On your first day @ school...

So, its that time of the year again...school bells will begin to reverberate through the air, parents will set out hunting for designer school bags, water bottles, snack boxes,raincoats - the entire paraphernalia one would associate with education.
Its going to be the second time for my son - his second year at school. its a lot different today than it was last year. Last year was all about tears,hugging,clutching,sobbing...and sleepless nights for me...
This year, i was told in no unspecific terms - "dont bother to come drop me, i use the school transport !" Infact, i had a pretty hard time, telling him as he strutted his stuff in his new mickey school bag, that school begins TOMORROW,not today ! And the argument continued to the point i thought i would have to google how it came to be that weekends are the way they are - and why cant schools have no sabbaths !
So, its a lot easier on my nerves. And i stand a proud mother seeing a confident child,eager to venture out into the world, eager to meet old friends, unafraid to make new ones, willing to learn - even if it means a bit of hurt and pain at times...
And i hope along with all of this, his education includes the things most untaught, greatly imbibed - but weaved intricately into character in these very formative and tender years...
So my child, its good to be confident and make new friends - but do not forget your old ones...
Its good to be ambitious and race ahead, but do not forget to lend a hand to the child that fell...
do not forget to say a kind word here, wipe a tear there, say thank you to your maushi...
do not join in the ridicule of another child, in the oppression of the weak, mockery of someone differently abled...
do remember to be forgiving, to let go, to rebond, to be polite - even to the ones you think do not matter...
and to share - not just your colours or your pencils, but your joys and your laughter too...
its okay child, to get into fights and brawls, but leave it there...dont let it weigh upon your heart, and thus on your future...
its okay to say no, but do it so it doesnt hurt...
its okay to say yes, but do it responsibly...
do not forget baby, that the classroom doesnt end beyond the four walls; rather, it begins there - a different education, whose teachings will matter just the same...
do not forget to keep your eyes and ears open, so you can imbibe these - tiny lessons of life...
always let the hunger of knowledge, of knowing more, learning more, burn within...for that is what keeps one alive...
and most of all, child, do not forget to be yourself - you, who are a spark, a flash of divinity, an identity by yourself...and a mother's life...
go child, happy feet,dancing eyes, go...you have a lot to learn...

There aint no triangles...

No, not in geometry ofcourse !
Was watching a programme on Fox today, about Brad pitt,jennifer and angelina.
let me make it clear at the very outset that i am not a big fan of angelina, though brad is on my hot list ever since i remember...
but i was just watching how the media tried to put the blame on angelina for the break up of the couple.
it tried to portray angelina as a scheming,manipulative witch who would go to any extent to get brad !
now,come on ! there is no such thing as a third party where matters of the heart are concerned.
brad must have already been out of love with jen in the first place, to even think of someone else. and i personally believe, it wasnt love in the first place. because with true love, you are never in and out of it in a span of a few years. true love is like air - its just there, there cant be a best before date to it.
ofcourse, they "thought" it was love.but time, that reverent teacher to all, teaches us best. so,over time, either one or both of the couple realize that this is not what the heart wants. ]
brad was already single in his mind, if not in the society, when he fell in love with angelina.
again, whether its love or attraction, an illusion, only time will tell.
but my point is, dont blame it on angie.
same goes for shahid-kareena here ( personally,i couldnt care less )...so saif didnt steal kareena from shahid. or from another angle, vidya balan didnt steal shahid from kareena...or whatever !
if two people are truly in love, they will be together - in public,in their minds,in their hearts - and there wont be any space for a third one...
the very fact that a third one exists, automatically questions the emotional stability of the former relationship.
two people in love form a line, a linear structure....there cant be a triangle, no matter how you try. its only when that line breaks, the angle becomes acute, that a third line appears in the picture...