A gentle draft of wind sweeps the hair off your face as your head is bent over your book in concentration and breezes over the prairie grasses ahead beckoning your glance their way. You look up to see the grasses dancing with the wafts of air blowing through them. You wish time would stop still at this moment or that you could spend hours taking in the sight. Nirvana.
When the horizon before you is bounded by clouds - great big scoops of puffy white iridescence below and flat grey sheaths of mist above - and the world in between is a gorgeous medley of pink, purple, orange, blue and white.
Flying through scattered gold dust into a charming sunset.
'On a day like today' - when the sky clouds a grey-silver hue and the sun peeks a brilliant white-gold through it all, when the breeze rustles the leaves and branches of the trees and gently runs through your hair as the swing brings you back down on its trajectory - you wonder at the beauty of the evening and recharge in the quiet contemplation of your gorgeous surroundings.
Lessons from an engineering course - trust yourself.
Farah (to her assignment) - Hadh kar di aapne!
To be that person whose presence lights up the room, whose smile shines like a beacon of hope, whose energetic vibe helps you look past your seemingly minor troubles to reach out, once again, for your dreams.
Saitna, saitna - zindagi saitna hogayi bolo!!!
Life is no fun if you don't land yourself in a soup once in a while, no?!
Twilight drops down like a veil on the lazy suburban scene set against the dimming glow of fading sunlight. The brown of fences, green of trees and blue of the sky changes to a dull-dirty inky blue. And flickering a brilliant yellow against veiled silhouettes are fireflies-a bust of light here and flash of colour there-like twinkling fairy-lights in a dream.
Trying to 'make pictures with words' à la Natasha Badhwar
Trying to 'make pictures with words' à la Natasha Badhwar
Happy Father's Day, Pop and Bademam J
Sometimes the most peaceful moments of your life and the most serene of experiences in the world happens at the bus stop while you wait contemplating the beautifully withering and vibrantly alive roses in all shades of pink in front of you, the bright yellow lilies swaying in the breeze a little distance away and the busy rabbit picking away at its object of interest in the planting bed beyond. Ephemeral Nirvana!
wants to watch Mughal-E-Azam with Nanna.
It's so cute and disarming when parents find such immense happiness in the smallest of your achievements and some of the most mundane aspects of your life! Totally puts life and the things that truly matter in perspective.
'The quality of life is in proportion, always, to the capacity for delight. The capacity for delight is the gift of paying attention.' - Julia Cameron
'Dil de toh is mizaj ka parvardigar de, Joh ranjh ki ghadi bhi khushi se guzaar de.'
Being Comprehensivist, T-shaped and a Zero Gravity Thinker!
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh! After an eternity, a sher...
'Sabaq phir padh sadaqat ka, adalat ka, shujahat ka,
Liya jayega tujhse kaam duniya ki imamat ka.
-Iqbal
To the best'est' grandmom in the world!
'Sabaq phir padh sadaqat ka, adalat ka, shujahat ka,
Liya jayega tujhse kaam duniya ki imamat ka.
-Iqbal
To the best'est' grandmom in the world!
You know you're a grad student if you either feel guilty or are absolutely convinced something's wrong when you happen to have a night with no school work to do! (Oh, and when doing the dishes becomes the bane of your life!)
