Ever since those heartbreaking days,

Ever since we parted ways,

I have been smiling.

Ever since you left,

Ever since my heart was bereft,

I have been happy.

Ever since you blocked me,

Ever since friends talked it out of me,

I have a life.

And not to my surprise,

You say the same baby.

Today I kiss you on your stubble and whisper in your ear,

“There are no two liars bigger than you and me”…

© Neha Kapoor
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde.
Help the cause against blog plagiarism. Please do not copy.

Amidst the cacophony and hullaballoo of life, I missed celebrating my blog’s birthday which was on September 17^th. Anyway, better late than never!

So finally the blog is one year old! It has been an amazing, enlightening and fun journey. I had been writing since many many years but hadn’t gotten around to blogging. Finally created a blog to beat boredom at office and guess why I chose WordPress? Coz blogspot was blocked in office!  :lol:    (but I’m glad coz WP is so much better).

Although I started blogging on September 17^th 2008, I posted sporadically until April’09. And then I did  that NaBloPoMo thingy in May, which set the ball rolling and got me many readers. And I sooo love you all! I found great friends here. Recently I realized that even a blog can make you meet some really wonderful people (met Abhishek and Hitchy).

Over this one year, I have gone from bland uninteresting posts with comments in single digits to (I think ) somewhat better posts with many many lovely comments. Through the blog, I have rediscovered my love and penchant for poetry as well.

Some stats and milestones:

Top 5 Posts of All Time

Top 5 Search Terms of All Time

(Ah so people search for my name too? Good to know that. And I so gotta do a post on this )

SERENDIPITOUS VISITORS… 17,062 so far hmm but only 1/10th of that as comments. Damn you lurkers! (kidding. I love you too )

May 30, 2009 – Post chosen in BlogAdda’s Spicy Saturday Picks.

But nothing can beat the love and encouragement I found from new friends here!

So 87 posts up, I feel great that I did this and interacted with you all. Hope to keep writing and commenting on your blogs a whole lot more!

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Pitter patter goes the rain,

Here to wash away the pain.

© Neha Kapoor
“Be yourself; everyone else is already taken.” ~ Oscar Wilde.
Help the cause against blog plagiarism. Please do not copy.

We started celebrating this festival around 7-8 years ago. Ever since, I eagerly wait for it every year, and I love every bit of the time Ganesha is at our home. I look at Ganesha as a friend. A guide. Someone who brings peace, serenity and happiness to ours, and every home. Most of the times, I don’t even feel like asking Him for anything. Just His presence is joy enough.

Dad says that its Ganesha who helped him write his books. He started writing his first book during the days of our first Ganpati.

We all adore our cute God a lot

Here are some pics from today:

(the modak is for Hitchy, btw )

Vakratunda Mahakaya Surya Koti Samaprabha,
Nirvighnam Kurumeydeva Sarva Karyeshu Sarvada…

“O Lord Ganesha of the Curved Trunk, Large Body, With the Brilliance of a Million Suns,
Free all my work of obstacles, Always.”

Wishing you all a very Happy Ganesh Utsav. Ganesh ji arrived home today.

Our Ganesha

As I type this, I’m listening to Om Gan Ganpataye Namo Namah in Suresh Wadkar’s voice, aroma of incense all around me. We all just performed the evening aarti. I can’t even begin to describe the calm and tranquility I am feeling. The moment Ganesha steps into the house, happiness steps in. It’s unbelievable.

Love you Ganesha!  :-)

Comments galore, compliments a lot more, but awards did ignore! Until now. Aniruddha has awarded me my first award for blogging. Thanks so much Aniruddha

I’d like to thank my mummy, my papa, my bhaiyya, my ex-doggy, Airtel for the broadband connection, and HCL for making my computer

This award comes with a set of rules which are as follows:

The rules of the award:

Link the person who tagged you.
Copy the image above, the rules and the questionnaire in this post.
Post this in one or all of your blogs.
Answer the four questions following these Rules
Recruit at least seven (7) friends on your Blog Roll by sharing this with them
Come back to BLoGGiSTa iNFo CoRNeR (PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE THIS LINK) athttp://bloggistame.blogspot.com and leave the URL of your Post in order for you/your Blog to be added to the Master List

The questions

The person(s) who tagged you:  Aniruddha

His/her site’s title and url  http://silentlyexpress.wordpress.com

Date(s) when you were tagged: 18/07/09
Persons you tagged:

Ok so I think most of my blogger friends have done this. So kinda difficult to tag 7 people. Still, here goes:

1. Dad : Writes extremely thought provoking posts.

2. Abhishek : Weaves the most interesting poetry.

3. Manushee: Lovely girl. Sketches beautifully.

4. Harsh: Harry Potter fan just like me

5. Chetan: Nice succinct blog.

6. Anyone who likes my blog.

7. Anyone who wants to take this.

I think my favorite bloggers like Indyeah, Solilo, Hitchy, Crafty, Vimmuuu, IHM and all must be already having this.

Isn’t it ironical when the only person you want to make smile is the one who makes you cry always, and yet there is someone who manages to make YOU smile, always?

When you care for someone a great deal, all you ever want to do is make them happy. See them smile. See them laughing. With you. That’s all there is to life, for you. But then, somewhere down the line, you yourself tend to forget to smile. You forget to be happy. You are too oblivious to your own happiness then. And then somehow, from somewhere, God sends an angel, who reminds you of you. Who reminds you of your smiles. It then seems that the sole raison d’être for this angel is to make you happy, and yet the angel does not fear being happy itself. The angel does not forget, like you did, to smile.

And then you realize, you are just a mortal after all.

PS: Image from Google.

It’s my ex-roomie and forever friend Maddy’s Birthday today. I wish I was there with her

I am missing you so so much baby. Miss you a lot. I miss sharing the same house with you. I miss the late night chats. I miss the long vella photo sessions.  I miss the midnight birthday celebrations (I know I missed yours this year … sob ) . I miss cooking together. I miss laughing together. I miss dancing with you. I miss everything about you.

Love you. Hope you had a great day

Maddy and I on her birthday last year

A friend just asked me how I am celebrating Independence Day. I mused for a while. And then I replied, “By enjoying my independence”. Isn’t this the best way to celebrate the day? Just revel in the fact that you are free. You can breathe in a country where its own people make their own decisions, whether right or wrong.

But in my opinion, true celebration will come at a time when each and every citizen is free in every sense of the word. I will celebrate when I won’t see any child working as labor. I will celebrate when I won’t hear of any woman being burnt to death. I will celebrate when girls can choose what to study, whom to marry, what to wear. I will celebrate when every girl child is allowed to live, and not killed at birth. And then we can say we are free. That We have independence. Independence from ignorance and hatred.

I am not cynical. I am proud of my country. I feel elated that we are not under any other country’s rule for 62 years now. I just want more. I want more for India. I dream bigger dreams for my motherland.

“Mera Bharat Mahaan”… banana padega …

Happy Birthday Mama.

There is so much that I wanna say to you. But for now, this will suffice I guess:
I LOVE YOU!!
I cant say any more, because I don’t wanna cry today.
I love you, and do you know how sorry I feel every time I fight with you? You know na? Sorry.

I love you. I will try to be your perfect daughter  

Keep smiling always…

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