Charles River - A perfect rendezvous for Bostonians

A guitar hung around his shoulder, he climbs down the stairs to the duckboard at Charles River Reservation one fine evening.  Facing the Memorial Drive, he pulls out his guitar and starts playing it passionately. Everyone around, including me, is left transfixed by the brilliant resonance of the strings. A large cup of coffee completes my Watching-the-sun-go-down, with the live music paying tribute to the beautiful hues in the sky.

You may not always be lucky to have fine music complementing the marvelous evening sky, but long conversations with a  friend on the river basin is always exhilarating.

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Current Song :

Drive by the Cars

"Who's gonna hold you down
When you shake
Who's gonna come around
When you break"

It must come from within

While I was in college, there used to be this melodrama titled "Attendance Shortage" playing just before the final exams every semester. Students that fell short of 85% attendance mark had to pay a fine, which I don't think they minded. What was harrowing to them was to listen to the harangue from the teachers.

I used to think : why should someone force you to attend classes? If you like to, you would go sit and listen to the lectures. There is no point in wasting hours of precious time doing something you hated doing. One should be free to save himself boredom of dry lectures.

Sometimes for various reasons, you are forced to hang out with people you don't really have a great time with, save a couple of persons in the group. I had been missing my Bangalore friends for a long time now. But thanks to my new found company of friends, and of course,a couple of old Boston buddies, I'm enjoying my time over coffee, games, music concert, plays and delicious entrees. And the times when we have great conversations on the political situation in our country, new technology, aircraft, Nat Geo etc are invaluable.  Everyone deserves the company of people of his/her wavelength.

How often have you not heard nagging wives/girlfriends whining to their partner " you don't love me/ you don't take care of me/you give me no time". I wonder, is a person obliged to take care of his partner? He must feel from within  to take care of his lady, or not. There should be a natural feeling of affection. He should want to be with his better half.

(---"--- , please interchange the genders in the above paragraph)

 To like something, to like doing something, love , affection, admiration, respect must come from within. You can't force yourself or someone to feel something, neither can you demand it.

PostScript : I have a distinction of having 100% attendance. Not that I was a listening to all the lectures diligently. I had my stock of Overdrive (India), India Today and Time magazines to keep me company through the boring hours. I would even draw caricatures and doodles, and give it to my best friend.

What's with people on Facebook suggesting you "like" some page? To say " 'somebody' suggests you have a look at 'something' , and then subscribe if you like" sounds better. 




Current Song :
Kuchh Is tarah by Atif Aslam

"Kuchh is tarah teri palkein meri palkon se mila de
Aansu tere saare meri palakon pe saja de"