I had composed this poem a couple of years back...when V5(Lulu, Pupu, Tutu, Yaya and Good Boy) were moving ahead taking their own paths in life...I still remember, I scribbled this poem on the tissue papers of Celebrations...our favourite hang out place...and handed it over to all of them...as a sweet Remembrance...
today I dedicate this poem to all the wonderful people I met in these years and who happen to be my friends...moments spent are still fresh in my mind...and the golden memories will be with me forever...
In the silence of the night,
there comes a thought about tomorrow,
Will we be together then, sharing our joys and sorrow?
The thoughts going down an abyss,
the “may be” and “may be not” lurking all around the place,
But in the midst of these uncertainties,
there is a belief, a firm belief in my heart.
No matter where we go,
we’ll take a little of each other everywhere.
No matter what we do,
we’ll be there for each other forever.
The bond of our friendship will always remain,
Radiant as the sunshine,
Fresh as the blossoms,
Soothing as the cool breeze.
I know and I believe,
It’ll always exist with an everlasting ease.
Saturday, April 29, 2006
Wednesday, April 26, 2006
One random piece of text!!!
More than 2 days had passed I had spoken to Lulu…my buddy, quite a long time for me…talking to Lulu has become a habit…that is what friends do to you…I dropped him an email saying “Hi”…I didn’t get any reply, I called him up…still no reply. Something seemed to be wrong, so I messaged him asking to call back ASAP. He called back immediately, that’s typically Lulu!! I was relieved knowing everything was fine. Suddenly Lulu came up with a line…”A piece of news for you…” I asked “What!?”….Lulu replied, “He is in ISB Hyderabad…” for a moment I went silent…don’t know why but words weren’t coming to me…quite anticipated from Lulu’s part…he asked me to talk and not to hang up, I tried hard, spoke to him for sometime, but couldn’t go further…
I always wonder if its’ possible to “completely remove” things that are close to one’s heart …!? In my case I can very well push them at the back, but can’t throw them out...Lulu always thinks of me as a NUT for thinking and holding something that was not there…even I know, there was nothing…but then I have held “that nothing”…I don’t have any regrets for keeping “that nothing”…its’ not only Lulu…most of the people around me take me as a NUT for this!! Quite right from their part too…just because they love me so much that they can’t actually take this way of my behavior or temperament…but then not everything can be explained and understood…not everything can be placed in the boxes of “Right” and “Wrong”…but then again…this is what a NUT thinks!!
Right now, I am just sitting here and typing one of the “most haphazard and vague” chunk of text…remembering a few moments of “nothing”…All I wish is a life full of happiness for everyone I love…I care…I remember…
"When we were little kids,
we couldn't wait to grow up and fall in love...
Now that we are grown up, we realize that,
wounded knees are easier to heal than brokem hearts..."
I always wonder if its’ possible to “completely remove” things that are close to one’s heart …!? In my case I can very well push them at the back, but can’t throw them out...Lulu always thinks of me as a NUT for thinking and holding something that was not there…even I know, there was nothing…but then I have held “that nothing”…I don’t have any regrets for keeping “that nothing”…its’ not only Lulu…most of the people around me take me as a NUT for this!! Quite right from their part too…just because they love me so much that they can’t actually take this way of my behavior or temperament…but then not everything can be explained and understood…not everything can be placed in the boxes of “Right” and “Wrong”…but then again…this is what a NUT thinks!!
Right now, I am just sitting here and typing one of the “most haphazard and vague” chunk of text…remembering a few moments of “nothing”…All I wish is a life full of happiness for everyone I love…I care…I remember…
"When we were little kids,
we couldn't wait to grow up and fall in love...
Now that we are grown up, we realize that,
wounded knees are easier to heal than brokem hearts..."
Friday, April 21, 2006
Winds of Change...
Winds of change…
Taking me along with them…
I don’t want to go…
But I am helpless…
Can’t I stop these winds from blowing?
Why can’t everything remain the same?
Friends and relations,
Thoughts and emotions,
Am I asking for too much…!?
No, I am not…
But I know I can’t get this…
‘coz winds are supposed to blow…
At times fast…at times slow…
I have to take it in my stride…
Can’t avoid the changes even if I hide…
So here I am standing tall…
And facing it all…
All I wish is a smile for everyone who thinks of me…
Is it too much to ask for??
I hope its’ not…
Taking me along with them…
I don’t want to go…
But I am helpless…
Can’t I stop these winds from blowing?
Why can’t everything remain the same?
Friends and relations,
Thoughts and emotions,
Am I asking for too much…!?
No, I am not…
But I know I can’t get this…
‘coz winds are supposed to blow…
At times fast…at times slow…
I have to take it in my stride…
Can’t avoid the changes even if I hide…
So here I am standing tall…
And facing it all…
All I wish is a smile for everyone who thinks of me…
Is it too much to ask for??
I hope its’ not…
Friday, April 07, 2006
Generation gap!?
Tanvi, one of my cute little cousins turned 5 yesterday…Both of us share an age difference of some 20 odd years!! I made it a point to go and attend her Birthday Party no matter what…and what a wise decision that was!! Tanvi looked amazingly pretty in her birthday dress…her smile made her look all the more charming. She was all busy with her friends…a gang of some 10-12 kids…most of them 5-6 years old. Each one of them was dressed up for the occasion, carrying a gift of course! We all played some games, starting with “passing the parcel”. No Birthday Party can be complete without this game! I actually walked down the memory lane of my birthday parties when I was a kid…and all I felt was “nostalgic”….completely nostalgic. Suddenly it seemed that time had just taken a big leap…felt as if it was just a few days back when I was in my school and had a Birthday party like this…time flies off…seriously…
But the surprise was yet to come! After all the games played: indoor and outdoor, the “kids” decided to dance for sometime…only then I realized there were couples in place, as in “boyfriends” and “girlfriends”!!! And my first reaction turned out to be WOW!! I came to know from my aunt about Tanvi’s boyfriend …and I am still searching for one!!! Ain’t that funny!?? Then started the music and the way these kids danced and jived…I was left speechless!
The ease and perfection with which these chaps were shaking their leg was amazing…in between I happened to overhear the conversations these kids had amongst each other…the gals discussed about the latest trends, placed their comments on each others dress and accessories…the guys talked about the movies…the happenings at school and some random stuff. Listening to all that stuff…and watching the way these kids talked, behaved, their expressions, body language…quite some experience, I must say. All n’ all I had a great time!!
When I came back home and lay on the bed, the party snapshots were fresh in my mind. Suddenly I remembered the term “generation gap”! sounds funny, but somewhere down the line I did feel that. As far as my memories go, the way we used to celebrate our Birthday Parties, our topics of conversation, our definition of enjoyment when we were kids seemed to be a bit too old for today…this is very much close to the sentence my parents say to me at times….and I just laugh it out! One of the reasons of me feeling this way might be the fact that I was bought up in a small town…but now when I have moved out and live in a place like Mumbai, after Tanvi’s Birthday Party I felt that the ways of enjoying that I can relate to now are already a part of the kids of Tanvi’s generation…!!
Life styles, perceptions, behavior patterns, everything changes with each generation, but at the same time, the concepts remain universal…Birthdays were, are and will always be celebrated with balloons and ribbons, cakes and gifts; friends will turn up and have a bash…kids will always enjoy the ice-creams and cold-drinks…and of course…“passing the parcel” will always be a part of every Birthday Party!!!
But the surprise was yet to come! After all the games played: indoor and outdoor, the “kids” decided to dance for sometime…only then I realized there were couples in place, as in “boyfriends” and “girlfriends”!!! And my first reaction turned out to be WOW!! I came to know from my aunt about Tanvi’s boyfriend …and I am still searching for one!!! Ain’t that funny!?? Then started the music and the way these kids danced and jived…I was left speechless!
The ease and perfection with which these chaps were shaking their leg was amazing…in between I happened to overhear the conversations these kids had amongst each other…the gals discussed about the latest trends, placed their comments on each others dress and accessories…the guys talked about the movies…the happenings at school and some random stuff. Listening to all that stuff…and watching the way these kids talked, behaved, their expressions, body language…quite some experience, I must say. All n’ all I had a great time!!
When I came back home and lay on the bed, the party snapshots were fresh in my mind. Suddenly I remembered the term “generation gap”! sounds funny, but somewhere down the line I did feel that. As far as my memories go, the way we used to celebrate our Birthday Parties, our topics of conversation, our definition of enjoyment when we were kids seemed to be a bit too old for today…this is very much close to the sentence my parents say to me at times….and I just laugh it out! One of the reasons of me feeling this way might be the fact that I was bought up in a small town…but now when I have moved out and live in a place like Mumbai, after Tanvi’s Birthday Party I felt that the ways of enjoying that I can relate to now are already a part of the kids of Tanvi’s generation…!!
Life styles, perceptions, behavior patterns, everything changes with each generation, but at the same time, the concepts remain universal…Birthdays were, are and will always be celebrated with balloons and ribbons, cakes and gifts; friends will turn up and have a bash…kids will always enjoy the ice-creams and cold-drinks…and of course…“passing the parcel” will always be a part of every Birthday Party!!!
Wednesday, April 05, 2006
muse...
Aren’t these amusing…?
Dew drop on a leaf…!!
A sudden call from a friend after many years…
The twinkle in the eyes of a baby…
Your pet wagging its’ tail and following you….
Your first job…
Getting gifts for your parents with your first salary and watch them open the gifts…
Watching a kid learn to ride a bicycle…
Smell of the soil after the rains…
All you friends going out in a group to a crowded place n’ randomly sing a Birthday Song for one of the friends…when its’ not his birthday!!
Searching your mum’s purse for chocolates…of course when your mum’s a School Teacher…!!
Holding your baby Bro/sis in your arms…
Chatting with your roommates all night long and laugh endlessly on some stupid jokes…!!
Attending your friend’s marriage..!
There are just too many to list down…anyways I’ll keep on updating this list…
Dew drop on a leaf…!!
A sudden call from a friend after many years…
The twinkle in the eyes of a baby…
Your pet wagging its’ tail and following you….
Your first job…
Getting gifts for your parents with your first salary and watch them open the gifts…
Watching a kid learn to ride a bicycle…
Smell of the soil after the rains…
All you friends going out in a group to a crowded place n’ randomly sing a Birthday Song for one of the friends…when its’ not his birthday!!
Searching your mum’s purse for chocolates…of course when your mum’s a School Teacher…!!
Holding your baby Bro/sis in your arms…
Chatting with your roommates all night long and laugh endlessly on some stupid jokes…!!
Attending your friend’s marriage..!
There are just too many to list down…anyways I’ll keep on updating this list…
Monday, April 03, 2006
who am i?
People say I am an extrovert…I don’t actually have been able to understand what an extrovert is like!?...It still remains a question to me…If talking to people without any hassles or being able to strike a conversation easily is what an extrovert is all about…then, maybe yeah I am one. But I personally don’t find myself an extrovert…’coz I know that there is a part of me which belongs only to myself…I haven’t even shared it with the people I am most attached to…my family…some really good friends who are very few…Ironically, I have this HUGE group of friends…in fact they fall into so many different chunks: my school friends, college friends of my Bachelor’s and Master’s degree, friends I made in my TCS Training days, Friends I made here in Mumbai, they are so many!! If being extrovert is decided by the number of friends one has then I will top the list I guess! Somehow I feel that being “social” is mistaken for being “extrovert”…anyways this is the way I feel…completely depends on perception I guess…
People may take me as a chatter box most of the times…but I feel I am really bad in expressing myself…when a time comes where I think of conveying something I feel….I fail miserably…It feels awful when I find myself short of words at the time of expressing myself…unlike all other times when I can go on and on and on talking…and it has happened not once, not twice but so many times! The worst part is I goof up and mess up things beyond my imagination…only when it all has happened I realize how bad I am with words…but that’s the way I am…I hate giving and taking any explanations…even when I realize that I have messed up completely, I don’t explain things…I feel if one’s intentions are clear, there’s no reason to explain things…people close to me know this side of mine…they believe me and my intentions but at all other times the results are misunderstandings…I have this belief that if you intend something good, it’ll be reflected down the line…experiences confuse me so much at times…when I am quiet, I goof up and when I speak out, I am misunderstood!!
But at the end of the day, I know down in my heart that I am right and I intend good…that’s enough to make me happy!!
People may take me as a chatter box most of the times…but I feel I am really bad in expressing myself…when a time comes where I think of conveying something I feel….I fail miserably…It feels awful when I find myself short of words at the time of expressing myself…unlike all other times when I can go on and on and on talking…and it has happened not once, not twice but so many times! The worst part is I goof up and mess up things beyond my imagination…only when it all has happened I realize how bad I am with words…but that’s the way I am…I hate giving and taking any explanations…even when I realize that I have messed up completely, I don’t explain things…I feel if one’s intentions are clear, there’s no reason to explain things…people close to me know this side of mine…they believe me and my intentions but at all other times the results are misunderstandings…I have this belief that if you intend something good, it’ll be reflected down the line…experiences confuse me so much at times…when I am quiet, I goof up and when I speak out, I am misunderstood!!
But at the end of the day, I know down in my heart that I am right and I intend good…that’s enough to make me happy!!
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