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Milestone of Love

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When they met for the first time, she was a cute girl moving around in polka dot frocks; he was a teen struggling to find his way in life. Back then they had different paths to take in life, they got separated and never met for quite a few years. One fine morning he woke up deciding to marry that girl in polka dots, just because he had a dream in which he saw her by the side of  Goddess Durga. They got married, off course it was an arranged marriage. Finger snaps .... 40 years flew away, taking care of kids, managing family and extended family, proving  true to society's expectations and doing  everything that happens in a typical Indian middle class family. On their 40th Wedding Anniversary their kids decided to gift them an experience on this milestone of love, a romantic photoshoot! Pre wedding photoshoots are a rage these days in Indian youth, but this couple in their 60s would definitely give you some married life goals. Check out ...
After about 70 years of Independence and 7 years of ‘3 Idiots’  have we really changed, at least a bit? There are many events which made me write this post but I would like to highlight only two of them, because they involve people who are close to me, people whom I should have been able to influence, and people about whom I care the most. Event 1: We were at a family get together and a group of adults (all supposedly successfully settled people) were discussing what this young boy should to do with his future. This kid was awaiting his HSC result and had been in touch with me for quite a while. From all the discussions with him I realized that he had zero interest and inclination towards maths and science. He is weak in logic and lacks analytical skills. However, he has lot of interest in Music and all everything related o music. He plays guitar quite well. He is also an automobile enthusiast.  But as it happens with most of them at this age, the kid could...