Poetry…
June 26, 2007 at 8:12 pm | In random thoughts... | 2 CommentsPoetry!!! My favourite subject and something I love to talk about…
It could be something ranging from inspiring, soul-stirring, thought-provoking to out-of-the-world romantic poetry; I can fall in love with anything. From Keats and Shelley to Donne to Ezekiel…
Among the Indian poets, my favourite is Harivanshrai Bachchan, who is also the inspiration for my poetry. The metaphysical English poets inspire me too (though I prefer writing in Hindi). I feel my language of expression is Hindi. Bachchan and the metaphysical poets are an inspiration for me because of their metaphors, even Shelley and Keats (who were much beyond the other romantic poets, according to me). The superficial sort of writing is highly unattractive to me, in simple words the straightforward and direct ones. Poetry is beautiful when the poet uses symbols to convey his thoughts and the interpretation of the poems is left to the readers. This gives rise to different interpretations. When you look at certain poets, their works could be taken either at the surface level or by probing into the deeper meaning; it’s completely up to the reader how he/she wants to take it.
Poetry is not just “the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings from emotions recollected in tranquility”, it is the outpour of emotions into words and verses. It is a way of expression, which is not just ornate but can also move the deepest feelings of your heart… at least for me that is what poetry is…
P.S.:- The thoughts expressed above are solely of the author and need not be in consensus with anyone else.
Why me?
June 22, 2007 at 6:16 pm | In random thoughts... | Leave a CommentWhy me???
This is a question most of us ask ourselves lot of times…
You get out of the house, are half-way to your destination and realize you forgot your wallet. You rush back home only to realize you are late to wherever you were headed and think, “S***! Why me?” You fail an examination and realize, “Why me?” You lose someone close to your heart and cry out, “God, why me?”
At lot of points in your life, you must have said this. Now when I think, it seems more like a statement than a question. No one has an answer for that (I haven’t met God so, I don’t know if He would have an answer). It’s more to reiterate that it could have been someone else (would have been better that way!) or to pity that no one else could be facing so much of problems. We never realize that people around us have greater reasons for saying these two words, but still it just keeps coming into our minds.
So, why not think optimistically? Why not try to see that there are a lot of happy events which only we have witnessed or been a part of? So many things which would bring a smile to our faces? Would you then say, “why me?”
Top 5 ways to beat boredom and loneliness out of your life!!!
June 15, 2007 at 7:42 pm | In I,me,myself n my life | 1 CommentWhat do you do when you are bored with your work, homesick, friendless, lonely, etc. (yes, all this at the same time!!!)? I tried finding out solutions which are as follows,
1) Join some classes – It could range from music, dance to yoga and pottery (!!!). This would definitely help you break out of a rut and also make use of your free time. Some of it would help you feel relaxed, fit or bring out your “hidden talents”. It would also get you to meet people and might make you “friendful”.
2) Make books your friends (come on you can do that too) – Start reading lot of books. Books which interest you (that doesn’t include raunchy magazines!!!) or which might pull you out of your boredom. Even going to a bookstore and leafing through different books is a good way to pass your time (but it all depends whether you are the booky type). But visiting a bookstore could be a good way to start!!!
3) Browse through job portals (you are bored of your work, aren’t you???) - Find out if there’s something which wouldn’t get you bored too soon. This would boost your morale and make you feel that there are things which might hold your interest in work.
4) Pubs and discs – Catch hold of someone who parties and head for those pubs and discs every weekend. Believe me, it’s a very good stress reliever as well as great socializing grounds!!!
5) Last but not the least (I know it’s cliched) – Find a boyfriend / girlfriend for yourself (choose as applicable). Someone who you can go around with and have fun (see I gave it as the 5th option so don’t blame me!!!). This would not just take away your loneliness completely, it would even take away a lot of other things!!!
Well, the reason I wrote this is that I come in this category, as of now. Lets see which option would work for me!!!
chupke chupke raat din aansu bahana yaad hai
May 8, 2007 at 7:06 pm | In my favourite ghazals | 5 Commentschupke chupke raat din aansu bahana yaad hai
ham ko ab tak ashiqui ka wo zamaana yaad hai
tujhse milte hi vo kuch bebaak ho jaana mera
aur tera daanton mein vo ungli dabaana yaad hai
kheench lena vo mera parde ka kona daffaatan
aur dupatte se tera vo munh chhupana yaad hai
dopahar ki dhoop mein mere bulaane ke liye
vo teraa kothe pe nange paaon aana yaad hai
Hasrat Mohani
Certain Prez of a certain country!!!
May 8, 2007 at 6:49 pm | In News and Views | Leave a CommentWhy does a certain President of a certain country commits bundles of blunders (which are extremely obnoxious and slanderous)? And why did people of that certain country choose that guy as their Prez (hmmm…making others wonder about their thinking capabilities and voting opportunities)?
His country is being visited by a monarch of another certain country. And even this visit is not devoid of his hillarious antics. He actually slipped up on the monarch’s age (one of the many he keeps slipping on). He was commenting on the monarch’s last visit to the country. “You helped us celebrate our bicentennial in 1796…Er, 1976″, slipped our Prez. This one was smiled away by the monarch. But even then Prez couldn’t stop slipping. He winked at the monarch in the presence of around 7,000 guests, and this time inviting the monarch’s “frosty glare”.
Well, this is nothing unusual for the Prez who loves adding words to the English taxonomy and inventing unusual paradoxes. He is also famous for his “out-of-the-world”, extremely “intelligent” comments. Just chanced upon a few.
1) “I would say the best moment of all was when I caught a 7.5 pound largemouth bass in my lake.” –on his best moment in office, interview with the German newspaper Bild am Sonntag, May 7, 2006.
2) “I think — tide turning — see, as I remember — I was raised in the desert, but tides kind of — it’s easy to see a tide turn — did I say those words?” –asked if the tide was turning in Iraq, Washington, D.C., June 14, 2006.
3)”Politics comes and goes, but your principles don’t. And everybody wants to be loved — not everybody…. You never heard anybody say,’I want to be despised, I’m running for office.” at Tipp City, Ohio, April 19, 2007.
4) “That’s why we are inconveniencing air traffickers, to make sure nobody is carrying weapons on airplanes.” at Washington D.C., April 3, 2007.
These are just few of them. But this man is “famous” for his “over-the-top” behaviour and absurd comments (and he’s completely oblivious of all his misadventures… hmmm…sigh!!!). Yet he is definitely entertaining and amusing. Three cheers for the Dubyaman!!!
Apne haathon ki lakeeron…
May 1, 2007 at 5:35 pm | In my favourite ghazals | Leave a Commentapne haathon ki lakeeron mein basaale mujhko
main hoon tera naseeb apna bana le mujhko
mujhse tu poochhane aaya hai vafa ke maani
ye teri sadaadili maar na daale mujhko
khud ko main baant na daaloon kahin daaman-daaman
kar diya tune agar mere havale mujhko
vaada phir vaada hai main zehar bhi pee jaoon “Qateel”
shart ye hai koi baahon mein sambhale mujhko
Qateel Shifai
Mother Tongue Influence, “the disease”
April 19, 2007 at 7:47 pm | In News and Views | 20 CommentsMust have heard of this certain “disease” subtly called MTI, and expandedly known as Mother Tongue Influence.
This is a “disease” most of non-English speakers suffer from (though no one would want to admit it). Having this disease could make you almost an outcast. Society finds it really difficult to keep such “diseased” people among their circle. Though it’s not actually communicable or an epidemic, it’s dreaded like any other disease.
Who all suffer from this “disease”? Most of us actually…
So, what is this “disease”? It’s a speech-related problem which would make us incomprehensible to a lot of people or in more complicated words, MTI is the influence of your mother tongue on your accent, basically while speaking English.
Do only south Indians show the symptoms? Not only south Indians, all non-native speakers of English do (that would make all Indians vulnerable).
If a south Indian and a north Indian suffer from this and are talking about making things ’simple’, you might hear it as either “simbl” or “simpal”. Or you could hear “konstrukson” (construction), “bhaat” (what), “aadio” (audio), brekphast (breakfast). These are the few symptoms of this “disease”. So, beware of “the disease”.
But jokes apart. Does it really make any difference? We speak English and as far as people can understand I don’t think any kind of influence should actually bother anyone. English is a universal language and is all accepting. The English we speak can be termed Indian English and is completely acceptable, then why do we make such a hue and cry and mockery out of it?
21 Ways to Maintain A Healthy Level of Insanity
April 18, 2007 at 2:06 pm | In random thoughts... | Leave a CommentI found something for people like me. And it’s definitely not original but please don’t sue me for copyrights (because I have no clue who’s written this).
21 Ways To Maintain A Healthy Level Of Insanity:
1. At Lunch Time, Sit In Your Parked Car With Sunglasses on and point a Hair Dryer At Passing Cars .See If They Slow Down.
2. Page Yourself Over the Intercom .Don’t Disguise Your Voice.
3. Every Time Someone Asks You To Do Something, Ask If They Want Fries With That.
4. Put Your Garbage Can On Your Desk And Label it “In”.
5. Put Decaf In The Coffee Maker For 3 Weeks . Once Everyone Has Gotten Over Their Caffeine Addictions, Switch to Espresso.
6. In The Memo Field Of All Your Checks, Write ” For Smuggling Diamonds”.
7. Finish All Your sentences with “In Accordance With The Prophecy”.
8. Don’t Use Any Punctuation.
9. As Often As Possible, Skip Rather Than Walk.
10. Order a Diet Water Whenever You Go Out to Eat, with a Serious Face.
11. Specify That Your Drive-through Order Is “To Go”.
12. Sing Along At The Opera.
13. Go To A Poetry Recital. And Ask Why The Poems Don’t Rhyme?
14. Put Mosquito Netting Around Your Work Area and Play tropical Sounds All Day.
15. Five Days In Advance, Tell Your Friends You Can’t Attend Their Party Because You’re Not In The Mood.
16. Have Your Co-workers Address You By Your Wrestling Name, Rock Bottom.
17. When The Money Comes Out The ATM, Scream “I Won! I Won!”
18. When Leaving The Zoo, Start Running Towards The Parking lot, Yelling ”Run For Your Lives! They’re Loose!”
19. Tell Your Children Over Dinner, “Due To The Economy, We Are Going To Have To Let One Of You Go.”
20. Go to the fitting rooms with a packet of condoms and say you would like to fit it.
21. And The Final Way To Keep A Healthy Level Of Insanity …..
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My unbalanced Balance sheet!!!
March 29, 2007 at 3:17 pm | In I,me,myself n my life | Leave a CommentIf anyone asked me what’s the worst part of earning your own living, my immediate reply would be “managing my finances”.
I hate (I know hate’s a very strong word but holds good for me) managing finances. It’s beyond me to control my outflows. Some ancient, wise guy from apna India said that money should never be kept cloistered in a locker, it increases only if it’s spent. I follow it blindly. I earn, I spend.
As soon as money comes in, doors to expenditure open on their own (it’s not my fault that my friends come up with ideas of shopping, movies, trips, etc. in which I “have” to accompany them). Though I start off every month with a new budget plan, my expense column always tends to exceed my “expected contingencies” column. This being directly proportional to me not saving a penny (a paisa, for the patriotic lot!).
I have been trying to save money, but I am just not able to. Never knew saving was such a big issue. It’s really painful when you have to pay your phone bill and you realize that you don’t have enough money with you or really embarrassing if you are in a designer studio to buy something, you swipe your card and realize that “you don’t have sufficient balance” in our account. The worst would be if your best friend’s birthday comes at the end of the month.
But this time I have decided to spend carefully (I know I decide that at the beginning of every month but still). I would make my budget planner more meaningful and important part of my life (would keep it close to my heart, sigh!!!) and follow it like a bible (fingers crossed!!!).
Harivanshrai Bachchan
March 26, 2007 at 5:19 pm | In Uncategorized | 3 Comments“कल छिड़ी, होगी ख़तम कल
प्रेम की मेरी कहानी,
कौन हूँ मैं, जो रहेगी
विश्व में मेरी निशानी?
क्या किया मैंने नही जो
कर चुका संसार अबतक?
वृद्ध जग को क्यों अखरती
है क्षणिक मेरी जवानी?
मैं छिपाना जानता तो
जग मुझे साधु समझता,
शत्रु मेरा बन गया है
छल-रहित व्यवहार मेरा!
कह रहा जग वासनामय
हो रहा उद्गार मेरा!”
(Taken from Harivanshrai Bachchan’s poem “Kavi Ki Vaasna”)
These are the lines of my favourite poet, which are thought-inspiring for me. Just wanted to share it.
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