Lily Potter: You’ve been so brave, sweetheart.
Harry: Why you’re here? All of you?
Lily Potter: We never left.
Harry: Does…does it hurt? Dying?
Sirius: Quicker than falling in sleep.
James Potter: You needed this, son. I’m sorry.
Harry: I never wanted any of you to die for me. And, Remus, your son?
Remus: Others will tell him, what his mother and father died for. One day, he’ll understand.
Harry: You’ll stay with me?
Lily: Until the end.
Harry: Anybody will be able to see you?
Lily: No. We’re here, you see. (Pointing to his heart)
Harry: Stay close to me.
Lily: Always.
—Harry Potter: Deathly Hallows Part 2
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Reel or Real—Life or Death
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Short and sweet conversation
While I was walking down the steps of Mahim station towards the platform, a Gujarati grandfather and his 3, maybe 4-year old granddaughter are walking up the stairs. Grandpa has her school bag and water bottle in one hand and the other one is holding her tiny hand. Here is the sweet conversation that followed.
Granddaughter: Bag aapo ne. (Give me the bag)
Grandpa: Nai. (No)
Granddaughter: Bag saaf che? (Is the bag clean?)
Grandpa: Haan. (Yes)
Granddaughter: To bag aapo ne mane. (Then give the bag to me.)
Grandpa: Nai. (No)
Granddaughter: Bag bhari che? (Is the bag heavy?)
Grandpa: Haan. (Yes)
Granddaughter: Reva dyo. (Then let it be.)
And she silently walked up with her grandpa and I walked down, shaking my head, with a big smile on my face.
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Kinara by Coke Studio
Sweet, sweet melody. Play from 3:36. A very beautiful, touching song too. Thank you Coke Studio for soul-stirring music.
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The Illuminated Mixtapes
A perfect blend of old and the new. I remember, as a teen, I used to do this ‘cool’ thing of making mixed tapes. At that time, it was kind of making a statement about who you were by what you were listening to. And man, was I paranoid about sharing my tapes with others. I started making the tapes seeing my big brother who got inspired from somewhere else and so on. Coming back to the present, Adam Parks of Gigawatt Design decided to take this enjoyable process from the past and give it a technological twist of his own. The result: a website called The Illuminated Mixtapes. Started in 2007, this series of ‘mixed tapes’ is in its 6th edition. Each of his tapes comes with its own illustrated album cover and a song list. The songs are streamed online, so you can log on, click on a tape and listen to the songs anytime, anywhere. Provided, of course, you both share similar tastes in music. Via: Swiss Miss
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What’s the one word that describes you?
An interesting article by Vinita Dawra Nangia with an even more interesting question. This is the part that got our attention.
[…] a word attraversiamo, which she is told means ‘Let’s cross over.’ However, it takes her an entire year and a journey through three countries to decide that this is the word she wishes to define her life by. The word denotes coming to terms with something, holding the hand of a loved one and helping each other cross over, coming to a decision about life and about yourself and deciding what or who your heart really beats for. Quite often most of us are dithering on the edge of a discovery or decision, hesitating to take the step that takes us over to the other side, waiting for a sign, a prophecy. And then comes the epiphany, and we cross over. A beautiful word. Attraversiamo.
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Reel or Real—You choose who you are
Rick Castle: Life is a journey, and there is no predicting the outcome. The only thing you can control are your choices, and they’ll… they’ll define who you are. I would just hate to see you so focused on the problem right in front of you completely miss the entire picture.
Alexis: That’s pretty good advice.
Rick Castle: Yeah. Yeah, actually it is, isn’t it?
—Castle · S03 · E23
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The power of storytelling
What a way to tell a tale. If there is a person who can paint a picture with words and do a damn good job of it, then we think Jay O’Callahan is the man. He creates and tells stories for a living. His kids and grandkids are very lucky. Thank you, Jay O’Callahan, for entertaining us with the Moon story. Via: the99percent.
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Dear Blank, Please Blank.
Fill in the blanks. With laughter. A nice web experiment, built by two guys from Seattle, WA. It will instantly bring a smile to your face. Write your smart take on any subject under the world. Filling in the blanks has never been so much fun. Try it! Thank you, Hans Johnson and Jared Wunsch.
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Gimme this. Gimme that.
The image says it all. Clean and simple. Gimme Bar. We love it. Thanks to the guys at Fictive Kin for creating yet another gem.
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Work hard. Study harder.
On Saturday, I was having a very late lunch at this place called Shri Krishna, a small eating joint in one of the bylanes of Mahim. It serves, mostly delivers, gharguti jevan (food that tastes like it’s been made at home). All the staff, mostly young guys and girls, had finished working for the first shift and were tidying up and having their lunch. While I was relishing my Chana Masala and Chapattis, I heard two of them, a girl and a boy, talking. She asked him about his admissions to which he replied something and then later started talking about his exam schedule. He talked further about his lectures he has in the coming week. She asked him whether he had opted for Science or the Arts stream to which he replied that he had opted for Commerce. That’s when it hit me. It was such a contrasting situation. On one hand, the work that they were doing at that very moment was cleaning the leftovers, washing the utensils, arranging the cleant ones, and the conversation that they were having—that too a passionate one—was about studies. They seemed to have no qualms about working and the kind of work that they were doing given the fact that at this age, they should be just studying. Maybe, they knew that they need to work in order to survive and study, in order to grow. In my mind, studies or not, they had already grown up. Kudos to them for doing what they are doing and here’s hoping that they reach where they aspire to reach.