Ode to my love for books...
Life is a weird story
Few chapters already told
Few yet to become and hence untold
Each different chapter comprising of
Each different Genre...
Chapter 1 is the Children's Genre
Full of innocence, dreams
Fantasy Lands and Magic Worlds
Like those of Alice and Harry Potter
Trying to discover yourself
And having nothing to bother....
Chapter 2 is a jumbled one...
Variety enters Life
and it's fun....
It's a Romantic Genre
Where love is the religion
It's the quest to be united with your lover
A story of Oliver and Jenny
Where Love is not having to say sorry
Its the War Fiction
With you being Gabriel Allon
Whose waging War against terrorists and the kind
Only in your life there is a twist
Here Children are waging
A constant War against their parents
Arguments and Accusations
Fly around like Misile plains
It's always a draw
and no one Gains
It's the Detective fiction and a Spy Thriller
Where you are the evil, the criminal
And ironically you're also the Detective or Bond 007
Trying to cleans the Evil and the Bad within you
Hence becoming your own Savior, Your Hero.
It's the Science Fiction
Yet to be Written
On the inventions and innovations
In life yet to be done.
So
Life is a story of a
Confused Genre
And still
Your own
Unique Best Seller
Millions of copies are sold
To your Family, Friends, Relations
and so many others in the world
You get a Different Review
From each person you meet
The story of Life reaches its last chapter
Only when your life gets complete.
Wednesday, August 26, 2009
Monday, August 17, 2009
Kheech ke Humko laya Kahan yeh Rakeeb re
My life - Commerce with Math in School, Bachelors in English Lit, Masters in Fashion Management, Summer School program in Writing and now pursuing a correspondence course in Financial Studies ..... Where is my life leading me???? Somewhere I hope.....
Mr. A an excellent dancer had a penchant for Performing Arts, wanted to pursue the same line for his profession, parents dissuaded, on being advised studied finance, dropped out and did an MBA and now is looking for a Job. Funny as it may seem today he is sometimes told "You were always interested in the performing arts, why didn't you pursue it as a career option , you might have tested your metal". The poor guy doesn't know where to look....
Mr. B a very happy go lucky boy was living a very comfortable and satisfied life...Finished with graduation now was helping in the family business. Would work hard and then come back and relax and chill with friends...He was content, work was good... social life was even better....all in all Good.... On 15th, he was flying kite, after dark he was coming down the stairs of his newly constructed home and he missed his stepping, fell 3 1/2 flights, He's no more.....
Ms. C was about to turn 16, was a very responsible student and hence wanted to get back home after the fun filled weekend at the farm so that she doesn't miss school unnecessarily the next day.... on the way back she had a car accident and she passed away....
I have fallen in love with this song " Khudaya Ve" from the movie "Luck", well I was listening to it the other day and I don't know where my mind was but there are these lines that kind of stayed with me...."kheech ke humko laya kahan pe rakeeb re" .... Literally meaning... Where has our Destiny got us??? and it got me thinking....a lot
We plan our lives... I want to do this.... I want to be a CA, Doctor, Actor etc.... But what does our Destiny have in store for us??? What plans does it have....What course has It carved???? Yes Destiny/ Luck... it plays a very important role in where we reach what we do what we achieve what we lose.... I know a lot of people will argue this, because they believe, that only hard work will pay... and to some extent I also concur that you certainly cannot achieve without the hard work.... But Destiny/Luck it plays a very big role.
Lakhs of students study for various competitive exams and they do work hard for them but only a minor percentage get through.... Its because in those 2 hrs during the exam Luck did not favor the majority or maybe their Destiny has a better/other plan. A student two years back had cleared the CAT exam and got a call for interview from all the 6 IIM's. Few days before his interview at the IIM, Bangalore, he had a minor accident and he fractured his foot. He went for the interview and he was rejected because he had, had an accident. Yes that was the basis on which they rejected him, said " A person who is not sure of his footing, how will he be sure of making decisions in life"... Well all people could tell him was "destiny has something else in store for you" ... he converted his IIM Kolkatta call and now is going for his job to the USA....
Many people venture into businesses and become entrepreneurs..... fractional percentage grow in geometric progression....The case is not that the others don't have the aptitude or haven't taken risks of great magnitude... It's just Luck favoured the fractional few whereas it ruined few too on taking the same risks....The successful few did the right thing at the Right Time....
That's life... That's Destiny.... All you can do is work hard, put in the effort.... Rest whatever Destiny has in store for you, You will surely get it...nothing more nothing less.... You can't bet upon life, make concrete plans and bet upon them to complete.... The moment you start betting upon things Destiny throws in a new course a new plan for you and you are left wondering..... There are these lines in our Bhagwat Gita " Karmanya vadikarsya Maphaleshu kadachana ma karmaphal hetur bhoo ma sangostu akramani" meaning Thou hast power only to act not over the result thereof. Act thou therefore without prospect of the result and without succumbing to inaction .....
Work Work Work... and Leave it to your Destiny.... If you Succeed well You got luck on your side... if you don't wait have patience your destiny has something in store for you.... Just what that is... You will figure out in due course of time.....Just wait for Destiny... for your time
I had written this long ago....
Try as hard as you can
But trust me
It really won't matter
Coz everything that happens
Is because of me
After all I'm your destiny
You see!!!!!!!
I chose the place of your birth
I chose the day of your first step
I chose the day you spoke your first word
You spoke very untimely ... coz
I had gotten irritated seeing you sit quietly
I chose the course of your life
Every step that you took
Your success and failures are how I planned...
Your future I can foresee
After all it's all up to me
You may have a few aspirations
And few dreams too
Try... Maybe I'll get pleased
And make it happen too
But remember I'm here to tell you
Try but don't bet upon life
For you will never know what course
It might take
Every time you think you have it in control
I'll give you a blow...
I'm Egoistic...
I'm Sadistic...
I won't let Your life
Remain in Even flow....
I like to play my own games
Sometimes mean sometimes sweet
So chill n don't get depressed at your failures
Coz there's nothing you can do
Just try and wait for your results
And remember I have good things and Bad
All in store for you
Coz I'm your destiny
Your maker... Your Destroyer
I'm your Eternity
Mr. A an excellent dancer had a penchant for Performing Arts, wanted to pursue the same line for his profession, parents dissuaded, on being advised studied finance, dropped out and did an MBA and now is looking for a Job. Funny as it may seem today he is sometimes told "You were always interested in the performing arts, why didn't you pursue it as a career option , you might have tested your metal". The poor guy doesn't know where to look....
Mr. B a very happy go lucky boy was living a very comfortable and satisfied life...Finished with graduation now was helping in the family business. Would work hard and then come back and relax and chill with friends...He was content, work was good... social life was even better....all in all Good.... On 15th, he was flying kite, after dark he was coming down the stairs of his newly constructed home and he missed his stepping, fell 3 1/2 flights, He's no more.....
Ms. C was about to turn 16, was a very responsible student and hence wanted to get back home after the fun filled weekend at the farm so that she doesn't miss school unnecessarily the next day.... on the way back she had a car accident and she passed away....
I have fallen in love with this song " Khudaya Ve" from the movie "Luck", well I was listening to it the other day and I don't know where my mind was but there are these lines that kind of stayed with me...."kheech ke humko laya kahan pe rakeeb re" .... Literally meaning... Where has our Destiny got us??? and it got me thinking....a lot
We plan our lives... I want to do this.... I want to be a CA, Doctor, Actor etc.... But what does our Destiny have in store for us??? What plans does it have....What course has It carved???? Yes Destiny/ Luck... it plays a very important role in where we reach what we do what we achieve what we lose.... I know a lot of people will argue this, because they believe, that only hard work will pay... and to some extent I also concur that you certainly cannot achieve without the hard work.... But Destiny/Luck it plays a very big role.
Lakhs of students study for various competitive exams and they do work hard for them but only a minor percentage get through.... Its because in those 2 hrs during the exam Luck did not favor the majority or maybe their Destiny has a better/other plan. A student two years back had cleared the CAT exam and got a call for interview from all the 6 IIM's. Few days before his interview at the IIM, Bangalore, he had a minor accident and he fractured his foot. He went for the interview and he was rejected because he had, had an accident. Yes that was the basis on which they rejected him, said " A person who is not sure of his footing, how will he be sure of making decisions in life"... Well all people could tell him was "destiny has something else in store for you" ... he converted his IIM Kolkatta call and now is going for his job to the USA....
Many people venture into businesses and become entrepreneurs..... fractional percentage grow in geometric progression....The case is not that the others don't have the aptitude or haven't taken risks of great magnitude... It's just Luck favoured the fractional few whereas it ruined few too on taking the same risks....The successful few did the right thing at the Right Time....
That's life... That's Destiny.... All you can do is work hard, put in the effort.... Rest whatever Destiny has in store for you, You will surely get it...nothing more nothing less.... You can't bet upon life, make concrete plans and bet upon them to complete.... The moment you start betting upon things Destiny throws in a new course a new plan for you and you are left wondering..... There are these lines in our Bhagwat Gita " Karmanya vadikarsya Maphaleshu kadachana ma karmaphal hetur bhoo ma sangostu akramani" meaning Thou hast power only to act not over the result thereof. Act thou therefore without prospect of the result and without succumbing to inaction .....
Work Work Work... and Leave it to your Destiny.... If you Succeed well You got luck on your side... if you don't wait have patience your destiny has something in store for you.... Just what that is... You will figure out in due course of time.....Just wait for Destiny... for your time
I had written this long ago....
Try as hard as you can
But trust me
It really won't matter
Coz everything that happens
Is because of me
After all I'm your destiny
You see!!!!!!!
I chose the place of your birth
I chose the day of your first step
I chose the day you spoke your first word
You spoke very untimely ... coz
I had gotten irritated seeing you sit quietly
I chose the course of your life
Every step that you took
Your success and failures are how I planned...
Your future I can foresee
After all it's all up to me
You may have a few aspirations
And few dreams too
Try... Maybe I'll get pleased
And make it happen too
But remember I'm here to tell you
Try but don't bet upon life
For you will never know what course
It might take
Every time you think you have it in control
I'll give you a blow...
I'm Egoistic...
I'm Sadistic...
I won't let Your life
Remain in Even flow....
I like to play my own games
Sometimes mean sometimes sweet
So chill n don't get depressed at your failures
Coz there's nothing you can do
Just try and wait for your results
And remember I have good things and Bad
All in store for you
Coz I'm your destiny
Your maker... Your Destroyer
I'm your Eternity
Saturday, August 15, 2009
Few Lines....
These are few lines that I wrote here and there.... They don't have much essence and I need to complete them, but still putting them on to share... I shall complete them in due course of time....
Dreamy Eyes...
Lost Look
Searching Gaze
Into Nothingness......
The day life got tainted
World got painted Grey
Shades of confusion
Everything's a Disillusion....
Aaj Kuch na tha....
Wahi Shaam...
Wahi Mukaam tha
Tum aye tees uthi
Laga shayad kuch baki hai,
Kuch Lamhe...
Kuch baatein...
Kuch dard bhari Muskarahatein...
Tum aye pata chala
Ek Khwab tha
Khuli Aankhon ke liye
Or Baaki Kuch Na tha....
Dreamy Eyes...
Lost Look
Searching Gaze
Into Nothingness......
The day life got tainted
World got painted Grey
Shades of confusion
Everything's a Disillusion....
Aaj Kuch na tha....
Wahi Shaam...
Wahi Mukaam tha
Tum aye tees uthi
Laga shayad kuch baki hai,
Kuch Lamhe...
Kuch baatein...
Kuch dard bhari Muskarahatein...
Tum aye pata chala
Ek Khwab tha
Khuli Aankhon ke liye
Or Baaki Kuch Na tha....
Friday, August 7, 2009
Confidence
I love dance and few years back I had gone for a show performed by the SDIPA called "Yes - The Power of Triumph". It was a beautiful show Glitz, Glamor, Superb Choreography by Shiamak and then Shiamak who himself danced and sang along with his troop. What more could someone like me ask for.....
What was brilliant was the narration and the concept behind the show. All you got to do is say YES. Yes the concept was that simple. YES - the key to achieving anything. When you say NO, You close all your doors in that direction but when you say YES, you open Opportunities, you open doors and options, you embark on a journey. Yes I can, Yes I Will and with that you Try and Make things Possible........
And that's what Confidence is all about... Just being able to say Yes. Yes when you feel confused. Yes when you feel troubled. Yes when you feel aprehensive. Just a simple YES. Confidence makes you say Yes and Stand up to situations, Face them and Fight them.
Someone very Wise once told me. "When you want something to happen, Say it with Conviction and then only will you be able to make it happen". Even a little Doubt and it reduces your Efficiency and you Effort in achieving it.
Confidence is......
To confide within all your fears....
To smile and hide away your tears....
To be bold instead of meek
To stand up for yourself and not be weak
To enter a crowd n let know your presence
To make laughter your life's essence
To believe in things that others can't
To make an Incline to look straight instead of a Slant
To agreeably, work toil and sweat
To be level headed when things become a threat
That's what's the value of Confidence
Making Life full of Excellence and Brilliance
What was brilliant was the narration and the concept behind the show. All you got to do is say YES. Yes the concept was that simple. YES - the key to achieving anything. When you say NO, You close all your doors in that direction but when you say YES, you open Opportunities, you open doors and options, you embark on a journey. Yes I can, Yes I Will and with that you Try and Make things Possible........
And that's what Confidence is all about... Just being able to say Yes. Yes when you feel confused. Yes when you feel troubled. Yes when you feel aprehensive. Just a simple YES. Confidence makes you say Yes and Stand up to situations, Face them and Fight them.
Someone very Wise once told me. "When you want something to happen, Say it with Conviction and then only will you be able to make it happen". Even a little Doubt and it reduces your Efficiency and you Effort in achieving it.
Confidence is......
To confide within all your fears....
To smile and hide away your tears....
To be bold instead of meek
To stand up for yourself and not be weak
To enter a crowd n let know your presence
To make laughter your life's essence
To believe in things that others can't
To make an Incline to look straight instead of a Slant
To agreeably, work toil and sweat
To be level headed when things become a threat
That's what's the value of Confidence
Making Life full of Excellence and Brilliance
Monday, August 3, 2009
Love - once twice or thrice
This one is for everyone of us whose fallen in love... It's everybody's story... Actually of Majority coz I know of A Lucky Minority Few who struck gold in the first go. Rest of us have a different story.....We found sort of Love more than one time and then got settled with Our Love or are still looking for that perfect Love.... Some of our stories were of unrequited love...
Zindagi yuhin guzar jayegi yun socha na tha
kisi humsafar ke intezar mein samay roka na tha
aisa nahi ki pyaar kiya nahi maine
bus usse lautaya nahi us kisi ne
sapno kemuqadarmein pura hone ki khushaseebi nahi hoti
har ek kahani mein kabhi raja to kabh rani nahi hoti
har samay hai ek sangharsh jeene ka
haalaaton ke aage jhukkar aage badne ka
woh pyaar jo pehla tha
woh yaar jo bheed mein akela tha
kyun bhulya nahi gaya humse
kyun juda ho na paya dilse
aaj mudaton baad fir unhein paayan wahaan
apna dil akela tanaha chhod aaye the jahan
fir dil mein ek kasak si jagi thi
fir wahi sapna ek raja jiski ek rani thi
fir us jagah se yun has kar chal diye
jaise safar mein do ajnabee kuch der rukkar chal diye
ab zindagi mein alag hi jahan apna hai
ek baar fir pyaara ek sapna hai
zindagi ke safar mein humsafar koi aur hai
jo chaha woh nahi.. humne paya koi or hai
Zindagi yuhin guzar jayegi yun socha na tha
kisi humsafar ke intezar mein samay roka na tha
Zindagi yuhin guzar jayegi yun socha na tha
kisi humsafar ke intezar mein samay roka na tha
aisa nahi ki pyaar kiya nahi maine
bus usse lautaya nahi us kisi ne
sapno kemuqadarmein pura hone ki khushaseebi nahi hoti
har ek kahani mein kabhi raja to kabh rani nahi hoti
har samay hai ek sangharsh jeene ka
haalaaton ke aage jhukkar aage badne ka
woh pyaar jo pehla tha
woh yaar jo bheed mein akela tha
kyun bhulya nahi gaya humse
kyun juda ho na paya dilse
aaj mudaton baad fir unhein paayan wahaan
apna dil akela tanaha chhod aaye the jahan
fir dil mein ek kasak si jagi thi
fir wahi sapna ek raja jiski ek rani thi
fir us jagah se yun has kar chal diye
jaise safar mein do ajnabee kuch der rukkar chal diye
ab zindagi mein alag hi jahan apna hai
ek baar fir pyaara ek sapna hai
zindagi ke safar mein humsafar koi aur hai
jo chaha woh nahi.. humne paya koi or hai
Zindagi yuhin guzar jayegi yun socha na tha
kisi humsafar ke intezar mein samay roka na tha
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