Family Is Family

If you all might remeber, there was a dialogue in Kabhi Alvida Naa Kehna when SRK tells Rani Mukherji " After all, family is family." This was exactly my feeling when I met my uncle, aunt and cousins at lunch a while ago. The elder cousin had gone to study in the U.S.A and was here in India to spend his winter hols. I was meeting him after four months. It was a pleasure to relax, chat and generally spend time with your loved ones. Sitting there and soaking in the afternoon sun, I realized how wonderful it is to sit with your family and spend some time but at the same time in this day and age how rare has it become. We all have busy lives and a lot of work pressure and hardly any time for our family. We can party all night with our friends, but the thought of meeting your relatives for a simple dinner makes us wince. I realized that the kind of comfort level we share with our family; we can never share a similar kind of level with friends. So, I think we should all spend quality time with our mother, father, siblings etc...Who knows "Kal Ho Na Ho"...:-)

Dilli Darshan

Sorry folks....no time to update my blog....but now I"l try my best!!!

So, I'm going to relate to you an incident on Father's Day. Father's Day was nothing special in any way. We(my bro and me) gifted Dad a small token and that was just about it. We decided that we will go out for dinner in the evening. In the evening we all set out for dinner not dressed up or anything but were in smart casuals as they call it. We were dining at the Air Force Club. There are two restaurants there, one inside and the other one was outside. We were making our way to the inside one when the manager stopped us because my brother and I were not dressed up in shirts ot T-shirts with collar. I was a tad surprised. I mean how much could it matter?? But as it was a rule we decided to abide by it. We searched for a table and finally got seated on the only one available. We were told the same thing here as well and we came to a conclusion that it was best not to dine here and the next time we''ll come adequately dressed for the meal. We decided on going to Pandara Road as it was famous for its many restaurants serving almost all kind of cuisine. But as fate had it just as we reached we saw such a rush of people and cars outside that we decided against eating there. The next choice was CP. When we reached CP we wanted to try Nirulas Potpourri, a new branch of Nirulas which was a proper restaurant unlike the other fast food outlets. It was serving Continental and Indian cuisine. But even there, there was 15-20 minutes waiting. My father was aghast. What he wanted was peaceful meal with good food and good ambience. What a Father's Day it had been for him! Driving through the mad rush of traffic with just about no space for parking was not what he had set out for. Just next door was a chain of Subway and we finally had our meal there as it was the only restaurant which was partially empty except the coffee shops. Though we enjoyed our meal there my only thought after this eventful evening was that Delhites have started dining out a lot these days. The fact that it was a Sunday evening also worked in favour but still finding so many restaurants full was indeed shocking.

Next time though we''ll go in time and maybe even have to make a reservation at the restaurant we want to dine at!!! Times have changed....

Go Goa!

Well, Well, Well...a week has passed since the holidays began and I didn't even come to know...How time flies!!! And its the time which everyone has been eagerly waiting for round the year...Vacation- A Time when one can just zip off from maddening noise, pollution and hustle and bustle of city life and go off to somwhere much more relaxing and calm. This year our family decided to go to GOA!! Yes, Goa's the one of the few places in India which has so far been untouched by the pollution, noise etc and has remained a top favourite tourist spot for Indians and foreigners alike. The lovely beaches, beatiful churches, friendly people, rocking nightlife and awesome cuisine are just few of the many attractions that draw Goa hordes of tourists every year. Its also a shopper's paradise with many famous designers opening their stores their. Because of all this our family decided to visit Goa and experince its charm ourselves. We have been asking lot of people about their experiences and getting feedback like "Goa's an awesome place to visit" and " You're going to Goa? Wow, its a lovely place to visit" is very common. Our flight is on the 19th and though it is just 2 days from now, every hour seems longer to pass....

No problems though...I'm waiting!!!

Holidays Ahoy!

Well....so the holidays have finally...begun. And what a relief! After all the hard work and effort we put in we DO deserve this much needed break. After all we are not robots are we?? But these holidays have left me wondering....are these really holidays in the real sense?? I mean, the schools give us sooo much of holiday h.w., that do they really want us to enjoy our holidays?? My mom tells me that in their time there used to be no holiday h.w. and that they used to spend their time sketching, reading, and many othere activities of their choice. Its not that we can't do all these activities, its just that even if you are enjoying its always on the back of your mind that there is so much of h.w. which needs to be done. My advice to all those students like me who have have got so much of h.w.--Dont worry, enjoy your hols but do take some time out for your holiday h.w. as well so that you don't end up finishing all your h.w. in the last week of June.(which many of us do)

Once again folks...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!!

The Big Fat Bollywood Wedding

So finally...The Bachchan B-ash is over and I hope that the media will atleast now leave the couple alone. The wedding of Bollywood's most eligible bachelor with the world's most beautiful woman(that's not my expression, I'm just replicating what many of the leading dailies mentioned) had the whole nation talking all about it. From page 3 parties to people from villages from all over India ; everyone was going ga-ga about it. Who's been invited and who's been not was front page news in almost all the dailies. And so, finally on April 20th at exactly 6:13 P.M. the wedding took place. Across almost all news channels the same video clips were repeated again and again until you finally just got sick of it. Apart from the hype and hoopla surrounding this wedding, starlets like some Jhanvi Kapoor claiming to be married to Bachchan Jr and and a Abhishek look-alike all got their 15 minuted of fame. People from all over India gathered outside Prateeksha, the Bachchan residence where the wedding was taking place just to catch a glimpse of their favourite stars. When Bachchan Jr did a little jig on one of his songs to please the crowd, the fans were thrilled and thought that their journey was worth it. I sometimes find that these extreme reaction by fans are taking things a bit too far. My word of advice to the media now that the wedding is over--- JUST LEAVE THEM ALONE.

Teachers Who Struck...

The teachers of Modern School Barakhamba Road have gone on a strike. Why??? Because the school management has decided to make every Saturday of the month working. I fully support the teachers because making every Saturday of the month does not really leave any time for enjoyment and relaxation except Sunday on which we would be completing our homework and preapring for our tests. I don't know what has suddenly struck the school management and from where has it got such an idea in its head. The school is functioning perfectly fine and we have been following this pattern for years. The school management is citing an example from Modern School Vasant Vihar which has every Saturday of the month working. Well, the students and the teachers must be used to it as the school has been following this routine for a long time.
What will happen about this mess....only time will tell.
Till then...

The Bad Case Of Wrong Advertising

Recently my mom and I went to Pizza Hut for lunch. As we were busy in a number of errands before we had only just got time to grab a quick bite at 5:00 pm. They had a special offering-- A "Four Course Treat" for two. We chose the non-veg version of it. It included soup, garlic bread, two small pizzas and a choice of ice-cream. The soup, garlic bread and pizza were all very good and now it was time for dessert. We both had ordered Chocolate Fudge Sundae. We were imagining big scoops of ice-cream with lots of chocolate sauce and crushed nuts to accompany it as was given in catalogue which was kept on the table. We were in for a rude shock. What arrived was a tiny scoop of vanilla ice-cream with a bit of chocolate sauce over it. When we asked the manager, he started explaining that the ordinary chocolate sauce was not so ordinary and lot of effort had gone into making it which was called fudge. We were so disappointed with the dessert that all the enjoyment which we had during the meal was lost. We vowed never to fall prey to wrong advertising.