Thursday, November 26, 2009

26/11 - In Memory of those who lost their lives !!!

aye dushman..kar le koshish aur ek baar,

train main bomb laga kar ya station par goliyaan ki bauchar kar..

galtiyaan ki humne fir wahi,

aur kho diye janbaaz sipahi aur bebas insaan..

dharam ke naam par nahi ladenge hum,

nahi denge hone kamiyab aapke napak iradon ko hum..

aap ke ghar main ghus kar jawab hum bhi de sakte hai,

par nahi ghirna humme aap jaise..

waqt jaya nahi kar sakte aap se lad kar,

bahut kuch karna hai hume apne logon ke liye fakar se sar utha kar ..

jai hind !!!!

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

Njoy Life today..kya pata kal ho na ho !!!


part A

u r walking on d platform with a train passing by

a lady decides to jump off d moving train

n unfortunately tht lady falls on u

d person gets away with a bleeding nose n some bruises

but d impact on u is such tht u end up with a dislocated shoulder, a mobile broken beyond repair

what do u do....guess thank god tht u r still alive

coz things cud have been worse....there was a metallic bench jus nearby......if tht lady had jumped jus a tad fraction late, things wud have been totally different

jus couple of months rest n u will b back in business....mobile ka kya hai....u can always buy one off d shelf

part B

u r down with fever

u goto doc who gives a few pills

u still have fever...doc suggests some tests

not knowin what's d cause, doc asks to get admitted in hospital

further tests r carried out in d hospital.....still no diagnosis of d problem

suddenly..hospital guys say....pls take d patient to Tata Memorial Hospital (TMH)....we fear its cancer

u go there n what do u see

tons of helpless patients all over d place

there's long queue to meet d doc.....there's a long queue for every test which needs to carried out

worse u realize to carry tests u need prior appointment n dates u get r after 15 days

u dont even know at what's d stage of problem n what lies ahead for u

u have all d money in world n still u r totally helpless

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we all keep thinking n planning a lot abt our future.....i will do this...this will happen n then i can get tht car / tht flat / tht necklace....

if this does not work, i have plan B ready with me.....

but how many times do we really take a break from all this n jus thank god for whatever u hav got.....how many times did u say "i love u" to d person u love d most jus like tht....how many times did u pick up d fone n called tht best friend n relived those jolly good times all over again...when was d last time u took ur parents for a dinner outside......when did u play with ur kid in sand at chowpatty.....

life's is not a plan which will follow d set path...there's will be lots of last minute forced diversions which u will have to take without much choice

live life to d fullest today as if there's no tomorrow......make d most of what u have in hand n thankin lord for d same....dont leave things for some another day...kya pata...kal ho na ho !!!!

Monday, May 25, 2009

My First White Hair....


innocuous as it might seem,

i noticed my first white strand of hair near my rim...

that made me ponder,

have i grown that much older ?

for a while,

my whole life whizzed past my eye...

d days in school,

where life was always so cool...

life in college with pals,

trying to impress all those gals...

joy of getting first salary,

how it made us also so merry...

parents searching for a bride,

when i did select one, they too held their heads with pride...

it took thirty one long hard years to get one,

so let me enjoy this white one...

i look forward to more of these,

will make me look a wiser thee...

Monday, May 18, 2009

The truth prevails...


post 13th may when voting was over all over india, all d news channels were flush with their exit poll result....

most of them predicted a close fight between the top two groups and only one of the channels predicted a score of 220 for one group....tht means none of them were close enough to where it has finally closed now...

we know tht this is jus an exit polls and there were "n" number of disclaimers by all tht x %age swing can cause Y effect on the count...also how tricky d job is knowin how varied india as a country is how one issue which is affecting a particular region would b totally irrelevant in the adjoining region

Agency UPA NDA Third Front
UTVi 195 183 105-121
HeadlinesToday 191 180 38 – Left
134 – Others
StarNews 199 196 100
CNNIBN: 185-205 165-185 110-130
TimesNow: 199 183 112
INDIATV: 195-201 189-195 113-121
NewsX: 199 191 104
NDTV India: 216 177 105
RESULTS 262 158 67

but to the viewers' disappointment, each channel was claimin victory as how correct they were in predicting the final tally after the leads were out.....d worst thing was how they were bragging over it again and again right in the midst of counting....all praising themselves for giving the so called "d true picture" first on their channel....how they felt the under current, how they had gauged the pulse of people and how correct they were in predicting it first !!! for a moment it seemed tht election results were secondary and their side of story of predicting the results was more important

we appreciate d amount of work done by all the ppl in travellin the breadth and dept of the country and giving us d picture, but pls dont assume d viewer is a fool who would forget what they showed jus 2-3 days ago...

in the end, the truth prevails that once again these psephologists have got it wrong in India just like in 2004..that predicting election results in India is more of an art than jus plain number crunching science..

Wednesday, May 13, 2009

16th may 2009...


not sure how many amongst r lookin fwd to 16th may....first of all it aint a holiday nor its any one's b'day / anniversary etc

its the day when election results will b out.....d month long election show will conclude or as things look like reach in a climax stage

it seems a close fight between top 2 n in a matter of days we all will know who is on Top

but then will d world change for a common man...or to put it explicity will india change for d common man...does it really matter if party x is in power or party y.....

what do we look fwd too from d govt - its always used to be "roti kapda aur makaan...." u add a bit of electricity for d makaan, roads that reach upto makaan and affordable medical / education facilities...

its more than 5 decades since Independence n with d sad state of affairs not sure if in d next 5 decades things wud b much different for d common man

one might raise terrorism hysteria or talk abt funds stashes away in foren land....one would blame d other for being communal or indulging in vote bank politics / one family ruling d party etc etc

one might score a few brownie points here n there but does it matter to us if what we need is not being provided by d Govt at the end of the day....

we have heard d famous saying...wht u sow is what you reap....same holds true for elections too.....d nature / quality of govt will b like d ppl for whom we voted n who get elected....if we vote for candidates with criminal background or those who do not have any shame in the way they conduct themselves in the parliament throwing mikes / shoes n what not at each other, what do you expect from them ?

we all hear abt recession affectin us n how our wealths have been eroded in d last one year !!! interesting to know that most of the honourable members have reported increase in their personal wealth....its truly "amazing" to have wealths increasing by as much as few hundred times in few cases

d govt will come n go...elections will come n go...we all will still b struggling for our lives jus like bfore !!! nothin wud have changed for us practically around our spheres of life !!!

what we need is ppl who r competent enuf to take d country fwd.....they might b skewl / college drop outs but if one believes they will deliver d goods for you, go ahead n vote for them

so next time if u blame d govt, remember part of the prob is you too...you did not go n vote for d right candidate or for tht matter you did not have d conviction to stand for election yourself n ask for votes from others !!!

Monday, February 23, 2009

Jai Ho...

by now most hav been seen n read abt 'slumdog millionaire'...n today being d day when it won 8 oscars, thought lemme jot down a few lines abt why i liked abt d movie...

quite a few may find it more of a typical masala Bollywood movie rather than a Hollywood movie....whilst i agree to it to some extent, i strongly believe it has all d ingredients to succeed across d world...

d movie is not abt right against wrong or good v/s evil...its a simple story abt love triumphing against all odds....

right from d start it shows how jamal does not give up d love of his life n keeps looking out for her everytime he loses her....

its backed up by some gr8 acting right from d kid actors to finally dev patel / frieda pinto / anil kapoor n yes to large extent by some great music of A R Rehman n beautiful cinematography....

d movie is such nicely paced tht u dont feel like stoppin once d movie has started n u wanna see whats thrown at you in d next shot...

a couple of scenes come to ur mind easily when u r thru watching....d one where little jamal jumps in a pool of shit jus to get an autograph of big b.....shows what fan following is really in india n why Big B is still God for most Indians...

next one which i wanna highlight is d one where jamal asks for Rs. 50 from his master n says..kya karoon..professional hoon na....d best part here i felt was d spontaneiety with which he says....ya d scene before this where he asks...latika mera saath dance karegi na...

d film had its share of controversies where ppl felt it was portraying d wrong side of india to d whole world....i somehow feel rather than complainin, its in our hands how v wanna improve d standards in india....slums r very much a part of india n so r d rest of things which have been shown...if u wanna look on d other side of so called real india n believe in 'reel india' shown in Yash Chopra / Karan Johar etc movies...its entirely your choice.....

heartiest congrats to d full crew of the team for winning various awards all over d world including Oscars...u all have indeed made Mumbai n India Proud....Jai Ho !!!

It really was destiny !!!