My Urvaan

I believe in reincarnations and I believe that all souls have to undergo various life forms before it achieves the form of human life. Human life is said to be the ultimate gift from god and our opportunity to break free from the cycle of life and death and ultimately our path to Moksh. Now, I am not sure whether my life would qualify for a Moksh but I sure do know that there are things which I MUST experience before the end comes knocking, I call them Giftcards and have classified them under Familia, Travel, Adventure, Sports and ultimately as Experience Everything Once.  Familia- 1. Fall in love and marry the nicest guy on Earth ( Got married in 2009) : What else do I say, I got lucky . I often tell Abhi that he is my " Happy Gift from God". Yes, thats the only explanation I can think of, someone up there is Happy with me and Abhi is the way he shows his blessing. Its been 4 years since we met and will be 3 years of our marriage in Feb and our marriage has bee...

Year 2011 Lived in- Kentucky, US It has been year of Firsts.. The year started with us visiting India for the first time after our wedding, almost after 2 years. Its amazing how more the things change, they remain the same. There is something so deeply fulfilling to meet ones family and close friends after a long time, and to pick up conversations as the 8,000 miles never really did matter. I was especially happy to see my nani ( granny) in excellent heath ( knocks on wood) and pray that god bless her with many more happy and healthy years. Grandparents, they are always so loving and adorable and so very important. Then I and AB inched closer to our dream of home ownership. Yes we did a very adult thing and bought our first house in good ol Bombay. We were nervous and yes the inflow and immediate outflow of salary towards mortgage is draining but I am proud of our self that we stuck to our financial plan i.e have sufficient money for down payment and buy what we truly can affo...

Year 2010 Lived in: Kentucky, US Got my first paycheck in over a year Tasted Pancakes and Key Lime Pie, Fajitas dipped in Avocado, whole grain breads with Cranberry Jam, drank Glenlivet and Saki. Got carried away with the Cheesecake and gained 20 pounds. Learned to play Chess and Poker, made some new acquaintances. Got my US driving license, drove down to Cumberland falls and Smoky Mountains, visited the largest cave on earth, the Mammoth Cave and spend an amazing weekend at the most gorgeous city down south, Charleston, SC where we lazed at the beach, drank a bottle of wine in couple of hours while having soul steering conversations, learned to use coffee maker at the fancy resort and then saw the pretty town in a carriage ( the best vacation of this year).  Watched Roger Federer win the Western & Southern Open at Cincinnati, watched American Football at Papa John Stadium (U of L v/s Cincinnati Reds)...cut my hair real short and dyed them ash brown (in hindsight...