I have been meaning to post something personal for a while.
For as much as I love writing stories, there’s something to be said
about truly connecting with someone who reads. And I feel I haven’t done that
since a loooong time, well since http://thetiltedkaleidoscopechronicles.blogspot.com/2014/12/7-things-i-learnt-about-people.html at least. And because I cannot
think of anything specific on my mind to write about and publish (not that
there’s nothing to talk about, it’s just the opposite. There’s so much, it is
tough to pick a topic and dissect it into portions which I don’t mind talking
about and then somehow making it interesting enough, at the end of which I
realize the juiciest/ funnest stuff is something I would rather not publish to
a public forum :P )
So I will make this a sort of collection of
pictures, each of which have some significance to me. Clichéd as it may be,
pictures speak a thousand words now, don’t they :D. So below are some pictures
of places, people and things which hold a story, an emotion or something
special which I treasure :
Claimer: Everything in
this post is based on real events, people and places. Any relation to a work of
fiction is entirely intended as an attempt to make things as awesome as they
are in fiction :P.
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This is a sunset view
from my Hyderabad office. It reminds of the innumerable walks with so many
different people around this place. I guess there is something about that path,
it just makes everyone reveal stories and spill secrets unheard before :P. The
beauty of that time and place and people is almost incomparable to that of this
picture.
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Introducing Harsh
Parmar and Yash Parmar. These two are literally few of the coolest people I
know. Especially the smaller-looking one. Don’t go by his age. I haven’t seen
anyone below 10 possessing the amount of maturity and wisdom this guy has.
(well, many people above 20 also don’t possess it :P ) Genuinely, I feel
inspired by him to be a better person. I haven’t been to a counselor ever, but I have a gut feeling that 10 minutes with Mr. Yash Parmar is better than 10
sessions with the best counselor. He is a super cool and smart person. And the
guy on the left, him too. Both together, they are my dream team.
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This is one of the
unforgettable sunsets. The sunset was preceded by events which led to more
significant events. (I like the pic basically, and I am just trying to add a
story :P) Reminds me of some people I
used to work with, the fun we had, and well, the fact that Hyderabad has hidden
beauty in unexpected places.
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What’s special about
this pic you ask? Well, I believed once upon a time that I could pack India and
its memories and everything that I need to survive alone in general into these
bags when leaving for the USA. Was I right about that? I don’t know. Still
trying to find out ;)
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This pic, is one of
the first few pictures I took in Boulder, my current city. Beautiful isn’t it?
Breathtaking even. (although I agree it’s a shame I haven’t hiked one of those
mountains yet. I promise myself to do it every day and yet, here I am, typing
away in my room instead of getting those shoes on. One day, one day for sure.)
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I don’t know why I
like this pic so much. I guess may be because of the sheer honesty of it. Good
food, (specifically here… New York style cheesecake) makes me happy.
Exhilarated really. It makes me feel ‘this is it, this is what life is about’ I
guess I like that shameless admission evident from my expression :P. And this
is just after one bite. Now you know how to make me happy ;) :P
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This is Seattle’s
Ferris wheel. While I prefer roller coasters (adrenaline junkie yeah !!),
there’s something beautiful about seeing a city lit up like stars from over a
hundred feet up in something which goes round and round. I hope to be here
again someday, I remember being crazy happy that night and driving people mad
by taking an insane amount of pictures. It was a super happy trip J
It made me realize how much I love the craziness of cities and that no matter
how beautiful they are - mountains with few people just don’t touch my heart as
much as city lights and traffic do :P
(And this is why I say that about city lights and I
guess this view demands taking insane amount of pictures :P)
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Having said that about
mountains, they do offer great views along simple walks. This is a place around
few miles from my house and it is near a park. I love the color of the trees and
that empty bench and sun between the mountains makes it look dreamy. It just
makes you want to walk with someone you deeply connect with though. Family,
friend, whoever touches your soul.
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This is the first
Halloween pumpkin I carved with a group of extremely talented and experienced
carvers ;). There is so much fun involved in discovering a festival you only
read about in books. This was one of the traditional things we did on
Halloween. And while walking down the street singing loudly at midnight,
entering random clubs which had interesting things going on and seeing hundreds
of half intoxicated, crazily dressed up party people on the street was a
different kind of fun altogether, I shall post this rather sober pic for now
:P.
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This is at dawn when
we were returning from a normal party turned movie night with friends. Apart
from the fact that it was so much fun that night, this was I think the first
time we saw so much snow in Boulder, and it was stunning. Combined with the
early morning rays glistening on the newly settled white layer, it was one of
those sights where you can say ‘awesome’ and it isn’t just a hyperbole. Its
reality. J
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More snow!!!! Yawn
right ? ;) But why this pic is special is because around this time there was a
snowstorm and college was closed. Exams were cancelled!!! And this was the view
from my window. Who knew an 8-year old’s dreams can come true.
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Well, this is the very
first Christmas tree I helped decorate. And around this time, I learnt about
gingerbread houses and heard the Grinch’s tale. Festivals are fun, no matter
which part of the globe they come from isn’t it?
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And this was taken
around 00:00:00 1st January 2016, Denver downtown. Never have I
joined groups on the street dancing to music played on the streets to unknown
songs (‘Shots shots shots shots’) and been crazily ecstatic even in 10 degree
Fahrenheit. Well, there’s always a first, some firsts just happen to be on the
first day of the new year. And by the way, to my left are my super cool friends
– Vivek and Snehal. And behind me – some unknown souls bringing in the new year
with rightful glee.
P.S : You may ask why
no pictures after new year? Well, I guess I see more of books, classes, code, ppts,
problems sets, projects, deadlines, submissions, academic papers, etc. than
people and places….for its graduate school … and …its Spring semester :P. And
it’s not exactly picture worthy yet unless you count in pictures of attempts at
making delicious food :P. But more on that later.
Leave a comment below. And thanks for visiting!!! J
(And special thank you for the friends who made moments
worthy enough to take pictures :) )
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