Shame

Tear rolled down his cheeks. He was watching his son and wife struggling to save him from the wrath of a few people clad in white Khadi Kurta and Pajama. Now the eyesight was weakening. He rubbed his eyes but he could see only hazy figures. He tried to drag himself to them, but he could move his body a few inches more and then his heart beat died.

She was awake. It was still dark outside. She took her son in his lap, caressed his hair and kissed him on his forehead. A drop of tear fell on the cheek of the son. He woke up and said to his mother, “There are very few people on this earth who are not scared of the death. My father was one of them. I am proud of him.”  He hugged her mother. Both of them wept. A son missed his father and a wife missed her husband.

Nobody can fill the void created by the loss of the dearest people. I don’t have words to vent out my feelings on this blog about what do I feel about the people who are responsible for such acts. I don’t understand why people need so much money that they start killing people. Late Mr. Manoj Gupta was killed in cold blood by a few people just because he refused to pay money to them to celebrate a politician’s birthday. It’s a shame.

I am waiting for the ‘Rang De Basanti’ to happen. I am sure that it will happen. If our law cannot bring such people to justice, the common man would have to take the responsibility.

God Bless India!!

Love life and Romance

Life has been beautiful,
There is much more to fulfil,

The sun is about to set,
C’mon my dear mate,
Let’s dance on a new tune,
Let’s dance on the moon,

Let’s make a wish,
That we don’t see 26/11 again,
That we win the world cup again,
That we will care about another man,

Let’s make a wish that,
We shall never give up,
We shall always have our chin up,

Let’s resolve that,
We shall not hate,
But we shall not leave enemies of humanity as well,
We shall chase our dreams,
but we shall not stumble upon the feelings of anybody as well,

A year ends,
Another dawns,
Time moves on,
Giving us a chance,
To love life and romance….

Wish you all a very happy and prosperous new year- 2009.

Cheers!!

Things to do

Ten things Amar did before he died. Well, before I tell you about these ten things I must tell you who Amar was.

Amar was an accountant in a pharmaceutical firm. Everyday, he would make a list of things that needed to be done. By the end of the day he would finish all the things. His boss overloaded him with work everyday but he never complained. He fell in love with a girl but he could never tell her his feelings. He wanted to buy a car but he was accumulating money for the future.

One day, Amar came to know that he had cancer. He had only three months to live. The next day when he was making the usual things-to-do list he realized that he should live the remaining three months of his life the way he wanted. He made a new list. He wrote:

Things to do (before I die)
1.    New Car
2.    Foreign Trip
3.    Neha
4.    Guitar
5.    Rahul Jhulka
6.    Love
7.    Boss ka ‘Boss’!!
8.    Photo on front page
9.    Vivek
10. Mumma

In three months he made all his wishes come true. Watch ‘Dasvidaniya’ to know how he lived his dreams in three months.

The movie made me think what I would do before I die. What came to my mind is:

Things I would do (before I die)
1.    Win a professional Badminton Tournament
2.    Write a book
3.    My company
4.    Dance
5.    Guitar
6.    Vimla Kuteer
7.    Dining table with 12 chairs
8.    Honda Accord

Life is beautiful. Amar finally said it. We are responsible for making it beautiful.
Cheers!!

Everybody’s Free (to wear sunscreen)

Ladies and Gentlemen of the class of ‘97… wear sunscreen.
If I could offer you only one tip for the future, sunscreen would be IT.

The long term benefits of sunscreen have been proved by scientists whereas the rest of my advice has no basis more reliable than my own meandering experience. I will dispense this advice now.

Enjoy the power and beauty of your youth. Never mind. You will not understand the power and beauty of your youth until they have faded. But trust me, in 20 years you’ll look back at photos of yourself and recall in a way you can’t grasp now how much possibility lay before you and how fabulous you really looked. You are NOT as fat as you imagine.

Don’t worry about the future; or worry, but know that worrying is as effective as trying to solve an algebra equation by chewing bubblegum. The real troubles in your life are apt to be things that never crossed your worried mind; the kind that blindside you at 4pm on some idle Tuesday.

Do one thing every day that scares you.

Sing.
Don’t be reckless with other people’s hearts, don’t put up with people who are reckless with yours.

Floss.
Don’t waste your time on jealousy; sometimes you’re ahead, sometimes you’re behind. The race is long, and in the end, it’s only with yourself.
Remember compliments you receive, forget the insults; if you succeed in doing this, tell me how.
Keep your old love letters, throw away your old bank statements.

Stretch.
Don’t feel guilty if you don’t know what you want to do with your life. The most interesting people I know didn’t know at 22 what they wanted to do with their lives, some of the most interesting 40 year olds I know still don’t.
Get plenty of calcium.
Be kind to your knees, you’ll miss them when they’re gone.
Maybe you’ll marry, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll have children, maybe you won’t, maybe you’ll divorce at 40, maybe you’ll dance the funky chicken on your 75th wedding anniversary. Whatever you do, don’t congratulate yourself too much or berate yourself, either. Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else’s. Enjoy your body, use it every way you can. Don’t be afraid of it, or what other people think of it, it’s the greatest instrument you’ll ever own.

Dance.Even if you have nowhere to do it but in your own living room.
Read the directions, even if you don’t follow them.

Do NOT read beauty magazines, they will only make you feel ugly.
Get to know your parents, you never know when they’ll be gone for good.
Be nice to your siblings; they are your best link to your past and the people most likely to stick with you in the future.
Understand that friends come and go, but for the precious few you should hold on. Work hard to bridge the gaps in geography in lifestyle because the older you get, the more you need the people you knew when you were young.
Live in New York City once, but leave before it makes you hard; live in Northern California once, but leave before it makes you soft.

Travel.
Accept certain inalienable truths, prices will rise, politicians will philander, you too will get old, and when you do you’ll fantasize that when you were young prices were reasonable, politicians were noble and children respected their elders.
Respect your elders.
Don’t expect anyone else to support you. Maybe you have a trust fund, maybe you’ll have a wealthy spouse; but you never know when either one might run out.
Don’t mess too much with your hair, or by the time you’re 40, it will look 85.
Be careful whose advice you buy, but, be patient with those who supply it. Advice is a form of nostalgia, dispensing it is a way of fishing the past from the disposal, wiping it off, painting over the ugly parts and recycling it for more than it’s worth.

But trust me on the sunscreen.

By,
Mary Schmich
Chicago Tribune

Cheers!!

Keep the Spark Alive!!

Everyday when I lie down on the bed, I think about my life. Where it is going? What do I want from it? Sometimes I feel like I am lagging behind because I have lost track. I believe that I shall find the way soon.

Like a fish catcher, I have been waiting for the big fish. But, I have been unlucky with my fate until now. I believe that the time has come to dive into the deep waters and catch the biggest fish yet again.

I have seen dreams. Some of them became a reality; some of them came to my mind and went away after the night is over. Perhaps the efforts required to keep them alive was missing.

I have drawn a circle in my life and I have been running around it everyday without even thinking why I am running. I cannot stop because that will be end of everything. Weather changes during the continuous run. Sometimes its spring and sometimes it becomes a cold winter. When spring comes I think about the winter and when winter comes I cannot think about anything.

Now, I want to free myself as I am tired of aimlessness. So I have to run so fast that I defy the centripetal force. If I succeed I shall be out of the vicious circle and may be I would leave a trail. I will not talk about failures because now I want keep only one option for me and that’s success. I have a dream; I have a goal; I believe in it. The fire within me is ready to take on anything. Either I would wither away or I would turn into ashes anything that comes my way.

So, everyday when you wake up try to remember what you saw a night before. If you do remember your last dream, you have a goal for today. Go get it…

Keep the Spark Alive!!

Cheers!!

Out of time

Sleepless,
I crave for a dream,
But in my head, the dreams scream,

I sit straight,
Wide awake,

Suddenly I find myself,
Driving a metal machine,

Have to reach the finishing line,
Within the minimum time,

Right Left and Up in the sky,
That’s  all I’ve to try,

I accelerate,
On and On and On,
But can’t see the finishing line,

Then a message flashes in the sky,
Telling me that I am out of time,

In the hustle bustle, I forget to give heed,
To an obstacle inescapable at this high speed,

My mind loses control,
I cover my face,
To protect myself from the fatal blow,

Scared out of breath,
I uncover my face,

Still sitting on the chair,
I ‘m alive safe and sound,

Sure of one thing in my mind,
That I’d not lose my mind,
When I run out of time.

Cheers!!

Refuge

Everybody has something to say,
They need someone to listen,
Sometimes they want to sit alone,
And tell the river, the water, the birds,
What, why and how about things.

They search everyday,
A refuge to speak their heart out,
To light their heart of all the mud,
Splashed upon them by a careless car,
And those who don’t find a refuge,
Are bound to drown in the marsh,
With a wish if they could have found one..

I wish to find someone,
Who doesn’t need a refuge to overcome,
The difficulties and problems faced while living every second,
Who has forgotten everything and forgiven everyone,
Who is at peace with life,
And I ask everybody to wish me luck!

Amen!!

Cheers!!

Matrix Rewritten!

Disclaimer: If you feel that your sentiments are hurt after reading this post, play ‘Rock on’ songs and bang your head in the air until you lose consciousness.

There was a butterfly. There were more butterflies but the one for whom I wrote first line was different or I would call it ‘The One’. So, I would call it Neo. So, Neo was the most funny and the most intelligent living being on earth. Other butterflies in his company would laugh so much that they would finally roll down on the floor laughing.

One day, Neo met another butterfly called Trinity. Neo fell in love with trinity. Their love blossomed in different flowers. Whenever the gust of wind shook the flowers, two butterflies, Neo and Trinity, fell on the ground. On a fine sunny day, Trinity asked Neo to come to meet her father, Morpheus.

Morpheus was a chemist. When Neo came to meet Morpheus, Morpheus asked to eat one of the two pills, Red or Blue pill. Neo asked the consequences of taking the pill and not taking the pills. Morpheus gave some absurd reason for taking either of the pills but told him that he would not be able to marry Trinity, if he didn’t take either pill. Neo tossed the coin and the result suggested him to take the blue pill. As soon as he took the blue pill, Neo saw the reality. He saw that Trinity was not beautiful at all. Neo was exposed to ‘The- Naked- Truth’. Morpheus asked Neo to believe that Trinity was beautiful. Since, Neo was the one he was able to believe that Trinity was beautiful. Since Neo was ‘The One’, he could understand that relations build on belief and faith.

There was another butterfly, Agent Smith, who was also in love with Trinity. Unfortunately, Smith had taken the red pill and had lost his mind. He loved her so much that that he challenged Neo for a deadly duel.

One D- Day (Duel Day), when trinity fluttered her wings, Smith fired mercilessly at Neo. Neo was speechless as he was poor and could not afford to buy an expensive gun that Smith had. But, he was the chosen one. He could see the bullets coming to him. He flew faster than the bullets and finally bullets lost all the kinetic energy. Neo was good at Physics, so he calculated all the variables correctly according the weather conditions on the D-Day. He knew the speed; he knew the distance to be covered. The equation was simple. Now, it was Neo’s turn. He took a flight towards Smith and hit him so hard that he went inside Smith. In the end, Smith was torn apart.

Neo married Trinity and they lived happily ever after.

Yet to come: Matrix Re- Reloaded..

Cheers!!

Nothing to lose…

Whenever it rained,
And I got drenched,
I cursed the clouds,
I cursed my fate,
I asked myself,
Why I always get drenched?
Why it starts raining,
When there is no shelter around,

But, today I like the rain,
AS I am not carrying anything,
Anything I ever loved,
Anything I cared about,
I have no questions today,
‘Coz today I’ve nothing to lose,
Nothing that the rain can wash away….

Cheers!!

Rock On!!

I was eagerly waiting for the release of the movie ‘Rock On’. And after watching the movie I would say that it is a must watch for everyone. It made me think again that I must do something that I would love to do. Life is all about living it fully, and not about compromising it for one thing or the other.

Today, I read an article in the TOI’s Sunday Magazine about a guy who secured AIR 2 in JEE. After completing the B.Tech in computer science from IIT with a perfect 10 CGPA, he packed his bags and left to give back to the community. Yes, he has been doing community service for the last 14 years. His most recent achievements include helping a poor little girl in getting money for an expensive heart surgery, which costs about 3 lacks INR. I believe that he is Rockin’ On.

Recently, I visited the webpage of a girl, who is an engineer from one of the prestigious institutes of India. Like most of the Indian engineers, she didn’t opt to become a software professional. Instead she completed graduation in Creative Arts in Therapy. She is now pursuing a career in the use of the Arts in Psychotherapy with a special emphasis on Movement Psychotherapy. “Dance in itself has a therapeutic effect on me. It is the ultimate means of self expression and raises both the dancer and the beholder to a higher level of awareness”, she says. Well, very few people have the courage to follow their heart and she is one of them. I believe that that she is rocking on.

Sourav Ganguly, who was thrown out of the Indian cricket team, made his way into the team again and played well. He is such a tough guy that he was not deterred even if the whole of India was against him. I believe that he is rockin’ on.

One of my friends believes that if he works hard, more jobs would be generated for Indian engineers. He believes that he is helping India in reducing the unemployment. And, I believe in what he says. He worked so hard that India center of his company received projects. The American counterpart acknowledged the contributions of Indian team in the success of the project. He is a 9 point someone from one of the IITs and he has filed 10 patents during his tenure of four years in the software industry. He could have gone to any of the esteemed US universities and earned in dollars after completing the degree. I believe that he is rockin on.

I have met numerous people. But, there are very few who left an impact on my conscience. Now, it’s my turn to have an impact on my conscience; to decide what I want; to rock on…

Cheers!!