Hola..from the capital

So, it's been a while since I last visited this space, or to be honest, visited and made an entry. Life's been alright and yes, miraculously enough, my tarot predictions for 2010 have been spot on..It has been a "leap" year for me, in that I have not just switched careers, I've also attempted the swinging single life - living minus my parents, plus my grandparents in the capital. Add to that plus, my aunt, uncle, and three cousins. It may not be the hugest family, but after having lived in a cosy, four-member set up for 'nearly' quarter of a century, I feel that it's huge!

Yes, there are days I feel intensely crabby, cranky, and depressed. I miss my family (especially mom), I miss journalism (especially the writing), and I miss Mumbai (especially the vada-pav and pav-bhajji), but life is about keeping the momentum and trust the Gemini in me to keep at it. Frankly, I think, much as I would like to believe it, I'm a pretty self-sufficient person, most of the time. Maybe my mom knew it, which is why she left me on my own.

Anyhow, I think, change is something that may make us nervous but it's something that, I find, is quite often just what we need. To repeat my self-created cliche, our wants and needs may not coincide all the time and quite often, what we want is not what we need and what we need is not always manifest in terms of our wants.