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College, Classes, friends, partying with friends didn't give him much happiness as much as being on stage, Dancing in-front of people did! He was an ordinary dancer but what helped him to stand out was the sense of 'peace' people observed on his face when he swayed with the music. There was something really remarkable about him, i don't know if it was the passion, technique or his commitment towards this form of art. The only time i remember seeing him dance was at Shaimak's summer show, he was good, something i'd remember of him on stage, all my life.

For some it's an obsession that just keeps growing on with time, after all that's what we get to see in all the TV shows, people coming from small cities with a single passion called 'Dance' etc etc.. But here i am talking about someone who never went for a TV audition, i m sure if he did, he would make it big, however, there were times he would rebel with everyone around just to prove his choreography right, but i guess that's how people with passion are, they don't follow, they begin to lead, in every field with time... I still think that for someone who loves to write, or read, or perhaps play a guitaar, or just listen to music and enjoy every bit of it is an artist in his own rights, yes with 's'!
Of-course for those who do nothing, they too exhibit these (undiscovered/hidden/not-put-efforts-into) artistic characteristics. But hey if you are one of those who spend alot of hours on play-stations, video games or social networking, trust me you are not wasted, you are the 'fun-indulging' artist, creating an entertainment art, but that does make you an artist!

So about this boy, he wasn't really tagged as a dancer by the world around him, but he sure forgot about all his projects, assessments, friends, issues, family, issues...and more when he moved with the rhythm of the music. I wanted to tell him to pick up formal training, but all that didn't happen. Today the words Light-Sound and Dance make him alive, every time. It's a familiar feeling, i feel alive too, maybe when i get to talk to the ones i love the most, or the one :D! I guess, to each it's own!
He isn't anyone big in the industry, but he is making his days big by performing whenever he gets a chance to do so, this makes me want to say that, we all should pursue that ONE thing we all really like to do. I know it's not easy making a career out of these unconventional hobbies but we can always try and be associated with them for as long as we want. I know of people who possess brilliant photography skills, but haven't taken it to another level, i know of others who click and put pictures on Facebook and seeing people hit 'Like' makes them the happiest. There are people who love to ride big beasts, go on trips, and they tell me they have ideas to do something about their adventurous journeys, well all i can say is go ahead, scribble your journey into notes, take pictures, shoot films do everything it takes to save all that you discover and make it worth remembering all your life, and while doing this who knows it may grow into something you always wanted to do!

The dancer too likes to send his pictures, he emails all of them to me. But what i want to share is the text of the email he sends everytime, it's been same for all the mails, it reads, "Don't know if i am born to do this, But i know this is what I really want to do Right now." And these words have been inspiring me always, so here i am working, writing, baking, meeting my friends, doing everything that i like to do,a-midst all this, I still think he was born to dance,!!!


Thank you Angad Singh, Your pictures truly deliver your passion, hope you continue dancing!
Photo Credits: Siddhartha Mukherjee

No i was not bored, i wanted to read 'the Brunch magazine' maybe because this week, as a part of my job, i spoke to a journalist in HT to pitch in some stories for the client i work for, ok this part of info is not required, the point here is that the journalist very clearly told me, "we have wrapped us this week's issue, wait till you have it in your hands." It's SUNDAY, it's valentines special issue and yes i was anticipating to read the cover story...and to my surprise it turned out to be one of the most exciting piece of articles i have ever read.!

Here i'll tell you why, it's because this week's issue talks about us, my generation, people aged 18-25 years, and yes we have been tagged as confused, baffled, flamboyant, Disconcerted but hey my favorite one has to be 'bewildered'! A survey conducted by the magazine states that pre-Martial sex is no longer a big deal in India, well that sounded progressive but wait the next survey did make me laugh. it goes like, our generation when indulging into big decisions of life like marriage, maximum people go in for a person their folks select..!!!! The writer quotes us to be confused in mind, maybe because all the survey they conducted were really confusing. But know what, ever since i have come to know of my friends, batch mates working, we all who knew in college what we wanted to become, unanimously crib to be clue-less at work..! This should sound comforting for all those who think they are the only ones trying to cope up with their professional lives. WE ARE ALL TOGETHER, EVEN IN OUR PROBLEMS!
However, 63% people expect their Husband/wife to be a virgin, now this is serious boss.! somewhere in between modernity and traditions, i guess we all have become too much of 'let-it-be' kinds in our heads. we all think it's cool to support homosexuality on Facebook, or some forum but hey honestly how much of us really do have a gay friend! and how many of us are ready to put up with them! well in the end we are all free to stand for whatever we believe. Sometimes i just feel we have been exposed to tooo many options in life, and we are just encircling around those choices, resulting we have all become 'the circle' and things that belong to us are at the center. Ok that's too much of geometry for now.!

Anyway, the fun part about being the bewildered gen-x is that we get along well with the oh-no-so-old generation and the younger people adore us.! Even if there has been too much of drinking, dancing, partying or sex, whichever way it sounds less acceptable, we have started to enjoy lives, ok we have lied at times, but we don't regret the share of fun we had.!

SO my friend came with another story, Once she had her girl friends over her place for a pajama party. (FYI pajamas are not mandatory here) They got a a really cheap bottle of alcohol from a 'Theka' (the beverage shop as u may put in sophistication). They were a bunch of pretty little girls dancing drunk all night long when one of the girl's boyfriend came over to see her. so the beautiful part of the night started here, when 4 friends sat in the boy friend's car zoomed all over the city...they were free, crazy and out of the sunroof top in the car. The man couldn't have felt more lucky than that, but he sure was a gentleman i heard. He let each one have her share of laughter and dropped them back respectfully, slowly hugging his girl friend to goodbyes. They all woke up happy and now i hear them laugh, "it's one of those days that you like to keep hidden in your diaries."
I am sure why...! till then let's hope the diary doesn't have too many peek-a-boos! :)

Just when you begin to think how slow life becomes, you look outside the glass window and realize, DAYM winters are here..!!!
Suddenly those 5 rupees 'chai' from a panwari or a tea-stall begin to taste like the last peg of jack Daniel, really! smell of maggie noodles and mo-mo's are now things of everyone's usual winters.!
but the most unusual thing i learnt this winters is knowing an Army of people who not only get activated at 12 winter a.m but live through the cold night like they soak up the sun all through.
They are called the Party Poppers (not poopers). They pop out of their houses when you mention the word P-A-R-T-A-Y!!!! they are quiet but are spotted in big cars, yeah the beasts. WHAT really interesting about them is the fact that they all have a power, an influencing, encouraging power that encourages a non-party-holic to join they army!

One incident happened with the friend of mine, she comes clean, Non-alcoholic and sleeps at 10 pm, well she thought she knew it all until she met these young, well accomplished men who also loved to party. Being young and attractive herself,She got along well with them, She looked at them carefully, enjoyed in bits but was more intrigued to see the world around her. There were people in the state of trance, some in their bling-est ever, some being taken care off and another lot dancing like no one really watched them. she like the dancers lot. Her friend accompanied her, they danced together but she knew the Party Poppers were interested to know her. She danced, sat, observed, danced, drank a little but was, LOST after all. At every point of time in life, we all usually ask ourselves if we really belong to a particular space, a moment or a place. and that's exactly what she did. It wasn't a worst night, she just saw a different world together. They dropped her back home like true gentlemen, and yes they too had realized maybe she wasn't really 'into' the night. NEVERMIND, they told her they had fun. And when she got out of car, she took off her 4 inch heels holding them in her hands, she danced under the moonlight, she laughed like she was free and then she ran back to her house. The party Popper left with a smile, maybe because he saw her dance while reversing his car..!