Saree: Linen, matka silk with sequins pallu, Choli: Umbara Designs cholimaker white custom choli with Chudidhar sleeves and back bow.
Story: the bangali in me is awake when it rains to enjoy khichudi, begun baja (brinjal fry), papad. That's what it was for lunch today. And the much awakened saree spirit is always there.. I was feeling like wearing white so cudnt wait until Durga Puja to release the white Umbara choli.. out it came of the closet today!
I was browsing through some old evergreen pics yesterday and as always life amazes me. The zoom in and out of lens aside, I never imagined how much ever few years would change anytime ahead. About coincidences, about Destiny and about how everything happens for a reason.
Isn't that true for all of us?
I even look around and observe how families have evolved over generations. My parents generation was different when they grew up.. joint families, cousins, wealth or lack of, education etc. Their bonding isnt limited to own siblings but aunts uncles and cousins as well. Relationship between spouses was different back then. Mine of course was different as a child .. and very different as a parent.
Even in marriage, couples have evolved to be friends besides doing spouse duties.. there is a level of awareness and adjustment at times that helps nurture the relationship and also essential for the times we live in. At the same time, the fast food world has also brought with it tendencies of ego, lack of tolerance, arrogance of wealth which often leads to broken marriages.
I have seen my colleagues go through the turmoil, some sustain, some break.
When in such discussions, the closest analogy I can draw is that if blood relationships. Not all are blessed to get perfect parents, siblings etc. Sometimes those relations are far more messed up than the marital ones. However you would never hear a son divorcing a dad , or sister divorcing a brother. ! It is accepted as a fact, given chance and sometimes that itself along with time gives power to heal and mend.
Just because someone entered someone's life little later (so do our kids!) And makes bunch of mistakes(not blunders that damage the core) in the process doesn't automatically qualify to disqualify them from life. I mean you can separate water from milk, but you can't separate milk from milk! Something heavy like a ship can sink and hit rock bottom or can dive up like a life boat!
Whenever you feel like giving up, pause and think why and how it all started. That's all matters. For anything in life.
Like today when it rained all that mattered was to feel some of it. To stop by puddles, to watch the bright green side of nature. To think of those "no school days, no uniform shoes days, bajji pakoda days, paper boat days ..."
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