How not to waste time and energy over what cannot be cured.
It has to be endured. And happily too, at that. Why this sudden philosophical bent of mind? Arre baba, read on.
How NOT to be bothered by a family of particularly vociferous cats that has a family feud outside your bedroom window at 2 AM
How to use that forced-to-be-wide-awake moment to take selfies for sareepact
How to ruin a beautiful, script-printed pure chiffon saree by wearing it with a silly tee that has multi-colored, neon-bright parakeets on it
How to use favorite setting – the bathroom – for the event shoot
How to pretend to be Madhubala (black & white pic) and of course, fail miserably! So WHAT? Don’t you read all that inspirational stuff on FB? It’s the effort that matters, the journey, NOT the result, not the destination. Accha, you don’t dig those motivational stuff? Have you at least heard of Lord Krishna telling Arjuna in Ch 3 of the Gita not to be attached to the fruits of action? Can’t think of any more examples at 2 09 AM. Sorry.
FAQs
Where did I buy the saree? Uh, don’t remember. In a shop, I think.
Abnormally long earrings bought in Gariahat, Kolkata, from a street side seller who was yelling “Dosh taaka, Dosh taaka”. Out of curiosity to find out what on earth was still available on this planet for 10 taaka, I went to have a look. And bought these. No place on earth for cheap, nay, inexpensive buys, like Kolkata!
That silly tee was bought when I ran inside Alfa in Irla, Mumbai, to take shelter from the sudden rain. In some weak moment, I bought this bright, tacky, OTT thingy while waiting for the rain to stop.
Kindly excuse bad lighting, no makeup-ness, oily uncombed hair, sleepy eyes and whatever is terribly out of sync with the gorgeous pics that one sees on sareepact. Remember the time. 2 AM. And forgive maadi.
Meanwhile, feline family appears to have reached an amicable solution about whatever they were squabbling about and has walked away peacefully from my lane, hand-in-hand (I presume). So I’m going back to sleep