The Window...

I miss all my friends here in blogger, I'm sorry for staying silent so long, ok I search for no excuses, the reason was I became a bit lazy and increased no. of sleeping hours since the advent of monsoons :)

The other day I came across an old newspaper cutting in my cupboard, author unknown. But found it really nice and felt like sharing it with my friends here.

A young couple moved into a new neigbourhood. The next morning, while they were having breakfast, the wife sees her neighbour hang the wash outside. "The laundry is not very clean. That lady doesn't know how to wash properly, perhaps she needs a better laundry soap", she says.

Her husband looked on but remained silent.

Everytime the neighbour hanged her wash to dry, the young wife would make the same comments. About a month later, oneday the wife was surprised to see a nice clean wash on the line and said to her husband, "Look, she has finally learned how to wash correctly, I wonder who taught her this".

The husband said, "I got up early this morning and cleaned our window panes".

And so is with life : What we see while watching others, depends upon the "Purity of the Window" through which we look.

Before we give any criticism, it might be a good idea to check our state of mind and ask ourselves if we are ready to see the good in the person whom we are about to judge.

Have a nice week ahead :)

Happy Mother's Day :)

Some shower their Mothers with flowers and gifts; others will lavish hugs as a token of affection. We all have unique ways to celebrate this special day.

Today’s Mom is loving, caring and ready to read the pulse of her new-age children :)

Mom, you’re "The Best". Wishing “ Happy Mother’s Day ” to my own Ma & to all the Mothers out there :)

Three Cheers for Moms everywhere :)

Husband vs Wife - The Funny Verdict :)

You can draw humour from this post only if you catch up with these two previous posts - "Husband vs Wife, who’ll Win?? " and "Husband vs Wife, Part 2 " :)

“Stop the blah blah, time for the verdict, now I talk, you both listen, ok?” my voice was loud and commanding. They just nodded.

“The verdict is that - both of you are wrong. Yes, you couple are so stubborn, why can’t one of you compromise? Ego problem? Don’t imitate the older generation, just move along like best friends.”

I looked at my cousin, “Well, tomorrow you wear that purple saree for sometime to make your hubby happy.” Now turned to her husband, “Food and clothing need personal choice; so instead of you choosing, you should take her for shopping and give her the freedom to pick her favourite dress, whatever it may be - that’ll make your wife happy”.

So saying, I got up from the couch, reached for two sweets from the plate which she handed me earlier, gave the husband and wife one sweet each and I too ate one, “Always be happy in life; misunderstandings are common, just learn to compromise and put love before ego.”

They looked at me in complete bewilderment. The husband finally broke his silence, “Hey Sai, is the verdict all over so soon?”

“I’m a 23 year old bachelor, I never had a girl in my life till now, so what more can you expect from me?"

Now his wife took over, “Sai, thanks for your patience, did we trouble you with our argument?”. I was sarcastic enough, “Oh trouble? No no not at all, this was more entertaining than Aamir’s 3 Idiots, hey just kidding.”

“Still such weird expressions on your faces? Ok I agree, that’s my worst attempt at a joke, com’on!!!”. Finally both of them laughed.

“Well, one suggestion from my side to both of you. Instead of living separate, I suggest you both live at your parent’s home and every time there is a misunderstanding, you will have experienced players to guide you in the right direction”.

The husband had a point, “My parents also have arguments sometimes”.

“Then there would be two movies played at a time on the same screen, it’ll be - Double Dhamaka!!!”

Husband vs Wife, Part 2

Dear Reader, this post is the continuation to "Husband vs Wife, who’ll Win?? " make sure not to miss the first part :)

“Out of every ten good suggestions given to a woman, she’ll follow the eleventh one’, quoted some scholar, I realize how true his words are”, said the husband.

Wife got enraged, “Some egoistic male quoted it and now another one supports it, so sick and self-centered you males are, but without the presence of women, you are but useless fools on this planet.”

As she was ready to curse the whole human race, I interrupted, “Now, it is time you both stop arguing and listen to me. One of you tell me clearly what this argument is actually about”, I gave the choice.

The husband's version, “She wore blue saree to the function at her parent’s home and not the purple one which I’ve given as a gift on her birthday last week. I’m upset that she doesn’t care for what I wish”.

He had another point, “Infact the one I gave is much costlier than that ordinary blue saree of hers. And what will her family think of me? Can’t I afford to provide more luxuries to my wife than what her parents gave her before?”

The wife was ready to strike back, “It’s been almost two years since we got married and my family knows just everything about you, there is no need to show off to them that you keep me happy.”

She had more to say, “And don’t compare the cost, the blue one is a new one too but I choose it cause it gives a homely look and as it was my mother’s place, I wanted to move around at ease, feel the joy of home. If I wore the purple one, it is so heavy that I’ll have to sit at one corner like those elderly ladies”.

“You want to feel the joy of home? So, is this not your home? Am I not giving you enough care and affection? You know how much I love you but still you call home only the place where your parents live, isn’t it??” he turned emotional as he said that.

“Why do you exaggerate that point? A girl has two homes, one, her parents and other, her in-laws, she desires to love both. Did I ever complain on this home? I’m more than happy here, I know how much you care for me, but still sometimes you don’t have patience to understand me”.

The husband spoke again, “So, I'm the one who should always understand you but you won’t take any pains to understand how I feel in front of your family.”

Wife had a point to tell me, “Sai, though ours is a love marriage, my family never had any kinda objection and agreed to our decision. They are not materialistic people and never counted on money or luxuries and I fail to understand why he thinks the same way every time”.

It was a war of words in the beginning. Now suddenly it took a sentimental and emotional turn. I was feeling so helpless, neither I was able to stop the husband nor his wife.

Another ten minutes passed by and they were still arguing on the same topic. It was such a big test for my patience and thanks to my mother, I inherited a mountain of patience from her.

I decided that it is time I come up with some plan to divert this argument, just do something right away or else this looks like it’ll never gonna end and I’m trapped.

Eager to know what happened next?

Then you’ll have to wait just a little more, my next post “Husband vs Wife, Part 3" is already on its way here, it'll share with you the last part :)