Life!

The word life has a different meaning for everyone.

For me life means the moment I am in currently & I would like to live it to the hilt. Hilt in this case is family, friends and hullaballoo.
Without the above three, I go into a nirvana mode, delving into the nature of reality, examining the nature of reality, including the relationship between mind and matter, substance and attribute, fact and value :-)

Ofcourse it is fun to travel the road less treaded, it is wise to enrich life with experiences but not without family, friends & hullaballoo!

Even paradise sans family & friends is as good as zilch.Which boils down to live life king size.

Senses..

If you close your eyes and think about a smell that means a lot to you...what comes to your mind?
Whatever it is, there must be a special reason why one smell comes alive so vividly. For me it is the smell of "shiuli" flowers or night flowering Jasmine. The smell is so fresh in my memory..the month of October meant Durga puja & the jasmine flowers, in the garden, like stars on the ground, were a harbinger of festivities.

The smell of rain drops on sun parched earth...so earthy!

Certain smells linger in my mind because they meant so much to me and I still yearn for them.

The smell of "khichudi" with dollops of ghee on a rainy day WOW!It is special not beacuse of the food itself but because it was a family time, relishing "khichudi" with my parents & sister.
For that matter, I could tell the clinking of my Mom's bangles, even if she was not within sight.
The smell of my dad's aftershave... I could go on & on....