I tagged myself...

If you are free then you can use these tags for yourself.
Here goes:


A


- Available: For friends and relatives, YES. ALL THE TIME.

- Age: 21, but probably less than 18 by heart!

- Annoyance: Insincerity

- Animal: Doggies!!


B


- Beer: No

- Birthday: 29th July

- Body Part on opposite sex: Eyes

- Best feeling in the world: Knowing that someone loves you with everything in them. Nothing can beat that!

- Best weather: Spring

- Been in Love: Yes

- Been on stage?: Yes..

- Believe in miracles: Yes.

- Believe in God: Yes. Most of the times.

- Bouncers: Several times... on me or by me :D

- Baran/Bikaner: ambiguity.


C

- Car: Not a big car freak but it may be Corolla.

- Candy: Yes! (Bachpan ki aadat)

- Color: Black, White, Blue.

- Cried in school: No.

- Chocolate/Vanilla: Chocolate.

- Country to visit: Want to explore the whole of India. And the whole world. Dream destinations: Australia, Italy, France.


D


- Day or Night: Night.

- Danced: Yes, but only in marriages. But love it in general, and want to.

- Dance in the rain?: aah.... loved it.


E


- Eggs: Only in cakes.

- Eyes: Smiling. Speaking. Alight. Alive. That’s the way I like them.

- Everyone has: A story, A past.


F


- First crush: In college.

- First thoughts waking up: Gosh! Is it morning already?

- Food: Anything vegetarian, depending on my mood...sometimes 'Bhujiya ki Sabji on Fauji Dhaba'.

- Fast/Spin: more and more pace.


G


- Greatest Fear: Having nothing to live for

- Goals: To grow in life, not to just go through life.

- Get along with your parents?: Yes. Touch wood.

- Girls: Although I don't have a Ph.D. yet I feel that this creature wants you to initialize everything but wants to end up everything in her

own way.


H


- Hair Colour: Black

- Height: 6’1”

- Happy: Generally, yes.

- How do you want to die: Sudden Death, even 'pata nahi chale ki mar gaya';Peacefully. Without pain to me    or to others.

- Health freak?: Nope.

- Hate: Lies, back biting and insincere behaviour.


I


- Ice Cream: muaaahhh... Love it. Any flavour will do.

- Instrument(musical): Only table yet, once bought a mouth-organ.

- Idol: Randomly changes, depends on demand.


J


- Jewelry: Nah, Not into it.

- Job: filhaal to lag gayi.

- Juice/Softdrink: Juice.

- Juice/Tea: Juice.

- Juice/Ice-Cream: Ice-Cream :)


K


- Kids: None yet.

- Kites: sure, i'm going to watch it.

- Keep a magazine?: Used to.


L


- Love: Has the potential to change you and your world. It is precious, and worth fighting for.

- Laughed so hard you cried: Yes.

- Love at first sight: Yup.


M


- Marriage: Not Yet, will happen in due time.

- Machines: used to.

- Music: can't sustain without it.


N


- Number of Siblings: 1, A Younger Brother.

- Number of Piercings: None

- Naughty: depends


O


- One wish: To be successful.


P


- Place you’d like to live: Amidst lush greenery and extremely beautiful natural surroundings.

- Perfect food: My mum's hand-made.

- Pepsi/Coke: Slice.

- Prizes: countable yet.

Q


- Questionaires: Fun when I need refreshment/nap. (like now)


R


- Reason to cry: When I am hurt.

- Reality T.V.: Yes.

- Roll in cricket team: Strike Bowler.


S

- Song: Loads of favourites.

- Shoe size: 9

- Slept outside: Yes. On terraces.

- Seen a dead body?: Yes.

- Smoked?: Nope.

- Shower daily?: Yes. 

- Sing well?: Would love to, but, unfortunately, I don’t now. 

- Swear?: Left it.

- Single?: Yup.

- Scientists need to invent: Nothing particular as such.


T


- Time for bed: Sometimes early, sometimes too late (like today).

- TV: Yes, addicted kind of.

- Touch your tongue to your nose: Can’t. 


U


- Unpredictable: Yes.


V


- Vegetable you hate: Spinach.

- Vegetable you love: Potato, Karela and Bhindi!

- Vacation spot: Home :)


W


- Weakness: Too caring. Too sensitive. Too trusting. Too sentimental. Can't satisfy in a bit-'I want more'. 

- When you grow up: Want to be a better person, and have made a difference in the life of someone.

- Worst feeling: To be ignored.

- Wanted to be a model?: Never.

- Where do we go when we die: No clue!

- Worst weather: None actually. Every season has its own downs, and its own beauty.


X


-X-Rays: Once...


Y


-Year it is now: 2010.

-You: ofcourse, I needed.


Z


- Zoo animal: Not a very big fan of zoos. Pity the animals. 

- Zodiac sign: Aries & Capricorn



Take it up, guyz! It’s fun!!

और ख्वाब...?

और रात जाने क्यूँ खड़ी है खिड़की में?
शायद नाराज है या शरमाती है अन्दर आने में.........
नींद भी दस्तक तो देना चाहती है पलकों पे,
बस खुली आँखों में उतरना इसकी फितरत नहीं........
और ख्वाब?
वो तो सभी तुम्हारे थे.....
अब तुम नहीं तो ख्वाब कहाँ?


आज की शब् तुम्हारे सिवा सभी कुछ अपनी जगह पर है....
पर थोडा कुछ कम होने से कितना कुछ कम लगता है.........




I read it from somewhere, actually don't know from where...but willingly want to post it. So enjoy...

Thought !

This is the smallest post for the season. Sorry about discontinuity. This is the impact of Gulzar. I was just tweeting & the result is it. I think you'll feel Gulzar in it definitely & even it is unbelievable that I framed it.


"कल मौसम की रंगत कुछ और ही थी,
        और आज देखो, इतना तल्ख़ हुए जा रहा है,
                      लगता है इसने भी कभी इश्क़ किया था |"


Dedicated to the weather of 22nd Feb.
Say how's it? 

Hopin' For A Sweet Semester :)

The sky is dark, pitch black, except for the glitter of the few stars of great bear constellation. What I presume are clouds, hide everything on the earth from me. The yellow light at the tip of the wing breaks the serenity. I crane my neck to see the rear view out of the window and see the full moon, in all its glory, perched over a cushion of  clouds just over the horizon. The cradle is lit yellow with the light from the aged moon.

And I curse my eyes, my heart for being unable to capture the magnificent scene.

I have forgotten all the things in a while, my mobile is ringing & I am attending the call.
It may relavent to my semester, hoping so...
(For those lost, this was a scene from my overnight flight...... 1 am-5 am, in my dreams)

नया सवेरा :)

नव-वर्ष की शुभकामनाओं के साथ ....


"सो रहे हो ?
 सोते रहो !
 किन्तु क्या रुक जायेगा
 उगता हुआ नव-भोर ?
 निश्चित नहीं
 भोर तो आकर रहेगा
 इस धरा के
 मौज भरते,
मुक्त अम्बर में 
 विचरते,
 पंछियों का
 शोर भी छा कर रहेगा |"

:) consecutive second post in a row [:P]

'ज़िन्दगी, शुक्रिया !'

"आ ! कि दिल कि उदास दुनिया में
 यास के अब्र छाए जाते हैं,
 आ ! कि यह रात ढलती जाती है
 कई दरख्त छूटते जाते हैं |"

आज एक बार फिर से दिमाग के बवंडर ने आ घेरा है | सुबह बस होने को ही है, लेकिन यह दिमाग अब भी सोना नहीं चाहता | अब तो वक़्त-बेवक़्त होने कि आदत सी हो गयी है | कोई हसीन-सा नुक्ता दिन में तो मेरे शब्दकोष को विराम दे देता है, लेकिन रात में तो किसी का कोई ज़ोर नहीं | यह कोई वक़्त नहीं है अपनी जिजीविषा को धरा पे अवतरित करने का, लेकिन जब कलम खुद-ब-खुद चलना चाहे तो क्या किया जा सकता है ?

किसी की दार्शनिकता का कोई पैमाना नहीं होता | दार्शनिकता तो ज़िन्दगी को हूबहू मस्तिष्क के कैनवास पर उकेरती है | ज़िन्दगी, ज़िन्दगी है तो प्रेम है और प्रेम से ही यादों का समुच्चय है | एक लक्ष्य, प्यार  और एक स्वप्न आपके शरीर पर ही नहीं, आपके पूरे जीवन पर नियंत्रण करने की शक्ति देते हैं |

हर गुज़रता लम्हा जीवन है | इसे महसूस करें और जीवन का आभार मानें | यह चलती रहती है, क्योंकि यह नृत्य है , एक हास्य है, एक लय-एक संगीत है, एक अविराम अटूट  उत्सव है, एक निरंतर महारास है  | यह पल-पल हमें बताती है कि मैं नवोन्मेष हूँ नए मनुष्य की,  नयी मनुष्यता की | इस ज़िन्दगी से प्रेम करो | यहीं से प्रेम का उदय होता है |

"किरण-किरण बिखरती है, तो उजाले फैलते है,
किरण-किरण जुड़ती है, तो उजाले बनते है,
रोशनी कतरों में समाई है और हर कतरा
अपने हिस्से की रोशनी लेकर आता है |"

हर कोई चाहता है की उसका प्रेम सुन्दर हो, उसकी ज़िन्दगी सुन्दर हो | अपने प्यार को खूबसूरत देखने की चाह किसकी नहीं होती लेकिन सुन्दरता किसी प्रेम की अनिवार्यता नहीं होती, वह तो खुद हर खूबसूरती से खूबसूरत होता है |

कोई प्रेम के लिए पूरी ज़िन्दगी भटकता रहता है, यह भी नहीं जानता की उसका प्रेम उसके ही सामीप्य में है, उसकी ज़िन्दगी | अगर भटकना ही है तो इस तरह भटको की भटकन ही आनंद की मंजिल बन जाए | भटकते-भटकते उसके पास बस यादें रह जाती हैं | यादें स्वयं को विश्वास दिलाने का तरीका है की आप विशिष्ट हैं | आपको भी प्रेम करने वाले हैं और आप उनमें से नहीं है जिनकी किसी को परवाह न हो |

यादें समुद्र के छोर पर उसकी लहरों से लगातार गीले होते शंख की तरह होती हैं, जिसमें समुद्र की सारी ठंडक, उन्माद, उल्लास, नवीनता, क्षणभंगुरता, प्रयास, अभ्यास, क्षमता और विविधता छिपी होती है |

इन यादों को खुद में समेट लो, कल के लिए, क्योंकि यही एक तुम्हारा ख़जाना होगा इस भीड़ की कंगाली में .....

2 States Of My Mind...

I have just finished '2 States' by Chetan Bhagat. For this simple job I invest 10 days, but not in vain. The conclusion was that I found it far better than 2nd and 3rd one. Nice work Chetan !

Now come to the point. I am not here to discuss it's content or story, I want so...because I liked it's humour like Mickey Mouse, but it may be controvertial. Basically I am going to project it's concept with mine life, actually everyone's life.

If you are reading this post and didn't read '2 States', then it's obvious to discuss something about this creativity :

'2 States' is all about how you get your target(love) if you seriously target(love) it. Krish, a genius bugger from IITD and Ananya, a South Indian girl make their way to IIMA. They meet in certain horrible conditions and like each filmy_love_stories, their meetings convert into their_love_story. To teach your girlfriend in her room at her hostel is so-cool thing to enhance the love and shrink the limits and it happened.

Both are agreed to marry with each-other but they have to agree their families  also, and surely it is not a cake because Krish is a Punjabi Boy and Ananya is a Tamil Brahmin. Now, Krish took his posting at Chennai so that he can fill the gap between him and Ananya's family. So much drama, so much dedication, so much patience, so much efforts, so much offences, so much disappointments... Krish bears all the things for Ananya only upto 6 months and finally got the fruit.

Now turn to Ananya ; she has to agree Krish's Mother (surprise about Father) and she gets a little bit success in it.

And, now Ananya's family and Krish's family has to like each-other. They don't but, 'If Love is real, then all barriers gone imaginary...'

So, in the last after lot of funny moments, sentimental situations Krish and Ananya got married similarly filmy_love_stories.

In real, this reading influenced me or can say penatrate a niddle in my heart and forced me to think. But for this you have to share Krish's luck. Leave it, Two-States says not to loose patience, temperament, target in non-favourable-conditions as in every reading; but unlikely to others it is a love-story of triumph as well triumph of a love-story. If you want anything in life (seriously not by affection), seriously you want to, then no-one can stop you; you have to achieve it and you will, no matter how you go to survive it. If your heart, mind, soul are craving for that desire, you'll get a zeal to find the way to that.

That's all about reviews over 2 States.

Finally, I'll share some text from this Total_immense_love_reflection novel-

(these may be used as proverbs now...)

"Pretty girls behave best when you ignore them. (Of course, they have to know you are ignoring them, for otherwise they may not even know you exist.) "

"All professors are assholes."

"Once you start liking someone, their mere presence evokes a warm feeling in you."

"When a woman comes into your life, things organise themselves."

Sweetest Line : "'Ananya Swaminathan, I, Krish Malhotra, am deeply in love with you and want to be with you always. Apart from when we go to office, of course. Will you marry me ?' "

"But when someone tells you to not take it the wrong way, you have to take it the wrong way."

"Jealousy is a rather enjoyable emotion to watch."

"Naan Onnai Kadalikaren, she said 'I love you' in Tamil."

"Because knowledge is not for showing off. If I do good work, people should notice me."

"People close to you have the power to disturb you the most."

"The funny thing about sleep is you can't instruct it to happen."

"sometimes in life you just meet someone or hear something that nudges you on the right path. And that becomes the best advice. It could just be a bit of common sense said in a way that resonates with something in you. It's nothing new, but because it connects with you it holds meaning for you."

"Isn't love the best investment ?"

"The world's most sensible person and the biggest idiot both stay within us. The worst part is, you can't even tell who is who."

Bye for now;

Ashish