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Perhaps that time has not come yet when our, Gods would listen to the beats in our hearts, peace and happiness spread their glow, perhaps we would have to force Mother Time?.

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10 things never to take for granted

Posted on 15 Jun 09 by Nirav Thakker with 2 Comments

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When you are so used to writing in a particular style all through your blogging career, it becomes difficult to suddenly shift gears and adopt a new style. But what if that other style of yours happens to be an alter ego; somebody who is so very deeply infused in you that you stop taking notice of him? When someone appreciates your alter ego, you suddenly show ignorance whilst others take it that you are feigning ignorance. This is what happened to me the other day! Whilst I always spoke sarcastically, sometimes inducing humor, sometimes inducing contempt, I never knew that it was such a strong part of me that people actually appreciated it.

The 10 Things category that I came up with received decent to very good responses. These were things that I always thought existed. Something that I thought nobody ever needed to be told. But then it turns out that some things must never be taken for granted.

Never take for granted that you would be allowed to get away with an excuse like I am sleepy when your fiancé is demanding answers from you! It is sooner or later going to catch up on you! Worse, it would come back so hard at you that you would be left with a swollen jaw and ice pack on your head!
Moms are no less. Each time you take them for granted about any matter, whether it is getting grocery or it is about booking her tickets for her so called planned trip, you are bound to be opposed with one single united force! Maa ke aansu! Mom’s tears! The tear jerker is going to be so bad that you would give up all your resistance just to not see swollen red eyes the next morning.
Brothers can be one hell too! Never take for granted that you using weird short nicknames to hint to your fiancé that he is around will go unnoticed! It is definitely going to be escalated to the highest level of authority, AKA Mom! The next morning is going to be difficult after that to handle!
Dad. The lesser told the better! You can take him for a big ride once you are out of your studies life. It is absolutely not going to matter! But whilst you are still studying never take for granted that he does not know what you are doing. So what if you are a guy! Dad is still going to be so very updated on your studies, crushes and all school/college lafdas even if you don’t breathe about it to him! Uske baad jo hota hai, Bhagwaan bhi nahin bacha sakta!
Fiancé again. All her questions about how many girl friends you have had in the past or don’t you have any beautiful girls in your office are trick questions! Stay clear. As clear as you would be of a charging bull. Any attempt to take the bull by the horns is going to cost you dear! “Sheesh! How very obscene of you to check out girls when you are committed to me!”
Sisters. Another set of Moms revisited! Tear jerker power here apparently gets so powerful that nothing is going to help. If at all anything can help then it is that big hole in your pocket that they are trying to make. Right from Raksha Bandhan to Shaadi ke din! Sisters are there to only lootofy you! It does not matter which way she is your sister. What I mean is whether she is your Saali Sahiba or actually a Sister. That hole in your pocket is pakka!
Kaam waali bai! Never take her for granted! The day you are most banking on her and most hoping that she turns up to save your naak in front of the guests she is going to stand up on you! At first you would have no idea until mid day. Later when you call up to enquire, you are faced with the ever green excuse that she has a painful back!
Friends! Never take them for granted! They are your life support. Your only, truly and most trustworthy people. Who else would tell your wifey that you were with them when you actually partied the night away alone! But please! Stay clear of those overly helpful friends who can claim that you are still with them when your wifey is calling them up standing next to you!
Technology! Google! Please please never take them for granted! You never know you could have some prospective brother in law and sister in law reading all about you before they meet you! Baap re baap! The kind of questions that you may have to field for after that would be enormously heavy! Even Atlas may for once be relieved that his weight of carrying the earth on his shoulders is actually light!
Mobile phone. My piece of advice buddy. When you are tweeting the time away on twitter, nothing can get more handy than the mobile. After all you can click pics, upload them, tweet and even play games. But what about that time when are travelling by the train and are out of battery. Yes the railway compartments these days do have chargers but then… well begging does not help! Those two idiots who want to listen to songs and transfer them are not going to give up the charging port for you!

See, so many things that could not be taken for granted! I wish someone had not taken me for granted and told this before! At least you and I would have been saved of the trouble. Like I am now taking for granted that you would like this post, refer it to your friends, ask them to comment, you would comment etc. I can take you for granted, right?

2 Responses to “10 things never to take for granted”

Sachin | June 15th, 2009 at 2:30 am

Another one of your gems!!….Already waiting for your next blog!!
Roshan | June 15th, 2009 at 11:00 pm

Basically, you love an arrange marriage? Enough said!

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