Aahans Photo shoot

My first attempt in shooting kids. Its not easy to click their picture, you cant ask them to look this side neither can you make them sit at a place. They constantly run away making you run after them. Only advantage you have with them is whichever expression they give, they always look adorable. It makes any picture look lovely.and leaves you with a tough choice for selecting the best.

The Unforgettable Day

They don’t have parents. They don’t have someone they can put their demands on rightfully. They don’t have permission to step out of the premises of the orphanage. They do what they are told to do, nothing less nothing more. They accept what they get with smiling faces and they suppress their inner wishes with the same. They are kids; they are naïve; they are just 5- 10 years old yet they have an understanding like that of an adult. They know that until and unless its sheer luck, they are never going to get the childhood they deserve…

It was a beautiful day today. No, not because of the weather neither for it was a Sunday and my parents were out of station; But because I gave my bit to these kids today. Especially to this 5 year old girl who kept on holding my hand and playing with my purse. I felt at peace. I wanted her to keep holding it and I guess she wanted the same. 

For those who don’t understand what they are reading, just go and share time with these children, because they are always waiting for you. For those who think they are done living in this selfish world, go to an orphanage, give your love and you will come back home happier than ever. Just do it!

Pakhi
17.02.13

PS: (referring to Aahaan members) I am glad that I have group of people with whom I can share this feeling.

Being Happy

                                                                          

I don’t want to say it again and again and jinx it, but I have been living a really happy life lately. I have got people complaining about theirs and I am like, haha that was my past, my silly old past! C’mon stop cribbing; there is so much to do! They end it with, “Leave, you won’t understand.” 

Stability both emotionally and socially is a new experience for me right now and I am loving it, more importantly my parents are loving it. That makes me jollier.

‘Log toh kahenge he, logo ka kaam hai kehna’; once you overcome this fear, life seems so colorful. You just see the positive; you just see what you want to see out of the situation, out of the people. There is not much theory into this. No philosophical books by great writers can help, unless YOU decide to stop caring about anything and everything. Anyway I don’t want to go into all that teaching giving and make this article a bore…

All I meant to tell was, each day I feel I am living and not just surviving. 

Simply happy,

Pakhi