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Happiness Sale and other things...

First thing first! I am using an unconventional way of blogging here. I am posting this feed by writing a mail to certain id and I think thats cool! :-)
This was a pretty good weekend. I was busy and relaxed on both the days in just the right proportion. Feels goooooood!
Now about Happiness Sale. Hyderabad Central, the shopping mall has a happiness sale every now and then. I went there ones, say 6 months back and bought some things I did not want. That, I think best describes what our life has come to. Our happiness is now driven by Sales, discounts and offers. A software professional couple earning more than half a lakh a month, staying away from their parents, having given up their passions and interests for a 'career' have only deals and offers to look up to. Is that all that makes us happy? Maximum stuff for less? Getting maximum 'things' for our money?
What makes you happy?

Laukik

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Sumit Uprety said…
Laukik bhai,

have started following ur blog recently - its damn gud which is not surprising to me.
I absolutely agree with u on ur thoughts the meaning of happiness for us......I have been having this feeling for quite some time now that we all are too absorbed in portraying to be happy or rather showing everyone that we are happy based on some happiness parameters that are thrust upon us. But the question is do we understand happiness? tat is a question I have been trying to answer for last few months without luck.

'Happily' yours
Sumit Uprety
10:01 am
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