Frivolous Fixations

  Watches are so named as a reminder, if you don't watch carefully what you do with your time, it can slip away from you. - Drew Sirtors I liked wearing a wristwatch as early as my school times. Issue was, they always broke, got moisture from water, or somehow their battery stopped. Finally, one day, in my 9th standard, my uncle finally got me a new watch and said, 'Lets see you break this.'   Oh how I loved that watch! If it fell down, it didn't stop, water didn't hurt it, no matter what happened to it, it just didn't stop working all through my college years. It was only when  I started working and got educated about brands through my friends, I realised my watch was water proof, super solid and was a 'Titan' product which would have costed huge in the 90s.  Today I have smart watches, counting my steps, heart beat and a host of other stuff. I still have my old Titan in a jwellery box ( told you I loved it). Yet when my company gave me a normal watch o...

As seasons go by and then reach fall, Colors of green change their shade, Trees covered totally in red overalls, Some leaves waiting above to fade, One last leaf thinking while on the branch When will I be just like my friends? I am not good enough, too staunch, Why do I get to turn only in the end The leaf doesn't know it is very precious, With a longer life and a much better fate, There is no need for it to be anxious, If good things in its life happen late, So when you feel in life that you are the last, Still keep working hard till end from the start, others might seem to be moving a bit fast,  Just hold on tightly to the hope in your heart!

  My creative cancerian 🦀 crab Who is loyal to a fault Might not have gift of the gab Yet Grammar check mode is default  But don't mess around With ones for whom she cares, Else face the fierce eyes brown  Having a deep sea - death stare!

  This was my second book by a Japanese author (after Ikagai) , and I have to say, there is a very different kind of connection these authors make with the reader. As the tag line suggests, what happens when you get a chance to go to the past. But going back has some rules.  The book could have been in any era, the characters were a mix of generations and skillfully described. The chapters were not supposed to be speed read instead, read, thought and digested. The scenarios were 'different'  and were supposed to be felt instead of just read. I couldn't give this book one genre, it was a subtle mix of genres and after finishing it,  I just closed it, looked out the window and wanted to just think about it for sometimes. I need to read more Japanese authors...for sure.

 'A walk in nature, walks the soul back home.' Mystic Megapolis Township provides you the experience of that walk in nature. Mystic Megapolis is a combination of elegance and luxury, situated near the hills of Hinjewadi. The Township has been developed by Pegasus Properties Pvt. Ltd. It currently comprises of Towers A, B,C, D and E which are completed and occupied by residents. Mystic CHS was formed in the year 2021 by electing residents from these towers as committee members who look after various societal norms.  Major areas covered by various committee members are: 1. Waste Segregation  2. Housekeeping 3. Covid Care  4. Access control system 5. Cultural Activities done in Mystic The residents of the society follow the waste segregation rule which leads to collection of wet waste and dry waste in separate bags. There is an OWC machine within the society premises which is effectively utilised by the Housekeeping staff for converting wet waste to compost. This result...

Honestly, the trailers and online reviews don't do justice to the undercurrents of this series. Though it is set in the future 4-5 years ( possibly to avoid political cases etc); it is extremely relevant. Exquisite writing, great direction and what a screenplay; absolutely no cgi, and no pricey sets. There are no stars in this series; there are only artists. The governor, the doctor, the scientist , the businessman, the taxi driver,  the tribal , the nurse, they are all so excellently cast. As the series starts, in the first episode you think you have it all figured out; but actually they are all jigsaw pieces, which are just waiting to come together. Ironically when they come together they create more chaos rather than when they were away. The mysterious part is things we miss while watching the series, the characters do as well which just brings to fore- how less we pay 'Attention' to things around us. We humans are selfish and grey. Nature is equal for all. We think the ...