The 20 Year Cheat Sheet.....

Here are 20 things I’ve learned in 20 years of marriage.

1.    Don’t compare him to someone else.

2.    Practice Gratitude 

3.    Never stop dating each other

4.    Pray for your marriage and husband daily not on special rituals, only ;-) 

5.    R-E-S-P-E-C-T

6.    Forgiveness is Crucial

7.    Nurture your friendship 

8.    Laugh regularly, you can gossip with him, try it…

9.    L-I-S-T-E-N to him

10. Serve each other- innumerable times he has cooked and packed my tiffin and that too with ultimate finesse. 

11. Die to be with him

12. Speak words of love and affirmation 

13. Let the hard times draw you close- those who know US well, can vouch for it…

14. Go for long drives- it feels so good, when Ajay goes with me on my business trips….of course when he has an offJ

15. Discover his love language 

16. DON’T keep secrets from each other- never ( our kids can vouch for it…they know if I know it, Ajju has to know it soon…)

17. Make intimacy a priority 

18. Don’t bring up past mistakes

19. Do all things with grace and love, even the ones that you don’t like. 

20. Never bring up a difficult matter until the meal is eaten and don’t carry the topic till next day.

Life is the best teacher.....

There are never bad students...there are only bad teachers!!! 

'The children now love luxury. They have bad manners, contempt for authority; they show disrespect for elders and love chatter in place of exercise.’ This isn't a 21st-century school principal’s problem. The words were uttered centuries ago by teacher Socrates.

On Tip and Top

What do you think of businesswomen? 

Honestly, tell me…am I  too intimidating or aggressive, if I speak from the hip?

Sit for a meeting with me… and I can show you the classical signs that men want to leave the room, the moment I refuse to agree to their opinions.

Why are things so complicated, I ask? 

Somewhere the system needs to accept people who call a spade a spade (be it whosoever)

Some bunch of wannabees think of a concept and we are to praise it and if have a reason to disagree ..it has to be done with tact, otherwise you don’t see that person again. He thinks, madam does not know what she is talking about?

Why this indeterminacy… I have sustained an intangible product for the last 8 odd years, in fact I think I am trend or cult setter … without ever having a single rupee debt on my company account. Hell, I don’t even have a website till now, all the work I got is because of the dint of my crazy passion for this profession. 

Managed to provide livelihoods to dozens of people and am unstoppable at that. 

But still when I want to negotiate on certain deals  with oh-so-intelligent  or failed- lets- try- again entrepreneurs, I can see them trying to be on top of my game. It’s time they let it be…and think that they can’t always be right. Try and convince people for all sorts of trainings, try and create an opportunity out of a crisis, try figuring out what to say…when the client has put a direct NO to your proposal. Try to wake up…worried, wounded and rejected. 

I want people to hang on to every word I say….I deserve that. I know my business and I am too good at that. 

I am a self- made business woman with the balls to meet and take any challenge head-on. So next time you meet me… I am right on your TIP and I am the TOPS!

Indori Dil Se

In my last decade and a half’s association with Indore, with every new dawn has come a revelation. Coming from the capital of the country I thought I knew it all. But little did I know that, somewhere in Madhya Pradesh, would be a city which would never cease to surprise me. I have seen business and people nurture and prosper here, like nowhere else. This city appreciates hard work and intellect. The inherent quality of this place is that they know a good prospect, when they see one. This city thrives on its vivacity and inclination to adapt a cult therefore it is a ‘Melting Pot’ of education, literature, history and contemporary thought and progress. From being a contended homemaker to a very successful entrepreneur, I have gathered only one mandate from this city, dream and dare to accomplish then you are not alone.

  

For me the city has given all the right reasons to seek friends and associations. It offers one infinite options as per one’s mood swings. You are deliriously happy…hit one of the many nightclubs or lounges and eating joints. You are wanting to spend some quality time with your loved ones…you have to choose between Wanchu Point, Choral, Mandu and the list goes on and if one is an avid theatre, literature or art enthusiast, one can always seek to quench one’s hunger at any of the events and exhibits going on in the city. I have always given credit to this city to let people be who they are. Indore has never forced or coaxed anyone to change one’s lifestyle. 

Personally for me it has only made me realise that what I am not because of the complacency that Malwa is famous for but for the love of amalgamating the new with the old. Indore is like a connoisseur who wants to partake every new offering that all its patrons have to offer.

Vive la Indore.

Published in Times of India - on 25th Aug, 2013

Does it really Matter?

Does it really matter...what a person thinks or how one reacts?

In this fast paced world, we do not have "the time to stand and stare", then how and why are we interested in reading and seeing, what is going on in the other person’s life.

I kept asking this question to myself, why we are playing this peek-a-boo game of showing snippets of ourselves on a visage of social networking, etc. Who are we seeking or rather what are we seeking?

In case you are still wondering why, we are doing this for the one and only one reason... we are introducing someone very special to ourselves. It is the person who we have forgotten in this humdrum called ‘life’. That person is nobody but ...US.

The heart of India - Indore

In my last decade and a half association with Indore, with every dawn has come a revelation. Coming from the capital of India - Delhi, I thought I knew it all. But little did I know that, somewhere in Madhya Pradesh, would be a city which would never cease to surprise me. 

I have seen businesses and people nurture and prosper here, like nowhere else. This city appreciates hard work and intellect. The inherent quality of this place is that they know a good prospect, when they see one. 

This city thrives on its vivacity and inclination to adapt a cult. It is therefore a ‘Melting Pot’ of education, literature, history and contemporary thought and progress. From being a contended homemaker to a successful entrepreneur, I have gathered only one mandate from this city, dream and dare to accomplish and  you are not alone!

I revere the faith that the students, professionals, parents have invested in me, I am trying to take a step forward in giving this city a new stance by associating with Indore-PAC, a society starting a series of activities to promote a better living and good governance for the people of Indore.  

In doing so, I am not only indulging in another metamorphosis for myself, but for my city - Indore too.

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