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"...