tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post1649005703486976497..comments2024-03-26T19:37:00.949+05:30Comments on Life is Like This: Fifty-one and kicking (and screaming too!)C Sureshhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-10473326604215269712018-09-17T06:16:13.284+05:302018-09-17T06:16:13.284+05:30Thanks TanimThanks TanimC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-76839739183888145882018-09-15T21:25:41.840+05:302018-09-15T21:25:41.840+05:30That was very good to read. I am enjoying digging ...That was very good to read. I am enjoying digging in your writing a lot. Tanim Mozumderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00052829191449686158noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-60362362815241633302014-10-08T17:52:34.312+05:302014-10-08T17:52:34.312+05:30Thanks Titli! I try..I always have :)Thanks Titli! I try..I always have :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-8625723702506421832014-10-08T17:19:17.430+05:302014-10-08T17:19:17.430+05:30Arre, who says age has got anything to with anythi...Arre, who says age has got anything to with anything...? See, I'm happily 18 still, in my head and mind (who cares if the body might not agree sometimes!) <br /><br />Here's wishing you a great year ahead...may you keep writing more ( irrespective of whether you have water trickling down your eyes or not) and may you keep trekking and doing all that you love (even if you forget who you the little princesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04712703931411283046noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-59407385064751174342014-10-06T17:05:44.311+05:302014-10-06T17:05:44.311+05:30Thanks Rosh! Great to hear all that.Thanks Rosh! Great to hear all that.C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-50601672413002728812014-10-06T15:57:23.510+05:302014-10-06T15:57:23.510+05:30Belated Happy Birthday! I have become a big fan of...Belated Happy Birthday! I have become a big fan of your blog .. and thanks to you, I am reading your blog when I should be finishing some work :-p<br />Love your style of writing and the fact that you don't take yourself too seriously. Keep blogging! :)<br />And you have acquired a new follower :)<br /><br />http://everythingthatclicks.blogspot.comAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10759220212949738401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-75861577276501956492014-10-06T08:28:55.658+05:302014-10-06T08:28:55.658+05:30Hahaha! In my case, my nose had gone before I ente...Hahaha! In my case, my nose had gone before I entered this world :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-42501653012162791242014-10-05T20:56:43.205+05:302014-10-05T20:56:43.205+05:30Thanks Mary! I can assure you people will laugh - ...Thanks Mary! I can assure you people will laugh - with me OR at me :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-20578547725822550032014-10-05T16:10:44.081+05:302014-10-05T16:10:44.081+05:30Here's wishing you another happy year, Suresh....Here's wishing you another happy year, Suresh. You must make a promise that if you do lose your mind you will keep your wonderful sense of humor!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-75040080882206545872014-10-02T11:38:49.015+05:302014-10-02T11:38:49.015+05:30Quite true, Rachna! Very many actually have not qu...Quite true, Rachna! Very many actually have not questioned themselves about what they really wantC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-32916796097285101002014-10-02T10:57:40.815+05:302014-10-02T10:57:40.815+05:30Belated birthday wishes, Suresh. 51 is an auspicio...Belated birthday wishes, Suresh. 51 is an auspicious number and hope this year is as wonderful as you want it to be. I am happy that you have lived your life according to your choices and are comfortable with the path you have chosen. When I see people stuck in lives that they regret and almost loathe, it makes me sad, very sad. Very few actually take charge of their wishes and make them reality. Rachnahttp://rachnaparmar.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-65851010303026980502014-09-30T19:55:29.132+05:302014-09-30T19:55:29.132+05:30I have had the worst of both worlds :) When I want...I have had the worst of both worlds :) When I wanted to be taken for young, I got old and now that I want to be taken for old, I get young (Well! younger than I am - not young young, if you know what I mean) :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-80127277737443908832014-09-30T19:37:51.531+05:302014-09-30T19:37:51.531+05:30Bang on with the definition of dutiful :) and I am...Bang on with the definition of dutiful :) and I am unable to stop envisaging you on the road calling out "Mai kaun hi" :P btw I think the grass on the other side is just more green that's all. In 2012, I was on my way back from an onsite trip with a really loaded check in bag. The airline official who was checking me in saw the weight of my bag, gave me a sympathetic look and said &Seetahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04194083543016188498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-48032966221028522192014-09-30T13:08:37.687+05:302014-09-30T13:08:37.687+05:30Thanks Amit! NOW I can put my age the other way ar...Thanks Amit! NOW I can put my age the other way around and start dating again :PC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-72490298075824039912014-09-30T12:56:09.914+05:302014-09-30T12:56:09.914+05:30Age is only a number as they say:) Put 51 the othe...Age is only a number as they say:) Put 51 the other way round and it is 15;)<br />Many (virtually)HAPPY returns of the day dearest Suresh:) May you have at least 51 more;)AmitAaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02691653942870794293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-15383357277499090262014-09-30T12:30:45.374+05:302014-09-30T12:30:45.374+05:30Hmm - in my case, though, it was clearly because t...Hmm - in my case, though, it was clearly because they did think I WAS old enough to deserve to be called uncle :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-7629950752640822262014-09-30T12:21:32.592+05:302014-09-30T12:21:32.592+05:30Happy Birthday, Suresh!
On a visit to Mumbai a few...Happy Birthday, Suresh!<br />On a visit to Mumbai a few years back, I found most hawkers and salesmen, irrespective of age, addressing male customers, irrespective of age, as 'Uncle' (used to be 'Bhaisaab' or 'Saab' earlier) and female customers as 'Sister', except for the very old women who were generally addressed as 'Madam' or 'Mataji'. Took someAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-71892341504192135112014-09-30T12:14:03.896+05:302014-09-30T12:14:03.896+05:30Mere tho din hamesha acche hi hote hain, Indu :) C...Mere tho din hamesha acche hi hote hain, Indu :) Can always find something to take joy inC Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-12173643659508224452014-09-30T12:10:38.658+05:302014-09-30T12:10:38.658+05:30Suresh you have ache din coming--i have been there...Suresh you have ache din coming--i have been there or AM there in fact.It is a pleasure to be accorded special privileges on account of post 50 status.indu chhibberhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17755152757229783585noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-26599804886548648462014-09-30T06:13:23.079+05:302014-09-30T06:13:23.079+05:30Thanks Adarsh!Thanks Adarsh!C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-84041807008501864612014-09-29T22:56:46.110+05:302014-09-29T22:56:46.110+05:30Aha, as always, hilarious! And belated birthday wi...Aha, as always, hilarious! And belated birthday wishes, sir!The Freudian Couchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846833382241285200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-76136632402496951792014-09-29T19:48:26.814+05:302014-09-29T19:48:26.814+05:30Hahaha! AND now that women have stopped calling me...Hahaha! AND now that women have stopped calling me uncle? :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-20711888164326014752014-09-29T19:17:29.676+05:302014-09-29T19:17:29.676+05:30Pray, 51 is not old at all ! What with the world r...Pray, 51 is not old at all ! What with the world ready to vault us to 200 years of living, with the new stem cell research, 51 would probably be still a child :)<br />I rather like your quote on dutiful as I never wanted to be dutiful 'somebody'. As you rightly put it, it rather defeats the purpose of being a willing/interested party to a forced party.<br />That aside, with George ClooneyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-37218762740291627652014-09-29T17:35:01.108+05:302014-09-29T17:35:01.108+05:30I was not aware that I had, in any way, compared m...I was not aware that I had, in any way, compared my age with anyone else, Jairam - and you cannot run any rat-race without such comparisons :) It takes at least two to run a race :)<br /><br />Thanks for the wishes - and, yes, I do know you were kidding :) Ah! Ambiguity again. I mean kidding about the rat race, not about the wishes :)C Sureshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07447144019185253116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2740777121261184425.post-37284902779039382872014-09-29T17:13:51.550+05:302014-09-29T17:13:51.550+05:30I never quite thought that you would succumb to th...I never quite thought that you would succumb to the temptation of running the 'rat race' with the 'numbers game' of who is older. But I sure am glad to see that you are not necessarily growing wiser as you are growing older.<br /><br />Just kidding, and you know that. Here's wishing you a happy birthday again Suresh, hope you have a good one this year :)Jairamhttp://mahabore.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com