A Day with a Stranger

Do you think it is necessary to stop yourself from speaking to a stranger?
A stranger who was sitting next to me made me realise the fact.  We all are selfish in our way, this is what I realised. He gave me an example. An example of attending school or college for the first time. He asked me "Did you know anyone on the first day of the class?" My answer was "No". He then said, parents who used to say don't speak to strangers, say nothing about it but why? It's something to wonder!
The stranger who was travelling with me said he was travelling penniless, without any friends, without any food just to explore India. He was so sweet and friendly that I felt a sort of connection with his words. He spoke about the true scenario of the places he travelled. Soon after talking with me, he started to talk to the driver about how his life was! Since how long is he is driving? Is he happy with it?
He questioned about the road, the pits and holes to the driver. Maybe he wanted to know more?
He told he has travelled 17 states till now and is really enjoying the journey. I was shocked to know the fact. But it was the reality. The truth in fact.
For a moment I thought he was a stalker. But he was nice. The way he talked to the driver made me realise it's true.
I wish every Indian could see and experience the true scenario of different regions.
I really feel privileged to travel with such a person. Hope he fulfils his wish and dreams.

The virtual image

She threw away the pieces of paper in the rain again. It was raining heavily. She cried like no one else could have and finally she got some courage and pulled out another paper and started drawing again. Was it just the beginning? Or an ending?

She filled the paper with the ink again of different colours. She went on drawing the picture that was always there in her mind. Apart from her mind, where she always used to had that virtual image, she wanted to make it with her own hands.The rain stopped, and finally her drawing too. It was there. Finally, she had put the virtual image of her mind in a paper.

Change in life

 Should I say it was a dream?
Or a reality which is never meant?
Should I say it's not me?
Or perhaps the changed you?
I have learnt to be strong !
Not because you were wrong,
but for the changes i saw,
Which were never meant for me to bow.
Life has lots in its store,
and I want to explore more
For what I got wasn't enough
To get fit rough and tough !
Through the roads I'll travel
Silently, without anything to reveal,
Upholding my breath at the end of the journey
Without any fail or any regret.

Book Review of- "You are my reason to smile"

You are my reason to smile
Author- Arpit Vageria

"You are my reason to smile"
The title of the novel attracted me the most. There are few characters in the story; which makes it easy to recall 'who was who'.
Ranbir always desired to become an author. While, Adah wanted him to get a well paid job and settle with it. Ranbir loved Adah truly and can go at any extent for her.
Adah wasn't happy with the dream Ranbir had of becoming an author and kept on insisting him about a job.
Meanwhile, Ranbir's first novel gets published and instead of becoming happy for that, he was upset because of the small argument he had with Adah.
Pihu, Ranbir's first fan, was drawn towards him and wanted to live the way he had described in his debut novel. With time, Ranbir got to know her true nature of being so selfish. So, he left everything and went back to his old flat where he used to live with his roommate.
Pihu left Mumbai with a letter to Ranbir and they never ever tried to contact each other.
VJ, Pihu's roommate was a lesbian who was in love with Pihu and was the main reason of the distance that was being created between Ranbir and Adah. Which was revealed at the end of the story.
Adah was suffering from Depression psychosis, where she created her own imaginary world, where Reehan, her childhood friend was getting married and that she didn't want him to get married. She loved Reehan and wanted to spend the whole life with him.
Later, Ranbir was able to sort out everything and they lived happily together.
Pihu was totally out of the story after she left Mumbai.
Overall, it was a nice story.

rating- 4/5

Book Review of- "A Walk to Remember"

A Walk to Remember 

Author- Nicholas Sparks 

A Romance novel by Nicholas Sparks, "A Walk to Remember" is the story of two teens- Landon and Jamie. Landon Carter narrates the flashback story of his senior year in the late 1950s at Beaufort High in Beaufort, North Carolina, when he first discovers the power of love. 'Love' - the feeling which changes everyone.

 Landon and Jamie, who were like to opposite poles but eventually fall in love with each other. But the happiness is short lived when Jamie confesses that she has very few days to live being afflicted with leukaemia. How they go through the ailment and loss together and how Landon makes every effort to fulfil Jamie’s wishes is what touches the chord with the readers. Its quite heart touching, how Landon took care of Jamie. 

How will it feel when you get to know that your loved ones is going to die? How will it feel when you realise there is very less chance of survival? How will it feel when you hear all these from the person you love? 

It's quite difficult to survive without the person you love . It's difficult. Just the thought of thinking about all these gives me goosebumps. 

Read it to sense the helplessness one feels at the knowledge of impending loss. 

It's a must read book and if you haven't read it yet, you should read it.

Overall rating- 4/5

The silent night

Who wouldn't want solace in life who is  broken from inside? 

When life gets harder and there's little you know what's happening around. All you want is to stay alone. All you need is to sit somewhere alone and ponder deeply. Or else not to ponder anything, just stare at the sky filled with stars. It feels great to stare the stars isn't it? Many thoughts are shared and kept deep in the dark of the night when you have no one by your side to share with. Staring at the sky helps actually - 'to fight the loneliness'. Life is perfect that way. 

When you give more time to yourself, you can take care of your broken heart. The broken pieces. It isn't easy to  join those pieces without leaving any scar. Life is something like that. People will come and stay by your side as long as they need you but, as soon as they are done with you they will leave. No matter what you think about them. They don't give a damn about it. May be some people are born that way, to hurt the feelings of other's. 

Spend a little time of your's. All you need is to spend some time with your ownself to relax. To forget what happened for a moment and live peacefully. That's when you can find the missing pieces of your live. When you are alone and under the beautiful night sky, with zillion of stars twinkling, you will be able to think about your life; peacefully.

You can't handle some things in your life like- Whom you will meet tomorrow? Will you remain alive a day after? Or why everything happened in your life?
You can't smile everytime like an insane to show your are happy, inspite of the true feeling which is slowly eroding yourself from inside. So blithely.

You'll be thinking of the meaning of this life, probably why everything happened.  What adds value to it and many more. Take a minute, close your eyes and feel the peace for sometime. The stars will inspire you to seek new direction in life. The tranquility of the night will give you  better hope and the silent sky will teach you to embrace the value of life.