Ambarish's musings

Today I am going to write about something that is incredibly difficult for me. I am going to write about some of the things that make me happy, in ways big and small, and in no particular order. This list is definitely incomplete, and I am just listing out as they came into my mind. Happiness is outwitting an opponent in sport(table tennis, badminton) Happiness is watching someone play a shot I encouraged them to, and win the point(table tennis, badminton) Happiness is watching Arsenal win. Happiness is watching Arsene Wenger put on a huge smile on his face. Happiness is watching Arsene's poker face when he toys with the media about transfer targets. Happiness is playing badminton. Happiness is hitting a perfect smash. Happiness is winning a long rally. Happiness is reading Arseblog every afternoon. Happiness is reading Runjhun Noopur's posts every day. Happiness is reading the exploits of Babur, as he set out to become the next Timur. Happines...

Have you ever danced so much that you had absolutely no energy left? Like, cannot move yourself to the nearest water tap? Cannot walk to the nearby seat? And, after dancing so much, did you ever feel like you wanted to dance more? How rewarding was it? It feels amazing, I know. First things first, I cannot dance. I do the ganpati dance, that too occasionally. I mean I can't do real dance. Real dance steps. I guess I never really learned dancing. Never in school, nor in college, definitely not in the company. I have not picked up a dance form, and tried to learn it. But yeah, I want to learn though. If I can get more hours in my day, I would definitely spend a few of them learning to dance. What captivates me in a dance? The fluidity of the dancers. There is nothing more mind blowing about a dancer than his/her fluidity of body movement. Not all possess it, and noticing it is also quite tough. I do know some great dancers among my friends, who are extremely fluid in their...

I find chameleons very interesting. Imagine blending into the background without no effort. No Invisibility Cloak needed! Amazing huh? The insect does it for prey and survival I guess(Well, insects don't really have to do anything else right?) We humans apply "chameleon" in a totally different context. "He is a chameleon." Heck, Cambridge has a definition: "A chameleon is also a person who changes his or her opinions or behavior to please others." This is the definition I am very interested about. A few days ago, I went out with some colleagues for snacks/dinner. There were ladies and gentlemen, and this guy. Let us call him "thisGuy". I don’t really know thisGuy well, even though we share some common circles. I observed thisGuy's behavior that day, because I felt like thisGuy wasn’t the guy I knew. His behavior was totally opposite. I think this makes me a bit judgmental, but who cares? Amongst these people thisGuy was over...