Hooked line and sinker

Ok so its official, I am addicted....... to SATC (Sex and the City to the uninitiated) We i.e. J and I are on the last episode of Season 4 and I do hope and pray that J has downloaded the next season!! We are so involved that we keep finding the characters from the series in our life. I know I have a Steve, I have had a Big who is so not coming back (something that I am extremely proud of!!) I sure am looking for Adian.. dont think I have that one figured out, and by the way season 4 went i do sure hope i am ready to be tied dowm when i find my adian :).. Oh and who am I?? Well a mix of Carrie with loads of Miranda and a hint each of Samantha and Charlette.. so basically all 4 of the lead characters of the series. I also am completely in love with the way Carrie so easily pens down stuff on her laptop at some point in every episode... it so inspires me to blogg... obviously a lot comes in the way and therefore I am writing exactly after a month.. teehee..
A lot of women I know think that SATC just promotes a stereotype of how women should be and of the kind of problems single successful women face and that finally it does end in all of them finding the right men and getting married and that it is so much about sex and dating and multiple partners...etc etc... ok so i do agree that some of the stuff is a bit much from where I look at it.. but who am i kidding, arent we all actually looking for the compatible other, whether we are willing to give it a name like 'marriage' or not.. we all are, and thats what this series is all about... and you can judge me all you want, but i sure am a big fan of SATC !!

Ishu turns 2

Today Ishaan, my nephew turns 2.... He was born in the morning 2 years ago and has gone from being a mouse to a full blown 2 year old who is more than happy to beat up people, get married to Gehna in his playschool and some bhaiya from upstairs, is very clear that Anna Massi (me) always comes in a plane and no one else can do that, is also very clear when I am around that Nannu (mom) is his (and obviously not mine!), sings rock on songs with a plastic tennis racket as the guitar, calls piano panno and uses the same word for asking you to put on his shoes for him.. pannno naa... has a crazy sense of humour (well if you have met his parents you would know where that comes from!) will speak to his grandparents in marathi and to my mom in hindi :).. shakes one shoulder and dances in a cirlce going dhin chak dhin chak, obsesses about everything going in its proper place (proper place defined by him!), will say 'ok bye' if he does not want to talk to you or if you are disturbing him in his routine (whatever the routine is) when he gets a firing from manna or sallo, he will sit quitely for sometime and then say sorry mamma... ok and smile reaallyyy cutely.

Wishing him all the fun that he wants to have and oh, his grandparents have gifted him a cycle, so he is off to a new phase of his life... the one where he has a lot more mobility and the one where my sister will loose a lot more weight!!! wish my grandparents would have gifted me a cycle when i turned 2.... atleast then i would know how to ride one and not have to begin this journey when im nearing 30!!

New Chapter

Tommorrow I begin work with the Centre for Equity Studies, also known as Aman Biradari. This is an organisation that was started by Harsh Mander sometime after the Gujarat riots. This new work means a complete shift for me from my comfort area (read women's rights) to the broader issue of communalism. I am quite excited about this shift and also am a little nervous since I havent really kept myself updated on this issue.
I am also happy and sad since I came back to Delhi after spending nearly 4 weeks at home :) so right now I am also missing being at home like crazy. After a very long time I had spent so much time at home and had sort of got into the routine of things there. Mom leaving in a crazed hurry in morning, coming back at 6 tired awaiting her cup of tea. My sister and my crazy talkitive nephew, who can steal your heart by his sorry and ok. I was called 'anna maasi' by him, totally miss him...
On my way back I had a chance to visit Sanchi stupas and Khajuraho temples, since I was going for a friend's brother's wedding in khajuraho. That was well... quite refreshing, different and for sure SHOCKING :)
Anyway, will write soon about my new work, till then my dear blog, wish me luck :)

All I want is...

...a room somewhere, far away from the cold night air......hmmmm im at home, in mumbai.. Its funny whenever i say this i find the need to specify home in mumbai, coz i can pretend to hate it as much as i do, delhi is home too.. its the place i started living on my own and continue to do so, it is the place i lost and found love and i continue to do so too, and i must start admitting it (more to myself than anyone else) that i do miss it quite a bit.
Having said that, I am so pleased to be home right now and i am so thank full for the break that I have got :) The weather is beautiful here, it has been drizzling the whole day and so its quite cool. My nephew has gotten over his beating up phase and so thank fully he does not smack me at every given opportunity like he used to before. He lovingly calls me 'anna maassi' and 'annu mausi', he keeps running around the house asking everyone and everything 'kaa hua kaa hua' and then when you tell him he says 'accha accha' like he has understood and approved everything...
I hav done my quota of watching television, people who know me well enuf would know the non existence of a tv in my life, which i make up for whenever i come home. Its only the second day and I have 2 full weeks to go :). I plan to go to college, the beach, marine drive, gateway, bandstand, basically everywhere i can catch glimpses of the sea
That my dear friends is all I want, and guess what?? that is precisely what I have :)

Moving On

I am sort of in transition right now, the future is worth looking forward to which makes my present happy, but my present is my present which makes me impatient. I want my tommorrow to become my today really fast, but as it is it will take time. I was in this phase around 1 and a half years ago when i had joined the corporate world. Did'nt know where I was going or what is expected of me and what am I suppose to do.
When I look back i know that the past year has shown me some difficult times and I also know that I have managed to deal with them with a smile on my face. I am glad i survived, coz i guess thats who I am.
And now I am just rambling away!!

Beware

Nobody today, come in my way, coz today i will bark and bite

Long Weekend: Kya Kiya?

Friday: Choti Diwali, actually let me start with Thursday evening. I was dropped off in Khan Market by an office colleague. I had put in some effort to dress up (read: wear salwar kameez with some bling). I had dinner in Side Wok in Khan market (I love their chicken suimai and phad thai noodles yum!!) Went to meet Ashish in his office in South ex. He decided to take me home since his wifey dear was fuming a bit. They had a get to gether in their colony (Yes there are colonies also in the Delhi... surprise surprise!) After that at 11.30 pm we went to Saket were all the potters (not the famous family, but the profession :)) have their shops, since diwali was literally round the corner there was a lot of crowd there. I simply love that stuff!!! was gifted lovely chimes made of clay :))) Then stayed over at Ashish's after helping them put up the lights etc etc etc. Got up early friday morning, went home, got ready (read wore a saree!) and reached office. Was in no mood of working in office and in any case there was a rangoli competition in office so just did stuff for that (read moral support and some support in spoiling the good work).
Was dropped off to Chacha's place by another office colleague. Had good home cooked food. Read 2 states, went off to sleep.
Saturday: Diwali day. Cleaned chachi's fridge, went crazy about the amount of vegetables in that house (I think its a ploy to keep the woman in the kitchen!!). Helped out in cleaning the house and cooking. did general faffing around in the house. Got ready in the evening for diwali (read wore new clothes, some more bling!) participated in the pooja headed by my grandfather (will write separately about this too. There is no mention of the woman in the artis except for when referring to a childless woman who should be blessed with a son... uff) Oh also watched Dasvidanya in the day ...lovely movie! Then my cousins went off to burst crackers while i watched from the balcony... that was fun though. Finished 2 states adn went off to sleep.
Sunday: Got up lasily, had breakfast... chachi had woken up earlllllyyy and made loads of kadi for the entire colony (too much!!) Cousins and moi went off for a movie (BLUE.... disgusting !!) Bought a gift for my cousin brother and for my granpa. Went off for a get to gether of my law fac friends. That was fun.. a lot of catching up... too many chutka children running helter skelter...w ent to the deer park for dinner, laughed my guts out... had fun. reached home at 1 am
Monday: Bhai Duj: RB came in the morning, got him in sync with my next plans for life.. thank god that happened. Slept off for a bit, did gocery shopping. WEnt off to my mausi's house for bhaiya duj. This was fun. I was at some crazy level and broke into a song at any given opportunity (read as all the bloody time). Caught up with a friend on the phone for almost 2 hours. Went off home slept late got up early cooked cleaned, got ready reached office... damn this week.

Full Moon

It was a full moon last night. I have been out quite late for the past few nights. Infact one morning i was up till 4 am and was on my terrace. Even it was'nt purnima the moon was looking heavenly (considering that it is a heavenly bosy, that shudnt be suprising:)). The moon was on the left and right above me where numerous stars twinkling away to glory. Then last night was the full moon and we were at a friend's place on the terrace. Now her terrace was veerrryy different from ours, it was the 2nd floor technically and was surrounded with trees. It was a lovely breezy night and we had food and drinks in the moonlight and some candle light.
Today I am writing this sitting on my terrace, it is quite cold today since it rained a bit this morning and again im falling in love..... with the moon :))