Motorcycle Diaries (with some random thoughts)

I just saw this beautiful movie "Motorcycle Diaries" and highly recommend watching it. I wont write much here about the movie, because I want you to see it. Just a little background, 2 guys on a bike set to travel the South Americas! Do nothing great but have a great experience.

Beautiful cinematography of one of my favorite destinations, South Americas! I have never been there but it is one of my most desired destinations to visit. Just love the tropical green, the vast amazon water, the beautiful mountain ranges, the non-commercialized land!

The other day I was thinking this - what if one day I lose everything? No job, no money, nothing in my hand other than couple of friends and family. Will I have enough strength to start all over again? Will I be able to live a life without the comforts that I have now? In short, will I be able to come out of this comfort zone? I was insecure that night. I tried calling my friends to find some answers, but I couldn't reach anyone. And I was lucky to not find anyone, because that let me search the answers within myself. I thought over it. And there is only one way to come out of that insecurity, to get out of your comfort zone! I have a solution for myself, start everything from zero. I would not go into details of how, when, why, but if there are no commitments, surely sometime in near future. I shall write more about it, when I do it and if I ever do it.I believe that would increase my inner strength and that is what a person needs more than anything else!

So, why did I write the above paragraph when I am talking about Motorcycle Diaries. Because after watching that movie, I felt more urge of doing it. Its difficult to convince your family when you want to do such things, and in my case that is the most difficult task, but think I can do it when time comes. I am writing all this to convince myself, so please do not mind it.

That is it, more random thoughts some other time. Time to write a letter to Mom. Yeah, I mean a hardcopy letter. She wants me to write it. And the lead hero in Motorcycle diaries writes letters to his mom, so another inspiration and have to do it today. This was on my to-do list since a week. My mom was telling me about a letter I wrote to my family when I first went to hostel, in my first year of engineering. Recently, my family sat after a dinner and laughed a hell lot when they read it all together. Oh well, I can imagine how funny that letter can be. It was meant to be funny, but with my writing skills, it is super funny. We have a tradition in our family of writing letters and the credit goes to my Grandfather, Baba. I have to write him also a letter. He is 83 and cannot hear very well now. So, letters are the best way to communicate with him. He loves knowing about what is going on and how its going on, and has 100s of questions. And the best part is, he replies back to the letters. He uses a type-writer to write letters. Yes, he still uses it. When I first came to US, he wrote me a letter and posted it by normal post which never reached me. So, he has given up on posting a letter, rather sends it with someone if someone is visiting me or emails me with the help of my sister. I personally feel, letters are better than telephonic conversation. You can enjoy them all your life. :)

Just too many random thoughts, rather a brain dump! Thanks for reading it if you are still reading. Dont forget to watch "Motorcycle Diaries". The two hours surely will add something to your brain and heart.

Understanding

I have always felt that relationships are the most complex thing to take care of. But with time, I have realized that the crux of every relationship is "Understanding". If you understand the other person well, the relationship works great. May it be a Father-Daughter, your sibling, your friend, your boss, if you can understand or even try to understand what the other person is trying to tell or is doing, you have at least put a little bit from your side to that relationship. Do not always try to judge the other person.

My relationships over time have evolved beautifully with number of people, family + friends. And I would give full credit to the word "Understanding", understanding from their side and from my side. Some of those relationships have seen the worst times when there were arguments, cold wars, no talks, etc. but some of them still are the best ones that I treasure.

If you want to make something work, try to Understand!

P.S. - And as I write this, I also want to mention that I feel India currently has the best batting tail. Harbhajan and Zaheer have pull of the team a hell lot of time! And Zaheer has just hit 4 fours in a row to O'Brien in the India - New Zealand third Test match.