So, WordPress just alerts me that I have been with them for eight years! :O Hard to believe... so to acknowledge these eight years, here's a link to my first blog post: https://amruta.wordpress.com/2006/10/31/is-life-really-so-bad/ Hope you like it; or at least, like my later writing! 😉
Category: Memories
The Birthday Blog Post
This was meant to be an actual birthday post, meaning it was supposed to be posted on my birthday, which was yesterday. However, as most of my activities are these days, it had to be postponed. Thankfully, I can accredit it to my daughter, and not to my usual procrastination. 😀 Anyway, yesterday's the day I turned … Continue reading The Birthday Blog Post
My childhood rain memories
It is that time of the year, again (In India)! 🙂 Yes, the monsoon season, indeed. As my readers already know from several of my previous posts, I love the rain. Rain reminds me the most about treks, chai-pakodas, the ‘terrifying and soothing at the same time’ property of nature, and the romantic breeze, of course; … Continue reading My childhood rain memories
My favorite romantic songs – Happy Valentine’s Day :)
Ahem! It is that time of the year again: Valentine's Day, when love is supposed to be in the air! 😛 I am not a romantic person at all, but I am a big fan of Bollywood music. And Bollywood music makes romance really shine! So here's a list of my favorite romantic Bollywood songs, … Continue reading My favorite romantic songs – Happy Valentine’s Day 🙂
My Bucket List :-)
Well, well, whether life's short or long, and ambitions and dreams are high or low; everyone, at some point or the other in their lives, thinks of a bucket list, and has one - on pen-and-paper or in their minds; said out aloud, or mused upon while solitary... I, too, have a list, and it … Continue reading My Bucket List 🙂
Happy New Year 2013!
Hey all readers, (again, if there are any left, that is! ) Wish you all a very, very happy new year! May you have a wonderful year, full of joy and prosperity and wisdom and laughter and fulfillment. The last year ended on a mixed note for me. It was a year of major changes, some … Continue reading Happy New Year 2013!
My Favorite Bollywood Rain Songs
[Update: 25th June 2021] After a very dry spring in Michigan, it has started raining again; and has made me very sentimental and dreamy and whatnot! So I thought of rehashing this old blog post of mine (from April 2012!). And as I've grown a bit since then, and my tastes have changed more than … Continue reading My Favorite Bollywood Rain Songs
I so love The Hindu ads! TOI – are you listening?
I have been reading The Times of India ever since I was a child. In fact, back then, it was considered imperative to read the TOI to improve your English. I lived in Goa, and all we had access to was the Mumbai edition of TOI which hit the stands in Goa only in the … Continue reading I so love The Hindu ads! TOI – are you listening?
Should I venture into fiction??
For a long time, I have been at a loss of ideas for new blog posts... and more than ideas, it's the expression that I am not able form. So i thought, why not try my hand at fiction? Stories and topics that have interested me, but never happened to me.... I guess I should … Continue reading Should I venture into fiction??
Movie Review: Taare Zameen Par
"Kholo Kholo Darwaze Parde Karo Kinare Khuntey Se Bandhi Hai Hawa Mil Ke Chhudao Saare!!" And so goes a song, from one of the most intelligent and sensible films that Bollywood has ever produced. For those who don't understand Hindi,(although that's strange, since they are reading the review of a Hindi film...) let me translate … Continue reading Movie Review: Taare Zameen Par
Hail Sinhagad!!!!
Inspite of living in Pune, a city with several picnic spots in its vicinity, we end up going places only once in say half a year!! One such trip happened last saturday, and needless to say, we had real fun!! (U can see that on the happy faces in the accompanying photograph, can't u!!). … Continue reading Hail Sinhagad!!!!
Lyrics that have touched my heart……………
When you are listening to a song, what is more important to you? The music or the lyrics? Well I have always been partial towards music.. I 've always been more attentive to words only when recited without music, you know, poetry and stuff... But our very own Hindi songs too(without which our bollywood movies … Continue reading Lyrics that have touched my heart……………
Random sailings….
Was sailing on the unstable ship of my mind, over a vast sea of past memories..... and docked on this particular line quoted by a speaker at a Gudi Padwa rally.... Sir Winston Churchill, while addressing the British Parliament, a little while before India got Independance, said about us, "Don't give them freedom, 'cause they … Continue reading Random sailings….
SMS Shero-shayari!!
I have a huge collection of smses on my cell-phone(limited ofcourse by the limited memory on my 3120). Many of them include shayaris, and some of them, are real good ones, although they may sound a bit too senti at first...(I hate senti shayari, unless they have that unique spark, and even if they do, I … Continue reading SMS Shero-shayari!!
Comedy of errors!
No! This post doesn't talk about the famous play of Shakespeare!! It just talks about a few comic, humourous errors that happened in my life. As embarassing as they may be, now, and even at their time of occurence; they could not stop me from laughing. So, come along, let's laugh together! 😀 Where's the … Continue reading Comedy of errors!
The journey of a million miles, starts with thousand steps!
Confused with the title?? Think it should be "The journey of a thousand miles, starts with a single step."? Well that holds true if you intend to travel only a thousand miles, if your journey is going to continue beyond that,(well in life, it does, right!! Much beyond that!), in fact to a million miles,then, … Continue reading The journey of a million miles, starts with thousand steps!
Is money equivalent to Happiness?
So true is the above sentence, isn't it!! just happened to see the above picture stored somewhere on my PC, and it started a chain of memories in my mind. Just jotting down a few of them here. When i was in my 3rd year of Computer Engineering, We had a debate in my … Continue reading Is money equivalent to Happiness?
Dream #2
And once I was walking on the road, and casually turned to look back. A monkey, one of the small kinds, with a dangerous red face was following me!! I panicked!!! Seriously!! As I kept walking I realized that the monkey was still persistently following me... I didn't even realize when I began running... The … Continue reading Dream #2
Dream #1
And there! The world was coming to an end! Well, if not the world, at least my city. My city was totally flooded! People were running (nah, swimming) helter-skelter to save their lives. The water levels were rising fast and furiously. And the water - it was not the usual colorless liquid, it was dirty, … Continue reading Dream #1
Dreams I didn’t even dream I would dream!! :-))
"Dreams are the stepping stones to success, so what should you do to be successful??", asked a senior at college... As we all looked at him, unsure whether to attempt this one or not, he exclaimed, "Go to Sleep!!!", and went on laughing like he thoroughly enjoyed his own piece of humour!! I grinned and … Continue reading Dreams I didn’t even dream I would dream!! :-))
My driving!! (not other people mad…am talking about the real stuff here!!hehe)
I love driving!! Though not from the start, I must admit.... I first of all started driving a little later than allowed, at the age of 21, and it was quite a shaky start. My younger sister had already learned driving, and she was indeed a verry good driver. So adding to it my own … Continue reading My driving!! (not other people mad…am talking about the real stuff here!!hehe)
What’s in a signature????
I have always been a big fan of quotable quotes...and have liked collecting them since childhood... It may sound like I am bragging; but yeah, many people have told me that they look forward to reading the signature in my mails, that I change everyday! 🙂 Now for all those people who have encouraged me … Continue reading What’s in a signature????
No… There are surely rays of hope!
{Author's Notes: Updated on October 28, 2015} As I wrote in my earlier post, something else soon happened, which made me feel good about life, about others, and about myself. One day I had to walk over the same bridge I mentioned, while going to work. As I passed over it, the snapshots of the other day's incident kept … Continue reading No… There are surely rays of hope!
Is life really so sad?
{Note: This was my first blog post ever. I wrote it on my birthday, 9 years ago. In fact, it was this particular incident that prompted me to start a blog. Updated on October 28, 2015} There was this one thing I wanted to write down somewhere for a very long time. Never found … Continue reading Is life really so sad?
The Writing Block! 