What do we have/want !?

Few days back i was browsing through a website where we can create our own webpage and use it to increase our network both personally and business wise.

There i saw two interesting(or which i felt as interesting) questions...
what do u have?
what do u want?

I am not sure how these questions are in relation with the purpose of that site, but these got my attention.
I was thinking for a while, say for about 15 mins and then i realized that am thinking about something which i already have, but i could not make what it is. Does it mean i don't have anything? or I don't realize what i have?

Then comes the second question, what do i want? I was thinking for this question also. Again does it mean i don't want anything? or I don't know what i want? (I guess the second one is right!)

If someone asks me these questions today, i still do not have any answers for ready. But one thing i can say for sure is that.. i have few(be it one atleast) people who think/care for me. Isn't that enough?
What more do i want/need?

Hmm... i know am being a little philosophical here.

But still i guess i want something more... which am not sure what it is...
I feel so for the reason that, am not able to say "i don't need anything more" whole heartedly.
So what do i want?
More money? No... i dont' think i've ever cared/craved for it.
Then?

Don't know... have to find it out.
If i can find it out, am sure i found my trueself.

Did you !?

Ustad Bismillah Khan Sahib (March 21, 1916 - August 21, 2006)

Ustad Bismillah Khan was a shehnai maestro from India. The term "Ustad" or "Pandit" in relation to Indian classical music implies Master or Guru.

Bismillah Khan was born on March 21, 1916. Born as the second son of his parents, Paigambar Khan and Mitthan, he was christened as Qamaruddin initially, before his grandfather uttered Bismillah after looking at the newborn.

He is the third classical musician after Pt Ravi Shankar and Smt M S Subbulakshmi to be awarded Bharath Rathna, the highest civilian honour in India.

He was perhaps single handedly responsible for making the shehnai a famous classical instrument. He brought the shehnai to the center stage of Indian music with his concert in the Calcutta All India Music Conference in 1937. It was Khan Sahib who poured his heart out into Raga Kafi from the Red Fort on the eve of India’s first Republic Day ceremony, on January 26, 1950.

The applause that I get from children when I sing the bhajan Raghupati Raghav Rajaram gives me the greatest fulfillment.
~ said in 2004 while performing at a cultural programme in New Delhi to mark Gandhi Jayanti.

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Mein aur Meri Shopping - Part II

Hmm.. as i couldn't get, what i wanted, in Central.. i went for shopping again the next day. My colleague who came with me the previous day got what she wanted and hence didn't come with me the second day. I was alone. I had never done shopping alone earlier.

Anyways... I've decided to go. This time i opted to go to Life Style, another famous shopping mall in the city. There was so much traffic jam on the way, and by the time i reached LS it was alreay 7 PM. Luckily i've met a friend there and he agreed to give me company in my shopping.

I have started my search for the top, which i was looking for... got one but it was not too great. So i thought i will look for a better one, but couldn't get any.
There are two other showrooms near by, so we thought we'll give a try there. We went to ShopperStop, but there was no big collection and nothing was great... atleast not of my taste. We returned and it started to rain by that time, but not heavily. We thought of going back to Life Style to buy that top which was looking ok. On our way back there was another showroom - Pantaloons. We went in to it. There was also a sale going on, and as u can expect the collection was not that great, may be bacause of the sale. But that place is a good choice for buying formals. After searching there for about 20 mins one person who works there showed us a top. It was good, and i've decided to take it. But then another person came and said that that was already bought by somebody else. And to my great luck, there was no second peice.
Hmm... We drove back to Lifestyle and bought that top finally. And also bought some earrings. By the time we came out of the showroom it was almost 10 PM.

I've called home to inform that am on the way and my Dad said they are going for some marriage function. So we've decided to have our dinner outside itself. By the time we finished our dinner it was almost 10 45. And from that place my house is around 10 KM away. I can go alone, but didn't want to take risk, so asked my friend to come with me till some nearest point. We both went by my scooty.
To our great luck, when we were almost near to my colony... my scooty's back tyre got punctured. It was on a high way but due to the odd hours, there was no single shop open to get it repaired. There was no choice left for us than to drag the scooty, till my house. But we both were already very tired and could not do it, hence parked it at a bank by road side and informed the watchman there. And went home by walk from there. He gave me company till my house and retured back. By that time it was 11 45 PM. My poor friend had to again walk back till mainroad. He took a bus from there, and it was around 12 15 by the time he reached home.

I felt guilty for dragging him into all this :(
Sorry my friend. The only mistake you did was to agree for giving me company, and for that you had to bear all these.

I should thank you for being there with me, otherwise i wouldn't know what to do at that hour with that punctured scooty on the highway. Thanks dear!

Mein aur Meri Shopping - Part I

Yesterday i have decided to go for shopping to buy a top. Was thinking where to shop and one of my colleuges suggested Central. She said there is a sale going on and the collection also is huge and good. Central is never my choice to shop as i never got anything there that i wanted. But as she said so, i've decided to try my luck for this time.

Had left office early with another colleague, around 5 30PM. She wanted to go her home once before going for shopping. It started to rain when we were almost near her home. She said "we'll park the scooty at her place and take an auto. By the time we return, it would stop raining and i can return home on my bike." I said "ok" though i didn't like the plan much(I prefer/like to drive). It almost stopped raining when we left her home, but we still went by auto.
It was 7 when we reached Central. Our plan was to complete shopping by 8 30, but it was 9 when we came out. As usual i didn't get anything what i wanted, but still ended up spending some Rs.500/- on some cosmetics, which i didn't plan for.We came out and started to look for an auto. It's not any tough to get an auto in Hyd, if you are ready to pay the amount they ask for. 30% of the auto drivers here love their auto meters very much and don't prefer to strain them much. Hence they themselves does the job of deciding the fair.
Believe me... we were standing on the road for 30 mins to get an auto, and it is one of the busiest junctions in Hyd!!It was really a surprise for me. We were ready to pay the fair howmuch ever they demand for, but still no one was ready to come, for some strange reason. The place where we had to go, is hardly 2KM away from the road we were standing on. We ended up asking some n no. of autos, but all of them preferred to go with empty seats. I was feeling hungry and was getting leg and back pains for standing so long. My colleague started to regret her plan of going by an auto. There were few other people praying on the road for an auto. I, now, know the importance of an auto, which i never realized!

Finally, one person(must've been an angel!) had agreed to come for the fair of Rs.30/-. It was too much for a distance of 2KM, but its ok...Thank God! At last we got in to the auto, and i could catch the expressions of those who were still praying there.
Aahhhh! Know how a Sugar patient who is not eating any sweets for years, will feel if we offer a Jangri to him...

Oh my dear great auto drivers! i bow to you all!

F - R - I - E - N - D - S

Friends are like flowers in the garden of life.
This is an old saying. But the fragrance of those flowers is always fresh.

I have got some cute nice flowers in this blog world too...
kiraN - haven't seen a man of that tall till now, otherthan Amitab in movies
Chetan - he always copies my ideas and calls me as copy cat
vanathi - looks a little confused to me

i don't know from where this little world has come but i admire it. we don't even know each other's face(ofcourse i know long man) but still we call each other, we listen to each other and we make fun of each other. Its all misty!

Thank you pals.

Friendship Day comes once in an year, but with friends like you everday is a celebration.