Shyam's Blog

"I moved to this country 30 years ago". "This place has been mine and I have no roots of my own country now after 22 years". We hear these words from so many to make all these cliched. Many movies have been shot to show these NRI emotions. What is common in all? People change places, but it is very tough for places to change people. Today, I watched "Namesake" in a theatre here. All characters are simple and natural. Overall, the movie is so true and in the lines of lives of many non-resident Indians. These 'NRI' oriented movies like this one and many others (Flavors, East is East, Mitr, Sun rises in the East, Bend it like Beckham) have one thing in common - parents trying to force kids to follow what they call, 'our roots'. Also common is the sarcastic comedy of kids making parents disappointed in the end. People who land out of their country lose their identity and after living in an adopted country for several years gain a different id...

Picture of a tree which had 'split personality', flowers on one side and without on the other - a rare thing for any tree.

New creatures at our Apartment's pond - A dozen in all!!! Cute little ones

My blog will be off for a break. Before taking this break, I got a question to myself, "why did I start blogging?". Do bloggers get that question after a while? I may have started it to share my life, my stories, and many other things. Hope I can do the same after a short break. So, "milthein hai ek chote se break ke baadh" .