Baljeet Gujral

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Being Safe, Being Secure - That's what drives us. We don't like uncertainties, we resist change, we fear uncharted paths & beyond everything - we are apprehensive towards the unusual. We have been conditioned to a pattern - a mold that defines our life journeys. It gives us peace and maintains our sanity. We have worked very hard to achieve this and we can't afford to lose it now. Whatever age and stage of life we are in - we never anticipated uncertainties to an extent that would shake the ground beneath our feet. But it's happening now and we can duck, we can hide or we can run - but sooner or later - we need to face the grim reality and get the bull by its horns. We are strong, we are brave & we possess a warrior mindset. Putting up a fight is not an issue - we can do it fiercely. But what is not required is undue pressure. The pressure to perform, the pressure to succeed, the pressure to overcome all fears. We are facing one of the most unprecedent

Bliss of a Happy Relation

It all begins with a commitment. A commitment which makes you believe that no matter how tough the terrain would be; you would surpass all difficulties with a belief that what lies at the end would be an eternal bliss. One’s life is as complicated as one wants and can be as simple as one desire. The choice is in our hands. This statement certainly sounds familiar but in our day to day lives how well do we implement the same? Relationships are crux of our lives and it’s something that not many have been able to escape. It makes you happy, makes you sad, causes pain, brings smile…..whatever it does; it certainly adds up to our lives. Herein, the choice isn’t with self but completely dependent on others. What they want to give us is in their hands – hence they are the decision makers. But what lies in our control is that do we wish to be at the takers end? Sometimes it’s uncontrollable but again it’s the mind or heart that gives up. Whether willingly or unwillingly we tend to surrend

Journey towards an unknown destination...

I exactly know what I want in my life!!! I don’t know how many of us, and if any; how often we have made this statement with a lot of conviction. They say Life is a Journey. Nobody knows how long, how difficult, how many uneven and smooth rides and how many dangerous curves. It’s a never ending road which certainly has a destination. But do we know how close or how far have we reached? We all carry a roadmap to our journey….self designed, well analyzed and tactfully planned. We plan for the desert stretch and the mountain trench. We prepare ourselves to swim through the ocean and fly in the open sky. Our vision is clear to reach the destination and complete this journey. Sounds so simple, isn’t it?? But how easy it is to achieve and traverse through the path? As a kid, all of us thought that we would want to grow up as strong individuals who take responsibility for our own actions. Make our choices and move ahead in the right direction. The ‘so-called-navigator’ which gave us the direc

Life is calling....Where are you??

The most beautiful thing that we as people have been gifted is called “Life”. Life of a human being!! Often we fail to respect the worth that we were born as humans. We got the privilege that we could emote through words and put action to our thoughts. Many other species got the same advantage as we did. Unfortunate but true, we don’t have access to that “another” beautiful world. Life is tough, a bed of thorns, stress, pressure, expectations, pain, agony etc etc. That’s how some of us relate to life. A lot of us see through the hard facet and define life as love, relationships, happiness, relaxation, pleasure etc. Which one is the right way? Obviously the so called "optimistic" would choose the latter. But does it mean that this is the set way of defining Life? I am not offering a balanced view here with respect to both. But I don’t deny the fact that Life does have 2 faces – It’s the one that we choose to see more often. The worth of self can be estimated by the beautiful p

Why men can't make up their mind on commitment

One of the facts that I believe is, to make your blog readable - put an interesting tagline :-) By now I already have you interested in reading this (if you are a member of my opposite sex, though not essentially) or even if you are an animal of my male kingdom; you might just find this a worthy post to go through. Men !!! We are loved and hated for strange reasons. Reasons unknown to us. It makes me wonder, why would i be liked even if i grow a moustache?? Is'nt it a hygience factor that you look clean rather than choosing hair growth on your face. But some women admire men with facial hair. Fair enough !! Life is a matter of choices and I don't have a right to object on anyone's personal agenda. Coming back to the point - sometimes we men are hated even for the silliest reasons like we did'nt call up to inform where are we straying late night. Hello, do we have a life? Ofcourse, I am not targetting the whole women fraternity. Its the agony of men that I am potraying.

In search of "True" Love !!!!

My first ever blog. As a kid, I never thought that I had the potential to pen down anything. I wasnt shy but was low on confidence. My ability to grow as an individual only came to light when I started looking outward. I had this immense urge to speak out things which I felt. However, I felt my grip on expression of thought hugely depended on my writing ability. So, here I begin with the subject closest to me....True Love and its endless search. One of the recent plays that I had seen at Prithvi Theatre was called 60 seconds deep. Well written by Nayantara Roy and good performances by other actor crew. My closest pal Atul Mongia was playing one of the leads too. There were many interesting & thought proving concepts explored in the play. The play is majorly about city life and monotonous things we get involved as people. All of us are constantly searching for something. In the play actors referred that thing as "it". No one knows what is "it", but are deeply imm