the first rain..

finally the weekend had arrived...rahul was looking forward to the weekend after a long and tiring week at work...he hadnt been able to talk to saloni as much as they both would have wanted to and with the world cup beginning and the last match for the day scheduled at midnight..those long late night talks were going to be cut short for sometime...

He woke up at 10am on Saturday and lazed around a bit in the bed...slept for another half and hour then finally woke up..had his breakfast and called up saloni to see if she was awake...she had been up since 8am....they talked for about 30mins and made their plan for the day..they decided to meet up in the afternoon and catch up a movie and then see what else they could do...

rahul went down to the parking lot at 2pm and started his car...and drove down towards saloni's place, the other end of the city at 40kms away...he reached there at 3...saloni was already waiting for him in the parking..all eager to hug him and be with him..it had been 3 days since they had met up....once she was in the car..they were on their way to the multiplex to watch the movie....saloni opened the window to let the wind blow into her long beautiful hair..and then out of nowhere the air got filled with the fragrance of first drops of water falling on the dry soil..and then the drops become more prominent and huge in number..the windscreen was getting splattered with millions and millions of water drops forming their own tributaries..

rahul stopped the car on the highway at an empty stretch...and got down in the rain..it was the most amazing feeling..getting wet in the rain..saloni was a bit hesitant to come out..but then rahul pulled her out of the car and they both just stood there getting wet in the rain and enjoying the moment...saloni hugged rahul and whispered the 3 magical words once again into his ears..the 3 words which always made them smile....so after getting wet in the rain for sometime..they got back into the car...and headed to find a place to eat garma garma pakodas and drink some hot tea....and like always saloni held rahul's hand on the gear as they drove ahead...

belief..

Belief is at its most powerful when it is irrational... agree??

rocky and dixcy

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27 today!!

A year ago on the same day i wrote a post about turning 26 and today here i am writing one on turning 27.

Well, has anything changed from 26 to 27? Alot of things in life have changed but i dont think those things in life are in any way affected by numbers (i.e. age)

So guys bless you all and I am off now to go and watch some TV and then off to the Gurudwara during the day to thank the Almighty.

Cheers!!

Sachin Tendulkar

Time Magazine on Sachin Tendulkar`s Journey

When Sachin Tendulkar travelled to Pakistan to face one of the finest bowling attacks ever assembled in cricket, Michael Schumacher was yet to race a F1 car, Lance Armstrong had never been to the Tour de France, Diego Maradona was still the captain of a world champion Argentina team, Pete Sampras had never won a Grand Slam.

When Tendulkar embarked on a glorious career taming Imran and company, Roger Federer was a name unheard of; Lionel Messi was in his nappies, Usain Bolt was an unknown kid in the Jamaican backwaters. The Berlin Wall was still intact, USSR was one big, big country, Dr Manmohan Singh was yet to "open" the Nehruvian economy.

It seems while Time was having his toll on every individual on the face of this planet, he excused one man. Time stands frozen in front of Sachin Tendulkar. We have had champions, we have had legends, but we have never had another Sachin Tendulkar and we never will.

Invictus

I just finished watching Invictus and all i could say at the end of the movie was "wow". It really blows your mind and heart away.

This movie is pure inspiration on Leadership. It connects to you on all levels. Re-building a nation takes more than just being in power. Being at the top with all the power also means the responsibility to lead those who are under you. This is what Invictus is all about. Pure leadership.

Leadership at its best...


Clint Eastwood/Morgan Freeman and Matt Damon have done an amazing job in making such an amazing movie.

For all those who havent seen it, then let me tell you are missing out on something really amazing..

Read the IMDB reviews here

cheers!!

Being at peace with myself

What does going to a place of worship like a Gurudwara or a temple mean to anyone?

I dont know what it means to others but for me it is the chance or the opportunity that i get to be with me and only me. Sitting there listening to the shabad kirtan (hymns) simply allows you to be with yourself and let go off everything else. It allows me to seek forgiveness for anything wrong that i may have done intentionally or unintentionally. It allows me to forgive those who may have done wrong to me intentionally or unintentionally.

Being there allows me to be at peace with myself. It strengthens my faith in the fact that there is someone out there watching over you who will be with you till the time you are doing the right thing. It allows me to be a stronger man to take on the world and fight another day.

Sometimes i get to go to the Gurudwara but sometimes i dont and when i dont all i have to do is close my eyes and say to myself a small prayer concluding with "Wahe guru ji da khalsa..wahe guru ji de fateh".