All Things Will Die

All Things will Die
Clearly the blue river chimes in its flowing
Under my eye;Warmly and broadly the south winds are blowing

Over the sky.One after another the white clouds are fleeting;
Every heart this May morning in joyance is beating

Full merrily;Yet all things must die.
The stream will cease to flow;The wind will cease to blow;
The clouds will cease to fleet;The heart will cease to beat;
For all things must die.All things must die.

Spring will come never more.
O, vanity!
Death waits at the door.
See! our friends are all forsakingThe wine and the merrymaking.
We are call’d-we must go.
Laid low, very low,In the dark we must lie.
The merry glees are still;
The voice of the birdShall no more be heard,Nor the wind on the hill.
O, misery!Hark! death is callingWhile I speak to ye,
The jaw is falling,The red cheek paling,
The strong limbs failing;Ice with the warm blood mixing;
The eyeballs fixing.
Nine times goes the passing bell:Ye merry souls, farewell.
The old earthHad a birth,As all men know,Long ago.
And the old earth must die.
So let the warm winds range,And the blue wave beat the shore;
For even and mornYe will never seeThro’ eternity.
All things were born.
Ye will come never more,
For all things must die.

TO BE, OR NOT TO BE

"Always ask God to give you what you deserve, no what you desire
Your desires are few, but you deserve a lot "
Is this saying apt??????????????

Right from the birth there is some or the other lurking desire that one has. As a kid one might desire of scoring the highest in the class, being the captain of the school cricket team, being the teacher's pet or being Richie Rich. When you grow up priorities start changing, so does the the desire. At adolescence the desires are very rosy....the world appears very colourful to us. As you grow older the flowery ideas about the world start receiving jolts of reality. There is a constant pressure of achievement. You constantly strive to be the best. All throughout, the circles of your life interfere with the cirles of other's life . Their desires and aspirations influence you either positively or negatively.

However, very few people are albe to achieve what they desire or for that matter their dreams and aspirations. 99% of the people step back or succumb to failures while others feel that it is beyond their capacity and hence never try. There are very few people who can actually stand strong in windstorm or face failures. It is important to try and achieve what you desire and not leave it up to God to decide things for you........"God is too busy yaar..........Pls dont disturb him"

Life is insipid without a dash of desires within you. So wish everybody lot of success and strength for the future.

"When life throws lemons at you dont make lemonade.....You can ask for tequila and salt.....Think Different ...............CHEERS"

"Masti Time" is over now

I still remeber the day when I first entered this college....I had travelled by an ST to the college and had manage to reach the college just in time. I had a mixed feeling. I was a bit unhappy coz of the kind of college I had got thru..was expecting something better but was eager to meet new ppl and make new friends. On the very first day I met Rinku. She is a treasured friend now. As the days passed I kept experiencing new things. New friends, new teachers, subjects changing every semester, deadlines for the presentations, exam fever and moments of joys and sorrow with friends. Four semesters have passed now and we had our farewell on sunday, 1st April. Couldnt come 2 terms with the reality for some time. Are these days of fun over now????Yes ....Everybody will join some or the other organisation for some job. They will be busy with their work.....hard time ahead....Wish everybody BEST OF LUCK. But I must confess, this college has given me something I will treasure for my life....


I did not write for the blog for quiet some time.....thought of writing something but couldnt really put across my thoughts clearly....But one thing is for sure "Masti Time" is over now

Photography ka Bhoot Sawaar hain!

So I got hold of this nice digital camera. Now equipped with a camera, my hands caught this itching disease that i recurringly suffer from since my childhood. Only the causative factor this time was, my new Nikon Coolpix digital camera. Its got an ok ok decent resolution of 6 MPixel and an optical zoom of 3x. So with a professional spirit and an amateur hand, i started my search for a suitable subject for my photography.

My search started with humans, first of which was my mom and then my sister. With the results not very satisfactory and to my heart's fulfillment, I continued my search, this time excluding humans and trying out a few objects like an orange, an empty glass, a red chilli, a cauliflower, a diya, a pooja bell, a soft toy and a cup of tea!

And to my surprise, my experience with non-living objects was more exciting than with humans! So here I was clicking away my time capturing a lot of things, including our dining table! Then one day a beautiful Marigold flower emerged from a bud in the plant in our gallery. This time I really got fascinated by its beauty. I immediately took out my camera and snapped a few pictures. When I transfered them to my computer and saw the enlarged view, I was exhilarated and continued my obsession with flowers. Forgetting all about the non-living objects, I immersed myself in the beauty of nature and found my self in great pleasure!

And the obsession still continues! here's a glimpse of what I have snapped.....

Yeah. Even my mom liked this one. And mind you, there's no trickery here. The lighting effects are genuine and not manipulated!

A Marigold Flower in full bloom in my window!




I dunno why I snapped this one, but i like it!!! hehehe!


This is a close shot of tiny spider on a bud! The spider just wouldn't remain still! I'd to wait a long time 2 capture this one!

The same spider, this time on a dried twig!

Again, thats a real closeup. The flower's only 2.5cm in diameter!

A Diya borrowed from Gods themselves! hehehe!

So you guys can also take a look at my Web album on picassa. Just click here for all these and more pics from my camera!

If you guys got any feedback to give, PLEASE lemme know! Raka is hungry for Tareef and even more for Galiyaan!!! hehehe!!!

So all you people, take care & hv fun!!

So, Finally Some Good News, Huh

Hey guys

So Tata has bagged Corus by piping the Brazilian giant CSN at the post. With a bid of 608 pence a share, Indian corporate giant Tata Steel outsmarted CSN's 603 pence a share offer during the night-long auction process. This effectively means that, as far as steel producing companies are concerned, Tata has screamed ahead from a distant No. 56 before to No. 5 position currently. This is a huge jump one would say. This also marks the biggest acquisition by an Indian company ever. With this win, clearly Tata steel has entered the big league or the “premier league” of steel producing companies. This comes just after the Mittal Steels takeover of Arcelor, though Mittal Steels is not an Indian company and LN Mittal doesn’t have any sizable amount of investments in India.

So things are happening for the global Indian it seems. It seems it is India’s turn to bask in glory. So guys what do you think, finally is India shining, or the farmer suicides taking the shine away.

Also there is mention about how the bid seems to be overpriced at $ 12 billion. I saw a newspaper article that listed out all the things that you could do or buy in $12 billion, and might I add, the list was mind-boggling to say the least. Boy, it does sound like a lot of money.

Please respond with your views.

Blogosphere!!

I was searching for some good blogs the other day. So heres wat i came across. these are some of the good blogs which are really professional and make an interesting read, besides giving insights into areas that they pertain to. so here you go...

1) Youth Curry - Rashmi Bansal
2) Vantage Point - Gaurav Sabnis
3) मी काय म्हणतो
4) India Uncut - Amit Varrma

So if some of you do get inspired, do consider starting your own blog!!!

See my Web Album guys!!!!

hey guys!
take a look at my web album. i had a few of my stupid pics lying on my computer, which I've now shamelessly put on the internet for everyone to laugh at!! LOL!!
you can find my album here
have fun,
enjoy life! College Sucks!! LOL!!!

Easier Said Than Done

This is my reply to poojaa’s comment on my previous article.

Poojaa..........

Your point is well taken. We sometimes need to do a lot more than just dish out a few notes of paper.

But dear, dont mind my asking you this, I need to ask this question because you have zeroed in on this aspect. Hence, let me ask you this, in your lifetime, how many poor and needy have you lent your hand to and "filled the void in them". I know you have not been in a position to contribute monetarily maybe because you haven’t been employed for a considerable length of time, but you do realize that nothing so far has really stopped you from lending a helping hand to the downtrodden and the needy. So tell me roughly how many lives have you touched and made a sincere effort to bring about a change.

Not all of us can be social workers. We come up with excuses like “I really don’t have the time” or “I am the one who needs help more then anyone” or even such ridiculous ones as “No one has ever helped me at my times of need, why should I do anything differently”. Mind you these are not “bad” people, but ones who are as normal as they come.

Tell me sincerely, besides merely talking, how many of us have put their hands up said, “right I am ready to make a change to this world, and I start right here, right now”. Its very easy to talk dear, but it is very difficult to act on them.

Right, now let me make a personal confession, so you would understand what I am getting at, maybe this will make you feel a little easy. In my entire lifetime, I have not make an honest effort myself to visit the slums and see what I can do to help them. The bits of “social work” I may have done in my life was as a scout during my school days, in that too we used to make a lot of excuses to get away from the “dirty work”, ofcourse we were kids then and didnt understand exactly why we are being asked to do this work. But hey, we are not kids any longer. So what stops us from putting our so “noble” thoughts into action.

Let me give you the answer so you save your energy. The answer is – NOTHING.

So when my conscious comes crashing down on me, I try to justify my inactions my giving myself a bit of breathing space and contributing monetarily, because that way I don’t fall from my own esteem, because then I am someone who “cares” about this world, though he doesn’t have the “time” to get down and start acting. And not some stone hearted beast who doesn’t care whether people around him live or die.

The tsunamis of 2004 killed 230,000 people around the world. In India itself 18,000 innocent people were sweeped away from life as we know it, and were converted into pieces of rotten human remains. People were clinging on to branches of trees lamp posts or whatever they could lay their hands on, when the huge monterous waves were trying to take the air out of their lungs. What was their fault, that they were poor fishermen living on the edge of the land, looking towards “mother” ocean for their very survival or are they guilty because they used to take a morning walk along the beach every morning. Both I don’t think are offences that warranted the death penalty, but they still died a rotten death.

Natural disasters happen, but let me tell you I had never witnessed such brutality by mother nature from the time I opened my eyes. This was not just something that happens every now and then. This incident literally shaked people’s faith in the all mighty. People started wondering as to how someone can be so cruel to his own creation, as to destroy it with such ferocity and disdain. Even a little child would not break his toy with such disregard. Yet the tsunamis are a stark remainder to us how quickly our lives can be turned upside down.

Let me tell you why I brought this thing up, tell me after witnessing these horrific scenes on television, all I could “contribute” was a few notes of dough. I did nothing to “touch” people and change people’s lives. But I don’t think I did very bad, because I sleep every night knowing for a fact that there are millions going to sleep at the same time who didn’t even turn their heads when thousands were annihilated in one mighty strike. Think I am much better than those few millions.

Mind you there were millions of others who did contribute without hesitation.

Pardon me folks if I have been too graphic, but the organ trade story just made me feel that maybe hell is just a place on earth and I walk everyday with the devils themselves, because only most satanic can act in such selfish and heartless manner. The exploited people narrating their story just make me sick to my stomach. The look of sorrow on their faces pierced my heart. Aren’t they the creation of the very god that created the rest of us, then tell me how can some people be made to suffer so much. It is equivalent to “burning them alive”.

Just re-emphasizing my point, it is very easy to talk but very difficult to act. But we can atleast try and help those who have the courage and the will to stand away from the crowd and try and make a change to this “so so so imperfect” world that we all live in.

Tunnu Munnu Bunnu!

heheheh! the other day my aunt (mami) had dropped in with her kids (and my cousins), Rinky (6) and Riya (2). Now people who know me will agree that im one pakau insaan who always sits in a corner and just dozes away into oblivion whenever i have time (read whole day). But people, there's one aspect to my life which most of you don’t know and that is my love for kids. I love to play with kids.

Ok. thats Riya alright. Cute na? heheheh. So with Riya around, the kid in me suddenly jumped out and started prancing around! Here i was teaching Riya things like being a Bakri. I taught her to nod her head and do meh meh like a Bakri. Then i taught her how to make faces like a monkey. Then i made her curl her lips to look like a popat's beak. thus i was turning the innocent kid into some really funny creatures. Bechari bacchi didn’t even know that we were all laughing AT HER!! She was running all around the place and showing everyone the tricks that i taught her! and innocence is so contagious!! her frolicking around was having such an effect on me that i actually did some really kiddish tricks with my mom and sister too! i became a kid for one day in my own right! suddenly mujhe sab par bahot pyaar aane laga. especially my mom, sis and riya. i was calling cute names like chonu monu, tunnu bunnu, golu molu, and stuff like that! then i brought a huge plastic ball for Riya and played with her. My tricks included: hitting her with that ball. throwing my sister's dupatta over tiny Riya and watching her struggling to get out of that sudden attack! & then the cute look of confusion over her face after she'd got out was hilarious! i chased the kid whole day, crawling under the dining table, bed, chairs, in bathroom and found myself to be too large to fit under the chairs. but i managed to fit under the dining table! LOL!! then i couldn’t resist myself from teaching Riya the deadly trick of winking!! And my mom was enraged that i taught her how to wink! As much I taught her, Riya couldn’t wink with one eye. So she was winking both eyes and showing it to everybody! My mom asked Riya (more or less sure who the culprit was) who taught her to wink and to my horror, all her fingers pointed in my direction. My mom gave me such a scolding which i remember i used to get when i was a kid myself!! But you know what? Ii enjoyed that scolding too! It was a long time since i was getting scolded for being naughty! LOL!!

It was only when aunty had gone back with Rinky and Riya that i felt what we adults were missing! i couldn’t but stop and think that night, how my life had progressed from been a very naughty kid to been a dumb student to finally been a dumber adult!! I wonder if man really becomes wiser with age! Coz with age, i find man getting more and more cunning and vile! And undoubtedly unhappier! Being with kids, I’ve found is a very good mental stimulation towards happiness and peace of mind!

Bacche Bhagwan Ka Roop Hote Hain........ Solah Aane Sach Baat Hain!

We Didnt Start The Fire, It Was Always Burning Since The World's Been Turning

Guys this is my reaction to Poojaa’s article and Rahul’s comment on that…… ya typically my reaction comes after a couple of weeks…..LOL…….

I agree with Poojaa to some extent. Everyone of us probably goes through these emotions once in a while. I also agree with Rahul's statement that this is wishful thinking and that there will always be rich and poor in this world and the rich will always wish that the poor just disappeared.


But what I personally feel is that we may not necessarily have the time to individually visit the slums and teach the improvised how to read and write, despite this we can still make a difference. What we can instead do is, donate generously to the charitable organizations that work towards addressing these social issues. We cannot lean back and say that 'yeh tamasha toh hota aaya hai aur hota rahega, in chakkaron mein kaun padega". A person who thinks on those lines is trying to run away from the reality and is in a mode of denial. There are people who are willing to do social work, who have willingly taken it upon them to make a change in this world. Ofcourse as is the norm, these people will never get the recognition and support that they deserve, simply because they do not indulge in excesses and politics.

What we can do as citizens of this "not so perfect" world is that, we can identify these people and support them in their noble cause. Now when I say support, it can also be purely financial, because these social workers can definitely do with some financial assistance, which will strengthen their cause.

But what we need to be aware of is that there may be a few organizations that there may be a few organizations that take their supporters for a ride and in the name of bringing about a positive change to this world may simply be interested in bringing a change to their bank accounts. We should not be discouraged by this, afterall we are indeed living in an “imperfect world”. We should carefully pick and choose our charity trusts, after a lot of research and thought. CHILD RELIDF AND YOU (CRY) is one such organization, (if I may be given the liberty to take names). There are many such organizations like CRY. Child care is very close to my heart and have contributed a very small amount to this organization when I was employed.

Recently news reports describing the organ trade being done at the expense of the tsunami victims in Tamil Nadu appeared on TV. It bothered me deeply on knowing how such downtrodden are taken advantage of, at their time of distress. The 2004 tsunamis had a deep impact on me. The waves lashing at hapless people had bothered me a lot. It made me realize how fragile we humans actually are. Yet we fool ourselves into thinking that we are the masters of the world. Millions of Indians had contributed whatever little they could. Now I wonder what happened to that money, who has pocked it. Hope the affected people get some relief soon.

I would like to conclude by a saying, we all have the power to make a change, the question is, do we have the will. Only we can answer this question.


PS: Friends, I still am not able to write on a topic that can be called “fun” isn’t it. Maybe I post something that is more ‘light’ than this fellows, I am sure that day will come soon.