A Unique Wish.....

Dis time of de year when all those new year forwards fill up ur inbox with all kind of wishes, I tried to be little more sensitive and creative... Collecting some thoughts which we already have read or heard som1 saying but cease to remember in dis busy life....It wasn't so tough to gather it(Some from thoughts, some from experience, some from my dear frnds, last but not least by googling.... ) but it was certainly a bit difficult to arrange it but wasn't impossible... I wanted to end dis new year on a satisfaction that I have done something that's quite thoughtful rather than just forwarding some wish mail.... hope dis lengthy collection is worth it's length... And I really hope this to be an unique wish u receive this year...


* Give people more than they expect and do it cheerfully.

* Memorize your favorite poem.

* Don't believe all you hear, spend all you have or sleep all you want.

* When you say, "I love you", mean it.

* When you say, "I'm sorry", look the person in the eye.

* Believe in love at first sight.

* Never laugh at anyone's dreams.

* Love deeply and passionately. You might get hurt but it's the only way to live life completely.

* In disagreements, fight fairly. No name calling.

* Talk slow, but think quick.

* Remember that great love and great achievements involve great risk.

* Call your Mom and Dad.

* Say "bless you" when you hear someone sneeze.

* When you lose, don't lose the lesson.

* Remember the three R's: Respect for self; Respect for others; Responsibility for all your actions.

* Don't let a little dispute injure a great friendship.

* When you realize you've made a mistake, take immediate steps to correct it.

* Smile when picking up the phone. The caller will hear it in your voice.

* Spend some time alone.

* Open your arms to change, but don't let go of your values.

* Remember that silence is sometimes the best answer.

* Read more books and watch less TV.

* Live a good, honorable life. Then when you get older and think back, you'll get to enjoy it a second time.

* Trust in God but lock your car. (Superb One!!!! Isn't it???)

* A loving atmosphere in your home is so important. Do all you can to create a tranquil harmonious home.

* In disagreements with loved ones, deal with the current situation. Don't bring up the past.

* Read between the lines. (Hope u got something between these lines..)

* Share your knowledge. It's a way to achieve immortality.

* Be gentle with the earth.

* Once a year, go someplace you've never been before.

* If you make a lot of money, put it to use helping others while you are living. That is wealth's greatest satisfaction.

* Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes the blessing.

* Remember that the best relationship is one where your love for each other is greater than your need for each other.

* Judge your success by what you had to give up in order to get it.

* Approach love and cooking with reckless abandon.

--- And most importantly -----

* Pray. There's immeasurable power in it.


Hope these lines are worth their words......
Happy New year..................
God Bless U n Fulfill All Ur Dreams...
With loads of luv
Sreekumar, Zreecu or Sreeku..
Or whatever you wish to call me....

Happiness

"People take different roads seeking fulfillment n happiness.Just bcoz they're not on your road doesn't mean they've gotten lost"

Quite a thought provoking quote if u are a thinking kind of person.The thing is that you shouldn't compare you with anybody else in any matter.Why I say so.. Just think every person is unique and that makes definition of happiness different for each n every person. Thinking that the other person isn't enjoying his life by traversing a way other than yours isn't really true always...

Think for a moment, there might be a chance that there's a guy working along with you, same in all respects(i.e position, financial assets n so on).. but you may think that he is either more happier or less happier than you. But its your thinking point of view, not his. He might think the same way for you too.So the basic underlying fact is that when it comes to happiness each person have his own quotient that is totally different from every other person. And the thing that we try to measure happiness makes it all far too complex. Each person have his own scale and when they try to measure things with some scale other than theirs then it's quite obvious that the scale tend to give wrong readings.

We always tend to term the time either as happy or bad. Why so? We can't know what happiness is, if we haven't have any idea how sad times react. The bad thing about happy times is that it will end someday and the good thing about bad times is that it will also end someday. So it's a cycle.. Nobody has remained happy forever and same goes for being unhappy...It's just the way life treats. You might have an example of somebody being happy always or the other way round.. That all depends on how the person presents himself in front of everyone.. He might have 1000 issues that's concerning him in deep but he presents a smiling face to the world.. Then there's a person who have lost all hope and don't know how to present himself will be kinna gloomy always. So whom do you prefer for a company?

The thing that matters is what you think about How happy you actually are? And whether you wanna make others happy? As it is said the only thing that always grow is the smile.... Just wear a smile even though that smile may be hollow but at least it may bring a smile to some other face.

My Old Friends...

My heart filled with laughter,
And eyes moved to tears...
With so many vivid memories,
Spanning across all those wonderful years...
The very words of compassion,
And the soulful actions so kind...
The world seems so worth living and blessed,
When the memories of old friends comes to my mind..

Never got enough time to count my blessings,
And got all the time to shuffle my dreams...
Landed in a place where stars always shined,
Soothing lights calms the soul deep within...
When the memories of old friends comes to my mind...

I count my friends among all the guides on my path,
Who loved me and blessed me with so much faith...
Taught me how to laugh and how to live n dream,
Now in the last when I reach my heaven...
I know, I will find that I had a better heaven than this,
Built with togetherness by dear old friends of mine...

Had a wonderful time @ Sandeep's Bachelor Party..Guys it was so special to see u all around and we had a really good time together.. Never felt we have grown up,we were just like what we were @ college....Thanks guys for making this adventure so wonderful and unforgettable.. love u guys..

Diwali's Round the Corner!!!

A "Boom" sound woke me up from my evening sleep. I was wondering what's happening but it didnt took long to understand that Diwali(Deepawali) is round the corner, 4 days to be precise. So it has all started, the celebrations , the festival shopping, the sweets collection and the all usual favors of celebrating Festival of lights....

Festival of light has in one way or another gave way to festival of sound... Fireworks ,crackers took the major portion of the way of celebrations nowadays. Earlier it was sparkles in the dark night which marked the Diwali but now its sound of crackers that marks the beginning...

This would be my first Diwali in Delhi and I feel it is already loosing its charm from my point of view. I havent done any of the rituals(Shopping for sweets or fireworks) till now and I am not planning to do it this year as of now.. Dunno whether things will change in coming 2-3 days. I am not so sure coz as the day nears my mind may dwindle towards the idea of celebrating.

Last year back in Mumbai it was an hell of celebrations. Really enjoyed the way we did it last time. We cooked ,drank, bursted crackers but the thing that I enjoyed the most was watching the night sky twinkling with all colors of life from our roof top. It was calm peaceful and definitely was a superb treat to the eyes. The way flares split up and spread across the dark space above was worth watching. With the never emptying glasses and running from one corner to the other just to catch the glimpse of lights, I celebrated my Diwali last year... It was fun and I would remember that for years to come...

In fact of the three years I was in Mumbai, the last year was the best I cud ever have. Hoping this time the national capital has more to offer. May be I am far too speculative, that was what my brother told me as he suggested me to play the wait and watch game coz things are gonna turn like anything once Diwali comes around. Hope it surprises me...

The Red Beast!

I have just and only just one reason to be on my bike...and what wud be that.. hold on, you can make it out from the rest of the story..Not a story actually but just a way that life has changed for me...

Riding is the only thing that I will not do any substitution with, no matter whatever be the situation, coz it has and it will always make me feel better, better as of the amount of freedom to go past any destination. Better be late than never... This quote do come on many road side signboards...I took it in a good way i.e, I was a bit late in getting myself the "Red Beast", but it's really better than never...And as for the real meaning of the signboard , the caption with ma bike is "It's Now or Never"...So all that's happening is now and no need to push things into future....

Guys do you remember Deepak Joe's bike..Suzuki Shogun..I think the first bike in India to have a 5 speed gear box...I loved it from the moment I got it for the first time.. and specially the day when its front wheel was up in the air...Not so sure what made me so attached to that bike...May be it gave me thousands of reasons to ride it...Never felt out of power and during those days doing 80 km/h was an achievement in itself... and I was so glad I cud do that on the sharp curvy terrains of Wayanad on that bike... Hey Deepak, U still have that now???

Now the question came up.Which one?.. I remember back in our college days every brand had one model a piece at a time and to choose among them was far easier from what it has become right now. Countless models from different vendors are available nowadays and to pick one among them was the most tricky thing to overcome.My choice was made far too simple by the brand name and the feeling the same brand gave me years ago.. So no prize for guessing TVS was my choice. Suzuki and TVS had made some great bikes or shud it be greatest bikes in the past and now when Suzuki is not associated with TVS my mind did some pondering. I had a chance to take RTR Fi 160 of my cousin and I had tried lot of other bikes as well.

And it wasn't that hard for me to pick the RTR Carb Refresh 160 model...True to its name RTR(Racing Throttle Response) it gave me the same old feeling of Shogun where all the power you need was at your palm...with a single difference 80 km/h was overshadowed by 100-105 km/h(by the way 126 km/h is its maximum, just cruised @ that speed only once and its too difficult to reach that speed in traffic lights filled Delhi roads). But I am more than happy with 100 km/h. Never got late for anything and never felt out of time.So life in the fast lane is quite adventurous.But I prefer to stay around the 60 km/h mark... Neither too slow nor too fast and it gives enough time for people around me to turn their head and notice my red controllable Beast...And the admiring stares and looks I(Sorry ma machine) receives @ red lights is so amazing..."Just need to be on it to feel it"...

" The rain drenched Red Devil "

Hope you would have got the reason with which I would justify myself for being so attached to my bike. AS far as I know I don't need a reason to be on my own Beast... As mentioned in one of my previous post ,"If you say I am "Addicted" to ma machine then that word is definitely wrong, the right word is "Possessed...............""

De beauty of being an Monument...

If someone asks me where's my favorite hangout place in New Delhi, only one place comes to my mind.....A place that can be described in thousands of ways but I wud prefer to stick to the basic description of that and that is :it is the national monument of India. It is one of the largest war memorials in India. Hope you got it...Its our own India Gate(IG).

I cant say exactly what makes me so fond of this place, anytime of the day or night, I wud be more than happy to go there.. Specially late nights.. When it glitters like Gold.. A special feeling creeps up inside and I suddenly feel proud to be an Indian.It doesn't means that I am not proud of being an Indian, but there are definitely many reasons which make me say that I am not that proud to be an Indian. For instance, Poverty, Corruption..(ya I remember the dialog from movie Rang De Basanti:No Nation is perfect, the citizens has to make it perfect..Ha ha ha.. even if our leaders get a perfect state they will make it imperfect in a matter of moments , hence we can surely leave aside "making it a perfect" responsibility), the list will never end. But I am really proud to be a part of the world most culturally diversified society.

Aren't we diverting from our topic. India Gate have always made me wonder, made me feel more like an Indian, made me leave aside all the negative things that looms around the country, reminds me of the love and sacrifice of countless soldiers who laid down their life in a fight to protect our freedom, who laid down their life in the process of making the country a perfect one.

I was kinna glad that this Independence Day, my mailbox wasn't filled with a single mail regarding Independence. It did made me think that may be people have understood the fact that it not just about sending some forwarded mails or may be they didn't get time at all to forward anything.Whatever may be the reason I didn't need a reminder for celebrating our Independence. I celebrated it a special way.. a special way to myself..I went to IG and stood there for dunno how much time.. just staring at the monument and the people around it admiring its value and its timeless beauty.

"There are things that you feel that can't be described" , and I think of this phrase each and every time I visit IG.

Hinduism---Is it really an "ism"

I went through a brilliant article that gives a vast idea of differences between Hinduism being a Religion and it being a Culture. I felt everyone should read this.As said by Sadhguru...

The Hindu Way Of Life: Science Of Salvation

Sadhguru

There really is no such thing as Hindu-ism. This term and concept are of recent coinage.

The Hindu civilisation was born on the banks of the river Sindhu, known as the Indus today. When the Persians came, they introduced the term ‘Hindu’, derived from the Sanskrit word Sindhu, to denote the people who live beyond the river Sindhu. It was a geographical and cultural identity. It had never been a religious identity. Basically, the culture was oriented towards realizing one’s full potential.

Hindu was never an ‘ism’, and the attempt to organize it as a religion cannot succeed because the Hindu way of life, Sanatana Dharma or universal law, is inclusive by nature. It is not an organized belief system; it is a science of salvation.

In the past, religion was far more important to people than it is now, but still there were no theocratic states in this culture; the ruler had his religion and the subjects had the freedom to follow theirs. There was no conflict.

There is no belief system to the Hindu way of life. You can believe in God or not. Individuals can work out their own way to salvation. If there are five people in your family, each one can worship a god of their choice, or not worship and still be a good Hindu. The Hindu culture is rooted in the spiritual ethos of each individual working towards ultimate liberation as the fundamental goal in life.

In the East, spirituality and religion were never an organized process. Organization was only to the extent of making spirituality available to everybody – not for conquest. A farmer worshiped his plough, a fisherman worshiped his boat; people worshiped whatever aspect of life they related to most, and that was perfectly fine. Essentially, in the East, religion is about you, it is not about God. Religion is about your liberation. God is just one more stepping stone that you can use or skip towards your ultimate liberation.

The essential purpose of the God-belief is to create reverence in a person. What you worship is not important. It is not about liking something or disliking it. The object of reverence is irrelevant. If you make reverence the quality of your life, then you become far more receptive to life. Life will happen to you in bigger ways.
Hindu culture recognizes human welfare and freedom as being of paramount importance as against the prominence of God. People understood that God is of our making and not the other way around. Hence the whole god-making technology evolved into the science of consecrating various types of forms, energy forms and spaces.

Hindu gods and goddesses are numerous, from the subtlest to the weirdest. Everything has been explored. The best compliment for this culture came from Mark Twain who had heard so much about Indian mysticism that he decided to travel to India and spend some time here. He said: “Anything that can ever be done either by man or by God has been done in this land.” If you explore mysticism in India, it is incredible because it does not come from an organized belief system. It happens as a scientific means to explore dimensions beyond the physical.

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I hope this article was worth reading....

The Sea Shore.....

Subtle remains of home carvings washed away by waves,
Footprints of souls, that slowly fades away in times...
Fragrance of infinite stories of love and togetherness,
Drowning imaginations of thousands of moonlit dreams...

De quite humming of relentless pain and heartache songs,
De quite whispers of unknown smile of happiness...
Every single expression of life coming to its true colors,
Bringing forth the nostalgia of countless cherished moments ...

Alongside the Ocean,the shore comes alive with a bliss,
Taking us to the unseen depth of premonitions n mysteries.
As Alice in wonderland, we tumble down the memory lane,
Till a naughty wave kisses our feet,getting us back to reality ...

No matter whatever good or bad happened in the past ,
We know that far across those overwhelming waves,
Far deep into the horizon where sky n earth seems to meet,
Hopes of new life, a new dawn and a new dream awaits...

Pool Of Memories....

Got it quite late that everything happens for a reason,
Even the friends u make are meant for a season...
And as the next spring comes along they leave,
To a place far far enough ,you find hard to reach...

We confess, we no longer share the same touch,
We convey, we have fallen apart far too much...
We are right,when we say together we missed lot of things,
But no one really knows what really happened...

Who is to blame for and on whose side the fault is?
Thinking again n again doesn't changes anything...
As it has never had coz it has all fallen back,
In the pool of memories and memories they will remain...

The First Scratch................

Screeeech.................................thtz wht last I heard before that happened....It was a painful cry, a cry that made my heart grew desperate.......Thought of taking the form of GOD and rewind the moment by few seconds before that cry...But now I can't.. I am no GOD but really wanted to be one like him....

Nothing much happened.... I was on the left side of the road and then came she all on four legs rolling on. Thought she would go straight but some thing blinked right in front of me and it was too late to respond she came across suddenly, and all I cud do was to wait to let that happen.. tried hard to stop myself but it wasn't under any of my control coz the distance was too short...... Two discs weren't enough at all....... and it came in the way and we touched each other with a bang and dragged on.. I was thrown out of my seat and I fell on the pavement and there it went sliding on the right side.. Everybody gathered around me asking if anything happened.. All I cud think was about my poor kid lying just some feet ahead of me.. Breathless, motionless , I thought everything is over.. As people crowded near me, I walked on with hands on my head mourning about the pain it had gone through...

Was afraid about how it would react n I closed my eyes as I cant stand to watch anything bad on it... People around me helped it to steady on.. I opened my eyes.. The handle steered and the angle was such that it faced me..That expression was really not describable..It was as though it was saying n asking at the same time " I am ok but what about you".. I cudnt answer that question coz I didnt even have checked myself after that fall... I touched on its forehead, A deep scratch above its left eye and a small one on the right arm and a bit messed up back( Not enough at all for the kinna fall it just had...Its really a strong kid)...It was happy,as it cud feel I was doing well and so was I. Then came the moment of silence where we said a thousand sorry to each other and we quietly let that moment pass around us...It was so clam n silent as if everyone around us have disappeared.. Love you was all that we cud muster up to say to each other....

People were slowly going away as they cud easily make it up that nothing bad happened.... We stared at each other for a long time and it conveyed "Chalo we are getting late for office".As if I just came out of a dream ...I gathered my belongings and looked directly into it eyes... It was ready to dash...Thtz my love.......My One n Only "Apache RTR 160"

If you say I am "addicted" to it then that word is wrong, the right word is "Possessed..............."

Far 2 Many Choices......

Sometimes the present will be held responsible for what you have become, coz its in present where you are gonna make a choice...May be sometimes the past will be held responsible for what you have become,coz of choices that were made by you in the past...And sometimes the future will be held responsible for what you turn out to be, coz of the choices it will offer you to choose from... But its always you who will be responsible for what you have become...

Choices make you get what you deserve to get by making that choices, Choices make you loose what that's choices decides not to be yours. And what you choose is what that decides between your past present and future. And that same choices differentiates the day as present past or future. Choices in the past to learn from,choices in the present to choose from, and choices in the future for making a better choice..

God gives .. man accepts or rejects,But its life's logic you end up with what you have right now,coz you choose to accept or reject.. You choose or you choose not to choose,But the choices are already made by you. So, what if you want other options...Nothing coz there are no other options when you already made a choice... Bit confusing isn't it,but that's how life should be. You will never know but you always thought you were always very sure, And that degree of surety is what that makes your choices...

So choose wisely.. Life is not a relay race. Its just one dash and you dont have to hold too many batons coz in this run for life if you choose to hold on to too many things you will leave the most important one..That's the Life itself.Life:That's something you can't be sure of but you thought you can or will be..But when you get to know this truth you would have already lived your life..So thanks for reading this not so sure blunder.. but I made a choice to put it forward. And you chose to read this..hhmmm!

But will you make the real choice...
I have made mine ..When will u be making urs....

Election Time .....

Election Time dears.....

http://nishanaa.blogspot.com/2009/03/election.html

Can't say whether I am commenting on that blog on my blog. or not..But definitely I would like to put my view in here.....

For me Kerala Politics was an unknown entity till I joined my graduation.. coz how will it matter to me, as I came to Kerala once in 2 years only. It was during graduation that I first came to know about the political arena in our state..Till then I was a gr8 fan of Congress coz it was the sole party that ruled the Centre and Rajiv Gandhi was my fav at that time... May be I just thought the general elections as a match with the party getting the max. seats winning it..Never thought how things affects the common people... That was largely due to my stay in military camps.

We were never short of anything and one thing we always knew no matter whoever rules ,military and all the forces combined will always be in the same comfort.We never had to worry abt the ration charges coz things were given at a nominal rate thru central distribution.So politics was never a cause of topic to ponder abt at that time..

Things changed dramatically, when I was in graduation I met different kinna people (before that all my frnds were from military background)-The other people.And me n my frnds used to boast abt the facilities we got compared to them.But that situation didn't last much.. gradually when my frnds circle increased I gotto know abt the things that affect their life..And Politics was the main issue, can't say main issue but was the main culprit behind the sorry situation of the common man...

So there began a process of scrutinising the political agenda of each party.I am not here to compare between parties, but will definitely say what made me choose which party. My first acquintance came at the college. I joined BCOM(Don get shocked, before engg. I had a brief stint with commerce).. Just after the freshers party things began to shape up.. I cud see three different colors(actually 4, one among them was'nt so frequent).. To be specific Red, Blue, Green, Saffron.

Till then they were just colors like we used to have back in our school representing the House Brand.. Now the campaign started....Students came along with their leaders to ask for our valuable vote for them.. I was also in campaigning back in school for our School People Leader posts..But I cud see the vast difference in the campaigning.. That was for a simple reason, back in school we had to like some person, his/her behavior and frnd circle to vote for him/her. But in college apart from these factors we also needed to see the real aim/purpose/agenda of the party that the person represents as well. So a huge lot of difference...I think I dont need to tell which color represents which party...

The Color red striked to me the most, the main reason at that time was most of my frnds in the college were firm believer of that logical thinking... And it didnt took me long to assess that logic to be correct..I became a activist and soon joined the ongoing campaign process. It was a special feeling walking alongside the big stars of teh party.. Really it felt as if I am a part of big entity.. We won the lection 16-2..So it was if India won the match... We celebrated like anything.. Eventhough I was taken away by the intial process of campaigning, I thought the real test of the elected persons begins now... Its not what u will do when u dont have the power, but what u do when u have the power shows the real self of urself. Being on a winning side was defintiely gonna be helpful in future, but how u make use of it will matter teh most.. Lots of new facilities came to college(I am not boasting) coz things were far different during the Union meetings.. The number of union meetings held in the span of 4 months after election is itself a proof to the vast number of issues addressed and that was far greater than the number of meetings held under different flags over an year...

So this was my first outlook of the party I decided to back on. Things have changed over the years.Different faces came and went but things took their own time to change. I still believe in my old thinking but now I believe in one more thing, its us who decides who should govern us.Now when I go to vote on election day I think twice about what the person has done to get my support and only once about the party he belongs to..Why? Coz,no matter which party he represents he will do all the things in his power for the betterment of society and for that he doesn't need a party tag.I think its high time people understand that it isn't necessary at all to be in ruling party to help the common man.

Make your vote count ..............................................
Help democracy save itself and remain secular.......

Does Life Knocks Twice???

A time was there when we were never worried about the way life would turn coz we were happy with the way it passed.We were amazed by the opportunities it presented us each day to enjoy the present, forget the past and never think about the future.We had the opinion that one can only live one day at a time. And that was it, that thought helped us deal with each and every obstacle that came knocking by, coz we took one thing at a time instead of working on all of them simultaneously. That was great as it led us to understand each and every aspect of things that came along like Why,How,When they happened? It was revealing as it gave us enough ways to learn the full cycle of life's happenings. And now we know why that era was so brilliant? Now we know how life was totally different at that time?Why?It's so simple to answer that..And the answer is "We had enough courage to peek into ourselves and see for ourselves what we as an individual were..".

Not so clear about the last sentence I suppose.Simple.. being an individual back then meant,we thought about our happiness and the things that made us happy and we were so interested to do such things.We never feared doing new things(termed as blunders by others) as we were ready to accept the consequences coz we never valued those consequences in terms of money, reputation or society status...But now we are more worried about the risks and how it will affect us..so what do we do now?The same thing what others do..Always thinking of being in the closed security loop of money, status and society. Never wanna be a 'talked about individual' coz we failed when we tried to do something different. As I said we want to be on the safer side...Guess what? The safer side is always dull coz it's decided by the society or people around us and slowly it becomes our view.So our happiness quotient is not decided by us but some total different person altogether.You are happy because others think you are happy.Is it?You work hard, you spend most of your time at work making things look better and for a better life ahead but you forget that you are living right now.Then someone will say you have to sacrifice something now to get rewards in future. Hindi mein kya boltein hain "Kuch paane ke liye kuch khona padtha hai"....We do take this proverb seriously right?But what about this one "Time n tide waits for none".We did took this one seriously back in our childhood.

For instance the main issue back in childhood was Exams. Examinations used to be a difficult word to describe or understand. The time when you pour out all that you learned all along the year.A simple definition and I think it fits. All year you will be learning thousands of new things then one fine morning you have to spill out a part of what you learned, still something is left behind.And then you are being judged by the figure upon 100. Now you might be thinking what examinations has to do with what I wrote above i.e, living one day at a time. Actually it is very much related only thing is that how you relate that. You prepare de whole year for de exam and the last 3 hours is where you make the difference.You gain the knowledge day by day and not all in a single day.Ya I agree there were times when you have to do it on the last day(to do the whole subject de previous day) but the thing is that you were there on each day to gain something and that will help you in future.You learned in each single day and it helps in the last. You didn't kept the things for the last day to finish off then Why is that you keep on pushing living to some next day or thinking to enjoy things only during the holidays. During those days you very well knew you will never get a second chance if you miss the time, and do remember you will never get a second chance to live. In the last few hours of your life you will only think of how you lived rather than what you accomplished.Don't kill today for the sake of tomorrow's happiness...

Remember whatever absurd excuses we used to give if we end up late at school coz we chased some birds on the way..It was so much fun running thru the bushes and then creating an excuse from thin air. Now I agree we do make excuses, but the context is far to different.Now we give excuses to ourselves.The biggest excuse we give to ourselves is that we are now grown up, more mature and we have to act more responsibly.. and that means we have to work real hard to save for the future.You can only save money dear.. not time for the future... time is the only thing that never accumulates.. it always leak..

It's not easy to sum up what life is or what it means to live..
but it's not difficult or impossible either..
Life is what you live...
Not what you wait to live..

A Moral Check....

Lot of mess around this Valentine day...
The Moral Police.. the Cultural Activists...
Oh god, they sometime really suck...
This time it was the Pub culture which started the fire..
Everyone was praising and taking part in that "Pink Chaddi" movement..
Oh crap.. will that change anything...I assume the rivalry only got deeper n deeper..

Just one question to everyone..
You like ur friend to come with you to a pub
but wud never like your Brother or Sister doing the same..
Why?
Some will argue as long as they stay in limit its ok..
but what is the limit?question is not tht.Who decides the limit..
Every individual is different and they have their own set of Moral rules...
Then the limit is definitely decided by they themselves.
But what he/she forget is that they cant make other people to stay within his/her limits..

Youngsters say they venture out to pub coz they wanna enjoy time with their frnds..
It was not long back that frnds used to gather up for a dinner at home and enjoyed their time and have some wonderful dinner..ya some parents do not allow Alcohol... but most of them dont mind if it's a beer function...Parents are also changing..they allow minor freedoms so that the child dont feel entirely tied down...

Nowadays the other most common culprit is PDA(Public Display of Affection)...which some people are trying to impose on a culture that is quite reserved..Just don know why are they doing things in open..what do they wanna prove...its just a show off I think..

Everybody is trying to catch a culture that's far more western. No matter how hard people try to imitate, their imitation will always be at least a century behind.Coz people are just following their lifestyle, regardless of the actual mindset they should be in. No matter what, until and unless they dont take western mindset into consideration,whatever they do will still be termed as "following".What we miss is that people there are free to think, free to adapt and most important they are open to any idea. They believe in doing something new every time and every time they do it it set standards for people over here to follow.And what do we do..Blindly follow..Thinking that what they do is cool and they are enjoying...

People will do what Americans do when they are in US..
But why can't they be an Indian when in India....
As the old proverb goes "While in Rome do as Romans do"..
I just changed it..."While in India do as U like"
Coz Indians actually forgot what Indians do.... ;-)
The moral Police forget that Indians are the greatest forgivers...
The so called modern people forget the privacy of a relation...

I will not be wrong if I say the culture is going for a toss..
And by Culture I didn't mean Superstitions...
By Culture I meant:
A Promise to be good to others,
A Thought for a peaceful society,
A Service to help those in need,
A Trust to believe in others...
A Sense to differentiate between good and bad..
A Mindset to embrace all cultures without loosing what we have within...
A Faith to understand everyone,
A Prayer for the equality,
A Blessing to free the humanity...

....These are my views.. put in your views and opinions about the recent happenings...this is an open discussion... all are welcome to post their concerns...

Untitled.....

It's hard to forget de memories of de past,
And it's consuming to embrace de present...
Still they hang around,de worries about de future,
Wish to have only hope and peace of mind to nurture....

A time was there when freedom was to be enjoyed,
A time was there when freedom was to be lived...
Remember, as a child in a world of our own,
And all that was left behind when we were grown...

Brothers and sisters been around to mess up,
And all those cute little frnds to cheer you up...
By blowing de candles on cake, birthdays were celebrated,
And we were far too proud to boast about the year added...

We sang, we played, we cried and we made fun,
We ran, we hid, we were way too many but one....
We climbed, we fell, we got caught and we fled,
We loved, we prayed and now in memories we bleed...

Then came the school and along came the new life,
Learned a lot,subjects, new languages and how to strife...
With added bunch of friends we again laughed,
With added mischief's in our minds we giggled...

Each passing year pushed us to the next level,
Each passing year studies got us into a new hell...
Still we went around saying we are big enough,
And dont dare to mess with us, we are real tough..

Along came the college with lots of strange feelings,
And with each year the circle of friends increasing...
And we were in rush to be the 'Seniors', then de senior most...
Can't express how it was, to be there completely lost...


Time flew by too fast and we didn't stop to notice,
We were far too busy getting into life's real motives...
We forgot to pause it and live a little longer,
As we were far into the process of getting smarter and older...

Now we realize old is always not that gold,
Specially age and thtz what we now try to hide...
Now each year added, carries its own bundle,
And life's getting busier and busier to handle...

Being a child back then wasn't tht hard,
But we had far too many demands on the card...
And all we cud pray was to grow up soon,
Now can't say growing up was a curse or a boon...

Can't go back to those happy days, still we wish to..
Can't rewind the ever ticking clock, still we dream to..
Even though we know time doesn't have a reverse gear,
But still we want to take the ride back.. oh dear...

This lines are titled "Untitled"... So here's ur job to title it in ur own way.. do put in ur experiences too.. ok.....

Reaching Home....

The second part of "A Journey to Scribble About"

Home Sweet Home.....


Slowly de night started growing meaner and darker,
But I knew the next day is going to be brighter...
Thinking about all de excitement,dunno when I fell asleep,
And in the meantime de train took a giant leap...

De morning came and along with it bright purple yellow sunlight,
Comforting where it touches on the face, that grew cold in night.
De rivers, de green fields n mountains all waving to me,
And de canvas grew livelier with each passing color of life...

A whole day passed and the journey stretches into de evening,
And de time has come at last, rewarding de long tiresome waiting.
There it is, A gateway towards the end of de platform corridor,
Holding the long lost key to my escape to the life from that door...

It was just a matter of moments and there am I,
Where I am all at ease n waving de busyness goodbye...
Embracing the wind on a bike and de time flew like hell,
The journey to home was short,but will take ages to tell...

De fragrance of spices filling the atmosphere around it..
A long awaited supper with all the ingredients in it..
What else a soul will ever need to be at peace?
All lying in front of me,but only two hands to spare....

What have you brought for us? the question poked up,
All those things can wait,I am here now isn't that enough?
No more queries raised as my bed was already prepared,
Travel took a good lot of me, but now I can sleep like dead.....

2 B Contd.......

A Journey to Scribble about....

No marks for guessing...
It's my last visit to God's Own Country...
Last time I wrote a lengthy travelogue and I am glad that you all took some time from your busy schedule to go thru it..
But this time I thought it should be a bit different and here it is...
Penning down my recent visit in the form of Verses rather than Phrases...divided in different parts...
Hope you will like it....

Here's the first One:

The Beginning....


De twilight scattered across the vast umbrella blue sky,
Painting it with vivid colors of imaginations n beauty...
And there comes knocking, de night seemingly very shy,
And de evening birds embracing it and away they fly...

Oh,here comes the day when de journey will begin,
Oh,here comes the day when time says "live again"...
Oh,this is the moment when de soul is gonna be free,
Oh,this moment I wished and prayed forever to be there...

Waited far too long for this day to come,
All I cud think and dream was "home sweet home"...
Haven't been four months since the last time,
But felt like as if it has been a hell lot of a lifetime...

Clock ticked slowly as if it was not in a hurry,
Thought about de remainder and all I cud do was to worry...
Each second seemed to crawl like an hour,
De minutes left seemed to be a cruel war to conquer...

There it is, oh no its not, no it's there like a dot,
Walking to and fro and watching de train taking its own tot...
Inch by inch, its crawling along de long platform side,
Making the crowd go crazy and those standing beside...

Came to halt after a long time as if it hurts like anything to stop,
Pulled de strip and steadied my bag and pushed it to de top...
Pushing de door wide open and I took my first step to freedom,
And scribbled in mind that its time to kiss goodbyes to boredom...

So the beginning has begun as well as my journey...Stay tuned for the eventful events that are going to be on this blog eventually... ;-)

Second Part "Reaching Home"...