Reliving the special moments with mesmerizing songs...!

Reliving the special moments with mesmerizing songs..

Today eve was special for a reason.. been to this exhibition called Lil Flea at Bandra. I am not a regular exhibitions visitor type... but went only because Amol's friend Saumya had her creative products on display there and the idea of creative products attracted my attention..

It was actually an awesome experience with lots of creativity all around n with live music by upcoming artists .. loads of energy and positivity in the air.. all the stalls had some or the other creative ..unique stuff unlike the typical handicraft exhibitions we have these days... really enjoyed the couple of hours I was there...one thing that I loved the most after some creative stuffs was the live music by the young singers...got lost in the songs and tunes for some time...The flute played by a gal was just so mesmerizing. . took me to my childhood days I spent with my Papa.. a few songs by two of the young guys took me to the college days... seriously each song has its own little story.. each tune has its own little memory engraved in our mind... with those songs playing, some thing in the air changes and we tend to get carried away with that song.. in those moments that we had while they were earlier played..

 On my way back home .. was thinking of all those songs which have a special place in my heart .. as they are linked to some very special moments with even more special people... Each of these songs make me remember of the time I used to listen to them.. some as kid.. some in hostel while preparing for the exams... some with hostel gang of gals enjoying the late night talks.. and some in remembrance of some special people.. who entered my life at various points in time...

Each song has its own story..  a treasured memory... I can actually feel the atmosphere change a bit when I think of  Ye Tumhari hamari batein... Dil chahata hai..when I think of Lakshya to pana hai... Purani jeans...Ajeeb dastan hai ye.. and so on.. and on...

Really these songs make us remember all the specials moods we were in... each of the them help us recollect the various times we have spent with various people we have met... tonight I want to play my full playlist with all those special songs and get lost in the good old memories...

Cheers to all those people who made these songs special and the moments linked to them memorable...!!
 

Being the Leading Lady of our life...!

Watched this lovely movie “The Holiday” today .. and got refreshed… oh wow the ladies look so so pretty.. Cameron Diaz and Kate Winset… they look lovely even when they cry ;)

Change … change changes our life completely.. Sometimes we just need to get out of our routine life and explore a new us.. in our day to day life.. running behind career.. money... keeping house and things in place …taking care of relationships.. keeping care of feelings of closed ones ... we just forget what our own feelings are..we just start excepting we as we are .. and we just forget who we really are and how can we be better...

I loved this one line in the movie… "we should be the Leading lady of our life and  stop acting like the leading lady's best friend…".  We should be the queen of our life… and stop being any less.. its our life.. we should live it in our way.. and surely the best way…!

Similar thoughts seen in the movie Queen too.. these ladies just energized me for  a refreshing new year ahead.. Its Marathi new year day today..

In the coming year.. be the Leading lady of your own life... live it queen size...! ! J

Want to go back to those days when....

Want to go back to the days when......
Want to go back to the days when summer holiday meant playing cards with cousins at 3 at night…watching Maine Pyaar Kiya the Nth time on video cd player…. Eating chivda and all other snacks at 12 in the night … booking of advanced tickets at Damodar/Vijay Mamta theatre was a crazy task always enjoyed by us (as we needed atlest 10-15 tickets for the gang to go ;) ) . Watching the actual movie with the gang in whole theatre row of just us family members.
The nights used to be so crazy ….doing summer saults on Gadis (beds) in the drawing room floor...doing cushion fights with all the bros and sis was so much fun…
Want to go back to those days when Ferrero rocher was a delicacy from the US of A, when pizzas/burgers was a treat after doing great in an exam….
Want to go back to those days when a glass of sugar cane juice was a treat for all of us …. Eating pani puri with all the cousins on Chaupati was like the best food ever… Going to Dadar at Aunt’s place was always so exciting… chatting with Kets n Appu while walking on shivaji park ground was just so energising…
Want to go back to those days when Sundays meant going to drawing class, watching cricket and going for a movie with Papa, Aai and Sushant, when Saturday night meant going for a long walk with Papa and chit chatting….
Birthday parties then were so simple but special, it meant booking of cake in advance, inviting all the cousins n neighbours for the party at home…celebrations then meant.. playing Sangit Khurchi (musical chairs), dumb charades at home. Aaukshan (a small pooja) by mom and all aunts was a tradition and then taking of blessings of the elders was a big enjoyable task starting from ground floor to 2nd floor.
Eating Dabeli was always an evening snack and playing cricket was a motivation to get up on a Sunday morn…Going to swimming with the gang was the best sport for us and then eating dosa or missal after that was so much filling…
Listening to the gossips of all elders was so exciting … having tea at 6 in morning after listening all this this gup chup and going back to sleep at 7 was like an adventure…
Reading Tin Tin, Thak thak and Chacha chaudhari turn by turn and fighting over who gets to read it first…
Diwali meant loads of crakers and celebrations with cousins…making odd shaped chaklis in order to help mom and drawing rangoli on the porch of the house… a big celebration in front of our shop and saw mill on the Laxmi Pujan night and mast bhai dhuj celebration with all the cousins…
Winters meant getting up in morning after endless efforts by Mom and Papa dropping me off to school and saying good day gal…
Winters were also the Sankrant days… kite flying on the terrace and cutting of fingers by the big boys… my job was always to hold the chakri right and shouting alound when we used to cut the neighours kite…
Sankranti was so special with so many aunts n neighbours coming home… giving them the flowers n til laddus and attar …
Also want to go back to the exam time when studying for exam and getting good marks was the only target in life….life was so much at peace when we had only 5-6 exams to give and the rest of the time it was just fun playing sports, tv, being with friends and cousins.
Life has changed so much now…. Then having a video game was a big thing… now even after having everything in the world we feel so incomplete… so I want to back to those days again when life was so much of fun…!

Remembering the Fairy again...

Just returned from a play at Prithvi... my favorite place for experiencing the live performances in Mumbai... I think air at Prithvi itself is different.. once i go there its just so cheerful.. the art.. the performance.. the sitting arrangement inside the theatre ..the cafe...the spirit of drama and live performances..the ambiance.. the crowd and most importantly the actors on the stage... i have never seen any better theater experience than this...

Today i watched this play named "Joke" by Makarand Despande. It has nothing to do with jokes and its a not a non sense comedy play as the name might suggest. It has this amazing concept which made me watch it in spite of it being in Hindi ..(this was my first Hindi play.. a good start i would say)

Its based on the belief that all of us as a child have been introduced to two faiths – God and Fairies. But as we grow up, fairies disappear and God takes over our heart, mind and lives. And what happens when one man (Makarand) decides to leave Gods behind and bring back Fairies in his life ? Will other people help him get the faith back ? or will it all turn out to be a JOKE...

Hey this really inspired me to think that ...why as we grow up we forget Fairy and still remember God...

Both Fairy and God are faiths.. but why only as kids we have faith in them as we grow old we loose it... Fairy is even more a positive concept as she is the one who fulfills our wishes without any return.. for God we always offer somthg or the other or fast for him... but when it comes to fairy we just innocently pray...

Fairy is a child's first best friend..i think as kid i remember asking her for all the small small things like chocolates..visit to garden... Barbie doll... and even a tooth :) She is our closest friend whom we can share our problems and give her all promises... she the one whom i used to say good night to before sleeping... and also thank for sending a small small gifts...

But as we grew up all the place of faith and belief was taken up by God and we forget the Fairy...

Fairy is one who listens to us...takes care of us in problems... creates miracle when in need...

When i think of God...its same the feelings of miracle maker... but we are all taught to fear God... if we dont be good, God will punish and all that.. so i guess the fear is being put in our minds. We then gradually forget the miracle maker fairy and worship god as we are told that you will pass if you pray Him and your wishes will get fulfill if you fast and such things...

It is like a barter with god ... is it all become like a business deal with God.. i herd some people even have Balaji as a business partner in south India for the business to suceed... i think as we learn we become too logical and think i wont get anythg for free... i have to thank someone and i need some speacial help to fulfill certain tasks... here i am not at all a nastik or have lost faith in Him... but seriously we just start depending on god for everthing... right from job...good results... to even baby...the wish list is never ending...

On the other hand ...If somthg bad happens it is because i didnt keep the promise i made to God of doing a pooja and somthg like that...

But Fairy is different...firstly she does not have a religion... so we dont have to do her pooja and worship her as we religiously do to God... she is there whn we want her.. who is ready to help us in any time without any returns... not that God asks for somthg... but its just in the mindset that if we go to a mandir we have to carry flowers and prasad and all that... are we bribing the God then?

For a Fairy that is never the case ...

I think that atleast i for sure had forgotten Fairy's existence in my life... but with this play... i think i should again have her in my life... as her presence will add optimism and faith and hope... Also it will reduce my dependence on God and take up my own responsibility ... Fairy is always my best friend who will be there by me on each step and help me make my Dreams come true...

So, now on.. lets start remembering the Fairy again.. get her back in our lives..

Cheers

Pradnya

Acceptance is the key

When sometimes life is not just the way i want it to be.. when the road is going all uphill.. when i want to be strong to just hold on for some more time... going gets tougher and tougher... i think its time to Accept the situation As It Is...

I think sometimes acceptance is the key to most of my problems... somethings are there, on which we do not have control on.. so i think its better to accept them.. here i don't mean giving up on them....or quit trying... but then if logically if i cant change them, then why waste my time and energy in thinking about them and waiting for a change to happen...
Just accept and move on... that will make me more powerful and confident in taking care of other important things in life... Life does not end with one single thing... i have lead 26 years of my life on my own terms... now because of some stupid issues why loose it... i still wanna be the same old Pradnya which my friends have known...

So i wanna just move on...accept life as it is... and make the best of what i have...

Cheers
Pradnya

Officially blogging!

Guys n gals...
I am officially blogging today... earlier blogs were just written with some random thoughts and incidents in my life...
though i dont write often.. i think writing to myself is to know myself better...

i have never written dairy religiously.. i wrote only whn somthg important happened in my life..
but blogging sounds good...and to share my thoughts.. my life's day to day things with ppl .. sounds good (atleast at this point of time :) )

So guys... i hope u guys get to read somthg from me soon and regularly...

bbye for now..

Cheers
Pradnya

Bucklist for 15 Jan 11

Hey its Makar Sankrant Today.. an auspicious day for.. its the start of a new beginning... :)
And i wanna start it with a bash!!
So my wishlist for the day...
1.a nice tea with newspapaers of the week... i love reading Times of India- Crest Edition n Mint Lounge.. Its my Saturday ritual
2. I wanna take a luxurious bath..
3. Go for a walk on the Marine Drive..
4. Have a Coffee with bakery products at this new place in Colaba called Le Pain Quotidien (read about it in Mint today.. and i am impressed with the review !)
5. Then a walk around the Gate of India...adoring the Taj...
6. Walk the roads of real Mumbai... south Mumbai...listening to my favorite tracks ...!