What I love.

Amma, Aditi,Swati
Arsenal
Friends
My PS4
All south indian cuisines (tamil style only 🤣)
My new found / reinforced love for Krishna and Guruji
My DSLR and photography
Birds
"Being there for people"

Why I love being there for people-
Ever since I was a kid me and my sister were brought up in a family where my dad's decisions were final and he was quite abusive, erratic, had no goals in life and always took his anger out on us.
In the initial years we almost survived on month to month even though both my parents were working. We got no such thing called pocket money and I was always envious of my friends.
However, I used to see my mom slogging ans struggling all the while to make ends meet and never ever complained. Although she was not what you'd call the polished types (neither am I, due to which many friends mock me jokingly) she never felt the need to change herself for the heck of it.
On the side my dad always kept a huge ego due to which he would never seek help from anyone (not even friends etc for better job opportunities since he felt it is like bowing down to them) and inturn would never help anyone. The only thing he made were contacts which without putting to use for good purpose, were of no use... Right...

Ok now Coming back... 😁

Every time my dad would get angry, because of his job, less salary, jealousy that younger brother earns much more (which was almost every day) and take out his frustrations on us (beatings for scoring less, not studying etc), my mom kept telling me, this is a learning. She persisted with me even though i was not good at studies. She ensured my sis got to do her MBA against all odds. She always helped people open heartedly even though my dad never liked it. She taught me, what you sow, so shall you reap. You cannot be angry at the world for your lack of trying. She was a low level govt worker at MTNL and she was not happy. But she never showed it. She always was there for us through and through.
Her good times also came through, the govt revised their pay scale and the salary increased well. By this time I was already working (not earning great) and I could sense that even though she could do whatever she wanted, she still used to save up for my sis, help anyone in case of financial difficulty etc.

Thanks to lord Krishna Mamma Swati (my sis) and Aditi (My spouse) and their best wishes, things have been v v good ever since 2014 and I started earning well and I am able to sustain myself.

Through all this journey the learning I got was to never be cold hearted. Good people always face a lot of difficulties. But their time of reckoning comes and it stays forever. I try to help anyone who asks me for the smallest help possible in my capacity. At times people trust me blindly and ask for advice / help knowing I'll never say a No. After the help have turned a blind eye. But we don't do this for accolades do we? We do this so that we go to sleep peacefully knowing, the world was a beautiful place for someone today and you had some effort in it.
A troubled childhood usually is the core of something really good or something really bad. There are times I feel like becoming rude, cruel and money minded. These times, i get reminded of my mom, and her persistence, patience and faith in us in her Bhagawan and in her future.

Hare Krishna

P.s she taught me the chant of Om Namo Bhagavate Vasudevaya 🙏🙏🙏