The Force - The Cocoon

Sometimes you wonder if love can be the kinds they show in movies – hard core, a never ending rush of adrenaline, most times a battle of the sexes, sometimes a battle within one’s self, a sense of ownership and of being owned, nerve-racking lighting the fire in our hearts, yet comforting bringing peace to our minds, red, yellow, blue, black and white..all at the same time..a journey that encompasses the most complicated blend of emotions.. in short one crazy world! But somehow I felt right about being in that world, felt secure, happy and wanted all its craziness and fantasies to spin me around.

It didn’t start unusually for me may be a little early, nevertheless took him school and a year of college to get it in shape. Though I was tough to convince, I must say I was vulnerable to his charm..loud, talkative, popular, silly while he was the more serious, intelligent and mature kind – or atleast pretended to be ;) His unsociable rather shy nature seemed like a mystery to me, that I wished to explore. Despite all of that mystery and reservation kudos to him for taking all the initiative to try to get to know the rebel. Mobile telephony I must say was the blessing in disguise, the easiest and most user friendly tool that lured us both into our little shell where we would spend hours and hours sharing our experiences, our little moments of victory and the others of discontent and dissapointment for all of which we looked for and lent eachother our support, encouragement and advice.

There have been good times and more often bad ones, situations that have pushed the limit so much that it gets to you and you wonder if your really in love! But like its always said, all this and the distance is what makes it such an adventure, so much more attractive, so much more tougher to get, and when u finally experience being in it together, finally get its fruit, you feel like u deserved it all!

The victor in my life has taught me things I never thought only being in love could give.. he has helped me envision my future that I see with him, he has given me the strength to deal with the various trials, life has challenged me with, he has gifted me with several beautiful moments that will remain etched in my mind forever, and most importantly been himself, honest, genuine, pure, from top to bottom, from the surface to the interior.

And so today I want to thank god for bringing this spark into my world and giving me the opportunity of learning from him and growing in love! Happy Birthday Piggy!

“Well that’s what we do..we fight.. u tell me when iam being an arrogant bitch and I tell u when ur being a pain in the ass which you are 99% of the time. Iam not afraid to hurt your feelings, they have like a two second rebound rate and your back to being the next pain in the ass thing. So its not gonna be easy, its gonna be really hard, and we are going to have to work at this everyday, but I WANT to do that because I WANT YOU.. I want all of you, forever, you and me, everyday…” – my favourite, from The Notebook.

Familiarity - Mystery

I come from the heart of South India – Tamil Nadu. Being born and brought up there, the fact that I am a malayalee sometimes escapes me. Apart from the fact that Chennai gave me my education and my closest friends, the city has taught me a lot and has made me the person I am today. Let me state some instances -

-The auto rikshaw drivers who taught me the art of bargaining, so much so that I shock the same kind in other cities who charge me half the rate for the same distance.
-The Tamil movies and their super stars/universal stars/mega stars, which taught me to appreciate good looks, drama, dialogue delivery (that comes to use during family quarrels), and some don’ts to dressing and fashion.
- The culture which engulfed me in its arms and gave me the opportunity to learn the language, some history, and ofcourse Bharatnatyam and carnatic music.
- The beaches and the peanuts for being irreplaceable elsewhere
-Satyam Cinemas – for value for money! all the movies and the great ambience that jus gets better by the day..
- Saravana Bhavan and the five other me toos that followed (that were equally good or better even)!
- The politicians who taught me that life is all about giving to others (no matter what the hiding agenda may be).
-T.Nagar which taught me the true meaning of claustrophobia to the extent of making me tolerant to any form of physical torture from my childhood
-And last but certainly not the least, the Tsunami which taught me to appreciate the importance of luck, as I recall escaping the calamity by a day!

Sometimes I wondered how it would be to move away from Chennai as I felt I would never be able to understand what other cities had to offer or enjoy my stay in them. Education gave me a reason to explore the city of Pune, which was a clear disappointment though my campus experiences will be memorable and close to me.

However, the exception was Bangalore, the city that I never thought I would love equally. The two months I spent there, was thanks to my internship, my friends and all the lovely eating joints we haunted! Bangalore is definitely a city I would want to explore more in the future!