SUBTLETIES

No versatile artist like a beautiful drizzle . .

To mesmerize minds with its shades so subtle ;

Poignant is it . .inspire to the core does it . .

Like the masterpiece of a painter so renowed . .

Like the tangled lines of a poet so gifted ;

A drop of rain can wet your eyes . .

A shower from the cloud can blossom your heart ,

Imbibing it to refresh my mind . .

The day starts so pure and fine ,

With the cool breeze waving my hair . .

Contemplative is the mood ; I ponder . .

Stuck in a twist so least enticing . .

The day moves on dragging and whining ;

Think ahead and the vision is clouded . .

Helpless in its hands . . least promising its clutch . .

The key to the misery is you and you alone ,

For look around . . You see signs of happiness . .

In the rain , in your fellowbeings ;

In each good deed you do for others . .

Never does god leave you high and dry ,

Sans a silver lining along the way ,

Look deep into the subtleties of life . .

A shade of smile unfailingly hides inside,

So wait . . pause this rush of yours . . So fierce ;

know . . There is still to feel along the path you tread . .

Accolades

* My write up That final arc got published in its July 2013 Issue of Tamarind Rice.

* The same write up got read out at an annual event by Tamarind Rice - Literary Lapses

* My write up - A journey and a revelation got published in Tamarind Rice August 2014 Issue - 

* Grabbed a second successive Gold Batom as part of the Blog-a-Ton 37 edition . Read the wining entry here - At The Bus Stop

* Read my guest article for Glad2bawoman , a widely read online platform which showcases the achievements of women in all fronts -   My Guest Article

 * Grabbed the GOLD BATOM as part
of the Blog A Ton 36 Edition Contest !  - Check out the winning entry here  - Chained

* The review of the book ,book-review-once-upon-the -tracks-of-mumbai has been published on the author RISHI VOHRA'S website rishivohra.com/reviews 

* Read my interview with RITURAJ VERMA , the author of Love 

Peace And Happiness , What More Can You Want ? here  : 

Interview With Debut Author Rituraj Verma

* The blog post  It happens for a reason bagged the WOW badge for the Jan 11 edition of  Blogadda.com

*The blog post  yes-i-will  bagged the WOW badge for the December 28 contest.

* The blog post  Serving till the last breath bagged the WOW badge for Dec 7 / 2012

* The blog post  The Silent Fights too has been selected by  Blogadda .com  as one of the WOW posts of the week    

*  The post   HEALTHY YOU , BEAUTIFUL YOU !   won a gift voucher of Rs . 2000 from yebhi.com as part of a blogging contest organised by  Blogadda.com .

* The poem  MIRROR HUES  has been selected by Ekphrasis India to be published on their online magazine .

* The story  LOVE SHOULD WIN  was published in ' Let The Good Times Rule '  online magazine

* The poem  THOSE FAMILIAR SHADES  was published in ' IMPULSE '  yet another online magazine

* The poem  THE SPECK OF YOU AND I  was published in my college magazine :)

* .    AWARDS 

                                                 
                                                      Thank you Deepakji :)

Thank You Gautam :)

                                               
                                                      Thank You Akshay:)

Thank you Deepak :)

Thank you Whitescape :)

Thankyou Saro :)

Thank you Mixi :)

Thank you Akash :)

Thank you Guspazha :) 

                                                  

A Toast To The Joys :)

Come one landslide ,one dreadful moment in life , we halt . . We ponder . . We sink . . We struggle to the best of our grits to float . . To keep moving pulled along by a beacon of 
hope . . The silverline that keeps the mankind going ! 

Days pass . . Years pass . We find ourselves washed ashore . . A peaceful land awaits us . By the time , emotions change , concepts change , perceptions change , people change . We move on though in times of solitude we hark back those moments which wounded us leaving behind scars that ache on touch .we smile with a silhoutte of apprehension , the fear of being hurt a second time . .

Yes . . The story repeats . . Back to square one ! Life proves who is in charge once again . We cry . . We swear . . We pray . . What the heck ! Seriously !

Days pass . . Years pass . . . . .

Future can be enticing / Future can be hideous / Future can be one of grandeur . . Who knows but God !

Tough times are never extinct . Unfortunate enough ? The same ugly twist of fate can shatter you a second time . . Over n over may be . The journey is on a boat . . Through the most adventerous of the routes . . Through crest n trough . Hold close people who bring you happiness .. Who goes that extra mile to help you . Oh there are others who cant seem to stand your life ! ( Up theirs ! )

Phew . .The Lesson is learnt ! Desperations and depressions never stop chasing you anyways . . Sigh . . Better Laugh . . Laugh out loud when happiness comes your way . . Oh yes it might be the spring before the storm . . But Does it matter when its You alone who is gotta go through whatever comes your way ?

No it doesnt . . Rather it shouldnt . Savour the bits of joy greeting you . . 


Trust me , life is 
a whole lot better that way ! :) :)

FOR A CAUSE

There are so so many people in this world who are unfortunately deprived of even the essentials of life let alone the pleasures. And lending your hand to pull them out of their shackles is no easy. But still its the small drops that make the rain right !. And its determined in a very strong way in my mind to be of some help to such people. I just need me to show that i care. Social working ..thats what i am gonna dedicate a part of my life to apart from my profession.

yes its true philanthropy ought to start from  our day to day lives. Kindness in speech , smile and behaviour. . taking this onto a higher level isnt easy . infact , it needs determination and the dedication to reach out to the  lesser privileged . there may be many of you out there who would sympathise with the people reaching out for youin the streets . many of you out there might have found your eyes well up watching a toddler looking at you with pleading eyes and a growling stomach . but are you dedicated enough to go that extra mile to bring about a change in their lives ?  if you are . . then read on . . .



Activity: Punyatma Prabhakar Sharma Seva Mandal (PPSSM) is a Charitable Trust that aids educational institutions, which are yet to be provided Government aid.




The ideologies of Punyatma Prabhakar Sharma and Pujya Rukmabai Tallur is to improve the lives of the underprivileged in remote tribal and rural areas. We have successfully carried this forward for the last 24 years by the PPSSM Trust, through its various programmes on health, education and setting up self reliance centers.



PPSSM Trust has so far been successful in Bolinge, Dadar, Phulgaon, Dudulgaon in Pune Dist, Surgaon in Wardha Dist, Chandrapur, Ambhora near Nagpur, Igatpuri near Nashik Dist.



Our Boarding school project at Igatpuri, dream of Pujya Rukmabai Tallur could complete only due to the major support of Shri Raghuvir Kalbag and Dr Pushpa Murthy. PPSSM is grateful to them. We thank Swaran foundation, Manilal Vadilal Nanvati trust, Didwania (Ratanlal) Charitable Trust and all those who helped PPSSM.
Details: Do visit us at the Igatpuri school and see the work being carried out for yourself.
Support: Educating mentally challegenged and physically challenged - hearing impaired children.
Note: If you wish to contribute, to a noble cause, we have various schemes through which we can fulfill your desire to help.



Adoption Scheme



Through this scheme, we try to ensure that every needy student is given the essential facilities for schooling like uniforms, exercise books etc.



Annaprabandha Scheme
This post is a part of BlogAdda's Bloggers Social Responsibility (BSR) initiative. I am exercising my BSR. You can too with three simple steps. Visit http://www.blogadda.com/bsr/ and support the NGO's.
 
 
I am a part of this NGO now . Are you ?

The Speck Of You And I . . .

    The blink of that lovely moment
    When you smiled at me oh so soft . . .


    Things so passionate when shortlived and sweet ;
    Leave you lost , that you wonder all night . .


    Tossle it in my mind's depth do i ,
    In search of the loveliest speck of you and i . . .


    Dawns in me the truth each and every time ;
    That every other speck shines bright like rays of sun . .

    Jingling through my days vying with the sweetest chimes ;
    Drizzling through my moments like year's very first rain . .

    Waiting for those eyes am i right now . . 
    Holding close to my heart day in and day out .


    Searching for your charm am i tiring not . . 
    The dewdrop thats you in every twilight . . . 

Thought Of The Day :)

                          Wonder why you end up getting hurt everytime  of the year ?

                          Ponder why you alone soak your pillows with tears night after night when your friends are sleeping sound in their beds ?

                         No . . its not because you are not worthy. .

                         And no... its definitely not because the Supreme power doesnt love you !

                        Want to know why ?

                        Its because you want more from life

                        Its because you expect good from life

                        But you know what ? . .

                        The happiness you enjoy when you clench your fist when you achieve the wins you yearn for more and more from life ...however shortlasting it is ....however minute it is . ... will definitely be worthier than the peace of mind your friends seem to enjoy sleeping sound and living safe without taking risks !

                        So......just be yourself dear :))  Take risks . . Be more . . Be your Best !! :))


                    

In The Moments . .

                                                                                      

   The spring never ends,
   In the land of smiles


   Show me one path to gloom ?
   I will show you hundreds to bloom !


   Whisper so did you close to my ears,
   Caress soft did you wiping my tears . .


   Give me wings; colour me zest . .
   You leave me smiling at my beautiful best !


   I know not destiny's route . .
   Nor how feelings churn out


   To bask in flames till the end ?
   To burn out to ashes in fate's hand ?


   But close my eyes; dream you near . .
   The fears drown; the doubts fade


   Need i fear ? need i doubt ?
   There is more to life than the ending, i know . .

    There is laughter, there are tears
    Moments to be etched in memories down the years . .


    To savour them the most you taught ;
    To relish them my best i learnt . .


    So here i am, loving you to bits this second ;
    For those bits complete my moments , i trust . .

About Me

                           
                            Maliny Mohan is a doctor who resorts to appeasing her passion to write during her leisure times. She was born and brought up in Kerala, where she spent her summer days in the exhilirating company of her friends and luscious greenery. She has contributed to a short story anthology, titled 'Love and other enchantments', brought out by a group of five authors - The Fictitious Five and another titled ' Colors- Different shades of love'. An avid blogger and an ardent admirer of subtleties,her dream of becoming an author sprouted wings in the pages of her blog. A piscean by birth, she is passionate and strives hard to listen to her heart, every time it beats out of sync. Her tales mirror her eye for beauty in its varied forms, sometimes resplendent with the most vibrant of hues and at other times poignant, enriched with subdued shades of grey and black. Apart from being passionate about writing, she is also a trained dancer, lover of solitude, bibliophile, tea-lover and an amateur poet. In this blog, she dabbles mostly in short stories, poems and book reviews.
                                   
                                        Go through the pages and do leave in your opinions and criticisms . And do come back for more if  you find this space worthy of your time :)                                                                  

OUTSIDE THE BOX !

                 

                             

                                                             Last day i had an interesting conversation with a friend of mine. Actually we started talking about the self centredness in some people and all those emotion stuffs and some how the topic diverted to the present state of our respective lives. And i was surprised to hear her exclaim in the middle of our conversation , ' DO I ACTUALLY BELONG HERE ?' !!. There ! i have heard it coming from many of my friends over these years and it never used to strike me worthy of any concern. But this time when i heard her say this i couldnt help but think whether she was speaking out loud my thoughts. I mean i too happen to carry this tag of ' i have other passions deeper than my profession' ! to some extent. Many agree to this 'not- so- pleasant' fact that all are not lucky to end up in a profession where they really dream to be one day. I asked my cousin one day whether she had wanted to be in her current profession. And she told me she had two options left infront of her - either she had to carry on to the college where she had a seat for certain or she had to wait for another course of her interest but which remained just  a possibility. But ultimately she chose on the first one because her parents didnt want her life to hang on mere possibilities !. The same is what happens in the case of a majority lot who end up in professions they dont have even a bit of aptitude for. And she added in the end - ' Now i know what made me take up that decision. It is my destiny ! '. uhohh. She got me there. Now i need to give it a serious thought. Because this destiny has always remained a hot topic for my ' thought lust' mind!

                  Every time i come upon this word, i try to decipher the real meaning of it. I mean i know the dictionary meaning of the same. But some words come with hidden meanings to them right which holds a deeper sense than the overt meaning. Truly i am confused to this date!  No no i am not referring to the destiny the philosophers talk about. finding your real self or anything !.. lets come down to the level of normal people like you and me. I mean i wonder sometimes whether we were packed and sent to earth with our destiny already written on our head ! Or is it like each one is entitled to many destinies with a pre sketched out path leading to each and its how we chose that decides which path we end up in ! yea if i favour the first one there lies less space for any apprehension right. Then it would be like some how or the other it clicks on our brain the decisions we are supposed to take and we find ourselves hustled away to our already determined destiny. That sure is tempting !. But if its for the second you need to tough it out all the way. To find out which path to follow, to dedicate ourselves to the best of our ablities so that we would find ourselves attaining the best of the destinies waiting for us in the finishing line. Now thats one hard nut ! .According to my mom its ' you will reach where you are destined to  whatever happens' and according to some other great minds its ' Its you who write your destiny' !!. seriously this is turning out to b some form of a dilemma ! ( thou personally i would want to got with my mom anytime :p :p )

          

                Whatever be it the basic truth is that you need to trust your heart and sometimes your instincts. And the rest lies in wangling your life according to the same. And something i came across today goes like this - 'There are no dead ends when it comes to learning and personal growth'. Sometimes you might have ended up in a profession which you find least enticing. It might seem to be living some kind of an ordeal to you. But think of this may be we are all entitled to two or more destinies !. okay lets consider what we end up in as our prime destiny and the rest of them the secondary ones. Those destinies should be the things about which we are passionate about. Howzzaat !. This is for people who find themselves not fortunate enough to make their passion their bread earner. But is that some big deal ? Most of the people start loving their profession once they are in the flow. And together with that they sure can conquer their other interests if they are really yearning for those. Just that you cant make it your profession. But then that doesnt matter right !.

             My friend is a medical student and so is she just crazy about literature which she had actually  wanted to dedicate her whole life to . But then she ended up here. But that isnt an excuse or something right to throw her desire to ashes !. And she even told me she is trying her best to find out some outlet for her articles ! Isnt that great ! :)) Thats what you call "PASSION". 


And that is what i dream about too. 


 As for me i am in a profession which might be my prime destiny but there are other small dainty destinies waiting out there for me which i am sure i will capture in my hands one day. And those of you who need more out of your life  just go ahead and try it out without hesitating. After all thats the whole point of the word  PASSION right !!

 

THIS POST IS AN ENTRY AT BLOGJUNTA DREAMS CONTEST JUDGED BY JYOTHI ARORA, AUTHOR OF DREAM'S SAKE .

A Miracle . . . The Alchemist Way ! ;)

     Lemme begin with an awe inspiring scene from my biopic . stating the fact that it might be so , just for me,  for the fact that i am not planning to disclose each single detail or for that matter specify them to simply as they are :p . okie ..i happen to be someone who is blessed with a thought field where you see signposts written ' time for an impulsive thought ' emerging now and then.

needless to say , given that the circumstances are agreeing and seemingly flawless , chances are extreme that i would act on it right away. i mean many would i guess . no big deal . emerging victorious or not should be stressed on an entirely different note though for i should admit i have had my pitfalls. well its part of the game i guess. now what i just said is one course those signposts carry me through. 

the second one ? well i plan . . i dissect . . i scrape the veneer till i come up with the crux of the thought so that it looks promising enough for me to move it forward , however impulsive and impossible it might seem. 

now , one fine day , my mind was taking a pretty enticing , pleasurable stroll when something struck me hard. it was more of a need , a prayer , a wish which i knew would indeed come true if i could put some effort into it. and so also i very much wanted to move forward with it. and before i knew it changed forms to that of a yearning . i sat down and tried to chalk out a plan. it failed. okie....a second one . ... a third one . ....... it was like all the plans were hitting the same wall. 

[ lemme take this venue to state a fact that , as a responsible social being ..we are not just flanked , but caged by certain rules. and though as the harsher the rule gets .. the more exciting it gets to break them... sometimes the consequences of the act turns out to be even worse than the rule itself that we give in helplessly. ]

and there i was caught between the fulfillment of my prayer and d beastly do's and  dont's !  

 AFTER 2 WKS :

    It was my ex roomie plus dear friend's marriage at Edappally. i was travelling alone by train to a place completely alien to me. bt neverthe less i was elated. train journeys and something out of the ordinary never fails to pump me up.

i had to lie to my dad that my friends would be at the railway station to pick me up, when actually they couldnt for some reasons,  lest i should miss the wedding.  i realised soon that it was no cake walk to tread the lie ! but i managed somehow for the strong reason that i couldnt afford the thought of missing the function at any cost.

i was asked to get down at a place where my friends would be waiting to pick me up. atleast the picking up part was a truth ! :P

and there, least expected .. and that too of all places in Edappally, that day a scene which i would never have deduced otherwise took form. i found my wish which i was yearning for day and night coming to life. and no , i didnt search for an opportunity then and there.......neither did the opportunity  knock at  my door. .... .rather it barged in .. searched me out and pulled me towards fulfilling my wish !! needless to say i was speechless ! and i found my senses going blind with joy and gratitude !!

Gratitude to whom ??

God ? ofcourse it was. something which comes without say as far as i am concerned.

universe ? for conspiring all the energy into making my dream come true as the Alchemist concept goes ?  this small piece of wisdom sure carries with it the implicit meaning that if we yearn for something that deep , we would definitely strive for it and the universe conspires to be of aid to us in whatever ways possible. so the question comes as..you may ask me whether i happened to put any effort  to deserve the blossoming of my wish then and there ? No i didnt .. i had no plans of the sort that day!  but as i said i did strive for the same to happen over the days though each effort met  with utter failure and i was planning thereafter also. 

so what am i to make of this incident ?  i would like to extract a nugget with all conviction.

..To dream hard holding your desires close to your heart. . to strive for it . . you will be rewarded . . someday or the other . . in some form or the other .  sometimes offering you a surprise as a bonus when you least expect it ! ..

  A cliche it may seem right ? :) But let me stress it with absolute belief that . . 

sometimes it does not take much to GRASP such concepts but it takes such miraculous experiences to TRUST them whole heartedly !!

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