेरी कोशिश है कि मैं रोज़ यहाँ कुछ न कुछ लिखूँ। रोज़ नहीं तो week में कम से कम एक बार तो लिख ही सकता हूँ।

In fact मैं तो चाहता हूँ कि सभी लोग social media का इस्तेमाल कम से कम करें, ��र कुछ न कुछ लिखना या पढ़ना शुरू करें, फिर चाहे वो diary हो या कोई अच्छी किताब।

इस blog को फिर से शुरू करने के पीछे मेरा यही उद्देश्य है कि, लोग (खासकर वो सभी जो मुझसे छोटे हैं) उन्हें Smartphone के 'REEL World' और अपने 'REAL World' के बीच का अंतर पता चल सके। उन्हें mobile games और physical games में फ़र्क समझ आए। वो बस इतना सोचना शुरू कर दें कि उनके लिए क्या अच्छा है और क्या अच्छा नहीं है।

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धन्यवाद! Madhusudan Somani

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#26: Social Media Se Mukti: A Journey to Inner Peace

Hey everyone!

Today, I want to share something that brought a massive change into my life. A few months ago, I decided to completely distance myself from social media – yes, that very same web of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat. And guess why? For my dear Diva (my niece)!

We all know that children learn what they see, not just what we teach them. I thought, if Diva constantly sees me glued to my phone, she'll also believe that phones are just for passing time. I want her to understand that a mobile phone is primarily for work, not for unnecessary scrolling. With this thought, I took the plunge.

And believe me, it was the best decision I ever made! The peace I've found since then is hard to describe in words. Now, I don't get that craving to constantly pick up my phone and see what's happening. The best part is that I have so much time now! Earlier, where half my day would disappear into my phone, now I'm investing that time in my hobbies, with my family, and learning new things.

Just a couple of days ago, my brother and sister-in-law were talking about some Instagram trend, and I had absolutely no idea about it. And knowing that I genuinely didn't know about the trends of that reel world felt so good. It was a strange kind of peace!

There are many other benefits of staying away from social media that I've realized:

The Perks of Disconnecting

Mental peace: My mind is much calmer now. The constant FOMO (Fear Of Missing Out) and comparing my life with others have ended.

Better sleep: The habit of using my phone late at night is gone, which has significantly improved my sleep quality.

Increased productivity: When there are no distractions, you can focus much better on your work.

Real connections: I feel more connected to the people around me now. Instead of being lost in my phone, I talk to them, and spend quality time with them.

More 'me' time': I get more time to think, plan, and relax for myself.

This was a small step, but it completely transformed my life. If you've ever thought about it, do try it once. Who knows, you might just find your own freedom!

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#21: This Simple Gesture Can Help People Around You — Personal Experience!

While coming down from the stairs from 8th floor for morning walk, I greeted the watchman by saying “Namaste Dada” at the ground floor.

I generally do this to almost everyone whom I see many times in my routine. This makes the other person smile and that makes me to wear a smile.

Can you imagine what impact this small gesture can have when you practice it with someone?

I usually see most of the watchmen, espacially those who sit near the lifts to be very sad or expressionless. They don’t have any reason to be happy living miles away from their lovely families.

After greeting the watchman many times I took some time to ask for the reason.

He said how hundreds of people pass through the area but no one tries to even smile at them. Either they’re very busy in their lifes or they don’t want to talk to a “watchman”.

At the same time, a small child passed through us hurrying for the school bus saying “Namaste” in that hurry to the watchman.

I’ve observed the scene and saw how happy that old man was from inside when the child greeted him with pure heart.

Those people don’t want you to stay and talk to them. They want some respect and that’s all. The respect that you can easily show just by greeting them at-least once in a day.

Let’s have a look at the village life that you generally imagine in your mind. See how happy people are there in the village. All are working hard and acknowledging everyone’s effort, respecting everyone, and thus making a healthy-peaceful environment for everyone.

Now have a snapshot on the developed city life where you live. See how people are totally confused in their own mind. There are times when poeple want to talk to someone but still they don’t. Reason might be anything, the social stigma, the class difference, etc.

India is in alarming position for menta health in the society. And the major stakeholder in this achievement is this city culture.

This can be lowered just by practicing small gestures with your near and dear ones. Such as, greet them, show empathy, express your gratitude, etc. Trust me, these practices won’t lower your class among people, but it’ll make you a better person.

And if you thing by practicing these geatures your friends or your people will judge you, then my friend, you’re in the wrong community. In this case you should have 2 choices, not the 3rd one.

Either leave that group and join some other one who values these gestures.

Be a changemaker in the community.

The choice is always yours.

Before deciding anything, try to greet such people once and experience their happiness in their eyes. Then come to a conclusion.

Thanks :)

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#20: Met a new friend from Sweden!

Sometimes a simple friendly ‘hello’ can lighten up your mood.

The same thing happened to me while coming from Karnal to Ludhiana. I booked Bla Bla Car (a carpooling service) to reach my home conveniently. But the request was rejected twice due to bad weather conditions.

Finally, I had to book bus tickets on the only available bus urgently. As I boarded the bus, I thought it would be difficult to travel with a fever and weakness, but I had no other choice.

While getting the bag in place on my seat number 35, I was greeted by a charming-friendly “hello” from the person sitting on seat number 34. I didn’t expect it actually. And immediately it made my worries disappear from my mind.

In a few moments, we started talking about his visit to India as a tourist, about India as a country of cultures, and the different places here.

I was pleased to know what people from outside of India think about it. It made me proud to talk about the diverse cultural and spiritual significance of this country. Meanwhile, I got to know how beautiful Sweden is.

His name was Mr. Nader Sani. He is a psychology teacher in Sweden and usually travels around the world to explore the philosophical side of places and their people.

I do love psychology and since we both work in educational sector the next point of discussion was obvious.

I was amazed to know that the education is not only free in Sweden but students are getting paid for it. The level of education and the efforts the Swedish govt is puts into strengthening the foundation of the country is appreciable and to be learned from.

The quality of education is the only thing on which the future of the nation depends. According to him, the people of Sweden follow national rules and regulations strictly because of this only. And it happens, we always take actions based on what is stored in our minds which triggers us to do something.

India is somewhat lagging behind in this thing. Although I strongly think that in the next 15–20 years, there will be a positive transformation here, still the Indian government as well as we the people of India must explore, understand and implement similar strategies that will actually help us to become “Sone ki Chidiya” again

Well, it was very pleasant to meet Mr. Nader. The journey which looked quite difficult to me happened very easily because of him. He is a very nice person with a good heart and also invited me to his home whenever I have a visit to Sweden. I’m sure sometime in the coming future I’ll get a chance for the same!

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#19: Toss it, when You’re Literally Confused!

After coming from a marriage in Surat, I returned to Karnal to join my office the next day.

It was amazing to get back to work after a 3-day break. But due to weather conditions and other factors, my health got affected slightly. I just ignored it and continued to work, and it’s worse now. So I had to be hospitalized for a day.

Some recommended that I rest and spend time with my family to recover quickly, while others suggested that I take pills and focus on work. That made me confused about what to do now.

Inside of me, I knew that working in this condition would not only result in negative performance but may also hamper my team members’ health and productivity. However, half of my mind was focused on the positive aspects of returning back to work and showing how dedicated I am.

I was utterly confused and was struggling to make a decision all night long. As a result, I’m at home right now to take a rest, so that I can get back to work after the weekend with full energy.

What helped me to make a decision was this great movie by Siddharth Malhotra, Manoj Vajpayee, and Rakul Preet Kaur named “Aiyaari”.

If you’ve watched it you may remember the last scene or the first (I‘m not sure) where Siddharth picks out a coin from the pocket of his blue jeans to toss but never looks for what came as a result.

In our minds, we already know what we want but we always seek someone else’s command to proceed for the same. Just remember the time you bought your last mobile phone or a pair of shoes. Did you really ask for someone’s suggestion or just needed to listen “Ya, it’s good, go for it”.

The point is we always get an intuition about what we need to do, or how it will help us be more productive or vice versa. And while tossing the coin, there comes a time when the coin is in the air and we start praying for our desired result to come.

At that particular moment, we’re very clear about which option is good for us.

In order to figure out what to choose, tossing is a good idea.

This isn’t about depending on our fortune, this is about making it easy to choose our fortune.

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#18: Side Effects or Direct Effects?

“No way, I’ll be okay dad.”

“How? You’re suffering fever since last night. Let’s go to the doctor.”

“Doctor will definitely prescribe high power medicines and I can’t take those heavy pills, imposing drastic side effects to our body.”

“I’m not going to take this medicines any more"

“Why? Doctor said this pill has to be taken for complete 3 days. Otherwise you may again invite the fever".

“No way, I’m completely fine now. See I’ve not even suffered with fever from last night.

And I told you na, how much side effects these medicines impose in our body...!”

“Hey dude, why don’t you have some cold-drink?”

“No, I don’t drink cold drink.”

“Are you serious!!!, You don’t drink cold-drinks? But why don’t you try some?”

“I don’t like them, they are hazardous to our health. And I don’t want to let these play with my body.”

“Okay, leave it. Try some hookah. Now you can’t back-out, as there are no side effects in having Hookah sometimes.”

“Yes you’re right. I agree. These things don’t have any side effects. They just have direct effect.”

How ironic it is? We are afraid of some side effects of medicines. Which are if taken seriously, have only 0.1% chance of getting affected negatively. On the other side, we don’t see any hazardous effects of those carbonated drinks, charcoal hookah, etc. Which are definitely affecting our health by more than 50% with every consumption.

I don’t drink cold drinks. I don’t drink Hookah and other these things. I do stop consuming something hazardous on my every birthday.

I’m not saying that you must stop consuming these things like me. Frankly speaking, I no longer want to convince anyone for anything like these. It never works.

I just want to make a request. Please don’t try to give wrong advice to anyone. Don’t say lines like, “a little of this never hurts. Enjoy your life”.

If you can’t stop consuming these toxic things, please don’t force others to keep continuing.

“There are no obligations in having a little of fun in your adulthood”

Is it the only way to have fun?

Try living a good, healthy lifestyle, it’ll be more than having just fun. You’ll definitely enjoy it, and at-least feel proud of it. And one thing that you too know, if you have a good lifestyle, you will not have to impose take those pills which may impose side effects to your body.

Well, leave this for a while. Have you ever noticed people become extra aware while taking any medicine? I mean, it’s a simple common sense to take medicines when you know you should.

I’m seeing generations are now having problems like obesity, irregular BP, etc. In fact this is now becoming a common problem. While getting affected with this, many people don’t want to take pills prescribed by doctor to keep in control. But why? When you know it will definitely affect your body.

I tried, tried much to understand, why people are afraid of taking prescribed medicines even when they’re already taking those toxic materials.

Do you know? Please let me know...

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#17: The Dilemma of Those Magical Words

Why do we think so much before saying these pairs of words to someone?

I like people, friends who are somewhat philosophical in nature. Not completely philosophical, but someone who can try to understand the cause, the meaning behind anything we do.

So what do you thing of this dilemma? First, let’s clear whether we can say it a dilemma or not.

“I love you", or "I like you" for instance are more like feelings than just 3 word sentences. That’s why they are stated as 3 magical words?

So where is the dilemma?

I think there are two, if we count...

Although they might be connected together, but let me explain.

The one is that which you just read in the above image. We say “I Love You" only when we are sure that it’ll follow the Newton’s third law.

I do respect scientists and their precious theories. Most people do, I think. Maybe that’s why people are trying to follow it beyond the materialistic world.

Well, how relaxing it would be if we can express our likeliness and loveliness for anything, anyone we really do. Without expecting anything in return. After all it’s our feelings, how it can depend on others.

So as Paulo Coelho said in the above image, let’s spread the energy of love, like a free-flow from the vast sky.

Wait, I’m not saying to blast-out with excitement. Just don’t bound your words with dilemma.

Remember these pairs of 3 words are too the sentences. And sentences don’t require answers.

Let’s come to the another aspect of it. This part is not completely untouched like the previous one. But still, since we’ve started the discussion so let’s count it.

Take “I Like You" as an example. When we say this to someone? Definitely when we like someone... Simple, right!

Do we really say it when we actually mean it..?

This second part can be varied for different kind of people...

Answer the above question, and let me know what’s your second aspect in this?

No it’s not the third aspect. This is just to give you some excuse for not publishing any article in recent days. I was busy in setting up my content creation business.

You can expect at least one new topic every now-onwards mostly on weekends. I’ll try my best to uncover my thoughts for various things happening around us.

Till then, keep spreading the energy of love. See you soon.

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#15: When Unpalatable things become Delicious…

Just heard about Icecream-Pakoda. A Pakoda, which is made with ice-cream filled in it. Me and my brother, both were amazed when heard about this unique dish.

This reminded me of Pulse candy. Yes, that candy filled with dried masalla in it. It tastes delicious when we put it in our mouth, and their forms a hole in it’s outer sweet cover which makes the masalla to start leaking from there. Mind blowing, isn’t it?

Have you heard about Icecream-Soda? Initially people used to find it unhealthy enough, but now it’s a common thing. Can you remember other such things? I’ll surely appreciate you if you take a minute or two to suggest other such things.

Have you ever tried to do EXPERIMENTs with your food? Me and my brother mostly do. Initially we used to do it occasionally. Now we do it almost every time (mostly to irritate mommy and bhabhi, haha ;). But this is not limited to only these people. I’m referencing everyone who fits in this category, (another haha).

Look at people in your home, circles and groups for these type of experiences. I have experience of my home and friends, so I can tell on my perspective only. Maybe some college experiences too.

Whenever we do such things, they resist every time. Whether it be Bhujiya on Panipuri, Laddu with Aloo ki Sabji, or a sweet candy with some masalla.

Hey, have you noticed? A sweet candy with masalla. That’s what we get in Pulse candy.

If we ever try to mix sweet candy with masalla, they don’t like it. But ya, they do love the taste of Pulse.

When we try to mix Icecream with Bhujiya or Pakodas, they find it unpalatable. But they wondered that we don’t know about that delicious Icecream-Pakodas.

There are many people who don’t like such things (mostly all, yes, sometimes me too). They find it like Yaacckkk, when people do these experiment at home. And for the almost same thing, they can spend hundreds of rupees outside.

That’s like, if I do such type of things casually, people don’t like it. And if I start to charge for the very same thing, giving it a good name. All of those people would surely be ready to pay for it. Isn’t it?

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#14: Is it not a negligence? (A short COVID story)

There is a literate family. Completely aware about current pandemic situation.

They ensure full protection now-a-days. And also criticize people who are not doing so. That’s a good thing. This is the only way people can be aware their dos and don’ts.

Well, a person from that family goes to a bank with his younger brother one day. Guardsman at the bank allowed only one person to enter. As he was following his duty.

But, here comes the issue. Don’t know whether it’s ego issue or caring issue. That man got a little hyper. The reason is that his brother was not allowed to enter. According to that person, it will take a long time in bank. Till that long time, how one can stay outside.

Well, they were on their bike. According to me, the younger brother could stay near the bike. I think it would be much better than potential risk of getting affected by current hazard.

Now, what will you say this? Is it not a negligence? It might be unintentionally but still it is negligence.

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#13: Me, Being in the Quarantine

When this COVID19 pandemic spread over the globe, I didn’t know the meaning of “Quarantine” for a while. Everyone was saying practicing self-quarantine is a must for everyone, and I was like, oh okay…

Today, while being on the last day of the quarantine, I got to know the exact meaning of quarantine. Yes, I was in home quarantine from the last 14 days. Staying in a closed boundary of my room somewhat boring but it reminds me of my responsibility.

After lock-down when I was stuck in Greater Noida, my parents were too worried for me. After trying some hands here and there, finally, I booked a train ticket to travel from Delhi to Ludhiana. I reached Ludhiana station on 19 May at 1:00 in the night.

Completing every test I then stepped out of the station. Whenever I meet someone elder than me, I had the habit of touching their feet but this time, I took care of not to do so.

My elder brother came to receive me, keeping the required social distance, I was in a cycle rickshaw and my brother was on his bike. “Do not touch anything” this kept running in mind during the whole travel from Greater Noida to Delhi to Ludhiana station to home.

Well, after reaching home, I was now Home Quarantined. Locked up for 14 days, with access to everything except touching everything within the boundaries of the room but nothing outside.

You know what, after completing 14 days of quarantine, I can say it’s not so tough. Like you’re getting everything you need, the food, snacks, water, sharbat, almost everything. All you have to take care is, to be within the boundary. You have your gadgets, books and all, what else you need?

It was not so boring for me. Maybe because of my all occupied day. I have my work for the office, my blogs, etc. These all kept me busy and helped me not to overthink about the downside of being in the quarantine.

Now it’s office time. Here also everything goes okay. Although sitting in one place is tough. Especially for a person like me, who doesn’t stay in one place in the office too. It was a little challenging, Now, I do some walk after 1 hr of sitting. It gives some relief to my body and to the mind too. Following this for 2–3 days, it was then comfortable.

Office work is completed now. It’s at 7 o’clock. I now do some phone calls. To my parents, siblings, friends, relatives, etc. Oh, my parents are not here. They are in Bikaner, my hometown. They had planned to come here before lockdown, but couldn’t. Hope we’ll be together soon.

This is my current routine. Now everything is comfortable. Starting it was a little boring. And to overcome that boredom, I binge-watched all 268 episodes of the Mahabharata. That I downloaded earlier because I knew I may need something to be entertained.

Quarantine doesn’t mean to be distant mentally too. In the evening, after my office work, I do have conversation with Bhaiya and Bhabhi as usual. I stay in my room, they stay in the hall. As I said, everything was the same except the physical boundaries.

Being in my room is like it’s my and only my house. I have to take care of everything here. I have to clean the room, the dishes, glass. Yes, I keep my dishes, bowl, glass isolated too, being safe from every side.

Although, my parents were saying that 1 week would be enough. They know some people who didn’t quarantine themselves even for 1 week. It’s like how seriously people are taking it. Everyone knows the required precaution, but some people are not serious at all. Well, it’s their problem, we should not be influenced by those people.

I know it sounds boring, but I’ll again advice you to be quarantine if you’ve traveled recently. You should be, to protect your family, neighbors, friends, everyone.

Okay, it’s enough, now I’m gonna go to see the sunlight after 14 days..:)

Bye-bye , Stay Safe, Stay Healthy!

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#12: My Silent Gift to My Mom on this Mother’s Day

I personally don’t celebrate mother’s day and all these. No-no, I’m not a part of those intellectuals who constantly keep backbiting it. I’m not against these all. I just don’t celebrate it, because I don’t feel so. How careless I’m na, I didn’t posted a single pic to wish her, not even for the sake of showing off.

Today, I thought to give it a try. By the way, I didn’t call my mother. My father called me, and after talking to him, mom took over the call. We talked about anything to everything. Yet not a single word about mother’s day.

I don’t even know, whether to feel bad or not. It was in my mind that time that today is the Mother’s day. But I just kept it in my mind only. Maybe she be more happy if I had told her.

My mother always complains about how the day passes. Actually at this time, my parents are in Sri Dungargarh (my hometown), my bhaiya-bhabhi are in Ludhiana, and I’m in Greater Noida. Due to lock-down, her day passes boringly. She complains that she doesn’t have anything to do.

Whenever she says something like this, my usual reply always is, “spend some time in exercise or yoga daily”. The moment I say this, I got to know about her so-busy schedule, strange na!

I have recently added Pranayam in my daily routine. Thank you for making me start this ;) Now I’m looking to make the same to my mother.

While talking with mom over the phone call today. I told her again to start anything like this. Today I told her to start Pranayam, daily. And heard the same repeated response.

I don’t know, why I felt so. Now it’s become one of my goals to influence my mother to start Pranayam. Today, right after hanging the call, I decided to make it happen. Once my mom starts doing this, it would be easier to influence my father too :)

And this is that simple gift, which I mentioned in this article’s title. I stated it as “silent”, as my mom don’t know about this. I don’t even want her to know about this. I just want to see her practicing these things. And hope this will happen soon. Wish me good luck for this :)

Oh, I forgot again…

Happy Mother’s Day :)

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#11: The Balcony, A place…

What’s the most beautiful place in your house? Hey, don’t say it’s you bedroom. Mine is the terrace. A place where I can talk to myself. A place where I can see the natural happenings. A place where I can see birds flying in group and playing with each other. A place, where I can think of the beautiful moments of my life…

In my hometown, I could enjoy these all. In Greater Noida, I couldn’t. So then I found a park here. This park then now became my terrace. A place where I can talk to myself. A place…

It all was going so happily. I was enjoying my busy life. And suddenly Corona came. Initially, I stopped going in the park. Then, my hostel lawn became my park, my terrace. A place…

When Corona outbreak took rise. I had to move out from my Hostel. I came to Abhishek’s flat, my friend. Orders came from the College to evacuate the hostel building. Luckily, I have this friend of mine, who shares similar thinking as of me. We live together in his flat.

Here I got to see a balcony. A place where I see buildings (called blocks in this society) every here and there. They couldn’t stop me to look in the sky. Where I can easily see birds, flying, playing, chattering.

Now this balcony, became my terrace. It is now my favorite place here. If you’ll come to see me, 50% of the time I’ll be found in the balcony. Oh that’s because summer has started (hopefully). So I can’t be here during sunlight. Otherwise I’ll be here only. Or in the kitchen. Yeah, I also discovered the hidden chef within me ;-)

So this is the balcony. A place which I love the most here. A place where I can talk to myself. A place where I can see natural happening. A place where I can see birds flying in group and playing with each other. A place, where I can think of the beautiful moments of my life. A place…