Hundred forty one

I am coming back to write this. Laziness and procrastination are so strong that they just don't allow a new habit to form. Luckily, I have kept this thing flexible and I am not hard on myself for missing a few days. Though that is tricky, once you miss one day, there is a high chance that you miss many more days. I would like this to keep going. 

Hundred and forty

A taxi or auto ride in heavy traffic is utterly boring. If you are browsing the net on a phone, then all places on the earth are the same. Somehow, I can't browse the net on taxi travel around the city. I love to see around. I love to see new models of a car, how erratic drivers are, how skillfully some drivers maneuver in the traffic. But the best part is the conversation with taxi drivers. They represent the diversity of India. Being a taxi owner is the easiest way of self-employment. If you are ready to work hard and have infinite patience, then you can make your living. It is a back-breaking job but you need not report to a superior. Though all drivers are different, there is a common theme in these stories. 

Hundred thirty nine

You are inspired by a book and you put those principles in practice. With the time these new practices fade away. We tend to become lazy. I think I should re-read the book. Reading a good book, which is not a fiction takes a lot of effort.

Hundred thirty eight

Waited for the rain to stop. Just outside the door, a big puddle of water was there, skillfully I crossed that, had no intention of my feet getting wet. Sill, it was drizzling, walked up to the car. Unique odour prevails inside the car during the rainy season. Started the car, diesel engine came to life with an irritating sound.  Here no one has time, one bike, two cars just waiting impatiently for us to reverse and before I reversed the car one car sneaked through the narrow gap. The next stop was a temple. It is wet all over; I have to take off my slippers, wet feeling hmmm I am not liking it. The temple was peaceful except for a swarm of flies! they don't bite but irritates you to the core, just like some people don't harm you but irritates by all means. The temple bells are ringing, people are praying and I am searching for a mobile signal so I can get the latest updates on Wimbledon finals.

- trying to write some fiction.

Hundred thirty seven

I almost forgot to write. Lost in watching YouTube. YouTube is one of the best places to learn new things and the greatest sucker of your time. I have tried many things to escape from its clutches but in vain. You should never give up! Keep trying. 

Hundred and thirty six

Other day I had been to dinner on the city side. The restaurant was busy; we had to wait for half an hour. I was walking around and found a bookshop. All books for the same price, you pick up anything. I often break my promise of not buying any paper books. I picked up two books. One of them was a random choice, a book by the author Haruki Murakami, whom I never read nor heard. The book was "Men Without Women". What a happy accident, I loved that book. I completed two stories and tempted to finish the book. I kept it like that so I can read one story a day! I loved the style and narration. I wish I had read it in Japanese. 

Hundred thirty five

Why we have diversity? animals, culture, language and many more. It is evolution. Evolution's ingredients are natural selection and isolation.
I grew up in a small village in India. India has over 1600 languages. The food habits, dressing, rituals and culture vary dramatically, even within a 50 km radius. There is a huge cultural variation between state to state, north to south and east to west. But now, mobility of the population has increased because of the job and availability of easy transportation. Earlier marriages took place within 20 to 30 km and all relatives stayed closed by. This mixing of the population is eroding cultural diversity. Languages are disappearing, all are speaking a common language. Is it good or bad?  I am not sure; I believe that we are going along with the changing time. 

Hundred thirty four

When you relax a rule for a day, you are slipping on the downhill. I don't find the material to write about or that is the excuse to spend more time on the internet. I need to make a list of subjects, study each subject for half an hour and write about it. For the next five days here are the subjects.

1. Accents in language
2. Mobility and loss of diversity
3. Blind love of kids
4. Indian education
5. Talking to strangers