Say cheese!

Nahi yaar, main recipe nahi likh rahi hoon… and no, am not gonna be talking about photography either…haan, if you give me a Canon EOS 1Ds Mark III, I promise I will! (Photographers, do not ping me on gtalk to ask about this camera, google pe best professional camera search kiya to ye mila… I do not, I repeat, I do not take the responsibility of its credibility :P). But anyway, let me put a disclaimer that this post may contain thoughts full of wisdom + thoda sa grandma type ki lecturing + thode heavy duty humble, sincere and honest thoughts – to soch samajh ke padhna J. Let’s put you through a test .. if you are able to read the next sentence without rolling your eyes and saying Nams has gone mad, then Bingo! You pass the prerequisite to read this blog…. This is for your own safety. Here goes:

Samajh samajhke samajh ko samjho, samajh samajhna bhi ek samajh hai, samajh samajhke jo na samjhe who meri samajh mein nasamajh hai…. Samjhe???

*Actual Blog starts*

You know, of late, I’ve been using a lot of mixed languages in my blogs, so I am gonna try to stick to only English and spare you the Hinglish/ Minglish/ Ginglish (Gujju re :P ) part…

Sorry, Actual Blog Starts NOW .. Promise!

How often do you meet people with an incredible smile? And by incredible smile I do not mean the Ms. Universe/ Ms.World wali smile…. I mean smiling through the eyes… and whenever you do see such smiling/twinkling eyes, you are instantly attracted to it. That’s the power of a genuine smile.

Why I thought of writing this blog is because we come across so many people in our life, but not all succeed in leaving their mark. Why? Because very few have the attributes which make them beautiful people. What attributes you ask? Sincerity, Honesty, Modesty and above all - a warm heart. And warm heart directly translates into a warm smile. When you meet a person for the first time, you try to make the other person feel comfortable, you smile, you strike up a light conversation. You may be a scholar, a genius in your field, an oscar winning actor, a noble laureate or a Pulitzer prize winner… but these things don’t necessarily make you a nice human being. What makes you a nice person is these attributes. I am not gonna say Sachin Tendulkar is God just because he has some xyz record to his name, I am gonna say he is great because he is down to earth despite his achievements, he is humble and modest – that’s what sets him apart, that’s what makes him such a great player. And have you ever seen him smile? It could light up a stadium!

SRK – did he have a film background? Did he have a Kapoor dad to give him his first break? No. Yet he is a superstar today. Why? Because he is close to his roots, to his principles. Though he has never shown modesty upfront, yet he knows what he is, who he is and why is he where he is. His greatness does not lie in being the King Khan, his greatness lies in his honesty, in the fact that he is always there for his friends, that he makes his juniors feel comfortable on the sets and above all he is a family man. And……… don’t miss the twinkle in his eye when he smiles. ;)

Kajol – Acts with her eyes, smiles with her eyes. She is a beautiful lady, yet I have never seen her ‘display’ her beauty, unlike some of her contemporaries (read Ms.A Rai B and Ms. K Kapoor)

Madhuri – Bholi si surat, aankhon mein masti, door khadi sharmaye….Aye haay!!…. Her smile kills yaar! Those smiling eyes could light up an entire city! Her smile even made me forget that I had pledged not to use hindi! Again – a beauty who is down to earth.. truly a marathi mulgi! My friend SP would immediately say Kokanasth Brahmin!:P But it has nothing to do with Kobra, it’s her inner beauty that radiates!

The thing is, no matter how learned or rich you are, no matter how many echelons of society you have climbed, humanity is always the highest ranked and most important attribute. 

True, humanity is overrated…. yet, nothing beats it! J

Be nice, be compassionate……….. And say……? CHEESE!!

Arey bolo na! Tan ki shakti, man ki shakti, bournvita!! :D