Minds At War

What happens when you wake up one morning a learn that you are going to be a father again? One moment you feel overjoyed and on top of the world and then the next you are consumed by a volley of questions and concerns- What is he / she gonna look like? Is everything okay? What doctor do I contact? How is it going to change our lives? How do we start preparing ourselves? etc etc.. Though everything was planned , it still kinda catches you unawares :-). The next few weeks went in a blur with the doctor's visits and planning for the arrival of the baby. In June-July we found that our baby was a BOY and not the GIRL that we were expecting. Hmmm.. interesting. Maheena wanted a sister, but I'm sure she will be understanding enough to settle for a little brother instead. It was of course fantastic to watch my little boy floating around in his little cocoon. And I and Arti had this disbelieving look on our face when the technician told us that it was a boy. We could not but ...

Blogging after a very long time... Life has gotten even more busy after Rian has come into our lives :-) **************************************************************************** Ever wonder as to why the early civilizations used to try and live harmoniously with nature and why the modern civilization with all their vast knowledge has pushed this planet over the cliff! Beats me!!!!! We are bent upon destroying the very planet that we are living on and it is really not like we have another option. The human population is estimated to touch 70 Billion soon and natural disasters are killing scores each year. A huge natural calamity has the potential to wipe out big numbers. Apart from that we have been poisoning ourselves, the land and water with the use of Synthetic Fertilizers. Fertilizers find their way into the water table and also find their way into our bodies through the food and water. Over a period of time it seriously impacts the natural contents of the soil creating an ...

Its the start of Winter here in Wilmington, DE. My daughter is going to be three this month and my world is just beautiful. This year I have witnessed four changing seasons Winter, Spring, Summer, Autumn (Fall) and now its winter again. And this place changes its look every season. I thought that Spring would be the most beautiful season, till I witnessed the fall colours. It has been amazing. Mahi has just started toddler school 2 months back and she is enjoying it. It's been a joy for me to drive her to school each morning and watch her go about her activities in her class from the observation room. It's also a great feeling to watch the joy on her face when I go to pick her up and then listen to her talk about her day at school. On the other side, I have my dad who is suffering from an enlargement of heart and has been battling for life all through the last two months. He has been in and out of the hospital a few times now and each time he has been very critical. It...

I'm at Wilmington, Delaware and enjoying some well deserved rest and time with family. Also able to spend some time reading. My two year old daughter keeps me busy and I try to entertain her and keep her occupied. These two years have been great for me and fatherhood has changed me. I have also been spending time watching Cricket and enjoying it too. Watching India stand toe to toe with Australia on this tour and watching the Aussies complain was really fun. It made my day. Watching the Aussies complain about too much Cricket and then shutting up when money was shoved into their faces (IPL) was looking at another face of India that I have always wanted to see. Its not arrogance but happiness to see our India in a new light, a face of India we never thought we would see. India has been growing in all Spheres and this has been heartening to watch. My generation has been the bridge between the new India and the old. The generations to come will always be better than the ones that have...

Our Trip to Hawaii 25th January 2007 – Nikhil dropped us (Me, Mahi & Arti) to the Sky Harbor airport. We boarded a United Airways flight to San Francisco. It was a two hour flight and Mahi slept throughout the flight. Plane journeys are probably the most boring journeys and I really hate them. I enjoy train journeys as it brings you closer to the place you travel through during the journey. After reaching San Francisco, we had a 2 hour gap in journey and then again a 5 hours and 30 minutes flight to Kona (Hawaii – Big Island). I tried to pass my time by watching the movie “The Queen” that was being shown during the flight. By the time we landed in Kona - Hawaii, it was 09:30 PM local time. My first impression of Hawaii turned out to be great. As Arti was getting down from the plane, her shoe lace came untied and an airport service staff member who was standing below the ladder noticed the same. Seeing Mahi in Arti’s arms, she asked Arti if she needed help tying her lace and before ...

It was a beautiful April morning that me and my wife discovered that we were going to be parents soon. When the home pregnancy test kit showed positive, my eyes almost popped out and I did not know how to react. The thoughts running through my head were mixed feelings of elation and a certain anxiousness about how things would turn out to be. Then there were those regular visits to the Gynaec's clinic. Dr. Padma was known to us since a long time. I would always squeeze into her small examination room, to have a look at the Screen on the Ultrasound Scanner. She would smile at my eagerness. The first time I saw my baby, she was just a dot on the screen and then one day I saw her heart beat on the same screen. I felt a strange emotion fill me up and I knew that I had a special relationship with that little insect trying to fly on the black & white screen (my baby's heart fluttering). Soon the days turned to weeks and weeks to months as time chugged on, and me and my wife witn...

I don't remember when my addiction to books developed, but I guess it would have developed its roots during the Library Period back at my school (Our Lady Of Fatima High School) . We used to be provided one book to read in a week. And ofcourse that was too less to satisfy my hunger. I had to read atleast one everyday. I was definitely not brilliant in my academics, in fact I was sort of an average, but reading was defenitely a passion and my love for the English language was tremendous even in those days. I would finish that book in a matter of a couple of hours and then go for the books given to my friends, who did not like to read. Pretty soon, I would have finished all the good books distributed among my friends in my class. Then during my junor college days, I would have a competition going on with my friends to the number of books we could read during our vaccations. The craze continued and soon, I read my first non-fiction book- Freedom At Midnight by Dominique La Pierre ...

Date : 08th March 2004 I discover what is Blogging all about. I am introduced to it by my buddy Arun. We share the same name and a few interests and that's where the similarity ends and my admiration for him begins. I wish I could have the same brilliance as his, his passion towards travel and the will to make it happen and his unbounded passion to accquire knowledge. I start my site here...