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Aspirations......... Many a times in life I have wondered, what do I actually want from it....is it name,fame,financial security... or a silent life tucked  in domain of  mental bliss. I may not  , in fact am not the first person to encounter such thoughts,but when I search my soul for an answer,I am left out with all the more confused feelings.  Robert Frost rightly cited in THE ROAD NOT TAKEN: " Two roads diverged in a yellow road, And I took the one less traveled by, And that has made all the difference" Life always offers us with options and though we can take only one,we always at one point of time pine over the one decision that we had not taken..that one decision that could have brought a change to our lives. And somehow  the grass always seem greener on the other side. Whenever we are frustrated with life,we feel that had we taken the other path,our life would have been easier,maybe less frustrating. I wanted to be ...

The fragrance of sewalis..the rustic smell of the earth and the chill in the air..just reminds me of one thing...puja is round the corner... Yesterday,while walking back my way to hostel,the sewali trees rustling in the wind,somehow reminded me of my good old childhood days... The days when durga puja meant craving for a new frock,new shoes and those fancy new hairbands.I used to pester my parents hard...and that trip to the nearby  market always brought a triumphant smile on the face. Hummmph ..:)) and more if my acquisitions prove to be better than my friends. Durga puja meant long walks to the nearby puja pandals craving for every colourful balloons, trumpets and what not that I happened to see on the way. The courtyard in our liitle home in Tezpur becomes laden with the carpet of sewali flowers, its fragance exhilarating the minds. Durga puja mornings meant picking up the flowers and making garlands-there was an inexplicable kind of joy in it.  Times have changed an...

This is the first time I have created a blog.Hoping to have a wonderful experience in this whole new world of blogging.