CHERISH with HARISH

डर जाना चीन की सेना से, वो मुँह में पानी आना, इटली-फ़्रान्स के खाने से, पल-पल डर जाना, Corona के कारनामों से , घुम हो जाना,ख़ुद की लिखी क़िस्से- कहानियाँ से, सब कुछ बस, घर बैठे-बैठे, घर बैठे-बैठे ! - क्ष।ह।सि।, जून २०२०

Like any middle-class guy, I had grown up in an atmosphere of listening to family values,  their guidance, and had always enjoyed the freedom they had given me! This freedom, was never asked for, and it never pushed me into things which other young boys had ‘asked’ for from their parents. So, as a result, I would try a glimpse of every bad habit, and on my own, I would realise that they were not worth it! In the process, I would always figure out, that I have been super-lucky to have a set of parents, who had given me this un-asked freedom. I was earning for some time in Mumbai, just the way my parents would have wanted me to. But things changed, when I stopped earning for some time. I thought that I should try something new and explore. But I did not know, what exactly was this something new ! I thought of taking a break from the same daily life. I was bored of the daily routine of going to office.  So one fine day, I gave my resignation in the office. It was a new s

'I SIPPED' While having chai, I saw life: A pigeon was sitting on the wall, and soon, another joined him, they fought for space, for food, for love, for looking up at the sky, they fought to fly, up in the sky, and soon joined some other pigeons, who had their own fights! I realised, I am so happy not fighting, and just sipping my morning chai, in peace, I just sipped! - KHS, June

Life existed in open skies, trees n water around, But suddenly... life NOW, exists in 'Notifications n likes' around! Strange no! 😊

Gurgaon, 3rd June, 2020. I had been trapped! No, I am not talking about the lockdowns. But it is the inner journeys, which the lockdowns have been sending me into. This January, I returned from Mumbai, with a simple plan of spending some time at home at Gurgaon. But I started enjoying this time with my parents. In fact, I thought I will re-look at my self before I travel out of home. But Co-vid stuck us  and the whole world stopped breathing for a while. But did it stop breathing, or it actually started breathing,! We have been listening to a lot of similar news stories, about nature being restored. And I am sure you too are am bored of it now. Nature is not everything which I see outside, but nature is what made me. One thing which I re-learnt in this break was Yoga. It was not just some stretching exercise, but a beautiful extension of the meditation. Yoga comes from the Sanskrit word, JOGA, the addition or the combination. It was a lovely combination of my two lives

We are stable, with our positions in life, and our plans laid-out. But when we look at ourself in the universe, we are nothing else, but LOST... Aren't we 'Always travelling?' - KHS, June 2020.

The lockdown had just hit India, and we were all locked in our homes. We liked it in the beginning, but people like me, who love travelling and walking outside, felt trapped. But soon, I realised that Covid is here to stay for long.  I thought the best way to fight this was to continue with our older games, we played in our rehearsals. So, I just gave our traditional 'IMPRO' exercise a slight twist and the 'Lockdown Impro' was created. we jhave created 11 episodes and everyone is loving it. The number of people involved in this exercise has increased from our local group in Delhi to a group involving people from Mumbai and Sydney... Sharing some images of all the previous episodes of LOCKDOWN IMPRO... We definitely had fun...  And as we all stay at our respective homes, we get ready for the next episodes... :)