half n half


Though the title refers to a type of milk that we get in Minden, this is not what the post is about :)
It is something that Udi did to Anu that caused me to think about similar things I used to do to Utkarsh as a kid!
Let us discuss Udi first.
They get to taste tea occasionally. Smitha once gave Udi a full hot glass of tea that she couldn't hold while Anu cooly picked up the other one that was only half filled. However the angel that Anu is, she was feeling bad that Udi wasnt able to drink her tea. So she walks up to Udi and says "Take Udi", offering her own glass of tea.
Udi picks up that glass and drinks almost all of that tea. Just a few sips are remaining. After waiting for a while, Anu tries to pick up the other glass that Udi wasnt able to lift. Udi promptly refuses. Tells her "Take this, this is ur glass" and hands her the remaining sips. What shrewdness!

Cut to 28 yrs or so earlier.
Uday and Utkarsh get some pocket money every day. Both of them decide to piggy bank it rather than spend it. Utkarsh hits upon a brilliant idea that they should save the money together in a single piggy bank. That way it will grow faster. Uday promptly agrees. However since Utkarsh is elder he gets twice as much pocket money as Uday does. Uday is aware of this fact. Now Uday lets this corpus grow for a while and then picks up a fight with Utkarsh one fine day. When there seems to be no resolution in sight, Uday coolly tells Utkarsh, "Henceforth we will not save our money together. Give me my equal half of he corpus and we will dissolve the patnership"
ekdum Udi style na?


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Jala do ise... phoonk dalo yeh duniya


Yeh mehlo, Yeh takhto, Yeh Tajo ki duniya
Yeh insaan key dushman samajo ki duniya
Yeh daulat key bhooke, ravajo ki duniya
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai?

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Jala do ise, phoonk dalo yeh duniya
Mere saamne sey hatalo yeh duniya
Tumhari hai, tum hi sambhalo yeh duniya
Yeh duniya agar mil bhi jaye toh kya hai?



Some times things are very depressing and then suddenly you remember that song from Pyasa where Gurudutt is standing in front of a door and singing it.

Well, why I started this post in the first place was because of the "Jala do" lyrics but then got into a depressing tone :) Nevertheless let us get straight to the point:

Sometimes things that happened in the past, the not so successful relationships that you have had in the past hold you back quite a bit. The memories continue to haunt you. Sometimes so much that they prevent you from "moving on"! Even if you conciously try to move on, you get a strong pushback! One simple solution to this as was illustrated in the movie Jab V Met seemed to be very effective!

Kareena makes Shahid burn the photograph of his ex-girlfriend. And strangely after he does that he feels very "free". For some reason, that simple token act of burning that image meant so much to him! I think it was an excellent and very effective solution!

Jala do...

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