Monika Suri

Listening to songs is just wonderful . The beats fill me with enthusiasm , the lyrics  calm my mind , the aesthetic experience  brings me the real happiness My Motivation Song Matlabi ho ja zara matlabi , Duniya ki sunta hai kyun , khud ki bhi sun le kabhi ……. Well it’s a bollywood song which I like , rather it gives me motivation  . Matlabi ho ja zara matlabi, duniya ki sunta hai kyun , khud ki bhi sun le kabhi . Really in our everyday life, we are most of the  times listening to others , feeling concerned  for others and working for others  . Sometimes I am listening to my  Boss, sometimes I am satisfying my hubby’s ego ,  sometimes I am cooking according to the family’s wishes. What’s this yaar ? Am I here to live according to Duniya ?? There comes this song to relieve me , motivate me and make me happy . If not possible everyday , let me be Matlabi once in a while. Let me do what just My heart wishes, something that I really like , which brings...

Starting September 1 , I am taking part in the BIG blogging campaign #MyfriendAlexa and I have been writing my posts under the theme #LetusKISS . KISS is an acronym for Keep it Simple and Significant and I express  my  gratefulness to God who made  me choose this as my theme  I have shared my mind and heart on keeping our Life as simple + significant , and stop unnecessarily making  it Complex . Let us focus more on the aspects which make Life significant , memorable and  appreciable . My Gratitude for Pains and Pleasures  Let us divert our focus from mere collection of  Things to collection of Moments . Let’s live our Life with Mindfulness rather than our minds always full of worries . Let us follow the path which leads to calmness , happiness , cheerfulness. To achieve a special kind of Fullness in life ,  Gratefulness also plays a major part . Gratefulness is magnification of the positive happenings in our life . If we can inculcate  a habbit of being grateful in all the time...

As The friendship day arrives , I am reminded of all the lovely friends who have been a part of my life . From school to college and now some of my colleagues –all those friends have been  an important aspect of my life . Some of them are cute , some crazy , some are like  angry stuff and some are funny. Friends are so important in our life . And there are some special friends whom I  know since birth  and these are the ones who loved me yesterday , love me today and for sure would love me  forever . These special friends are my  Cousins . Yes  ! We are cousins by blood but friends by choice . Dear all cousins , you make my life worth living . I love you all ! Where should I start writing from ? The very first moments which unfold  in front of my eyes are the times when I , Nitu , Gitu would wear lehngas and dance for hours together at any family function , be it a small birthday party .  The music to our dance used to be given by Munish Bhaiya on his drums . That small birthday p...

K stands for : Kanyadaan Pic credit : weddingokay.com Kanyadaan – This hefty word has been very  very hard to digest for her mind , since childhood . The word Kanyadaan  has inflamed Rekha’s mind whenever it has been used . She still remembers when a day before her marriage , she had overheard her Papa whispering  tensely to her mother ” The groom’s family wants us to keep atleast 200 gm of gold in Jamai Raja’s hand at the time of Kanyadaan ” And she also has a fresh picture in her mind when her Papa had  actually placed a folded cheque along while placing her hand onto the  the Rajiv’s hand . At that moment , Rekha’s mind had started questioning itself again , as it had been questioning since childhood . Since   childhood  , Rekha   attended many weddings with her parents . At every wedding , she always saw  Pandit G reciting some mantras , asking father of the bride to keep his daughter’s hand in the groom’s hand , and then ...

Friendship……what a lovely bond. Isn’t it ? We experience many friendships in our life right from the day we are born. Our parents become our first best friends , then relatives , then we make many during our school n college and then God sends another very good friend in our life  that’s our spouse. Of course I am grateful to all the good friends I  got to make in my life . But few were the special ones which immediately come into my mind whenever friendship is talked of. I am remembering today my friends which are pure friends , I mean not husband or parents or siblings , but the friends I made in my hostel days. I wish to dedicate the following 5 Best quotes to those friends which have created a permanent mark on my heart. A FRIEND IS WHAT THE HEART NEEDS ALL THE TIME Whenever we are feeling down , sometimes we don’t even know the reason for it , what our heart craves for is a true friend , with whom we can just open our heart and feel light.  That true ...

#Fridayfotofiction is a weekly bloghop which celebrates fiction writing based on the photo prompt. All were enjoying Bonfire at the NariNiketan . But  as expected, Neha didn’t come out of her room . Everyone knew she gets  frightened at the sight of fire . Asha Didi   went   to her  and  again saw her   lost in her past as usual , browsing her wedding album. How enthusiastic she used to be earlier ! How the magical love in the college had made her  tie knot with Varun around the sacred fire ! But her family  just couldn’t satisfy the greed of her in-laws. How she became a victim of domestic violence and of Bride Burning !!! (Tears  were making  itching sensation while rolling down her burnt cheeks) Neha had somehow managed to escape  from her in-laws but her fifty percent burns  were just not allowing the terrifying memories to escape. “Neha , Don’t keep feeling like a victim, you are a survivor. Burn your past memories ,not your dreams ” Asha Didi fondled ...

When i started my blog a few months ago i would often think how long would i be able to continue this blog,  how could the ideas keep coming, after all the ideas would vanish after writing   40 or 50 posts.  But No, i was wrong .  When you jump into the writing world , the ideas just keep flowing, and for this flow, i am very very thankful to the various Blogging Contests.  Such contests motivate you to  write and read too. You can’t be a good writer if you don’t read. The more You read , more You wish to  Write. Blogging Contests help me in lot many ways :– Blogging Contests challenge  and motivate me   – Contests have a fixed theme and a deadline too. I work the best when given a challenge otherwise my mind prefers sleeping. Such challenges push me and make me realize ” YES, I can do it “. The motivating comments on the posts and the best post badges make me feel like paragliding . I still cherish my #MMM badge for my post challenges of Motherhood ...

Many times in  our lives , we feel entrapped in  the cages of certain issues. They keep wobbling our minds 24×7  and sometimes get transformed as big problems which actually were petty issues.  If we try to think and work in the right direction , we would find that they were just the tiny cocoons. Just a little push to yourself  was all that was required to come out of it and  free our mind to fly like a butterfly , the one which is so light , colourful and its beauty adds joy around its environment. So the need is   Thoda Push Karo   and  Dil Khush Karo. You had an argument with someone  at your workplace and are not talking to each other for many days , Thoda Push Karo , just pass him/her a smile and see the hearts melting again . That little emotional stir would be more than enough  to add sweetness  in your day. You are gaining weight day by day , your favourite dresses don’t fit you any more, you have started receiving pinching comments about your figure , Thoda Push K...

ज़िंदगी में बहुत से लोग मिलते हैं , बिछड़ते हैं, सभी के साथ खट्टी मीठी यादें बनती हैं I किसी के साथ कुछ ही समय का  रिश्ता रहता है तो  किसी के साथ आजीवन रिश्ता बन जाता है I कई लोग सदा सम्पर्क में रहते हैं  पर कई लोग ऐसे भी आते है जीवन में जो सदा सम्पर्क में रहें  चाहे  न  रहें पर मन में उनकी यादें हमेशा बनी रहती हैं I वे भुलाये नहीं भूलते कॉलेज टाइम की बात है , youth festival  के लिए त्यारियां शुरू होने जा रही थी I  कई प्रकार की ऑडिशंस हो रही थी I किसी कमरे  में singing  का ऑडिशन , कहीं  dancing  तो कहीं  theatre  के लिए ऑडिशन I मैंने  भी सोचा  चलो इस बार थिएटर में कोशिश करके  देखी जाये I  बहुत से चाहवान स्टूडेंट्स आये हुए थे जो नाटक करने के इच्छुक थे I मैं भी डरते  डरते चली गयी ऑडिशन देने I  अभी भी याद है कि जब मेरी बारी आयी और डायरेक्टर Sir  ने कुछ एक्ट करने को कहा तो मैंने लाठी लिए एक बूढ़ी औरत  की एक्टिंग की I शाम तक  Sir  ने सभी के ऑडिशन लेने के बाद कॉलेज में से 7 स्टूडेंट्स को चुना जिनमे से 1  मैं भी थी I नाटक के लिए  7  की टीम बनाई गयी जिनमे  6  लड़के और  1 लड़की  I वो लड़की थी  मैं I ...

हम सब अपनी अपनी लाइफ की भागदौड़ में लगे हुए हैं पर क्या कभी कभी ऐसा नही लगता कि लाइफ ने कुछ ज़्यादा ही स्पीड पकड़ी हुई है ? हर समय हम बस भाग रहे हैं । क्या आपको लगता है लाइफ का असली मकसद व सच्चा आनंद जो हमे मिलना चाहिए था , वो नही मिल रहा है ? कुछ खो गया हो जैसे । Are we really happy or not? आधी लाइफ तो दुनियादारी का सामान  और यश इकठ्ठा करने में ही चली गयी , घर बनाना है ,  आलीशान गाड़ी लेनी है , घर के बाकी सामान की किश्तें देनी हैं । आधी लाइफ गुज़र जाने के बाद जब तक हम 45-50 साल के हो जाते हैं तब याद आता है ओहो , मुझे तो यह करना था , वो करना था , ऐसा करने से सच्चा आनंद मिलना था , सही समय आएगा तो मैं ये करूँगा, वो करूँगा , पर वो कौनसा सही समय है जो आता ही नही । 💥 हम में से ज़्यादातर लोग present में जीना छोड़ देते हैं । मेरी नौकरी लग  जाये न तो मेरी लाइफ में खुशियां आ जाएं , मेरे बच्चे की अच्छी जगह एडमिशन हो जाए न तो खुशियां आ जाएं , बस ऐसा कुछ न कुछ हम सबके दिमाग मे घूमता रहता है , और हम बस खुशियों के इन्तज़ार में ही बैठे रहते हैं । 💥  मैंने कुछ दिनों पहले   Robin Sharma...

    खूब चहल पहल थी, कोई अपना बैग पैक कर रहा था, कोई अपनी किताबें इकट्ठी कर रहा था , कोई लाइब्रेरी की किताबें वापिस करने गया था, कोई कैंटीन के dues  दे  रहा था , कोई एक दूजे से लिया  उधार चुकता कर रहा था , कोई अपने दोस्तों के फोन नंबर व् address   नोट कर  रहा था ,सब व्यस्त थे और बेहद खुश भी ….आखिरी दिन था हमारा उस शहर में , उस कॉलेज में , उस हॉस्टल में ….अगले दिन सभी हॉस्टल students  को अपना अपना room  खाली करके अपने अपने घर लौटना था.. घर जाने की ख़ुशी इतनी थी कि  सभी कुछ न कुछ गुनगुनाते हुए अपने काम निबटा रहे थे ……. शाम को सब सहेलियां  free  होके एक ही कमरे में इकठ्ठे  बैठ गयीं… नेहा बोली — शुक्र है यार …पढ़ाई ख़त्म हुई , कल से आराम से अपने घर पर रहूंगी …मम्मी के हाथ का खाना खाउंगी …..वाह …आनंद आ जायेगा….पंखे की ओर देखती हुयी और  घर  पहुँचने  के सुंदर ख्यालों में बोली “Home  Sweet  Home  ” मैंने कहा — हाँ यार , घर से बाहर रहना कोई आसान काम नहीं है . Thank  GOD,  It’s our last day  here . नी...