Mundane Musings

Tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day. Yeah, I know…do you even remember? It’s surely tempting to scoff the day, especially if you are single and cynical or if you are hitched and practical or perhaps if are a little of both. But there’s no denying the fact that like all festivals or occasions that have got hyped in the recent past, this day too has gained significance in recent times.Open the newspaper and there are ads galore for dinner deals and the perfect gifts, check the internet and you’ll need to waddle through a great deal of pink and red hearts and e-roses to get to any shopping site. There’s so much temptation all around. It takes a really, really cynical person to not get touched by the ‘love is in the air’ feeling. Haven’t we all at one point or the other given significance to this day? The day takes on a great deal of importance when: a)  you have someone you’d like to show your love to. This is the coolest opportunity. b)  when you nurse an unrequ...

I’m sorry I haven’t uploaded my blog in a while. You see, I was busy…getting married. I am married! Yay! I love the way the diamonds in my ring catch the light and sparkle brilliantly and that seems to sum up the way I feel right now. Sparkling. For most part of the days, S and I have been asking each other this question – Are we really married? We were so sure we’d be in the “we are dating’ category for so long that when we got hitched, I had to keep telling myself that it wouldn’t be long before the Big day. And then of course the wedding got postponed due to a personal loss and we were stuck in the ‘I’m hitched’ category for some time. And now, I blink and I find myself married. To the man of my er….dreams. Of course, now he is a living breathing entity. Very real. When we were engaged there were so many things that we didn’t expect would change: 1. I was Cinderella. No, I don’t seem to have suddenly got an identity crisis. It’s just that I was nicknamed that because like her, I had...

I have been reading ‘Committed – a love story’ by Elizabeth Gilbert, of ‘Eat, Pray, Love’ fame. I love that lady’s books. She has a way of writing stories which I have always been meaning to write. She beat me to it…that woman! Ok just kidding. Aside from the small fact that if I wrote a book the only number of copies it would sell would probably be a grand number of probably 5; I don’t think I have the energy to plough through so many thoughts and insecurities of mine in order to come up with a logical story like what she has written. Still, it is a subject of marriage. And anyone tracking the lives of married people will note the number of contradictions that exist in this complex, living, thriving relationship. Which is what seems to be evident in her book too and it was with a bit of disappointment that I read the end of the book. It was hardly an ending, more a confused summing up of facts. But then I realized one could never come to a logical conclusion about this institution ca...