Freedom...The World's biggest Idea!

We Indians are celebrating the 62nd year of our Independence. India, as a whole, is free from bondage. But...r the individual minds free? Let's hear from them...

"We want to be what we r good at. We frankly don't know what it is. Music? May be sports. Painting? Who knows, may be politics. Whatever it is, we know it's out there, waiting for us. We just want the FREEDOM to explore it and when we find out, we want to be just that!"

"Everybody thinks, if u r a housewife, u have all the time in the world...u have no worries...u r free! How can I be free? Taking care of a husband and two little devils is a full time job. And it gets even worse,when everyone wants to do their own thing. The way I see it, the more responsible my husband and my children become, the more FREEDOM I get!"

"I gave my children

full freedom.

Never asked them what they did with their money or their time. Always let them watch their favourite T.V. shows. Never interfered with their choice of career. Their life partners too. I was a concerned father, not a controlling father. Now that I'm retired, I want them to give me back the same FREEDOM that I gave them!"

These were just a few....there are many others who are not yet free, in one way or the other.

Friends, on this Independence day, Let's bring smiles. Let's try in our own ways, and give FREEDOM to someone in bondage!

HAPPY INDEPENDENCE DAY!

Rishton ki boondein !

Bijli ki yeh kadkadahat
Boondon ka yeh barasna
Aai hai phir baarish
Jhoomke sabka yeh kehna.
Dharti ki yeh khushboo
Mann ko moh jaye
boondon ki yeh rimjhim
kaanon ko choo jaye
Mann chahe kisi apne ka sath
Bheegne ke liye, thaamke hath
Par koi nahin hai mera yahan
jiske sang choolun main aasmaan
Kitne zaalim hote hain yeh rishte
Pal bhar mein milte, phir bichad bhi jaate
In boondon ki tarah hi woh bhi
Aake haathon mein,kahin phir choot jaate!
Bhatakte hain hum, aise apno ke liye
Jo sath de hamara, hamesha ke liye.
Beshaq mil to jaate hain kuch apne aise,
Par kai aur pyare rishte...peeche chod jaane ke liye!

Happy birthday 'Maitrin'

I had scribbled this in my 3rd MBBS when I had a tiff with my close friend over a sensitive issue. The 2 & 1/2 year friendship shattered within seconds...and we remained as mere batchmates the rest of graduation days. But then it is said, true friends never part...and believe me...even today when I speak to her, I feel as close to her as I had felt, when we were together. Love you always...'Maitrin'!
Yeh rishte bhi bade zaalim hote hain
Kabhi hasaate, to kabhi bada rulaate hain
Kya tha insaan jab aaya tha zameen par?
Akela hi to tha is poore aashiyaan par!
Phir kyun milte hain log bichadne ke liye?
Kyun bante hain rishte tootne ke liye?
Aakhir kasoor kiska tha?
Mera tha...ya uska tha?
Yeh sochte sochte samay nikal jaata hai,
Woh rishta bante banaate phir toot jaata hai!
Aisa hi kuch hua hai mere sath bhi
Kuch dhaage toote hain..bas abhi abhi
Sochti hun main...to mann bhar aata hai,
Mann ka dard...aankhon se boond bankar bah jaata hai!
Kitne pyaare the wo pal,
jab hum the sang har pal...
Saath mein jaana...saath mein aana,
Saath mein hasna...sath mein rona!
Phir aayi woh kaali raat..
jis pal kahi thi tumne woh baat.
Sun kar yeh dil toota kuch aise...
laga phir kabhi na jud payega jaise
Phir bhi dil ne chaaha tha tumhe
to phir kaise bhool paata wo tumhe
Mann karta hai phir baatein ho...
Kya meri hi tarah...lagta bhi hai tumhe?

Celebrations!

What does it cost to have a celebration?

A winter evening,
Four friends,
One barsaati,
Four glasses of chai.

Hundred bucks of gas,
A rusty old bike,
And an open road.

Maggi noodles
A hostel room
4:25 am

Three old friends
Three seperate cities
Three coffee mugs
One Yahoo messenger

Rain on a hot tin roof
Pakoras deep frying
Neighbours dropping in
An impromptu party

You and Mom
A summer night
A bottle of coconut oil
A head massage
Gossipping about absent family members.

You can spend
Hundreds on birthdays,
Thousands on festivals,
Lakhs on weddings...
But to celebrate, all you have to spend is....

Your Time!

Friendship has Fence !

I slept and dreamt that friendship was Divine

I woke up and found that it was like wine.

U like it when its new...it gets sweeter with time,

Healthy when in limits...excess leads to crime.

Though it's said that friendship has no bounds,

This saying, say I, is not that true as it sounds.

Getting into friendship brings responsibilities too,

of being true to it and being yourself too.

Intelligent is he, who knows the sinple ways,

of getting along with friends, enjoying beautiful days.

Without any grudges, without any pains,

and without any thought of losses or gains.

One who knows the value of this delicate thread,

will not let excess jam spoil the tasty bread.

So believe in friendship and have good friends,

But don't cross your limits when being with friends.

Let's nurture this garden with all the care we have,

for friendship is but nothing, the purest form of love !

Life is beautiful when it is colourful...

In life we meet all kinds of people. Some who touch our hearts like anything,while some others, whose mere presence irritates us. Very often, we get to hear people saying,"Why doesn't he/she understand such a simple thing?" or "Why doesn't he/she behave the way we do with them?" and such kind of stuff!
At such times, I remember one of my teachers giving us a simple example. He had two paintings with him. One was very colourful, very pretty and was looking awesome. The other one, was a similar painting, but there were no colours in it. Everything was painted white. So there was no contrast and the beauty of the art was lost. It was too plain and boring.
He showed us both the paintings and asked us,"Which one is more beautiful?"
The obvious and unanimous answer was,"the second one."
Then he continued,"Imagine this world to be a painting and God to be the Painter. If God would have painted evrybody with the same colour, would this world be so colourful and interesting as it is now? Imagine me to be like you, your friends to be like you, your parents to be like you and your brothers and sisters also to be like you. How would life be then? It would be as boring as the second painting that I had showed you! So be thankful to God for creating so many difference between us, learn to accept people as they are and stop complaining. Its because of these differences that exist between us, that you are what you are....unique....one piece!"

Isn't this so simple...yet clears all the complexes of the mind?

The Mirror of my life !

This goes for the one,closest to me...Durga. This was my first ever attempt to write a poem. And I gifted this to her on Friendship day.

Is it u? Is it me? Is there a difference?

O Beautiful one,

What should I inscribe for u?

U r the sweetest one in this world for me,

And that's what makes me closest to thee.

Ur smile makes me smile,

and from all the worries it takes me away a mile.

Ur talks tempt me to talk,

and all my tensions go far from me for a long walk.

U r the mirror of my life where in

my real self is clearly seen.

Ur thoughts, ur words, ur love, ur affection

What else do I need than this lovely relation?

For seeing a smile on ur pretty lips,

I can go through any hardships...

Because its from u that I have learnt

The real meaning of Friendship !!!

HAPPY FRIENDSHIP DAY !

The Message of Life

Failure and success are mental concepts

Striving under duress, man maketh hundred attempts

The goals set by man, set everyone going

On thinking puts he ban, unthinkingly keep they going.

Wasting beautiful moments, effort eternal goes on

In hasty forward movements they fail to watch the dawn.

Some do achive the goal and feel on top of the world

The wretched below the world, despond and wrong the soul.

Its a game of see-saw, those on top then go low,

The others rise in awe, sad eyes beginning to glow.

Is it necessary after all to reach the extreme ends?

Life's joy theough love for all

live and let live...the message it sends !