CRUX OF LIFE

It was 9 AM in the morning. Half bucket of water was available in wash room. Mom said, "I'm waiting since 5 AM for water. Please go and arrange some water cans.".. New thing for me!!... I said "I think Dad can arrange... Let me call. He is in office. He must be knowing".  " No need beta...  There's a tea shop in the next lane. Ask him where we can get water cans ", Mom said. But, the impatient ME was already on call. "Hello, Dady, There's no water in home. Relatives too are there. Veena Aunty and Sharma Aunty may come in next 2 hours for satsang. what should I do? Where should I call? Do you have any phone number to call and arrange water??" I was speaking NON-STOP. Dad with his patient voice asked "Entii ?? " (What?) "Huh!! O Dady.. No Water. Please arrange", I said, this time in a shorter version. "Oh... Hmmm... I had one contact of a water supplier.... Hmmm.... But.... I changed my mobile... That numb...

Yes, who else it is, but me! And, what would a typical Indian Idle do? Yes, It's watching the Idiot Box - TV. ( Chatting, orkutting FB and Blogging on a parallel track) The average Indian family is hooked to the TV shows which start from 7.30 PM and continue till 10.30 PM.  After a long time, surfing the TV channels, I chose the below serials/ programs some of which I love to hate while watching.. ;) 1) Balika Vadhu - This half an hour program has less than one line of story. It begins with Anandi's cry and ends with the same. This serial was started with the motive to kinda eradicate child marriages in society. But, now it seems that the serial is encouraging it!! "Eeh! This should be banned", I say, every time I watch.  2) Na aana iss des me LAADO - Eeh... The lesser I talk about it, the better. I change the channel, as soon as I see any of the character on TV. My mom insists "Laado aa raha hai, channel mat badlo". "Not again! Mom.. PLEASE! This s...