20 things that scare me

Filed Under (Life) by admin on 29-05-2010

1. CavesDSCN9297

2. Lizards

3. December 21, 2012

4. Losing my wallet

5.  Knowing the date I’ll die

6. Getting Married

7.  Blood donation

8. Getting Kidnapped

9. A 9 to 5 cubicle job

10. Loss of imagination

11. Routine

12. Loneliness

13. Losing my Passport

14. Losing memory

15.Life, if its really an illusion

16. Forgetting all my passwords

17. Losing any 3 out of 5 senses

18.

19. Batting without wearing an abdomen guard

20. Doctors who takes an appointment to discuss test results.

101 things to do before I am old/tired/dead

Filed Under (Life) by admin on 31-08-2009

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There was a survey once. A 1000 people when asked, if they could know in advance would they want to know the exact day of their death. 96% of them, said no.  I always kind of leaned toward the other 4%. I think it would be liberating.Knowing how much time, we have left to work with.

Well, here is my list. May be  you would be having something interesting to share with me as well. So, don’t hesitate,  feel free to post link to your ‘bucket list’ in comment to this post.

Here I  go :

1. Vacation @ French Polynesia

2. Inspire someone

3. Lead a mysterious life

4. Direct a Movie

5. Be on TV

6. Spend a week without making any ‘to do’ list.

7. Sky Dive

8. Get married and have kids.

9. Amazon Rainforest Safari tour with Mummy,Papa,Bhaiya and Didi

10. Upload a list of my unfinished works and things that i wanted to, but could never start.

11. To be at worlds best rooftop bar –

12. Get featured in a magazine/newspaper

13. Live somedays like a prehistoric man

14. To win my love, get her back and love her more than ever.

15. Make some toys for my kids.

16. Set foot on each of the seven continents

17. Learn another language

18. Spend 24 hrs alone in a jungle

19. Meet Gulzar sahab

20. Take Mom and Dad to Mauritius

21. Make 1 million in a day

22. Convert to Buddhism

23. Start a business of my own

24. Run through the jungle with winds in my hair and sands at my feet

25. Gift Dad a new car

26. Get made a wax sculpture of my mom

27. Write a song for a bollywood movie

28. Meet Prasoon Joshi & Vishal Bhardwaj

29. Make love on a private boat in moonlight

30. Get caught while having sex and not feel embarassed

31. Learn Salsa

32. Witness Aurora Borealis

33. Dedicate a book of poetry to my Mom

34. Dedicate a book of poetry to my love

35. Learn to sing

36. Start a band of my own

37. Ride a horse in Russian jungle

38. Make comics for my kids

39. Get behind the bars

40. Witness something majestic

41. Share my Gmail/Twitter/Facebook password with my love

42. Gift my nephew Krrish a mini bike

43. Learn to swim

44. participate in an International Film Festival

45. Write an autobiography

46. One night stand

47. Get a green home for myself

48. Buy a zero emission car for myself

49. Visit Moonland (Ladakh)

50. Get six packs

51. Be a certified Scuba Diver

52. Be a social entrepreneur

53. Be a web entrepreneur

54. Float in Dead Sea

55. Listen to pope live at vatican

56. Watch IMDB Top 250 Movies

57. Do bungee jumping

58. Race against the rain and get drenched badly

59. Find a location independent job.

60. Learn to play Saxophone

61. Get a tattoo

62. Wrestle with my grandson

63. Donate my eyes

64. Make a worldtrip

65. File a patent

66. Redesign supply chain for a Fortune 500 company

67. Get recognised as a tough negotiator

68.  Get my hairs braided

69. Get recognised as a Photographer

70. Get my travelogue published

71. Visit Mayanagri (Lucknow)

72. Do something to promote Bihar tourism

73. Become Vegetarian

74. Learn Chinese

75. Get an international award for documentary filmmaking

76. Make my own ‘Motorcycle Diaries’

77.Work for an Ad Agency

78. Get into fashion fotography

79. www.sauravarya.com

80. Become a digital nomad.

81. Adopt a child

82. Translate Daddy’s autobiography to a foreign language

83.  Get retirement at the age of 50

84.  Meet Sir Richard Branson

85.  Buy a house in a  Himalayan village

86.  Trigger a social revolution

87.  Remind myself,  “You are as good as your imaginations and dreams”

88.  Learn Guitar

89.  Read “The complete works of Oscar Wilde”

90.  Keep walking continuously for 4 hours

91.  Parasailing

92.  River rafting.

93. Visit Pakistan

94.  Sell off all my possessions

95.  Live in a countryside for 1 year

96. Learn to cook

97. Space Travel

98.  Work for an NGO

99. Visit Cuba

100.

101. Cheer up a stranger at the other side of the world

One Night @ Sudder Street

Filed Under (Etc.., Life) by admin on 06-08-2009

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Vanessa volunteers at slums and teaches English to street kids
Ainara loves diving into the human race and discovering different ways to live,think,act and communicate.Raju is a local guide and ‘friend of all’ @ Sudder street

Simon is a traveller, dreamer and a philosopher. He is
traveling around the world for last 7 years. Street kids call
him ‘baba’. When asked if he learnt Hindi/Bangla
in his last 3 weeks of stay at kolkata, he said “Bhole baba
sabko paar laga dega”


I met them all yesterday night at sudder street which is backpackers heaven and home for many who are traveling in search of fulfillment, self awareness, creative freedom and spiritual growth.

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