Thought For The Day

"Passion is the quickest to develop, and the quickest to fade. Intimacy develops more slowly, and commitment more gradually still."
Robert Sternberg

Bad TV

It's sad what some people will do for money. They will come on national TV and confess to their dirty little secrets. There's the new reality show where people are asked very personal questions are asked about themselves and a lie detector verifies their answers. What channels won't do to get higher TRPs. Saas bahu serials are out. Reality shows where women are shown bathing in the falls, old men confess their dirty sexual acts are in.

I detest television now more than I ever did. The long commercial breaks during movies really get on my nerves. You can actually watch 2-3 movies at a time if you switch channels swiftly and spend 5 hours. Except for sitcoms like Everybody Loves Raymond and Friends and the 'Little Krishna' cartoon show on Nick and few good programmes on NatGeo and Discovery I hate to watch anything else.

I hate how much TV has become a part of all our lives. As I climb up to my third floor flat sometimes I peek into some of the houses. Predictably the TV is on in all homes. In the tiny flats there's no other way of spending time. There isn't even a balcony where we can go for fresh air. The thing about Mumbai is that it's either too hot or it's rainy to go out anywhere. God, what would I have done if there wasn't the Internet!

Thought For The Day

"The really potent part of love is that it allows you to carry around beliefs about yourself that make you feel special, desirable, precious, innately good. Your lover couldn't have seen [these qualities] in you, even temporarily, if they weren't part of your essential being."

Martha Beck

Prices Sky High

The rising prices of food items is worrying me. Toor dal costs Rs. 80 a kilo!! It used to be around Rs.50 last year this time.
Hope the rains gods are kind on us and we get plenty of rains this year.

Apparently, I am a Retrohousewife!!!

They say now it's the return of the housewives. First there were women who married early, had kids and when the kids were older went to work outside. Then came the supermoms who are trying to balance work and home. Now it's time for retrohousewives. That's right. These are women who have education and a career which they give up after having kids later in life. They postpone marriage and kids for the sake of career and then they give up their career to be with their families. Now you may call that having the cake and eating it too.

It's been a year since I have been without a job. Surprisingly I am enjoying the free time. Now I am thinking maybe I shouldn't go back to full time employment in the IT industry. It's hard to manage both home and work. It's cool to stay at home. There are so many things to do, so much to learn. I believe that for some of us girls who take up professional course and join the workforce we begin to think and act like guys. Some even dress like guys. I think sometimes we don't explore our feminine side. I mean earlier women who stayed at home were adept at cooking different items, making jams and pickles at home, making embroidery and knitting sweaters, making beautiful mehendi, rangoli and the rest. Women with jobs may have these skills but no time to enjoy them.
So I think I am going to learn some skills that I haven't in all these years.

Monsoon Is Here

Finally monsoon has arrived in the city of Mumbai last week. Rains are lashing the city. We pray that it doesn't rain so much as to flood the city.