Mother's Way..!

"There is only one pretty child in the world, and every mother has it"

Mother, Ma, Aai, Ahm, Moer, Mère, Mutter, Màna, Madre, Ammi. So many ways to address the reason why you and I are all here and still just one sentiment; UNCONDITIONAL LOVE. Every single year, the 10th of May brings out the child within most of us to either pay tribute to Mothers or to even just pick up the phone and tell the lady who suffered the excruciating wrath of labor for you, that you bloody well are thankful for this life!! 

But why just one day? I mean I for one am extremely grateful to Anna Jarvis to have introduced this beckoning gesture of honouring the existence of mothers and motherhood itself. However, if it wasn't for Anna, would we still not have celebrated the life of our creator? I totally accede with this single day of celebration and feel that it brings out those essential emotions from some of us who otherwise defy the science of expressing and emotionality. 

Although, a strong voice asks me why not celebrate her everyday? Why not take that one moment out of our relentless fight against life itself and look at her and tell her how much she means to you. It does not dawn upon us (and trust me when I say this) that life is perpetually on a mission to hurry past us. I have two friends who shared their stories with me. One who lived with her mother till she passed away. And the other who was engulfed with his personal agenda and could barely make it to his own mothers funeral. The one thing in common was grief. After living for years with her mother, my friend still felt she hadn't spent enough time together. Whilst the other guy moaned and regretted in vain about not being fair to his mother. The point being no matter how much you give back, the benevolence, the love, the affection, the care, the passion, the unconditionality, the emotion, and so much more, can never match her standards. Those are the shoes that can never be filled by any deed or virtue by any one else. The void that a mother's absence leaves behind is an unconquerable abyss.

A confederate, a companion, a friend, a teacher, a guardian angel and the only match to God himself is mother. She spends her entire life deducing your life's conundrums and even if you are 50 and she is still alive, she will come up with the best advice you have had in half a century of your existence.

I found my first experience with emotions like love, friendship, hatred, anger, frustration, motivation and fear all together in my mother. There were times when as a kid I swore to myself that I hated my mom's strictness. Well, I wonder if it wasn't for her constant nagging and support in disguise, I would be here playing adeptly with words and trying to enchant the world with it. I owe my life to her and there will not be a seconds contemplation of thoughts if I were to give my life up for her. 

No matter what I do, where I go, what I become, I want to at best embrace the power of expression and let my mother know that I am..for you are..! Mother's hold their child's hand for a moment and their heart for a life time.  

Ragz

Accumulating Life Miles!

"When you want something you have never had..you must do something you have never done.." They say every new beginning starts with that tiny spark of initiation. But not all new beginnings see the end. Or maybe they do, but not the positive side of it. This is when we talk about the ones that made it and how? That one last surge of energy, that one last gasp that pushes us past the chequered flag.

Do we all have it in us though? The answer being a simple "YES" in bold! Do we all know we have it in us? Maybe not. Do we all use it? "NO" again in bold. I have come to the understanding that there are innumerable things we learn and absorb as kids. Mostly good things from our parents, our teachers, our books and so on. There is a staunch contradiction to it. We forget or rather ignore most if not all those things that were imbibed in us in the tender moulding years of our lives. A straightforward explanation to it would be things like remembering the true meaning of the phrase "A friend in need is a friend in deed". We have all heard it and even learnt it for some lessons as kids. Do we use it anymore? Do we realize it anymore?

For many, there is no such thing called comfortable life or even something as meager as a sound sleep. Soldiers for instance. Every passing day is a new life, a new beginning for them. Every day of survival at war is that last gasp, another step after you know you have had enough. We on the other hand, sit back in the mushy comfort of our couches to think and evaluate what to do next or what not to while as stated, many don't have the privilege of choice.

The idea is to stand up and dust your behind after the fall and run faster than before. It is about that lung bursting enthusiasm that makes winners a reality. We all are blessed in the best possible ways and yet most of us take a life time to realize that. 

I have stopped going for the biggest goals first. I believe now in attaining the small ones to lead me to the bigger ones. I wish to go that extra mile in every aspect of life. Whether it is about helping someone, standing up for the right thing, studying, working, cleaning, earning, respecting, smiling, making people smile, loving, being friends, working out, or even just spreading happiness. It is about time, we stop thinking just about accumulating air miles and start going that extra mile to make things happen for ourselves and the people around us.

Ragz

Above & Beyond..!

As I toiled hard over a 15 hour work shift and the night kept getting busier, I had a certain something in mind that kept me going. Impossible to attain the level of endurance to be able to work the entire night, travel back home in an inhuman wrath of natures brutality, literally (-40 Degree Celcius), and to know that I would have to be on my feet again in less than 5 hours was a roller coaster I would have dreaded all my life to be in!

Well, what do you know..I wouldn't miss experiencing the one feeling I have craved for..the feeling of letting myself align with music! And that being the music created by Above & Beyond.

Again, after battling the -40 and a coat check line up that was longer than an entire Boeing 747, as the musical notes hit the sensory cortex of my brain I let go of any possible melancholy, any possible anxiety, any possible qualms, and as I gave in, I embraced love and touched the sky.

There is something creepily awe inspiring about such music as it gets your spiritual persona to the fore and let's you synthesise with the energies of the universe.

I found a redefining connection with my friends and shared such positive vibes that would transpire all goodness!

Never have I felt so positive in life. This is our time. Our time to write what is in store for us. We are at the helm and we can change and redefine! They said it last night.."In the cold, summer is just a state of mind..The sun will shine upon you right now if you want! Go for it".

To all my friends, the ones I love, the ones I would die for..

Grandpa, Mamma, Dad, Manisha, Sanju, Sahil, Shobit, Prea, AK, Ruchi, Shantanu, Rekha Aunty, Banu Aunty, Padma Aunty, Kaveri, Anirudh, Mann, Sam, Veronica, Mohit, Suvidha, Janet, Preet, Rosafene, Nikky, Bala, Meeya, Pritika, Ashish, Veena, Riya, Cheenam, Nikky, Yogi, Pooja, Abhi, Shiva, Sunny, Sushil, Rachel, Cara, Ricky, Euston, Rohan, Anup, Val, Prasad, Soline, and so many more of you all! Love you guys for making my life worth living.

Ragz

An intense feeling of deep affection!

An intense feeling of deep affection - Can you say what this phrase means? I mean 
literally! It is that one thing some of us use so often to either prove how affectionate we are or to deem it so meaningless that you use it for everything around. And then there are the others, who seldom use it. Oh! The answer to the question is "LOVE".
Ancient Greeks identified four forms of love - Kinship or Familiarity, Friendship, Sexual and/or romantic desire, and self-emptying or divine love. It becomes a task to be able to identify or segregate the types of love in general terms as I mentioned earlier, some of us just use it, which is perfectly fine.

Love is a mothers love for her child, a brothers for his sister, a student for his teacher, a fan for his favourite player, a girl for her dog, a friend for a friend, a husband for his wife, people for their country, a gardener for his plants, and so much more. Does it have limitations? NO!!

I somehow, have never had the understanding towards celebrating love on just one day or one occasion. I have always believed, Love should be celebrated everyday. Ofcourse we do celebrate anniversaries and dates. But that encompasses the celebration of the people involved and not love itself. Then why just Valentine's Day?

Did we all know that Saint Valentine was a prisoner in the Roman regime and he was there because he would bring together two people who were in love against all odds and minister their marriage. He was executed one day and just before going out, he gave the world a reason. A reason to remember love. He wrote a letter to his jailers daughter whom he had healed and at the end he wrote - "Your Valentine".

That letter those words that day, has been engraved in the emotional system of human existence. It didn't need any technology to spread the word across and yet, here we are using the most powerful and modern technological aids to get our messages across to our loved one's. Well, the bright side is that the message still remains the same - "Love".

Every passing year, we have seen more and many more people participating in this unprecedented and gracious event called The Valentines Day, which brings together millions of hearts and makes us humans feel that we are under the same sky and we are all connected irrespective of colour, caste, creed, ethnicity, nationality, race, religion, features, culture, sex and so on. It gives hope amidst the ever growing streak of hatred coming from a select group of individuals.

I believe, there must be some sort of celebratory gesture to mark this day. Be it a grand ball, a romantic dinner with the bewildering beauty of the candles flame in between two love birds, or a crazy party, or even just single's having a drink alone at the bar and sharing that moment of love with a smile to the pretty bartender. 

Smile and celebrate love today and everyday!

I wish every person and every living creature lots of love and wish everybody a very Romantic and a Happy Valentines Day.





Your Valentine :-)

  

Growing Trends

Has the Event Rental Business seen a change in fortunes since the Recession! The fact is that in 2009, only 37 percent said they expected a better year than the year prior. But in 2015, a stunning 79 percent say this year will beat last. And a statistic that is probably even more remarkable, nearly half of respondents say they will raise prices this year—the highest such figure in the last 10 years. Such forecasts for the future of the Rental Business are more or less accurate and are done by some top notch organizations.

The improving economy has brought an improvement in the attitude toward special events.

Apart from the core Event industry, the rental industry can celebrate, too, with a strong justification—after all these years--to raise fees. A total of 49 percent of respondents say they are raising prices this year—the highest figure in the last 10 years of the Special Events forecast.

Part of the reason party rental companies must raise rates is the need to offer new inventory. Offering cutting-edge inventory is a rental essential; 79 percent of respondents to this year's forecast say "adding new inventory" will be their No. 1 strategy for success.

iEventRentals is ready to do just that. Based on customer feedback, the biggest opportunity we see is providing rental products based on customized requirements and round the year solutions.

The Events Industry will see a solid inclination towards growth in the coming year and there doesn't seem to be any reason why this will deteriorate. 

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That day..To Today..!

The glimpses of a huge black device with a celestial like composition to it are still vaguely in my memories as I saw my father hold it near his ears and talk into it! Bemused and enchanted were so many by the revolution that Cellular Phones got to mankind. Eh! We don't even call them so anymore right? 

New inventions, developments, launches, services were all treated like awe inspiring junctures of our generation. I am 29, and I feel the generation I belong to has been able to experience the fading out of the home phones and embrace the unparalleled application technology.

Back in the day, any new creation was treated like celebrating the pinnacle of success. Today my 7 year old niece looks at "everyday" new technology and doesn't seem so much as surprised, let alone bewilderment!

Things have moved on with the blink of an eye and when or if ever we take a plunge into yesteryears, we come to realise that we humans needed small discoveries, small innovations, small deals to make us ecstatic..but no more!

Let us relive those happy moments, let us just celebrate life as it happened.

Celebrations can bring back that smile when you talk to us at iEventRentals.com

Check our website, Facebook page, LinkedIn, and Blogs to make your event an awesome one!

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