Holi changes colors and relationships too

I was 25 then and I used to work in the Court. My daily routine was pretty boring and I used to get exhausted after working for 9 hours in the court and 5 hours in another office. I used to work under a strict lawyer who was my boss and she used always scold me for my mistakes due to which I used to call her "Khadoos" in my mind and used to even get scared of her as he used to give me my salary. He used to never give me a leave and hence I had to go everyday to the office.
Holi Day (aka Holiday):

It was Holi that day and as usual I had to go to the court. Since the court had a black and white theme so that we can get clients and hence that day too I had to wear a white salwar suit and go to court. There was no crowd on the road as almost all office people must have taken a leave on this day to avoid getting colored by strangers. I managed to escape a balloon that was struck at me through the window of the bus and it was really frustrating as I had to reach the court and I couldn't afford to get another scolding from my boss. I reached the court in 45 minutes and it was already late. I rushed upstairs and opened the cabin to find nobody there and I was shocked as my boss used to always reach before time and she had never been late to work. I kept my bag on the sofa and turned to leave only to be stopped by my boss who was smiling at me. I wished her Good Morning and she extended her hand and put red color on my cheeks wishing me Happy Holi. I was so surprised to see her smile for the first time and she offered me color to put on her face too. I too applied color on her face and she said "Now let's get back to work. I would have given you a holiday but tomorrow there is a very important case in court." I was amazed that she was so sweet to me and also gave me a reason to not give me a holiday. We both started working then.

This was a very special day for me as my boss whom I always considered khadoos showed me that she is only strict from outside but her heart is very soft and kind. Holi does bring colors into our lives and this Holi already proved this.

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Holi changes our emotions and makes us behave like kids

It was the year 2012 when I and my family had just arrived home after a 2-week holiday and Holi was the next day. We were so tired that we did not even think about the festival and wanted to rest for the next 2 days. My kids were also not in a mood to celebrate this festival but my husband went out with his friends as he wanted to meet them and spend some time with them on the occasion of Holi.
It was around 11:00 p.m. and my kids just woke up from their sleep and I continued doing the household chores. I heard a ring and I opened the door seeing that it was my husband ringing the bell. I usually check who is at the door from the peep hole as the kids start throwing color inside the house on that day and make mischief. Seeing that it's my husband, I opened the door and he smiled at me which I felt weird as that was a teasing smile of his and soon came his friends from behind holding buckets of water in their hand and in seconds the water was all over me and on the floor of my house. I was taken by a shock and I could not realize what happened a few seconds back. My husband came inside the house and put color on my face and the kids who had come outside from the bedroom hearing the sound and my scream started laughing and my husband's friends too started throwing water and color on them.

After few minutes, I got so angry watching them playing Holi inside our house but watching their fun, my anger vanished and I found atta on the table and threw it on my husband and his friends as I did not find any color in the house. We started laughing and enjoying the festival for about 30 minutes after which we closed our house and went down to enjoy the festival. My friends gave us sweets and I completely forgot to wash my hands and started eating with the same hands I kept eating and told my kids too to eat as there was no food cooked at home.

That day I realized that Holi is a festival of laughter and love and we completely forget ourselves, whether we are big or small, and we start behaving like kids. It brings us all together and we forget our angry and low moments as it's all eliminated with the water and colors.
Happy Holi!





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#MemoriesForLife When I realised the love of my sister

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I have an elder sister Myra who is 4 years elder to me and we are quite different from each other. Due to these differences between us, we had several arguments and fights and always my parents used to defend my sister as she was the eldest child and nobody used to stand with me. I used to expect my dad to be with me as he was more close to me but he also used to be with my sister which used to make me feel lonely as a child. I had an inferiority complex and felt unwanted when my sister used to hug my mom and dad and I used to be standing quietly in a corner wiping my tears. I felt that all my love for my parents is for my elder sister only while they don't love me as much as her and that kept hurting me for years. Even after I got married, I started maintaining a distance from her and when my parents expired, this distance grew even more.


It was last year when I felt sick at night and couldn't manage on my own. I was alone at home as my family had gone on a trip and hence I did not know whom to contact and who would help me. I tried to talk to my neighbors but they were asleep and it was too late to ask anyone for help. Being with no option available, I called up my sister and surprisingly she agreed to help me out. She came to my house at around 3:00 a.m. in a rickshaw and took me to the hospital. We stayed there for 2 hours after which we returned home. I was so weak that I couldn't even stand up and she helped me to balance myself and dropped me to my home. She stayed over at my place and took care of me all the time.




I did not know that she truly loved me and all the earlier things that used to run in my mind with regards to my sister were wrong and only a misunderstanding. She always cared for me and it was me who used to feel insecure watching the love for her in my parents eyes. I felt that she was taking away my right from me and I had always been wrong. This day made our relationship change forever and that day has been a day when I got my sister back.


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#MemoriesForLife Remembering the day when I was alone

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My cousin's name is Marie and today with the help of HDFC's memories of life activity, I want to thank her for always being there for me. I and my cousin were of the same age group and we were very close to each other. She used to call me "Lusie" and I used to call her "Mai" and we used to keep playing with each other all day. She got married when she was barely 18 and after her marriage, we lost touch and got busy in our own lives.


When I shifted to the building where my cousin Marie was staying, we were still friends as before but things had changed and we were parents of kids then. We did not get much time to spend with each other but whenever we spent time together, we used to only talk about our families and kids. We were also not so close as we were before and this might be because we were so busy in our own life and we both had so many problems with regards to our financial position that we couldn't get time to talk about our own life.


It was years later when one day I had problems with my family and I stayed alone at home while my kids were with their grand parents. I was feeling too lonely and it was then when Marie came up to me and we spoke to each other for hours. We did not talk about our family or kids but we spoke about those moments we experienced during our childhood and that made me feel so much better. She then invited me for her son's birthday party and I was not in a mood to attend any function as I was already feeling very low due to the events that had taken place in my life. She gave me courage and insisted that I attend the party and to not disappoint her, I attended the function. She and her husband treated me so well that I forgot all my worries and this moment got captured as one of the most special moments in my entire life. I cannot ever forgive her gesture and care she showed towards me when my own family did not support me and for this I am short of words to thank her.
Thank you Marie for whatever you have done for me. For you it must just be a small invite but for me it was a reason for me to feel happy and this would be stored forever in my bank of memories.


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Promises and Wishes this Women's Day #Sadasexy

Talking about Ranveer's ad about the #Sadasexy promise he makes for his lady love Deepika Padukone, I have two more wishes listed here which I want my husband to promise me this Women's day. My husband has always given me a comfortable life and the things I've needed have been given to me every time.


Accompany me while shopping:


This is the problem with every husband that they just hate to accompany their wives while shopping and same is the case with my husband. He feels that I waste a lot of time in shopping and take hours to choose dresses. I am actually very choosy and when I don't get my desired dress for an occasion, I need to check atleast 5-10 shops and that too I don't search a lot and choose from just 1 mall but my husband gets irritated as it takes 2-3 hours to search one dress and he doesn't have patience at all. It is the same case when I got for vegetable shopping and he just doesn't like all this and makes me go out with my sister or other relatives. I feel upset as I want to choose dresses taking into account his opinion as well but he never tries to understand this fact. This is hence my third wish that he should accompany me while shopping and help me choose my dresses, jewelry and other household products as I don't like to buy it without him.



Stop admiring Deepika:


In this advertisement, Ranveer is shown promising his better half few things on this women's day but the coincidence is that my husband too is a huge admirer of Deepika and Ranveer. Along with having a hair cut like Ranveer, my husband loves to watch Deepika on screen and ever since her first movie "Om Shanti Om" released, he has become a die hard fan of hers. He keeps forcing the entire family to go for every movie of Deepika and attend the first day first show. He takes a special off to attend this movie and I feel jealous that he admires Deepika more than me. It is an obvious feeling as he too gets jealous when I praise a male actor and hence this time I want him to promise that he will stop admiring the lady and only admire his wife.



This women's day, I'll make sure that my husband reads this wishes and fulfils his for his better half. This is really a fun activity for all men and I wish the same for other wives too.



I’m blogging about the kasams I want from my man this Women’s Day with the #SadaSexy activity at BlogAdda in association with Set Wet.

Kasam khane ka time #Sadasexy

I couldn't stop laughing watching the video of Ranveer Singh. I simple adore him and his love for his lady love Deepika and I wish their couple remains this way forever. Women's day comes every year but it doesn't get any importance as compared to other days like Valentine's day and since the past 3 years, I've noticed that many brands are accepting this day as an important day in every woman's life and making every women feel special this day. If I need to list down my wishes for my dear husband, I have thousands written down in my personal diary but since I want to add humor to my wishes, I will note down the funny ones I've written down there. Here are some of my funny wishes:

Get a hair cut:


I have been forcing my husband to cut his long hair since months now and every time he just gives an excuse of not coming to a saloon and getting his hair cut. He has been dawning this look as he is a crazy fan of Ranveer Singh and ever since the movie Ramleela released, he has this long hair which makes me get irritated a lot. I just don't like the hair cut as it doesn't suit him at all but he keeps checking his hair out all the time. I feel like myself taking the scissors and cutting the hair off but I just keep calm. This women's day, I wish and plead that my husband gets a hair cut and looks the same as he used to look before. I love him in his natural look and not be a copy cat like others.

Stop oily stuff and junk food:



Due to Dominos and KFC having such yummy deals all the time and the recent 50% off offered by Dominos, we started ordering a pizza and chicken burgers almost everyday and due to this my weight and my husband's weight too increased a  lot. Since the offer ended, we have stopped consuming junk food but I can still see my husband's obsession for pizzas and I doubt he keeps eating them in his office as I have found few oregano sachets in his bag and when I ask him about it, he says they are old ones. I highly doubt his excuse as I have all the sachets at home and these are new ones. He already has a big stomach and I don't want him to have any unhealthy food now. I wish that this women's day, the intake of all unhealthy food stuffs will be stopped for the next 6 months and this is because we have over eaten them a lot already in February.

I hope my husband reads this post and makes me happy by promising me the above wishes.


I’m blogging about the kasams I want from my man this Women’s Day with the #SadaSexy activity at BlogAdda in association with Set Wet.