Three Mistakes Of My Life by Chetan Bhagat...

Chetan Bhagat did it yet again providing his readers with another quick read. Things in this novel happen at such a fast pace that u rarely have time for a sigh of relief. As for those who haven't read the novel, beware of the spoilers.
Although he failed to recreate the magic of five point someone but nevertheless this novel had its own charm. His style of presenting the simplest of things in a charismatic fashion is what I like the most about his writes like when the protagonist, Govind looked at Vidya's arm seeing the soft skin and the veins he couldn't stop glaring or when in five point someone hari had his stare fixed on Neha's bare feet on the metal accelerator of the car.

The story here revolves around Govind a middle class boy who dreams of making it big, having his own business and all the luxuries. Also there are Ishan and Omi his childhood friends who venture with him together investing in a shop supplying cricket equipments. And from here on Cricket takes the centrestage in the novel. The story progresses with its twists and turns which are supposedly the three biggest mistakes of Govind's life.
The novel has touched a variety of subjects ranging from natural disasters like earthquake to a mushy love story to a budding cricketer to nationalism to the communal riots in Gujarat. Slowly it grows on the readers mind as it has many ordinary characters with Grey shades. The language used is simplistic and at subliminal level you end up being one of the characters yourself. A happy go lucky novel, with a heart wrenching anti climax, you'll just feel like being on a roller coaster ride. READ IT and tell me if I am wrong..!

If only

Have you ever noticed how many ''if onlys'' you have had...which were not fulfilled...!
How you plan out so many things ...your studies, your family, your career and how it never ends the way you wanted..how life just has its own way...

Well..this is what is given the name luck..the unforeseen that controls our life..whats going to happen..! I remember how I wished to be the topper in my school days, if only i had the brains, i could prove to be the best daughter ever.
Later came the if only where i wanted to look so beautiful..if only i had those perfect stats I could have any guy i wanted, anyone and everyone would be envious of me. Then came the entrance exams, i wished sooooooo hard to be in IIT..my dream college a dream that was shattered so bad..getting me into a private college.
Life is full of so many surprises or rather shocks and i have had my share for sure. I mean there were things I couldn't imagine my life without, I had prayed, wished, begged and nothing that I had planned for myself ever took shape. The feeling that I can't control what's gonna happen, just have to follow someone else's plans, who perhaps knows what's better for me, just lingers.

But then, now that come to think of it, could I actually handle getting what i wanted for myself..! I mean getting into IIT is one thing and surviving there is another and how much does it even matter now, when i have secured a satisfying job for myself. I mean now getting the big picture, i am just stupefied with what was all the fuzz about. And then coming over to the dreamy guy who would have gone for me just for my looks, doesn't sound that perfect to me now and well getting better grades..thats just a childhood fetish. And so on goes the list of so many things that i had longed for in the past, which were so crucial to me at one point in my life, seem baseless.

So all in all whenever that "if only" crosses your mind and you are not getting what you had deep desires for, just know that that is how it is intended to be and there is someone who really knows the best for you.!

Falling in love

Hmmm...well...all those who have been in love would be quite familiar with "their dil going hmmm"...all the time.. ;)

How beautiful it feels when you fall in love, right. Every thing is so vibrant...cheerful, every morning welcomes you with a bright sunshine, you are always smiling, messing up with all the things and still enjoying your stupidity, listening to all those romantic numbers which just a few weeks ago seemed soooooo dumb...so totally out of focus, waiting for that phone to ring and skipping a beat when that name finally appears...
Those precious moments you spend holding hands, looking into the eyes wanting it to last forever.. how u never want to let go..

ya ya..i know u must be thinking..gosh what a hopeless case..how many movies does she watch in a day. Well its not like that n neither is love..its not this rosy and you are not always on that cloud 9.There are times when your opinions don't match, for instance..how many times u go to watch movies that u hated right at first sight or go for shopping when u could have easily sat back at home watching Khali ripping off a man's head (sorry but thats the first thing that came across my mind..I guess am just watching a lot of Mtv)..anyway the point is that however beautiful it sounds or feels initially, it wont remain the same...

But the important thing to remember is that what you have now is much more significant...you love him so much more, and how comfortable you are around him. It doesn't even matter if you don't have anything to talk about...sitting with him in silence might seem to be the most satisfying feeling. With each passing day there is a new dimension to your seamless love...
Well I guess am being that hopeless romantic again..so i'll stop here..
Anyway what i am trying to say is that it is amazing to fall in love but there is much more to it than just having butterflies fluttering in your stomach when he is around... the better part is when you share your dreams and materialize them together..

So for all those who are in love..please do not give up something so incredible just because of some annoying habits. I mean who is perfect in this world and well flaws have their own charm :).

keep rocking...