Hundred and forty two

That was a long break. I heard success is all about consistency. I missed this for a while. Let me write more tomorrow. 

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  

Hundred thirty three

I opened the window. There was a smile on my face. Monsoon is here, in Mumbai. We have all tech and quantum computing but still at the mercy of nature.

Hundred thirty two

I should admit that I lack the concentration to read serious stuff. I bought so many books and most are not read. Sill I am worried about the books borrowed by friends. Even though they return on time, I doubt I will read them. I tried all things to put back my reading habit on track. Like, I bought a new reading lamp, got a wall stand next to my PC or plan like read one page per day and many more. The last book I read end to end was Atomic habits. The book was good and had a long lasting impression on my routine. I should re-read that book. 

Hundred thirtyone

The water problem is a serious issue. The rain patterns are erratic and global warming is true. Often the future looks bleak. Rainwater harvesting, water recycling and new taps and flushes are need of the day. In the rural area, the water problem is worst. All farmers want to be on the par with city dwellers and city people can't comment on this attitude (but often they do!). So farmers are growing cash crops which demand a lot of water. Farmers also want to grow the crop 365 days. This needs electricity and water. There are no policy or rule framework regulate water and power use. So they use both with no thought about the future, groundwater is plummeting and a severe shortage of power. Can we blame farmers? they are surviving and aspiring to go up in social strata. Therefore, we need a comprehensive policy. In the present government, there is a new water ministry and hope that something will be done.  

Hundred thirty

I am becoming more irregular in blogging. Some days I found it stupid and other days I ignored it. I should admit that the internet is the most wonderful thing happened in this millennium and the internet is the one which took away valuable time from all of us. I keep fighting this and losing most of the time to the powerful INTERNET. I should not give up.   

Hundred twenty nine

Sitting in front of a PC and don't know what to write. Stephen King told that if you don't know what to write, better to wash the car. Monsoon has started and I can't go out and wash the car. My daughter taught me that if you push yourself, you can tell a story every night. The stories are good some nights and bad on another. I have taken up this assignment of writing every day, just to improve the writing skills and discipline of sitting at one place for 15 mins. 

Hundred twenty eight

The PC was down. Therefore, I skipped a few days. I could have written on my laptop, but you know, I can give an excuse. I know all the ingredients of success and unable to put into practice. From past few days, I am practising not being hard on myself. Just wondering is it right or wrong.

Hundred twenty-seven

Still, four minutes left before 12 and the next day. Reasonably well spent first half and wasted the second half. It is ok, let me make some plans for tomorrow which will start within 3 minutes. 

Hundred twenty six

Hundred twenty-five

If I go fast, I will reach fast. More risk more reward. The ultimate gamble in life is when to take a risk and not. Someone would tell take a calculated risk. There is nothing called a calculated risk. The person who knows that calculation would win the race with the help of luck. Shall I take "the risk"

Hundred twenty four

Hypocrisy no one wants to talk about. When I am driving, I found all jaywalkers so annoying. Now I am walking and I get annoyed with all the drivers and I expect them to drive dead slow. I keep observing myself and I find it so fascinating how our brain works. It tries to maximize the benefit for the body which carries it around. We call this hypocrisy. Maybe!

Hundred twenty-three

Today I went cycling after 2 months break. The reason for a break is a small accident and laziness. Habits just melt away. You should be at it. Felt good after one-hour cycling. I went for a leisurely ride rather than finishing 15 km in 30 mins. One thing I realized, if you set up impossible goals/rules more often you break them. We should set up moderate goals so that less inhibition will be there to do that.