Doing Nothing

There are times when we don't have anything to do and all the work we have is doing "nothing" and believe me from past few weeks I have been really busy...Busy doing nothing!!

There has been no college, no lectures and no practicals (bliss it might seem to the freshers). Even the teachers want us to have all the fun ;) and they make it a point to put in the least of their efforts which could pull us back to the classes. But then who cares, we Indians have this inherent quality of utilizing our time in the best possible way...by doing nothing!!

Doing nothing is also an art; ask the western people who can never sit idle. They are always engaged in one thing or the other. Back in January I met one of my cousins who puts up in Auckland and was back home on vacations that too after a strenuous internship of six months and what left me not really amazed was that even on vacations he joined some silly animation course just to make a proper use of free time. I wonder why can't people once in a while resent from indulging themselves in any kind of work and sit back, enjoy the stillness. 
No doubt life needs to be active...like the flowing water which appears more pleasing than the still water. But, then how many of us have felt the pleasures of laying  below the sidereal sky in its captivating depths, how many of us have sat on the top of a mountain with music playing in the ears and felt the stillness of a early winter morning and felt the balmy breeze.

Even such phases of doing nothing help us in discovering the self at times. Imagine I realized I had an artist hiding deep within who could draw more than those conventional snow covered hill tops with sun shining in between, those cylindrical huts with triangular roofs and of course not to miss my favorite coconut trees. Even the Gods would have cried seeing the havoc created in my paintings earlier (coconut trees in a snow covered landscape) But, then this is creativity…and creativity has no limits!

Anyways coming to the point I did some decent glass painting.

Nonetheless these days of doing nothing would really be missed especially in mid may when the semester exams will be overhead and it would be exam madness all around!

Fantastic February!!

There are times when one is really happy…happy without any reason. All the excitement and the happiness just shows up on the face. This might sound a little childish but for me happiness surely comes in packets as I always say. The smallest of things can make my lips curl.

The last few weeks have been like a roller coaster ride; it has been a little this and a little that of everything which made my fantastic February!! (Fingers crossed, hope march proves to be even much better)

While writing I realized I have this erratic habit of getting struck to something whether it is a song, some drink I recently liked and sometimes people too. From last two and a half hour I have been listening to this song again and again just because I’m in love with it…*kar chalna shuru tu from a Bollywood flick.

Now getting back to my perfect February, it started with the wonderful road trip, I have ever been on with some surprises and of course a perfect company :)

Then there were the hostel birthdays or the birthday sprees…one after other, imagine it was a cake day almost every day. Going to the nearby market for getting the party arrangements done and hogging on the golgappas (they are my second love…first one of course being the Kashmiri Rogan josh)

Then suddenly while sitting with my friends in college canteen, popped up this thought that within few months we all would be done with our college, so we decided everyday should be a new adventure!!

Though every new day is as bright as the morning sunshine but we still decided to add our extra spice to it. Thronging to the road side Dhabas, leaving a movie just before the interval, an amazing fun trip, dancing like mad’s even in middle of people and everything has been too good along with my Toefl results. God has been kind!

All the crazy college fun, those demented times, the hostel merriment and of course the perfect company of pals, what else could have made my February “the perfect one”!!