There she was standing in the crowd!
And a thunderbolt struck me like lighting in the clouds!
She felt like an angel amongst those mortals.
Like GOD sent her to bring hope in the world.
She was charming, she was beautiful !!
For me she was like a bliss!!
She was everything that I ever wished.
I felt an urge to talk to her, but froze due to heat.
She came to me and said hello! And the world was under my feet!
I was wondering then, I am wondering now
'Why thy is generous to me ?' is the question I always keep.
I laughed when she was happy, I laughed when she was sad
coz, I never wanted to make her feel bad.
There were times we fought, and many a times irrationally!
But those were the times I felt even closer!!
I don't know why, I don't know how!
But I feel this way for her anyhow!!
I stared at her when she was not watching
I whispered to her when she was not listening.
I wish I said something, when I had a chance to get going!!
But all of it went to vain!! like the fading rainbow after the rain!
But I am happy that she came ,
coz she is like 'the Sunlight on a foggy day'!
I will sit by the window to wait for that light!
which gives me hope , which makes my world bright!
which fills me with the energy, smile & life!!
Recession, Inflation & Terrorism
What a year 2008 has been, Never in my life I have seen so much happening all at once around me. So many events which will change the world for ever, the world will never be the same. America elected their first African-American president shattering orthodox believes. India won 20-20 world cup , organized first club level 20-20 cricket in form of IPL league , revolutionizing the way world look at cricket and India for that matters. India joined the small league of countries which succesfully sent a satellite to Moon and that too most economical. Now they are planning to send a manned satelite. China organized olympics for the first time and whole world was mesmerized by the cahrisma China created around for that 1 month. No olympic has ever got such a high viewership for opening ceremony like it got this year, and as they say there never will be atelast for next decade or so. Olympics saw numerous old records getting shattered & new heights reached by participants, like never before. banglagesh got there first medal in olympics. And neumerous other events.
But as much as we like to keep memories in our minds and throw away the sad parts of reality, the worse it gets. So many tragic events occured this year that it really made us think that world will never be the same.
The world is been hit by worst economic crisis since year 1930, thanks to Sub-prime Crisis and Free-market theory, which led to less or no government interventions and Financial firms went off the road assuming there will be a high way on the other side, all they found was marsh land. The more they fought to come out of crisis, desprate they became and deeper they sunk. And now they have caused the world economy a fortune. Every sector & not just financce whether it is health or retail, automobile or IT has been affected badly.
over 140,000 people have lost there jobs and there are more in the queue. USA for the first time has gone the socialist way with government aquiring, 2 banks, 2 mortgage company & many others.CitiBank the ultimate pinnacle of success and role model of Capitalism is moving towards rock bottom.The situation is still getting worse everyday.
And if this was not enough crude oil prices touched all time high with 140dollars per barrel causing inflation to rise above 2 digit figure in India, Petroleum products which are major proportion of imports and there by affects GDP, this made every company to increase the price. And not just crude oil, steel , cement, every thing became costlier over teh alst year, making life tougher every day. People are suffering double trouble as their incomes were slown down by recesssion with many losing there jobs , and inflation disturbing their budgets and taking a toll on their lives.
And if this was not enough, the year 2008 has seen the terrorism causing India dearly more then ever. Terrorist; and this time those who were born , brough up & groomed in India became enemy of the soil and without any demand or cause rocked country with bomb blast in all corners. It started with Jaipur, Guwahati, Surat, New Delhi Banglore, and now MUMBAI.
the events which started 2 days back in mumbai and still going on has created terror in every human's heart.
But as much as we like to keep memories in our minds and throw away the sad parts of reality, the worse it gets. So many tragic events occured this year that it really made us think that world will never be the same.
The world is been hit by worst economic crisis since year 1930, thanks to Sub-prime Crisis and Free-market theory, which led to less or no government interventions and Financial firms went off the road assuming there will be a high way on the other side, all they found was marsh land. The more they fought to come out of crisis, desprate they became and deeper they sunk. And now they have caused the world economy a fortune. Every sector & not just financce whether it is health or retail, automobile or IT has been affected badly.
over 140,000 people have lost there jobs and there are more in the queue. USA for the first time has gone the socialist way with government aquiring, 2 banks, 2 mortgage company & many others.CitiBank the ultimate pinnacle of success and role model of Capitalism is moving towards rock bottom.The situation is still getting worse everyday.
And if this was not enough crude oil prices touched all time high with 140dollars per barrel causing inflation to rise above 2 digit figure in India, Petroleum products which are major proportion of imports and there by affects GDP, this made every company to increase the price. And not just crude oil, steel , cement, every thing became costlier over teh alst year, making life tougher every day. People are suffering double trouble as their incomes were slown down by recesssion with many losing there jobs , and inflation disturbing their budgets and taking a toll on their lives.
And if this was not enough, the year 2008 has seen the terrorism causing India dearly more then ever. Terrorist; and this time those who were born , brough up & groomed in India became enemy of the soil and without any demand or cause rocked country with bomb blast in all corners. It started with Jaipur, Guwahati, Surat, New Delhi Banglore, and now MUMBAI.
the events which started 2 days back in mumbai and still going on has created terror in every human's heart.
SINGH IS KING
"All the passengers are requested to faten up their belts, the plane will reach Copenhagen in 15 minutes. We are flying at a height of...... ", "Dude!!! Wake up man , its about time, plane is about to land. " screemed Rahul
A long pause!!
"WOW!! we are here finally , Denmark , the land of beech & bitches. I can't belive shekhar finally allowed me to join you guys for the tour. I mean after all that has happened back in last month. I thought I screwed big time. Thanks to my pursuasive skills that I took Mozez under my wraps, Shekhar could have said nothing once Mozez was in".
Ahhhh!!! I want to sleep and this jackass is exhausting his lungs blabbering same story he has been telling me since last 1 week; like my winamp put on Repeat mode and playing a single song all day long. God! I enjoyed that so much in college when I used to irriate everybody by putting one of Mr. Topiwaala's song in repeat mode and lock my room. Even my UPS was a powerfull one, it prolonged the torture for another hour and half atleast. Although I wish I shouldn't have done that I got a fare share of GPL for doing that. Those filthy leather boots!
"Ahh!! Finally Almighty is awake, get up man and fasten your belt, didn't you hear the announcement , ohh , that air hostess she is so hot , wish i would have got into her" pervert said for the nth time.
"Can you stop screeming, I wanted a few minutes of sleep , thanks to you now I am sleep deprived as well. I wish shekhar would have said no to you" I cursed myself for forcing Shekhar to put Rahul's name for onsite team and this self-proclaimed genious is taking a toll off me.
After 30 mins plane landed and checkout and severe inquiry and scruitny of customs , thanks to pickles & spices (Naaraayani's had a bag full of those) and irritating, scrutinizing (call it suspecting) eyes of customs officers to myself, Thanks to my appearance, When will these guys start differentiating between a muslim and a sikh and importance of a turban. If they can't understand such simple stuffs then what the hell do you mean by globalisation & shrinking world. Anyways, so another 1 hour of checks and questions, there we were , Me, Rahul , Naaraayani, Shikha dhawan and PVR aka Parsawnaath Vishwaprakaaash Raheja, RAW agents in a special mission disguised as normal middle class humans sent to save the country from a terrorist group who are planning a major attack in India and leads brought us to Denmark where all of them are meeting with their financers.
Kidding!! Actually we were just another bunch of software engineers (we prefer to be called that way, in real we are just a bunch of semi-techi self proclaimed genius who always think about building big stuffs and then go back to same old life cycle of bug fixing, code enhancement, ...) coming out of the world's largest software Engineer's production factory a.k.a India, which sends enggs all across world to handle there software problems, to fix bugs, enhance their crappy systems, support, You name it We will build it; is our unspoken motto. And that too cheaper than anywhere in this world.You know why we are so successful in this , because we know something others don't, that is JUGAAD. more about this later, for know back to Copenhagen..
So as I said we were actually employees of a company named 'MindKeeper' sent to client site for next 3 months, which was a renown investment bank of Europe, this process termed as 'ONSITE' is the only reason why people in India want to join this area. Every body back there thinks that we will earn in dollars, euros, pounds, yens and will save it all to have a lot of money in rupees (thanks to high exchange rates) when we return back to India. Then we will have enough to survive for our whole life, and a middle class man's dream start of saving evey bit of money from evey inch possible and save it all to have a little fun later in life, but irony is that 'later ' never arrives and the middle class may may become an upper middle class person but his whole life he keeps saving a little more from every little corner.
This made me decide since my last tour that no more savings, just have as much fun as possible , 'kya pata kal ho na ho!!', yes this was not my first tour unlike Rahul. I am not a fresher, already have had a 4 years experience in this field and I am the lead of the team which has just landed to save the world !! ooopsss to save the project , which otherwise will also be going just fine, but as I said we like to pretend we are very important for client the whole world(read client's system) will crash down if we stop working, especially when we sit infront of a non-techie (and we find a lot of those kinds out of India, India has way too many techies, damn mass software engg production country!!!)
But right now my mind was messed up , I haven't got a chance to sleep properly last night thanks to all, too many questions coming up from Rahul, I was busy with lead responsibilities for the whole day yesterday and now there is no cab waiting for us to take us to hotel. I don't even know the name of hotel. Damn!! I hate being a lead sometimes. But no , this is not the time to freak out, but to show how good of a leader you are. I need to call Mozez and follow up further. GOOD IDEA!! Param you are a genious, I gave a pat on my back.
"Hello Mark!! Hi Paramjeet this side from India........"
So After another 3 hours of hazels and 1 hour of check in formalities we were finally in our rooms. when I looked at clock it was already 5:00 PM. And I thought I will enjoy the Sunday before the work start. Anyways on the positive side, I just found out that they have a musical evening in the hotel this evening, I hope it is good. I should freshen up and get ready, but before that should get back to finish my pending sleep. Another 30 mins will not hurt. I have asked everybody to assemble by 7 anyways. And I started snoring again.............zzzzzzzzz!!
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A long pause!!
"WOW!! we are here finally , Denmark , the land of beech & bitches. I can't belive shekhar finally allowed me to join you guys for the tour. I mean after all that has happened back in last month. I thought I screwed big time. Thanks to my pursuasive skills that I took Mozez under my wraps, Shekhar could have said nothing once Mozez was in".
Ahhhh!!! I want to sleep and this jackass is exhausting his lungs blabbering same story he has been telling me since last 1 week; like my winamp put on Repeat mode and playing a single song all day long. God! I enjoyed that so much in college when I used to irriate everybody by putting one of Mr. Topiwaala's song in repeat mode and lock my room. Even my UPS was a powerfull one, it prolonged the torture for another hour and half atleast. Although I wish I shouldn't have done that I got a fare share of GPL for doing that. Those filthy leather boots!
"Ahh!! Finally Almighty is awake, get up man and fasten your belt, didn't you hear the announcement , ohh , that air hostess she is so hot , wish i would have got into her" pervert said for the nth time.
"Can you stop screeming, I wanted a few minutes of sleep , thanks to you now I am sleep deprived as well. I wish shekhar would have said no to you" I cursed myself for forcing Shekhar to put Rahul's name for onsite team and this self-proclaimed genious is taking a toll off me.
After 30 mins plane landed and checkout and severe inquiry and scruitny of customs , thanks to pickles & spices (Naaraayani's had a bag full of those) and irritating, scrutinizing (call it suspecting) eyes of customs officers to myself, Thanks to my appearance, When will these guys start differentiating between a muslim and a sikh and importance of a turban. If they can't understand such simple stuffs then what the hell do you mean by globalisation & shrinking world. Anyways, so another 1 hour of checks and questions, there we were , Me, Rahul , Naaraayani, Shikha dhawan and PVR aka Parsawnaath Vishwaprakaaash Raheja, RAW agents in a special mission disguised as normal middle class humans sent to save the country from a terrorist group who are planning a major attack in India and leads brought us to Denmark where all of them are meeting with their financers.
Kidding!! Actually we were just another bunch of software engineers (we prefer to be called that way, in real we are just a bunch of semi-techi self proclaimed genius who always think about building big stuffs and then go back to same old life cycle of bug fixing, code enhancement, ...) coming out of the world's largest software Engineer's production factory a.k.a India, which sends enggs all across world to handle there software problems, to fix bugs, enhance their crappy systems, support, You name it We will build it; is our unspoken motto. And that too cheaper than anywhere in this world.You know why we are so successful in this , because we know something others don't, that is JUGAAD. more about this later, for know back to Copenhagen..
So as I said we were actually employees of a company named 'MindKeeper' sent to client site for next 3 months, which was a renown investment bank of Europe, this process termed as 'ONSITE' is the only reason why people in India want to join this area. Every body back there thinks that we will earn in dollars, euros, pounds, yens and will save it all to have a lot of money in rupees (thanks to high exchange rates) when we return back to India. Then we will have enough to survive for our whole life, and a middle class man's dream start of saving evey bit of money from evey inch possible and save it all to have a little fun later in life, but irony is that 'later ' never arrives and the middle class may may become an upper middle class person but his whole life he keeps saving a little more from every little corner.
This made me decide since my last tour that no more savings, just have as much fun as possible , 'kya pata kal ho na ho!!', yes this was not my first tour unlike Rahul. I am not a fresher, already have had a 4 years experience in this field and I am the lead of the team which has just landed to save the world !! ooopsss to save the project , which otherwise will also be going just fine, but as I said we like to pretend we are very important for client the whole world(read client's system) will crash down if we stop working, especially when we sit infront of a non-techie (and we find a lot of those kinds out of India, India has way too many techies, damn mass software engg production country!!!)
But right now my mind was messed up , I haven't got a chance to sleep properly last night thanks to all, too many questions coming up from Rahul, I was busy with lead responsibilities for the whole day yesterday and now there is no cab waiting for us to take us to hotel. I don't even know the name of hotel. Damn!! I hate being a lead sometimes. But no , this is not the time to freak out, but to show how good of a leader you are. I need to call Mozez and follow up further. GOOD IDEA!! Param you are a genious, I gave a pat on my back.
"Hello Mark!! Hi Paramjeet this side from India........"
So After another 3 hours of hazels and 1 hour of check in formalities we were finally in our rooms. when I looked at clock it was already 5:00 PM. And I thought I will enjoy the Sunday before the work start. Anyways on the positive side, I just found out that they have a musical evening in the hotel this evening, I hope it is good. I should freshen up and get ready, but before that should get back to finish my pending sleep. Another 30 mins will not hurt. I have asked everybody to assemble by 7 anyways. And I started snoring again.............zzzzzzzzz!!
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I want to go back again!
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Morning were early and Nights were late
I had to eat my veggies till nothing left on plate!
I was forced for 5 hours of bonded labour
And 2 hours aftermaths when it was sober!!
Sneaking was a challenge and Peeking was a crime
And if you get caught you surely met divine!!
I loved hot sun & I loved muddy play
I always get a beating, though whatever I say!!
You have to act good , You have to learn manners,
Family has reputation , they say should I remember!!
I hated back then but studied with my heart
Wishing these days will get over
And I will have a good start!!
But now when I look back
I want to go back to;
Life without tensions, life without pain
I want to go back when,
Life was without hurdles, life was without worries
Coz my friend then I had no hurries!!
Some things I like
Where The Mind is Without Fear
WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Where The Mind is Without Fear
WHERE the mind is without fear and the head is held high
Where knowledge is free
Where the world has not been broken up into fragments
By narrow domestic walls
Where words come out from the depth of truth
Where tireless striving stretches its arms towards perfection
Where the clear stream of reason has not lost its way
Into the dreary desert sand of dead habit
Where the mind is led forward by thee
Into ever-widening thought and action
Into that heaven of freedom, my Father, let my country awake.
Rabindranath Tagore
Child's Play!
Crashhhhh..............and there goes the ball again .
'Arjun , you know the drill! the 1 who hit it in the DEN he has to get it back'.
'Comeon guys!! please somebody accompany me . Hey vikram come yaar, atleast you can come with me'. 'No dude!! I am ready to give my life for you , but going inside that DEN , you are on your own Arjun', said Vikram. 'What happened Arjun , you scarred ....'shouted some from the back. 'Arjun Sharma is afraid of nothing ok. NOTHING!!' .'then go and get the ball STUD !! it will get dark in a while and we will have to quit in between', grumbled Pankaj. He was the DADA of the group , DADA means aka Saurabh Ganguly, and not some gangster or bully. And he was standing on the runners end at the verge of his personal best score, which is 37 by the way.
'Damn!! whose face did I look to when i wake up this morning ? This is going to be tough', And I moved a few steps towards the DEN. DEN was not any LION's cave, wish it would have been LION's cave, it would have been easier to comeout alive from their but here it is far worse, its Major Khalnaayak , actually Major K. K Naayak 's house. and trust me he was worse then an angry and hungry lion , especially to us kids. Whole society is afraid of him.
Last I heard a rumor that a post man enterd his house but nobody saw him coming out from the house, no body recieved their posts that day
Time 2 Rise
Time to riseEnough have you said
Enough have you laid
But Never ever were you fade
There were times when you were sorry
There were times when you felt sad
But Never have you got back into act
you have cried , you have grumbled
But never I think you have fumbled
Enough have you slept
& enough have you said
Its time to Rise, coz
Life always come to you once you are awake!
Vardaan Maangungaa Nahin
Na jeet mein na haar mein.
kinchit nahin bhaiyabheet mein.
Sangharsh path par jo milla,
ye bhi Sahi; wo bhi Sahi
vardaan maangunnga nahin!
vardaan maanugungaa nahin!!
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