TIME

“Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.”

-- Steve Jobs, (Does he need any intro??)

WEDDING VOWS

Poem of the Week
WEDDING VOWS

BRIDE: I vow to love you all my life,
In sickness and in health,
And share your journey through this world
In poverty or wealth.

I vow to give myself to you,
To trust you with my life,
To be your source of happiness
As lover and as wife.

GROOM: I vow to give you all my love,
To be your lasting friend,
To care for you and comfort you
Till time and toil end.

I vow to share your happiness
And sorrow, joy and tears,
And be for you the one true thing
That lasts through all your years.

BOTH: These vows we make not knowing what
Good times or ill may come,
But knowing well what good we want:
A joyful, loving home.

These vows we make of our free will
Before you all, that we
Might know the grace of love that comes
To those who loving be.

© by Nicholas Gordon

Indifference

“The opposite of love is not hate, it's indifference. The opposite of art is not ugliness, it's indifference. The opposite of faith is not heresy, it's indifference. And the opposite of life is not death, it's indifference.”

है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है
द्वारा -- हरिवंश राय बच्चन

कल्पना के हाथ से कमनीय जो मंदिर बना था
भावना के हाथ ने जिसमें वितानों को तना था

स्वप्न ने अपने करों से था जिसे रुचि से सँवारा
स्वर्ग के दुष्प्राप्य रंगों से, रसों से जो सना था
ढह गया वह तो जुटाकर ईंट, पत्थर, कंकड़ों को
एक अपनी शांति की कुटिया बनाना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

बादलों के अश्रु से धोया गया नभ-नील नीलम
का बनाया था गया मधुपात्र मनमोहक, मनोरम
प्रथम ऊषा की किरण की लालिमा-सी लाल मदिरा
थी उसी में चमचमाती नव घनों में चंचला सम
वह अगर टूटा मिलाकर हाथ की दोनों हथेली
एक निर्मल स्रोत से तृष्णा बुझाना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

क्या घड़ी थी, एक भी चिंता नहीं थी पास आई
कालिमा तो दूर, छाया भी पलक पर थी न छाई
आँख से मस्ती झपकती, बात से मस्ती टपकती
थी हँसी ऐसी जिसे सुन बादलों ने शर्म खाई
वह गई तो ले गई उल्लास के आधार, माना
पर अथिरता पर समय की मुसकराना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

हाय, वे उन्माद के झोंके कि जिनमें राग जागा
वैभवों से फेर आँखें गान का वरदान माँगा
एक अंतर से ध्वनित हों दूसरे में जो निरंतर
भर दिया अंबर-अवनि को मत्तता के गीत गा-गा
अंत उनका हो गया तो मन बहलने के लिए ही
ले अधूरी पंक्ति कोई गुनगुनाना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

हाय, वे साथी कि चुंबक लौह-से जो पास आए
पास क्या आए, हृदय के बीच ही गोया समाए
दिन कटे ऐसे कि कोई तार वीणा के मिलाकर
एक मीठा और प्यारा ज़िन्दगी का गीत गाए
वे गए तो सोचकर यह लौटने वाले नहीं वे
खोज मन का मीत कोई लौ लगाना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

क्या हवाएँ थीं कि उजड़ा प्यार का वह आशियाना
कुछ न आया काम तेरा शोर करना, गुल मचाना
नाश की उन शक्तियों के साथ चलता ज़ोर किसका
किंतु ऐ निर्माण के प्रतिनिधि, तुझे होगा बताना
जो बसे हैं वे उजड़ते हैं प्रकृति के जड़ नियम से
पर किसी उजड़े हुए को फिर बसाना कब मना है
है अँधेरी रात पर दीवा जलाना कब मना है

To find the point where hypothesis and fact meet; the delicate equilibrium between dream and reality; the place where fantasy and earthly things are metamorphosed into a work of art; the hour when faith in the future becomes knowledge of the past; to lay down one's power for others in need; to shake off the old ordeal and get ready for the new; to question, knowing that never can the full answer be found; to accept uncertainties quietly, even our incomplete knowledge of God; this is what man's journey is about, I think.

शराब

वो लोग जो कहते हैं की
शराब बुरी चीज़ है
कोई जा के उनसे कह दे की
शराब दिलजलो के लिए शर्बते-रूह है
मैं इसलिए नहीं पीता की
मैं उसे भूल जाऊं
मैं तो पीता हूँ उसकी यादों को
भुलाने के लिए

महफिल सजी थी,
जाम का था दौर,
जाम मैं क्या था,
ये किसी ने ना किया था गौर,
जाम मैं लहू था मेरे अरमानो का,
और सब कह रहे थे
एक और एक और...

I envy people who drink. At least they have something to blame everything on.

हँसी

होठों पर हँसी देख ली, अन्दर नहीं देखा !
यारों ने मेरे गम का समंदर नहीं देखा !!

Today is Dilip's birthday but he is the USA ... working...
Tried calling him but circuits were jam. He will return after an year. Have loads to discuss with him. Till then I have to be an infinite storage capacity HDD.

Happy Birthday Dilip.

finally finale

finally Chargers ruled the roost!
In a neck to neck competition, where team's fortune swung with every dot ball or a boundary hit, Chargers held their nerves to win the finals of IPL'09. From at bottom in '08 to champions in '09, its a spectacular journey for the chargers. Also attitude of royal challenger's especially Anil Kumble need a special mention. Such a sober, decent man he is!

presentations going on. See you guys later!!

In the end

A fine Bangalore win and the final of IPL'09 is between yesterday's underdogs-outperforming-everybody. The way the last two teams of IPL'08 have made their way to the top two slots in standings is no fluke. They actually deserved that. Chargers outclassing Daredevils and Royal Challengers beating last year's finalist CSK's ... it just shows everybody has the potential, all that is needed is the will to realise that. Thanks to Dravid's composed batting and a brilliant knock from the teenager, Manish Pandey.


Hope chargers lift the IPL trophy tomorrow!!

Found this interesting piece of K&H...



:)

Tujhse naaraaz nahi jindagi

Pretty nice. What a voice Lata ji has!

Also I got this poem as 'poem of the week':

Maybe grief needs ritual, as music
Embraces rules that turn sound into song.
Maybe if one trusts that one won't lose it,
One can turn away, though grief be strong.
Reserve, then, days for rituals of mourning
In which one may allow the flood of grief
Again to inundate the heart, restoring
Life to deserts thirsting for relief.
Dance depends on choreography
As pain declares its sovereign right to be,
Yet performs with grace restrained and brief.

© by Nicholas Gordon

What a day!!

I have two more days before my internship starts. So am surfing the net all the time. By the way was near getting my butt kicked. I bought 3000 shares if YES Bank @ whopping 4.75 lakhs. As soon as i bought, the stocks went down by some 6-7 points, and was having a total loss of around 18,000
(Thanks of profit booking done from ICICI Bank that I was not in the 20k's). The loss kept fluctuating between Rs. 8000 to Rs.15,000 and at one point of time out of panic my sister short sold (sold the stock which she didn't own in anticipation of markets crashing) some shares of IndiaBull real estate and bought shares of DLF which was rallying. Seemed like today was not our day, DLF went down further while IB shot up, thus adding to our worries!!
Anyway, I kept my cool when others suggested stop loss ( i.e.booking the minimum loss), and finally market turned upwards, thanks to aggressive opening of european markets. Then I was back in a profit range of Rs. 1,400 but this is where greed crept in and again market went downwards an I was back in loss of some 4000 rupees. Finally after much of hue and cry, I managed to book a decent profit, of which around 20% will go towards brokerage) but still a lucky day.

Today I found this nice pic on the net.

Well said, pretty inspiring!

Finally it turned out to be a nice ending to lucky day. My favorite team in IPL, The Deccan Chargers, who were last on the point's table in the last year's IPL secured a berth in the finals. They did beat the mighty Delhi Daredevils by 6 wickets in hand and 3 overs spare. Thanks to some blitzkrieg from my favorite 'Gilly' who scored the fastest IPL half century.

85 off 35 deliveries with 10 boundaries and 5 over-boundaries!

Nitin's Graduation ... :P

Finally we met at Macchar's place. Out of four present there, me, and Ashish are in our first (Undergraduate or integrated master's) degree course, macchar is yet to receive hi MBBS (eqiuvalant to US's MD... silly Americans). Nitin was the only with a MA degree. So we started pressurizing him to throw a party for us to mark his graduation. This was in the context that once while chatting on Gtalk, I asked Nitin for a party upon his post graduation. Nitin said, "Any Time... Dilli aa aur party le le. Venue tera, paisa mera." i.e. "anytime bro, come to delhi and have your party. Venue you decide, I will pay." So this was my time, mansher and ashish joined in. Finally, Nitin succumbed to pressure from all quarters. We were responsible for deciding for venue.... Sorry Nitin :P. Macchar a chicken-maniac suggested PBN i.e. Punjabi by Nature. We took macchar's Honda City and went for PBN, Rajouri garden!
here are the glimpses of where and what we had!!

Punjabi by Nature, Rajouri



onion laccha and papd


Getting started



Aalooo paratha


Murg punjabi.... boyz munch... :P

No dinner is complete without a drink ... so we had some pity on nitin and dicided to booze at macchar's place. But unfortunately, my sister asked me to return home for some urgent reason...
So three of them had...




"Smirnoff Green Apple Twist". Ouch... missed that... Unlucky me :(
Anyway...

Happy Graduation NANA!!
Though mansher paid the bills, on my guarantee that if Nitin doesn't return the debt, I will extort that!! :P
Chehra sab kuch bolta hai!! i.e. the face says it all!! ... am sure Nitin will pay back.

Not being you!

"You destroyed my life"

"You ruined my life"

No one knows how it feels when these lines are hurled towards someone until and unless the someone is you.
Experience this, am sure you will feel great, especially when the one who is accusing knows that the accusation is wrong.
Since I am talking about the feelings, it is pretty much obvious that I have gone through it! Initially I felt like, "what was that?". Felt like having an ugly fight with the person but I kept my cool... generally I don't!
What a feeling that was! I wish to have that again! :P
At times, it pays not being what you are! :)

WAQT NAHI

Har khushi hai logon ke Daman me,
Par ek hansi ke lie waqt nahi.
Din rat daudti duniya me,
Zindagi ke liye hi waqt nahi.

Maa ki lori ka ahsaas to hai,
Par maa ko maa kehne ka waqt nahi.
Sare rishton ko to hum maar chuke,
Unhe dafnane ka bhi waqt nahi.

Sare naam mobile me hain,
Par dosti ke liye waqt nahi.
Gairon ki kya baat kahen,
Jab apno ke liye hi waqt nahi.

Ankhon me hai neend badi,
Par sone ko waqt nahi.
Dil hai gamon se bhara hua,
Par rone ko bhi waqt nahi.

Paison ki daud me aise daude,
Ki thakne ko bhi waqt nahi.
Paraye ahsason ki kya Kadar karein,
Jab apne sapnon ke liye hi waqt nahi.

Tu hi bata E zindagi,
is zindagi ka kya hoga.
Ki har pal hansne walon ko,
khud hansne ko bhi waqt nahi.
Ki har pal hansne walon ko,
khud hansne ko bhi waqt nahi.

P.S. :Not my original creation. Got this as a mail forward.

the begining

Exams over and I have a long three month holiday ahead of me. Am in New-Delhi at my sister's place. These three months, am trying to stay away from all my acquaintances and am trying to sort of reinvent myself. Turn to blogging- this is how one of my friend did that. Hope this works out for me.

At times life's problems are so deep rooted that best we can do is to run away from them. That is what I am doing! Showing my back, looking for peace, isolation.


"Let all be happy,
Let all be free from aliments,
Let all be blessed with the vision of truth, beauty and goodness,
Let misery touch None"

Rig Veda