Nazar na hathe raah se,

karthe rahe intezaar ik jhooti aas se!

Na tumhe hum bewafa keh sake,

Aur na tumhe apna keh sake!

Meri har nazar mein teri yaad samayi hai,

Ik pal na guzre jab teri yaad na aayi hai!

Badi der aur himmat se dil ko sambhalte hain,

Unjude sheeshe ke tukdo se hum bikhar jaate hain!

Na chah k bhi unke soch mein gum hain,

Namm aakhon se hi ab muskuraatey hain!

I look around, hoping to find someone good

I look at ground, dejected, they all 're so cold.

mean they are, can't be bold

they don exist anymore, all 're sold.

they promise, try to own you

left exploited, stranded 're you

everyone's imp to 'em, but u a trash

they move on, over ur crash

people around 'em change, as per their need

to 'em u look strange, were jus another source of feed

there is a rage, to break this stage

burn the image, of this life's page

left wid no choice, 'll bounce back

am far behind, 'll be on Track!!!

'Its a Girl' said ma bro..

On every face, there was glow..

cudn't hide it, but had to show..

was at lightning speed, the news flow!

Happy and damp, the eyes were

beautiful moment, was to share

everyone wud, luv and care

for the Angel, will soon be there.!!!

31536000 seconds and still ticking......

"Why haven't you packed your bags yet... Why are you wearing the clothes which you want to take.. I am not going to wash them again... Why don't you put your stuff first and then think of parcels for others.... blah blah blah...." My Mom was yellin at me last year around this before I was leavin for US... I can't belive its been a year since i have come here... I almost had lost hope that I would be comin here.. I was supposed to be here by July 16th.... well no regrets.... i arrived on the evening of 25th Aug 2009 after a painful 33 hours of flight.



A lot of drama happened between 16th July and Sept 23rd.... I was being told every week that next week I would be flyin... n be prepared... I guess I became a master at packing and unpackin my luggage... Well it had a gud side to it... every weekend I would go out partying with my friends saying next week I would be flying and to the same set of friends..... i believe even they started losing interest or faith (watever) as will I really go or not.... but then it happened... I collected my tickets.. cash ..docs... was a pain... n finally I had to fly on sunday, 23rd of Aug 2009.



On the day before (22nd Aug).... it was my childhood friend... Kiran's reception party... n I was a lil nostalgic about everything.. . I was with all my friends... havin a gud time... and at around 11 PM Srikanth (khan bhai) suggested that we should go for a movie... so we went to Imax in his car... n obviously didn't get tickets... with almost no options left at midnight.... we headed towards our Last Resort.... a Dhaba on the way to Shamirpet. We were on our usual menu... drinks .. chana fry with extra onions.. omelette... chicken 65.. n in the end... roti ..dal fry and curd rice... I reached home at 5 in the morning... n my dad was like... son its morning... y did u come back.. go out again.
I slept till 10 AM and got up to do the final packing... had Sambhar and Rice for the last time before I left .. and it was time for me to leave... I wasn't excited to leave as I had lost enthusiasm over the last couple of weeks coz of all the drama n delay... .... However... I had to go on ... said bye to mom n dad.. and boarded the flight.. I didn't have much trouble in goin thru customs n all .. n I reached Rochester n called up my manager... Used 4 quarters for the first time to give him a call... they picked me n it was sunny bright evening.... yet cold... wierd... Since then its been more than a year... has been gud.. wudn't say easy... learnt a lot of things... n still goin on... a lot to say... probably in my next post....

Generation gap ...wat does it mean to me....!!!!

Today morning I was discussing with my friend about how our childhood was. The reason why it popped up was that he had to pick his wife and his little daughter from a kid's museum after lunch. Our discussion led to the games and activities of our childhood. We started comparing our childhood with current generation kids and my eyes were almost wet. I hardly remember toys I had in my childhood other than the only one which I lost the day my Mother gave it to me. I kept searching for it until dark that day and then went to bed sadly.
Kids now talk about iPhones, laptops, camera and what not. All I remember is I had marbles.. Which i had to buy from my brother.. 3 marbles for 10 paisa... , probably a few kites which I used to fly for the whole year... , a Balance scale (tarazu) made by me with caps of big oil tin cans... , a few plastic animal toys.. , a plastic kitchen set for kids... i think i got it from my sister... i used to prepare small chapathi's... No doubt that’s the reason I am a good cook today... also paper toys... I still remember i used to make planes out of every paper of my notebook at the end of year and fly them... Justice to my hard work huh.....
Kids now are born in an Air Conditioned room with the best medics n technology at their feet. They travel in cars from Day 1. They know what a car is ... I don't think my Dad had a scooter when I was born. Kids now have a car seat ... a stroller.. a seperate room ... We were 5 in a single bedroom.... slept on floor.. with nets tied to every available corner.
I used to look out of the window in the afternoon ... waiting for my friends to show up so that I can go out an play. I used to sneak out of home without informing my mom and left the door open. I was covered with mud from head to toe in the next hour.. Once i came back ...which was only after my dad had come looking and yelling at me... my mom would scream at me saying I left the door open again... The first time i got a bicycle was for rent ... Rs 1 for an hour.... can't believe... I used to roam around the lanes near my home.. felt excited if I crossed n went a lil far away...
I agree partially that I envy the Kids childhood now... I wish I had a better childhood but I am more than happy with what my parents were able to provide me and for what I have become today.... They did more than what I could have asked for... Thanks Mom n Dad !!!!