TO THE DANCER

The D day for one of my closest and oldest friend, I know this lass since the day I remember, has played an integral role in my life, ask anyone you know and they would identify her as “Oh!!Gayathri???the dancer???”Yeah, such was her identity…she is indeed the greatest dancers who would surely make it big in the days to come by. As long as I remember she has been showing a great interest in dance, for she was enrolled in her dance class at the tender age of five, a master in all the nuances and intricacies of "bharatnatyam",she is just so professional. With a profound interest in the art she has the fire and passion beneath that ever giggly and charming face.

Her “arangetram” was something I longed to see the most, for the talent and interest she possesses she should have done it like ages back but this girl took all the time to become a master in it and she really did prove herself today. She is blessed with such innate grace and elegance that it was such a beauiful experience watching her perform .She sizzled, made the audience smile, left them with Goosebumps, carried them away with her beautiful expressions, such emotions my god.!!!takes you to another world….

Since we were in the same class I have seen her performing a numerous times, but the first time she left me stunned was during a performance at a temple simply amazing she was it was a number which expressed Lord Shivas moods of peace and anger ,she danced so well that people who were praying left their prayers mid way to watch the performance, the whole temple witnessed her dance with such rapturous attention and that day I knew she would surely create ripples with this profound talent of hers. That performance is still etched in my heart.

Today was the most awaited day, the day she proved her true mettle and was rewarded for the same, the day she made her parents so proud of her, the day she captured all the attention,the day she left us all awestruck,and the day she grew up as the most beautiful dancer who has a very bright future!!!!gayu ma your dedication and practice has been given you more than you can ask for!!your such an inspiration!!!!All the very best dear!!!!CONGRATS on todays heart warming performance!!!!Commendable!!!!Waiting to see a lot more from you!!!Way to go girl!!!Am soooo proud of you!!!

A PEEP FROM THE COCOON

A couple of weeks back one of my favorite lecturers at college was furious on us for being very irresponsible and she was giving us her peace of her mind when she said “Girls your secure in a cocoon, You just don’t know the outside world” This struck me hard and put me through a lot of introspection, as a sensitive person even the slightest deviation from the normal affects me a lot, I realized how much this sensitivity would influence my sphere of happiness me in the long run.
I thought about what kind of heaven I am in and that’s when I realized I have more than I can actually ask for, parents who toil hard to see me high in life, a sweet brother with bounteous affection, and most of all my own dear friends who stand by me no matter what!! Now you would be wondering “what’s there in it to rant about so much??its something everyone has!!”,there is!!,this is more than what you actually need, just that ,at times we fail to see what’s there so close to us and seek for happiness and joy elsewhere, may be it would take a lot of time among many of us to get the right sense of this because as my madam said we are in a cocoon and we have never ventured outside the real world filled with, what not?!
The recent flick "Slum dog Millionaire" is a perfect example, take the three little kids who fall a wrath to the societies malicious face, and take us how care free and happy we were when we were little kids ,don’t you think we need to be grateful for what we have now?? There are loads of little children whose parents sell them for a meager 20,000Rs,who are being sold to pimps by their own relatives, who are being sent to beg on the streets for their mere existence, who have never stepped into a school, who sleep every night without a roof on top of their head, who wake up every morning happy that they are still alive,and a lot more. Next time you go too a restaurant see the little kid who cleans your table, where are his dreams and where is he?
It would take a really long time to change the conditions of the deprived thousands meanwhile we can take a time for ourselves to feel lucky for what we have. Be thankful to the people around us, who live to see us happy. It doesn’t mean we lead a very happy go lucky life! I agree we do have enough problems in our kit but we have something that all these kids don’t have-love, warmth and security, given by those who built the cocoon around us. Even if one of this at loss our lives would become haywire, hard to even imagine. Just be thankful for what we have, for today’s world is at the loss of gratitude!!!grateful to you people!!!love!!!