Suggestion of fun activities for a family of 4 to do indoors on a rainy day

Certainly! Here are some fun indoor activities for a family of four on a rainy day:

                              

1. Board Games or Card Games: Pull out some classic board games or card games like Monopoly, Scrabble, Uno, or Jenga. These games are not only fun but also encourage healthy competition and cooperation.
2. Indoor Treasure Hunt: Create a treasure hunt by hiding clues around the house leading to a hidden "treasure" such as a snack or small toy. This activity can be customized based on the age of your children.
3. Movie Marathon: Set up a cozy movie area with blankets and pillows, and have a movie marathon featuring your family's favorite films or a theme-based movie night. Don't forget the popcorn!
4. Cooking or Baking Together: Choose a recipe that everyone can participate in making, whether it's baking cookies, making homemade pizza, or decorating cupcakes. Cooking together is not only fun but also teaches valuable skills.
5. Arts and Crafts: Get creative with arts and crafts projects. You can paint, draw, make DIY crafts like homemade slime, or try out some simple origami.
6. Indoor Picnic: Spread out a blanket on the living room floor and have an indoor picnic. Prepare some sandwiches, snacks, and drinks, and enjoy a relaxed meal together.
7. Family Story Time: Choose a book that the whole family can enjoy and take turns reading aloud to each other. You can also create your own stories together, with each family member contributing a sentence or paragraph.
8. Puzzle Time: Work on a jigsaw puzzle together as a family. Puzzles are not only entertaining but also great for improving cognitive skills and teamwork.
9. Indoor Obstacle Course: Set up a mini indoor obstacle course using pillows, chairs, and other household items. See who can complete the course in the fastest time or come up with creative challenges.
10. Family Karaoke: Have a karaoke session at home using a karaoke machine or simply singing along to songs on YouTube. It's a great way to let loose and have fun together.
11. Remember to tailor these activities to the interests and ages of your family members for maximum enjoyment. Enjoy your rainy day indoors!

The Summer of '95

The summer of '95 was one of the most memorable times of my life. I was a kid then, and the world seemed like a magical place. I spent most of my days outside, riding my bike around the neighborhood, playing hide and seek with my friends, and trying to catch fireflies in the park.

That summer, my family went on a road trip to visit my grandparents in the countryside. I remember the long drive, the endless fields of corn and wheat passing by, and the excitement of seeing my grandparents' old farmhouse at the end of the road.

My grandparents were the kindest people I knew. They always had fresh baked cookies waiting for me, and they let me help them tend to their garden and take care of their chickens. I loved exploring the old barn and the fields behind the house, and I spent hours climbing trees and chasing after my grandfather's dog.

But the thing I remember most about that summer was the storms. Almost every night, a thunderstorm would roll in, and my grandparents would let me sit on the porch with them and watch the lightning light up the sky. We'd listen to the rain tapping on the roof and tell stories until we were too tired to stay up any longer.

As the summer drew to a close, I felt a sense of sadness creeping in. I knew I'd have to go back to school soon and leave behind the freedom and joy of those long summer days. But my grandparents reassured me that we'd see each other again soon, and I knew deep down that the memories of that summer would stay with me forever.

Years have passed since that summer, and my grandparents have long since passed away. But every time a storm rolls in, I think back to those summer nights and the feeling of warmth and love that surrounded me. And I know that even though life has taken me on many different paths, I will always carry the nostalgia of that summer of '95 in my heart.

STRANDED......I Do Not Belong Here!!!!!!!

Stranded between holding on and letting go,

Torn between embracing a happy tomorrow

Or staying pinned down by a past, dyed in hue of sorrow

Stranded by ties that held me captive

Simply because I was made to believe,

Love is blind 

Soon I learned, it was nothing more than a twisted illusion of the mind

Stranded because my heart had its roots anchored deep into the unwelcome ground

Yet somehow, to stay, I was bound

Stranded where I was planted without consent

Compelled to stay on without intent

Too young to disbound 

Too innocent to understand

Stranded far too long

In an unfortunate place

I clearly didn't belong.

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हमेशा अकेले होने से बचता रहता हूँ, खाली बैठने से भागता रहता हूँ। आज बरसात ने रोक लिया है बाहर जाने से, तो आज बैठा हूँ अकेला कमरे में। कोशिश कर रहा था थोड़ी देर कुछ न सोचूँ, कुछ न करूँ, तभी एक आवाज़ आने लगी कानों में। कल रात जैसी गानों की या नीलेश मिसरा की नहीं, बल्कि उस आवाज़ ने मुझे एहसास दिलाया कि मैं सोचता हूं कि मैं अकेला बैठा हूँ, दरअसल मैं बिल्कुल अकेला नहीं होता। कोई न कोई होता है आस पास। वो कोई, कोई आत्मा नही होती, जीव ही होता है। वो आवाज़ थी एक मच्छर के भिनभिनाने की। अब सोचा था कि कुछ नहीं करना तो हाथ चला कर हटाया नही उसको, सुना थोड़ी देर तो लगा कि वो कुछ कह रहा है। चलो सुन ही लेते हैं आज उसको। वो मुझसे कह रहा था कि शुक्रिया, आपके यहाँ कुछ जलाया हुआ नहीं है हम लोगों का दम घुटवाने के लिए और न ही कुछ छिड़का हुआ है। आपसे एक मदद चाहिए, हम लोग हमेशा तो आपके ही कमरे में नहीं रहेंगे न, तो अगर आप हमें समझा सके कि इन दम घोंट देने वाले पदार्थों का क्या करें, या आप कुछ मदद कर सकें हम इनसे लड़ने में, तो अच्छा होगा। मैंने सोचा, ये लोग कितने दुखदायी हालातों से झूँझ रहे हैं, क्यों न इनकी कोई मदद कर दी जाए। पर उससे पहले मेरे मन मे कुछ सवाल आये, मैंने एक हाथ आगे बढ़ाया, उसको बैठने के लिए कहा। वो आ कर मेरे हाथ पर बैठ गया। मैंने उससे पूछा "तुम मुझसे ही क्यों मदद माँगने आये हो?" तो उसने कहा "हम सबसे मदद माँगते हैं, हमारे लीडर ने हमें बोला है कि इंसान की बनाई इस चीज़ से तुम्हें इंसान ही बचा सकता है, पर संभल कर, कुछ इंसान अच्छे होते हैं तो कुछ बुरे। तुम उनके पास जा रहे हो, मतलब सर पर कफ़न बाँध कर। और ऐसे ही हमारे बहुत सारे भाई आप लोगों के हाथों शहीद हुए हैं, मैं चाहता हूँ कि आप हमारी तरफ मदद का हाथ बढ़ाएँ, जिससे हमारे भाइयों का घुट कर मरने और शहीद होने का सिलसिला ख़त्म हो सके।" और इतना कह कर उसने मेरी तरफ अपना हाथ बढ़ा दिया| फिर मैंने अपना हाथ उसके हाथ पर रख दिया और मैं खुद को हैवानियत में हिटलर से एक कदम आगे महसूस कर रहा हूँ कि जो मदद माँगने आया हो, उसकी लाश तक घर लौटने नहीं दी!

By Akshay Kurseja 

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एक शाम

इस शाम के बारे में क्या कहूँ! ये शाम कुछ अलग है, ये एक दुर्लभ शाम है| कुछ ख़ास नही था इसमे पर सब कुछ आम से कुछ हटके था। सुबह शुरू हुई उस चीज़ से जो करना मुझे बहुत पसंद है। थिएटर प्ले की रिहर्सल। दिन भर ऑफिस में भी दिन अच्छा सा रहा। आज तन्खवाह आने का दिन भी था।😝 शाम को बारिश हुई। चाय की इच्छा हुई और बारिश में नही भीगना चाहता था तो चाय आर्डर कर ली। कहाँ से कहाँ आ गए हैं हम। 😅 अब जब खाना खा कर सोने लगा तो मेरी खिड़की से बाहर कहीं से आवाज़ आ रही थी, पुराने गाने बजने की। मेरे पसंदीदा गाने! गाना ख़त्म हुआ तो आवाज़ आयी "बात पे बात पे अपनी ही बात कहता है,मेरे अंदर मेरा छोटा सा शहर रहता है"। बस अपनी बिस्तर से उठने की इच्छा नही है, नही तो मैं उस इंसान को ढूँढ़ कर उससे बात करना चाहता हूँ, जो हिंदी प्रधान क्षेत्रों में भी ज़्यादा न सुने जाने में रेडियो सीरियल को यहाँ सुन रहा है, हैदराबाद में| नीलेश मिसरा मेरे भी फेवरेट हैं। और अब "यादों का इडियट बॉक्स" ख़त्म हुआ "बस इतनी सी थी ये कहानी" के साथ| अब गाना बज रहा है "जीवन के दिन छोटे सही, हम भी बड़े दिलवाले" ❤️

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May Be...

Would you stop me if I leave you?
                   "Maybe"
Would you cry if I will not be with you?
                  "Maybe"
Would you miss me if I will not talk to you?
                  "Maybe"
Would you see to my pictures when I will not be in front of you?
                  "Maybe"
Would you compose songs in my memory?
                  "Maybe"
Would you pray to god for me to come back to you?
                  "Maybe"
Then my dear, "Maybe" you never had loved me...

Still Standing...

Here I stand, all alone again

At the same place where I was left

In a room full of tears and broken dreams

All thrown like debris,

Stand all with all the crushed hopes.

Tears sparkling on the silvered tiles

Flowing continuously for someone who is away miles,

My face hidden by my hands

No courage to take a stand.

Clasp of rising smoke from the fumes

Settling me down as sand dunes

Falling under my own sky,

Too alone, I myself cannot listen my cry.

Thinking of yesterday's peace

Only chaos holds me close

I am all watered by teardrops.

Raising as high as winter crops.

Yet in the depths of

This emptiness and commotion

I come to realize that I spite of all,

I am still standing.

Nostalgic Memories of 90s Childhood

Nostalgic Memories Which Only Those Who Spend Their Childhood In India During 90’s Will Understand.

1. If you had more of these, you were considered superior. (Kanche) 😎

2. These mouth watering candies brought smile in just Rs1 (Bhudiya Ke Baal)😋

3. Got Parle G Only Instead of Bourbon 😟

4. First choice while buying a Pen💁

5. Best Indoor Game you have😜

6. You always played with these when mother served you in the evening with tea. 😆

7. PenFight😝

8. That feeling, when you got new video game.😻

9. Which one is better ?✌

10. And this one, Person who owned this was considered rich😆😋😅

Good-bye

Little difference is between saying bye and good-bye

Changes the whole of your sky,

I will always remember the time spent with you

Time went on moving and so were you,

We used to laugh loud and shout

We will ever be apart no one had this doubt,

Goodbyes are never so long

And they remain always in our heart like a beautiful song,

The moments of joy and the moments of cry

Will now be a forever spy,

I will be no more there to listen to your songs

As you will be busy singing them with someone along,

With who will I share all my feelings

As for you my feelings were just a dealing,

I wishes to give fragrance in your life

You found someone else as to fit in your profile,

I was trying to be the fire for you in the coolest of the winters

But you found your warmth in someone's else grip,

I promise to be there when you need me

But won't force you now to please me,

I am saying you my last bye

I just wished you would have stopped me to say you GOOD-BYE...

Do you still remember those awkward days in schools during Exams ?

When a bright student tells the invigilator that question 4 has a problem, but you have already answered it...😳😜

When a fellow student asks for a graph paper, but you are finished and did not see anywhere where it was required...😧 😁😁

When the invigilator says jump question 6 we will rectify it later, but it was the question you enjoyed most when answering...😟 😱😲

When you see people busy using rulers and you are wondering what is going on...😣😫😫

When you hear your friends arguing after the exam whether the answer to question 5 was 35.5% or 36.5% and your answer was 1800 😩😏

The cream. When the other students asked for 4-5 additional answer sheets and You had two pages empty in the main answer sheet😨😰😱

See where you have reached in life inspite of those moments...things are not permanent...enjoy life! 😃😃

Only for those who enjoyed their school life😂😂😂

Top 10 Dialogue of teacher
👉 If you are not interested then you may leave the class.
👉 This class is worse than a fish market.
👉 Are you here to waste your parents money?
👉 Tell me when you all have finished talking.
👉 Why are u laughing? Come here n tell us we'll also laugh.
👉 Do you think teachers are fools to teach you?
👉 Don't try to act oversmart with me.
👉 Why do u come to school when you don't want to study.
👉 The previous batch was 100 times better than yours.
👉 If you want to talk then u may get out from the class.

And the best one
👉 You yes you... I am talking to you only, don't look back.. 😄😄
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I'm sure that the last line made all of you remember and smile .
This was our school days.
The best part was that we used to have the most innocent face to show at that point..😂😂

The Ruthless Time

We come in this world at a scheduled time,
We go from the world at a scheduled time,
In between this, everything is not fine,
What a ruthless time.

No time for near ones,
No time for dear ones,
Everyone is just running behind a fake shine,
What a ruthless time.

One day everything will stop,
Me and my soul will be cropped,
That day you will be mine,
What a ruthless time.

The Endless Roads

Life is a journey which we all are traversing. The journey starts from life and no one knows where it ends. Some say death is the ultimate end of the journey of life, but how can we so sure since none of us know exactly where do we go when our soul leaves our body. Might be after death we have another journey in some other world. It clearly specifies that we all are mere travellers having no destination point to reach.

We meet many co-travellers in this journey. Some start to walk with us on the road we are travelling and some walk on the parallel road in such a way that they are walking beside each other but will never meet and will keep on walking in this way. There is gap of understanding and emotions between their parallel roads that is wide enough which do not allow them to be on the same road.

And in a way its good also. If all will start walking on the same road, then it will cause huge traffic and the journey will be delayed and its also possible that some might loose their patience and will stop to travel forward. Those walking on the same road seems to be very friendly as if they will reach to their destined end together, but as soon as they will find someone more friendly than you, they will leave your hand and will hold theirs. Very few keep holding the same hand in their entire journey no matter how many obstacles comes on the road.

Life is a journey, not a destination. So, keep enjoying this beautiful journey.

One Bottle, One Message

What a different the world would have been, if anything we want to say to anybody and we can just write down it on a paper and just throw it in a sea and the bottle reaches to the person it was intended to be. The bottle would travel miles of distance and with a hope that it will finally reach to the one for whom the message was written purely by heart.

Life is like a little message in a bottle,

Drifted by winds and tides,

Our emotions travel along the shores,

No one knows how far and wide.

Peace is always beautiful,

Words describe the purity,

Messages contain the reality,

That are washed away by salinity.

Some day it will reach its destination,

It will be a new place or a new nation,

Message will be always there,

With the hpe someone will find it and come here.

Kuch Baatein..Kuch Yaadein

Kuch baatein dil ko dard de jati hai,

Na batayi jati hai, na samjhai jaati h.

Kuch lafz dil ki dastaan ko bayan nahi kar sakte,

Yuhin aashiq tanhaiyon me nahi marte.

Reh jaati hai kuch yaadein kuch baatein,

Khoo jaatein hai sabhi shikwe sabhi vaadein.

Ek din jooda ho jatein hai,

Or sabhi raastein kho jaatein hai...

MayBe

We will meet somewhere,
Where there would be peace everywhere.
Away from the rules and restrictions,
Where you and me will need no predictions.
There I will meet you,
Where our dreams will be true.
The day when we will walk on the same road,
Just holding hands in hands and no other load.

Today you are on a different path,
Running ahead and falling apart.
Your dreams are on some other way,
I am still standing there waiting for you to reach the bay.
I will wait for you till the end of time,
Let's see how long would it take for you to be mine.

Pause-Rewind-Play

In the fast moving life, we have no time for even ourself. If we will stop for some moment and think what all are we missing in our life, we will realise that we have lost the child inside us, the innocence of the childhood has been dumped somewhere deep inside us.

One day while I was feeling very low, I decided to go to the nearby park. There I saw a bunch of kids playing. It was such a great time and treat to watch their innocence. The way they were playing with each other, falling on each other, pulling each other, giggling , they bumped, collided with one another, tried to put mud on each other and jump on each other again and again.

The scene that was created in front of my eyes took me back to the days when I used to be a child. The days when I was unaffected by the wordly norms and the society rules and show-offs, the days when one is hurt only if they fall and grazed their knees or skinned their elbows. The days where just a simple "sorry" made us to forgive everything and never caused any bitterness feeling. The days were full of happiness and the word of complications had not taken their home in our life. The life was simple, happy and uncomplicated..

All these memories gathered in my heart and I just wished that these kids never grow up, atleast not before they had to. Just by sitting there and surrounded by these malevolent minions had set my word in motion again. The spark of curiosity glittered their eyes made a spark in my heart as well. The effervescence of enthusiasm gurgled in their voices. Their cheerfulness was infectious. It had been years since I have experienced that kind of warmth around me- the one that was non-judgemental, the attitude that the world was still at peace. 

And then the time came when I had to leave. I wished that I could take a little of the belief along with me. But something stopped me right then- when I gazed at the setting that I realized that it was getting late. Perhaps, too late.

YOU AND ME

   

   When people were rain,

I was drizzle and he was hurricane.

He is the fly, I am his wings

We both laugh together and swing.

We fight we shout,

Sometimes you and sometimes I am loud.

We love, hope and dream,

But life is not the same as it seems.

Days will come and go.

Our friendship will remain as it is and so.

We both are drifters in our own ways,

“Both were made for each other”, one day everyone will say.

Our needs are less, dreams are big,

Will work together to achieve that thing.

We are separated by body, but connected by heart,

We promise each other to never be apart.

We may swift in and out of love being together or apart,

But we will always stay alive, in each other’s spirit and heart.

A heart has two parts- You and me. 

She is.....

She is a geeky, I am Classy.

She is Rachel, I am Ross.

She is Sensitive, I am funny.

She is elegant, I am clumsy.

She is superstitious, I am not.

She is kind, I take my time.

She is a introvert, I am an extrovert.

She can stay home, I can roam around the city all day long.

She likes Ranbir Kapoor, I like Rishi Kapoor.

She likes cricket, I love cricket.

She likes jokes, I make jokes.

She is hygiene freak, I throw my towel on the floor.

She is Monica, I am Chandler.

She likes to sing in the Slowest tone, I love to sing in the weirdest way possible.

She is innocent, I am little bit freak.

She is kind, I am bloody wild.

She is Hug lover, I am sex lover.

She is a chatter box, I am a good listener.

She loves long drive, I love to drive.

She is supercute, I am …lets skip this ;)

She is right,well that's it - she is always right.

THE ILLUSION OF SELF:RECLAIMING THE SELF

Each night when we sleep, we travel in a world of dreams and illusions. Some says that the dreams come to be true or we can say that the illusionistic world has come into reality.Illusion is nothing more than deceptive impressions or appearances. Most of us has an illusion of “self”.The whole day the work we perceive, the thoughts that comes into our mind and each and everything shows our internal soul how the way we are.All these gets collected into our mind and at night when we go to sleep, we try to get the things that we are not able to get into reality into our illusionary world of dreams. The next morning when we wake up ,we had travelled miles of distances from our world of “self illusion” to the world of reality which makes us conscious. The bright light of the sun, the cold wind blowing, the chirping of the birds and infact the coziness of your partner makes you fell sentient. As the dawn comes ant we feel drowsy,we get down to to awake as what we are. The unfulfilled dreams and desires of ours sits quietly in a corner of our heart and when vigilance grows,we develop the sense of having a past and the idea of “you” emerges. This includes "your joys,your sorrows,your sorrows,your desires,your identity" and this turns into "I: which ultimately turns into "me" in the sub-conscious mind. We start gathering the memories of the past that we want to live again and the plans of future are reformed. We perceive ourselves in a world of illusion until we get the realization that we have to wake up to perform our work.

While we are slept and we get nature's call,we get upon and while going towards washroom,we suddenly see ourselves into the mirror it seems that it is someone else.That else is what some people assume to be "self".But what really is "self".Does it really exist ... well I think it's not.The concept of self is nothing more than a story that our brain tells to itself.The brain creates a narrative illusionary image of being "self" in some part of the sub conscious mind and takes it to the conscious mind where the human develops the feeling of being "self".If we talk about a monitor,it is just a monitor and not a computer system. If we talk a about a mouse,it again is not a computer system, if we talk about CPU,if is again is not a complete computer system.But when we talk about a computer system,all these components automatically comes into existence but computer system as alone is nothing without these components.Same is the case with "self".We , the humans are basically a machine where our organs are the components of the machine.The machine is constituted of a body and there occur changes in body so how could it be self.The machine thinks, feels and all these are subjected to change.So without all these components how we could speak about the word "self".So self is just a story and it is "you" whatever happens in your brain .

Alan Watts once said,"FOR AS THE SNAIL AND THE TORTOISE WITHDRAW INTO THEIR SHELLS,MAN RETIRES INTO HIS CASTLES OF ILLUSION."

My best Childhood Games and May be yours too

Some memories you cant change, they are like stick with you forever. Just like that our childhood and its games stick with us forever, yeah we dont have time to play them now but you can teach someone or your child to play these games, it costs you nothing but gives someone a beautiful smile.

Gully Cricket

• First ball rule: Try Ball 
• You hit any glass you are out
• Outside out
• Lost Ball 
• Dead Ball Rule 
• Six out
• One tip one hand 
• 3 miss rule

Maram Pitti

  

• Only for brave kids :P
• Not hit on head
• Ball can be of rubber or plastic,uff
• Run within the particular boundaries

Stapoo

• I know its a girl's game but you know we all love to play with girls :P
• Awesome Timepass of afternoon or in evening too
• Also Known as Chindro (Kidi kada)
• Cannot stand on two foot
• Take the stone upto the end.

Chupan Chupai (Hide & Seek) 

• One player have to find another players.
• If someone said "Dhapa", player had to do that again.

Kanche (Marbles)

• Popular , fully timepass ,
• Kali-Jota, kali means odd , jota means even 
• Indians are champions in this game.

Pithoo Gram

• So much fun with flat 7 stones and one tennis ball
• Hit and run
• Strategy,planning,running , it covers all the aspects of true gamer.

Chain Chain

• Catching a Last guy is fun
• Hard to change directions when chain becomes long
• Unity haha

Gilli Danda

• Mostly played in the rural areas and small towns ,and believe me they are the best
• This game requires remarkable hand eye co-ordination and a perfect thrower to make you out
• No boundaries for this game

Latoo (Top)

• Very hard to learn and after learnt very easy to play
• Some people do so many tricks like they use rope to lift the spinning top.

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