Random Ramblings

Some quick updates on my book Somewhere @ Nowhere. - I had self published it through www.pothi.com  around 3 months ago and the feedbacks have been quite encouraging. - Meanwhile, I got to know about a contest being run by one of the leading publishing houses in India and entered it ... and the book was selected for publication! - So the book should be out in markets shortly (maybe in 1-2 months). Hoping to see it in the Landmarks and the Crosswords soon. Keeping my fingers crossed ...

That was when I saw her. She had almost missed her train. There was another in 8 minutes, but she always preferred to catch this one only. It was a long ride - Mira Road to Churchgate and it took nearly an hour to reach there in a fast train. More than three hours a day she spent in commuting. It could have been more had her home not been near the railway station. I had moved to Mumbai recently and was still trying to catch up with its pace. I was yet to get accustomed to the local trains. Slowly and steadily I would. Sometimes I wished that I stayed near my office, but it was too expensive. So I chose a distant suburb, trying not to dig a hole into my pocket and screwing my life inside stuffed trains. This continued for few weeks. I always noticed her getting to the station, catching the train and alighting at the destination before briskly walking to her office. Mine was nearby, but that was it - I never manged to talk to her. She was somewhat reclusive and I didn't have any p

Individuality - "The aggregate of qualities and characteristics that distinguish one person or thing from others; character"  (Source - The first result on google search for - "individuality + definition") So, I assume that it is fairly a constant thing which is with shapes a person's thoughts and probably his actions (unless under some kind of duress). If I had to give some kind of physical form to it it would be fairly solid though not completely, as it is subject to change by effect of some external influences, which maybe somewhat significant influences (after all, this is the only way an almost solid object can change its shape). I was just wondering that what happens in case of a person's individuality is a fluid or is expected to be a fluid. In this case a person's individuality will be flexible - probably not defined at all. And, if the vessel is a relatively powerful object which can think on its own & has a right to dictate wha