First Love

Patiently he kept working towards it.

This had to be perfect.

How much he adored her.

He had to make a good impression.

“Wow Rahul this is beautiful, See class this is how you make Life cycle of Butterfly”

She pinned the chart on the Soft board.

Rahul blushed.

Update from AIDSF National Latin Ballroom competition

Well kill me for not updating you all. I went for the National Latin Ballroom Competition which was held in Delhi this time.

And guess what 😉 I won Gold in Single dance category. I performed the Samba with my partner. Maharashtra won the National trophy once again for winning the maximum number of gold. My instructors Dr Reesha Dhulap and Diego Pereira won the gold in 5 dance category which means they now go on to represent India in the coming Asian games in October.

Yes, latin ballroom dancing is a recognised sport and AIDSF actually stands for All India Dance Sport Federation which is affiliated to the IDSF or International Dance Sport Federation. For anyone who is interested, do type IDSF on youtube and check out the videos i’m sure you will like it.

For India, latin ballroom dancing so far has been restricted only to Salsa, and slowly people are now dancing Cha-cha too. There are many more dance forms in latin ballroom dancing that people in india have not yet heard of. I hope slowly there will be more people interested in these dance forms, and will take it up competitively. India is not doing that great on the international scene right now, but slowly i’m sure we will get there.

Some pictures to end this post

1)With Dr Reesha Dhulap and Diego Pereira2) With Sandip Soparrkar and Jesse

One guy two Stories

Two real life stories i would like to share. I don’t know why i am doing it, But blog is the best place to let things out of the system isnt it? 🙂 No, Its not a rant.

The background

Mumbai has started receiving its fair share of rainfall already. I always wish it rains only when either i am in office or at home and never when i am travelling. That is all thanks to the municipal corporation that has ensured that they are not going to learn anything from the infamous 26 July and that we will have to keep struggling to reach office/station. Rain has led to the following two short stories.

Story No. 1

I was getting late for my dance class and Sandip is very particular about his time. It was raining very heavy and i had planned to take a rickshaw all the way to station with my colleagues. I had just crossed the road to reach the rickshaw stand when i saw that my colleagues had found a rickshaw and left already. So there i was, left with no rickshaw in sight in the rain.

(There are some parts in Mumbai where connectivity is really poor. My office unfortunately happens to be at such a place.  After dark getting a rickshaw or a taxi can be really painful. The few rickshaw or taxi guys that you do get to see, just do not want to travel short distances. Bus is an option but its not recommended for the weak hearted. Not at all for women. Well i digress but i think it was important.)

I must have done some good deed that i finally managed to get a rickshaw and as i was trying to get into it, I saw another woman who wasn’t carrying even an umbrella, completely drenched trying to convince the rickshaw guy to take her to the station. It was then that she asked me to drop her on the way, and i agreed.

I dropped her on the way, she tried offering me money for the ride which i politely refused.

Story No. 2

Another day of stupid maddening rain, with no transport available. I was getting late for the class again. After waiting for an hour trying to get a rickshaw that would drop me to my class, being turned down by every other rickshaw driver, I saw 3 girls coming out of office. Just then a rickshaw guy finally stopped and i asked him if he could drop me to the station. At that very moment the girls asked him if he could drop them.

Response from rickshaw driver: “Ladki log baith jao, Sir aap doosra rickshaw kar lo baarish bahut hai”

My Sins Against Gender Stereotypes

This tag is from Shilpadesh and Dip

If you are a woman,

Have you ever wanted something that is considered ‘manly’ ? Like a basketball, a cell phone, a dog, a camera or a new laptop? A new car or motor bike? Ever wanted to be a pilot? A doctor or not a nurse? And the manliest want of them all – The remote! 

As a kid did you enjoy playing with a bat and a ball?

There was a time when books were considered ‘manly’, women authors had to pretend to be men – would you say books are still rather manly – women should want to embroider and crochet?

If you are a man,

Have you ever wanted something that only women are supposed to want – like bags, shoes, clothes, creams, perfumes, babies, flowers? A peaceful home and a happy family? Have you ever been afraid of the dark or of insects?

As a kid did you ever want to play ‘teacher-teacher’, cooking or did you like playing with a doll? Have you ever enjoyed cooking? Bought something in pink? Loved chocolates?

1. I have a younger sister and she had dolls. Every day after coming back from school in the afternoon when we were not allowed to go out, the only games we could play was sit at home and play with the toys she had(read her dolls)
2. She loved teaching them some alien language and all i could do was just nod. I did not understand a thing of what my young sister used to say. So we have played Teacher teacher 😛
3. I like to cook, not that i cook regularly but i enjoy it. The way you mix things up and create that perfect taste, its an art.
4. I like keeping things arranged at my place.
5. I like cleaning i have mentioned it once here. It brings a different kind of calmness and heals 🙂
6. Since the time i have been dancing i have started loving and want to own all the dancing shoes 🙂 this guy jameel makes
7. Ok I have a a couple of pink shirts.
8. I dont go for manicure and pedicure and stuff but i keep my nails really really trimmed. So much tha ti have been scolded by my mom a lot of times.
9. I have played games like gallery and also where you cross your hands and hold a partner and go rund and round..sheesh i dont even remember the name of the game..neither what the girls used to sing..all i loved was the giddy feeling 😀
10. Oh and i like creating new designs with my doodles at the edges of my notebook

I’m not tagging anyone, whoever wishes to do the tag please drop a link in the comments section 🙂