Mirage: August 2015

If one science could explain the phenomenon of life, we would be learned people with nothing more to gain. Part of the differences that lie between us is accountable to the unknown areas of life. Secrets are revealed by successful men, mantras are sold like cupcakes in a candy shop; yet none of those seem to fit into your life with ease and simplicity: the way it did in that person's life.
Is it all in the hands of the person living his life? Or can the teachings of gurus be inculcated into our routine for attaining a level we only read in books or watched on television?
If I could have answered these questions, I would be reading my fan mail or globe trotting to give seminars, instead of sitting on the warm floor and writing this. So for anybody who comes across this, it is not a diary entry or a collection of gripping stories. These are my thoughts.
Also, it's an easy way to not pressurize myself with a deadline. Writing at one's own pace is charming - well, at least more charming than reading classics or doing work where interest is the last thing on my mind. This is my idea of being free. Free to express, free to think, free to be. Yes, I know we live in a democratic country; yet we rob ourselves of our own freedom.

Here is: To Freedom, To Life and... To Smiles!!! :)
Cheers!

Friday, August 14, 2015

Madrid: Spain in Pictures (part I)

Madrid, a city that's often overlooked by tourists in favour of the larger and more popular Barcelona, has a charm of its own. Be it famous streets like Puerta Del Sol or beautiful plazas, this city has enough beauty if you pause to notice it.

Here's my first photo blog on Madrid from the summer vacation in Spain. More pictures and blogs to follow, now that I'm over the jet lag, back to the daily routine and a tad nostalgic. Cheers!