Reason to Smile :)

Reason to Smile: Finally I vent out some part of the 'personal' me. A short story of a person who created magic in my life ;) A confessional love letter :) I talk to you. Daily. Without you but with you in my senses. You are the most amazing person I came across among my circle of close friends. Funnily though, I had come across your profile through some online dating segment of a very popular social media site ! This was somewhere in 2008 I believe when I was not really enjoying my personal space. It was the time when I did not have friends around the way I have now. I was only busy being in and out of relationships. I was in the midst of contemplating whether I should make my personal space more adventurous or more calm and settled. It so happened that I shrugged my shoulders to trying something new. I thought the least it would do is occupy my depressed mind to either something horrible or make it more interesting, subject to what I wanted to take away from the chats o...

Reason to Smile: One more Linkedin article :) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/job-less-suicide-murder-neha-mehta?trk=pulse_spock-articles What makes one feel more 'jobless' than actually being one? No. I am not writing any answers here. I am just writing my feelings. Hope you like it. It has come out of mere observations, personal experiences and totally out of being jobless - literally :P With the so called new word that's coined these days and been so boasted about 'demonetization' - one thing is clear that it has exploded a mixed feelings in all of us. Be it an industry, a local, a farmer, a businessman or a stay put housewife. We all suddenly have pressed the vocal chords in our throats and got talking. All thanks to the 'Modi' gaga, I have those eternal silent friends who spoke on the subject even they knew nothing about it - literally ! Not that all of us know it all anyways, it is just the impact that it surrounds, that get us on the move ab...

Reason to Smile: As I always say, the year has gone by with a blink of an eye. One more fulfilling year that gave some very crucial lessons to learn from, some reminiscences, a height of treks to catch up on, new places to explore on, some failed attempts to look back on, but also carving a whole new path for a new  journey to embark on. As we all get excited to probably have a party to celebrate new years night, it was Rajjo's idea that we move out of the hustle bustle of the city and go for camping at some nice, out of the league place where all we can see is ourselves romancing with the cold winters that give us a natural sight to our eyes and nothing else. No crowds, no 'social' obligations, no 'power' supply, no media, nothing. Just 'real' connections. Be it personal or nature. or be it naturally personal :) So after a lot of discussions, trails and tribulations so to speak, we zeroed in on Matheran. Afterall Garbett has always been my top fa...

Reason to Smile: For a fair amount of time I have been thinking if there is someone from the so called 'writing' world who can evaluate on what I write and how I write for validation. Just for the heck of it. And now I did get some chance of it. While I am sitting at home jobless trying to just figure out ways to make some contribution somewhere, to avoid being inactive, I came across one post on PMIT where a bunch of guys were looking for writers who just can bring some catchy content to them. I did not overthink. I just emailed them my blog link and FB post links and asked them if there is any association I could put a tick on. Kind enough, they immediately responded giving me an assignment to work on. I did not know how to react on it. In my head I was trying to give an exam of a skill I never gained professionally !! :D :P But anyways whats the harm in taking that shot ! So here's the assignment I wrote an article on. The topic was - Why should marathoners ru...

Reason to Smile: Article - My Reason to Smile post on Linked in :) https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/my-reason-smile-neha-mehta?trk=hp-feed-article-title-like I have always wondered what makes people around me, around others extremely happy? I figured out the term 'happy' very late in my life despite knowing and having an access to all the gadgets and tools to be one. It is much later that I realized that more than understanding the term 'happiness', it is just about feeling it, owning it and being one ! For a long time in my life, after completing graduation, having a job in hand, picking up post graduation and then also finishing doctorate with good grades, I still could not make up my mind as to these achievements were the 'reasons' I am happy about?!?! Hailing from a Gujarati family, our daily chores and communications were more business like. Most of our talks would sound like a transaction. Right from what began a thought to how it was analys...

Reason to Smile: I have been visiting 'n' number of urban and rural places for treks, trips, tours and alike. I have also attended many charity events, been a part of many social service activities through groups and NGOs. But this one has always been extra special. Here's why. There is a team of people, very warm, loving and over caring, inspiring and an extremely dedicated lot that not only thinks of the upliftment of the rural or tribal villages but also look forward to working towards it. I have usually come across people who talk big, earn big, sometimes donate big but not work towards this cause. Also, I feel just to call it a donation or a contribution for a 'cause' is also way too less of an expression for these amazing people who have made sure that every participation counts ! This joy of giving, this expression of selfless contribution and this effort for a wonderful cause was organised by Priti Patel and Yahya Virani (Offbeat Sahyadri and ChalNikalP...

Reason to Smile: As we start our journey towards Karwar, a place near Karnataka, we have only limited idea of what Oyster Island has in store for us. While all of us are immensely engrossed in having crazy fun during the train time with Mafia and other games, chit chatting, eating and cracking jokes, it is this group of 21 known and unknown people with Travel Trikon who are excited about how and what the 'real time' experience would be at this island, a lot talked about :) We reached early morning with a delayed schedule of 2 hours. We had to get ready, have breakfast and move towards the island via a boat ride. It is only with Travel Trikon that this could be possibly met on time and turn the tables to be right on schedule to reach the place where the boats were parked. Little did we know how fascinating the entire boat ride would be. All of us jumped to joy when we saw a few dolphins trying to say a hello to us ! We smiled, we wooed, we clapped, and then with all the inn...