Intelligentle

I live in a civilized society, or may be that is something just in my head. When we shifted to Bangalore some six months back, I knew it's not going to be a smooth ride. But the dog eat dog attitude which I'm witnessing in fast paced cities like Bangalore is beyond imagination. I am unsure if it can be completely attributed to the non-stop life, happening 24X7, but it sure contributes to it. For instance, when on the road, all they care is about their car, time and safety. The attitude has changed to 'Life is valuable, only if it is mine'. 'Mutual respect' is a term we conveniently forget and the problems rooting from this exponentially grows, day after day. The following series of events happened in the apartment I live in, where people belong to upper middle class occupy most of the houses. That day I parked my bike at the basement and was walking towards the lift when I heard a messy argument. One of the occupants, who works in a frontline IT company in I...

One fine day I was travelling with my family. My brother was driving, dad was in the front seat and I was sitting between my wife and mom. We were talking and I made a statement; "I'm sitting between two most influential people in my life". Though my dad took a little offence on that, the fact remains ;) And why are they influential? For a lot of reasons, mostly rooted from their sincerity and innate love.  There is this stereotype of emotional women, don't go by it, women are the most emotionally balanced set of living beings I know. She can hide an ocean of emotions behind a smile and make you run for your life when they're still smiling. Her love is unconditional, unless you have done an irreversible mistake. She stick with you through thick and thin, regardless the jerk you are. Her multi tasking skills are incomparable and they hardly crib about the amount of work they do. Fellow men, now don't brag about your physical strength,...