Something About Anything

My daughter had to deliver a speech on ‘What freedom means to be me’. In the speech, written by my husband, Sanket , there was a statement - ‘Freedom cannot be absolute. Freedom can mean different things to the same person at different times of his life’. Isn't it true? At different stages of our lives, freedom had a different meaning to us. As we grow wiser (I don't know if I am wise but I didn't want to use the word older), the meaning of freedom has evolved. Today , freedom to me is to be free from limitations. The limitations we have wrapped around ourselves. I have often heard women say I can’t do certain things because I am a girl or a mother or a wife or a daughter or a daughter-in-law. Believe me all these limitations are only in our mind, constantly being enforced by our society and cultural norms. It only creates an illusion that becomes our only reality. All these limitations restrict us from leaving our comfort zone and exploring the unknown. I am aware...

Today while listening to the radio in the car heard a very nice quick story. Obviously it was about friendship… but what I liked most about it was the tagline - “Coffee and Friendship are both strong, you should know how to prove it”. And I agreed to it immediately.  Throughout our life we meet different people. Some grow to be our friends and some remain acquaintances. And some friends grow to mean more than just friends. I have one such friend. She is an amazing person with whom I have my fondest memories. I was 21 when I met her and I had not read Harry Potter. She made me read it and thank GOD she did. We read books together, we heard music together, and had lots of coffee together.  But one of the best lessons she taught me was to live carefree. To live without thinking about what the society is going to think about it. ‘The Society’ is going to talk about anything and everything that you do. Let them have fun doing that and you have fun doing what gives you...