Life-Lenz
Contains all blog posts.
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FRIENDS :: The One Where They Get Back Together
Spoiler : I just saw the FRIENDS Reunion Episode for the second time. Caution : Hey, even if you have never heard of FRIENDS, don’t worry.. this is not about the show. But honestly tell me, how could you NOT have heard of the Show? Not seeing it – Well, This is one of the blessings I got from COVID-19 and I have myself seen it now. The show is a good and indeed really good show but I am still not a part of the FRIENDS cult. So, please dont hunt me or feel bad if you havent seen it yet! Though, if you need something to watch, it…
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रावण
कहते हैं के अगर शरीर का कोई अंग सो जाए तोह वहाँ अपनी ऊँगली से ‘रावण’ लिखने पर, वह अंग जग जाता है| मुझे मेरी अम्मी ने बताया और उनको मेरी नानी ने| मैं अक्सर ऐसा करती हूँ – जब बैठे बैठे कभी पैर सो जाते हैं तोह ऊँगली से बड़ा-बड़ा रावण लिख लेती हूँ| बिलकुल जादू की तरह, कुछ ही क्षणों में पैर उठ जाते हैं| एक बार सोचा के रावण की जगह अपना नाम लिख कर देखती हूँ – क्या पता कोई भी नाम काम कर जाए! पैर उठ तोह गए परन्तु समय ज़्यादा लगा. कुछ और नामो से भी प्रयत्न किआ| पैर तो उठ ही जाएंगे पर…
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House to Home and Back
I never liked my current place of residence. It is a ground floor kind-of-independent house. To give it that kind-of-independent feel, there are a lot of doors. And my mother likes a lock on all of them. This is one of the major reasons I never like this place. It made me feel very cut off from the world. Don’t get me wrong here. I am not an outgoing person but I do love the noise. The constant reminder of not being alone. The constant acknowledgement that the change is just one step away. But here, inside my house, its very quiet. I seldom hear cars or any other traffic.…
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Dogs and Us
With the Corona Pandemic taking over the world, we have all just one topic to discuss. For the first time in a long time, families are together – even if they are forced to be. The show they are watching on television doesnt matter, what matters is that there is at least one show that they all are seeing together. This is definitely one of the beautiful blessings we all have received amidst this Pandemic; other being that now that people have time, they are thinking about themselves – taking care, fixing their problems or thinking of what life they want after all this is over. For me, I am…
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‘Little’ Faith
Tuesdays are a big deal. Tuesdays are pretty auspicious. All the days are associated with a deity and Tuesdays come to be associated with Lord Hanuman. Lord Hanuman is believed to himself be an incarnation of Lord Shiva sent to help overcome troubles laid in the path of Lord Rama, the incarnation of Lord Vishnu. Like million others, my parents visit the nearby Lord Hanuman temple. Some days I go along. Today in the temple I saw an olderly couple stand in the queue. Well, its Tuesday. Everyone wants dedicated time with Lord Hanuman. So there is naturally a queue. There are bhajans being played on speaker and everyone is…
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The Secret Effect
The Secret is a book I have owned for more than four years. It is a special one for it was the first book that I bought from my salary. Now just to emphasize how big a deal this is – I humbly accept I am a miser. There are just three places I don’t mind spending – Book Fairs/ Bok Shops, movie tickets and anything for my family members. Again movies are something my mother enjoys. Hence, officially books are the only thing I deeply, truly and inexplicably love and that I spend abundantly for. I clearly remember – I was attending training for my first job in Gandhinagar.…
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Swacch Bharat Abhiyaan
No this post is not about promoting the government policies or berating a man’s heroism. Let me make it clear before beginning – our Prime Minister Narendra Modi was not always the Prime Minister and he will not always be the Prime Minister. India was India before Narendra Modi was born and it will continue to be India even when he is not around. Yes, some people do make a great impact. I also agree that Narendra Modi is one of those few. However, he cant do anything alone. I would be lying if I said that we are too great. No we are not. There are hundreds of things…