Category archive for: Personal Views

Blog 172: The Salsa Effect.

Published by prateekkhamesra on July 20, 2017

I was Exhausted but Happy. My body was sweating, hair messed up and the muscles in my legs reasserting their presence, surely, sitting on a chair would be a challenge for the next few days. All this after attending a 2 hour ‘Advance Salsa Shine lesson‘ by Eddie Torres. During the class, I was trying to cope up with Eddie and remember/follow the sequences. It’s hard! During the break, I was admiring how gracefully he moves his body during the demo. His dance moves are impeccable. May be, that’s why he is called ‘The Mambo King’/’The King of the Salsa’. The class ends. While…

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Blog 171: My Wanderlust!

Published by prateekkhamesra on June 18, 2017

Everyone knows that I’ve a strong wanderlust. Also, I’ve a dream of living in a house filled with my books and travel souvenirs. I wasn’t so obsessed with travel. Many years ago, my grandfather (Nana) planted a travel seed in my mind, now it’s slowly growing into a tree! While growing up, I would spend every summer vacation with my grandparents in Bhopal. My friends would go to different exotic locations, while I would always go to Bhopal. I protested to my parents, “Why do we have to go to Bhopal, why can’t we go anywhere else?”. They said “No, you…

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Blog #170: The Art of Juggling & Worrying

Published by prateekkhamesra on April 25, 2017

During my childhood, I couldn’t sit still. I had a habit of juggling balls. While trying to juggle 3 balls at the same time, the 3rd ball slipped from my hand and hit my mom’s favorite flask. Disssssssssshhhhh, the flask broke into multiple pieces. O’shit, I broke my mom’s favorite flask. I’m dead now! Suddenly, I began panicking. I started picking up broken pieces and threw them into the dustbin. All the broken pieces were gone but the flask was still broken. I ran to my nana’s room, hugged him tightly and told him about the flask. I was really worried…

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Blog #169: Dig Deeper: Inspired by a Childhood Life Lesson

Published by prateekkhamesra on February 19, 2017

Everyone was making noise. If anyone sees our class, they would call it a fish market. Suddenly, Professor Iyer walks into the class and there was a pin drop silence. Professor Iyer was a retired physics professor. He was tall, dark and fat. He always had a tikka on his forehead. He started teaching the projectile concept. After a few minutes, he asked the class “Did everyone understand the concept?” I didn’t understand the concept, but when I looked around everyone was nodding, so I kept my head down and nodded to indicate that I understood the concept. He asked…

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Blog #168: Live, Laugh & Love!

Published by prateekkhamesra on January 24, 2017

“Live, Laugh & Love”, the beggar shouted at every passenger coming out of the Central Park subway station. The beggar had long dark hair, long beard, and melancholic eyes. His clothes were shabby, dirty and torn. He was holding a board with “Live, Laugh & Love” written on it. He kept shouting “Live, Laugh & Love” to every passenger while everyone ignored him. Every by passenger considered him a crazy old beggar, but he wasn’t your ordinary crazy old beggar, he had a gift to read through people’s soul. He looked at a couple coming out of the subway station. They were…

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Around the Corner! Blog #166

Published by prateekkhamesra on May 13, 2016

I have a loved one in this great world that has no end; yet the days go by and the weeks rush on, and before I know it – A year is gone. And I never get to see his face. For life is a swift and terrible race. He knows I like him just as well. As in the days when we went for long summer walks holding hands together. I spend evening listening to his tale. His gentle voice guiding me life values. But I was younger then. And now I am busy, tired men. Tired of playing…

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Some Advice For My Nephew. Blog #165

Published by prateekkhamesra on September 14, 2015

When mom asks me to hold my nephew, Arhum (means passion in Jainism). I was shit scared; I had never held a baby in my arm. After initial hesitation, I did agree. When I held him in my arms, it was a special moment where his small fingers were trying to grip my hand and his adorable dimples made my heart skip a beat. I was trying to identify myself in him – maybe his eyes or nose or chin looks like me. Finally, my sister joked he loves to sleep just like his mamu (uncle)! While holding him in…

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The sea! the sea! the open sea! Blog #163

Published by prateekkhamesra on June 18, 2015

The sea! the sea! the open sea, The blue, the fresh, the ever free! These word rhymes into my mind, while I am sitting near the beach. I love the beach. I love the sea. Every time I stand before a beautiful beach, its waves seem to whisper to me: “If you choose the simple things and find joy in nature’s simple treasures, life and living need not be so hard”. The sound of low and high tides always had a profound effect on me. There is something magical about that swooshing sound. When you listen to it, it’s like…

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Whose Family Is It Anyway? Part 1 – Blog #162

Published by prateekkhamesra on June 1, 2015

FAMILY – sometimes loving, sometimes annoying, but always together. Even when your 1000 of miles away, you think of those evening tea sessions, those moments when you tease each other with funny nicknames or those futile attempts to listen to the adult’s discussion (honestly, they are dammed boring) and trying to make a valuable contribution to those *boring* discussions. There is no substitute to those memories, they bring pure joy, laughter and happiness in our life. There is always a person in every family who has the funniest /peculiar habits/jokes/whatever you want to name it! You don’t need to watch the…

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My Childhood Posters – Blog # 161

Published by prateekkhamesra on April 9, 2015

My Favourite Poster During my childhood, I had two posters in my room. One poster was about Batman, my favorite Superhero. Why Batman? It’s simple, he is the best superhero as he doesn’t possess any gifted power. He gained all the abilities to fight crime on the basis of technology, his cleverness (he is street smart) and mastering several martial arts. “He is human” – this is his greatest strength. Unlike other superhero who came from outer space or got a powerful ring or got strength due to radioactive element, Batman power lies in his ability to perceive any threat (again…

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