maikhana wehi saki bhi wehi
pilaya jaam wehi usne aaj fir
rehega dil mein surur shab bher
aaj man kuch aur bhi ker gujar
kader na jani kabhi usne
zaalim ne aaj bhi toda
kyun ker kyun ker
ki aaj man toot ke bikher
us par bhi teri yaad nahi jati
har pal reh reh ke hai satati
ho gaya hai ab deewan-e-aam
aaj man bhula de yeh gham
(The following is inspired...)
fir wehi mahek uske tan ki
fir wehi raunak uske chehre ki
ek muddat se hai wehi,....par
ker man sirf use hi pyaar kar
Friday, October 29, 2004
Monday, October 25, 2004
The Trek
A work well started is half done, and what about the one started poorly? so poorly like this..
I was supposed to get up at 6am and was to reach at a place 10mins by walking nearby my apartment and then all were supposed to leave by 7...and I got up at 7. What happened I did not know; may be the ghost of Souron came and put off the alarm or may be the trumpets and horns by Gondor warriors were louder than my alarmclock, but then what happened to my roommate? Why was he late, i asked him to wake me up, why didnt he? What am I supposed to do now? Then suddenly an absurb idea crept into my mind. What if I do not go at all? Tiwari was telling me that it could be done and in any case I was not going to make for it in time. Time? you are already 10 mins late...NO! You are more than half and hour late. OH GOD! what to do? What about the stuff I will take with me? What about the shoes? What about my camera? bullshit..where is the camera? Why isnt my apartment mate coming out of the toilet? is he asleep? Where is my jacket? OH shit!!! Where are the checklist and the telephone list? Dammit! Why didnt I arrange everything in the night itself?
Anyway, having thought about all the possibilities of doing things as fast as I can and once even thinking of the time machine to go back the time I some how managed to get out of my apartment at 7:25. Full of doubts I gave a call to Mr Woo. After that what happened I did not know. All I remember was that I was crossing the marvelous bridge of Goeje city that connects the island with the rest of the peninsula with Mr Woo and 2 other team members. At that moment only the idea of sharing this experience struck my mind.
At the base:
There we were at the base of the mountain called SongniSAN (san=mountain). It was 1058m high from the sea level with a walking distance of 14kms round the trip. Thats big!
The tale of hiking
We started quite well with rapid steps and high spirits. I was in a group of four. But only after around 200m I was staggering well behing them. They waited for a few times and then they moved on. I was tottering laggardly again but on my own and alone. The path was rocky and there were steps sometimes big enough to leave me fully exhausted and that was why I was taking short breaks also. After about 700m I was completely exhausted and I didnt have enough energy to hike further. At that point I thought of dropping the idea of reaching upto the peak. Already 3 of the team members were behind me and may be they had started descending. My mouth was completely dry and I needed some water and there was none. I cursed that moment when I handed over my bag with bottle of water to someone else who was quite ahead of me. What a fool am I? OK! Forget about reaching the top.. I thought and sat down on a rock. I planned to start desceding in a while when I saw an old couple passing by me. NO! I will not give up whatever the reason is. really???? oh yes!!!
I started again but my body was not supporting me. My mouth was dry and my head had started spinning. I needed some water quite badly. I finally decided to look up and see the top if I can and then give up. Looking up I saw a large number of people, young and old, kids with their folks, beautiful chicks with their boyfriends, groups of young guys etc and I thought.. KASH!!! I was also among them. And at that very moment I saw a man some 50m above me. He was carrying a green bag, my bag, my bag with water. WOW!!! Thats it. I closed my eyes for a while and started again. Having seen my bag with water filled me with some extra energy and I dont know in how much time I caught that fellow (ofcourse he was very slow). I gulped down half the bottle and starting again I finally reached the top.
The Yell!!!
The first thing I did was to look for my team mates and I found them having a group photograph...without me. I ran towards the group and seeing me they called my name. I was more than proud of myself and was grinning upto my ears in that photograph.
And then we all turned around and facing towards the whole range of mountains...we Yelled on top of our voices...."Yahooooo!". The sound died rapidly but I heard a faint "congratulations".
The pagoda:
The tallest (Buddha) statue I ever saw: Read about this here, I have nothing more to say except that the statue is really big (30m) and is made of bronze.
http://www.buddhapia.com/buddhapi/eng/temple/korexp/html/bu21.html
http://www.greasyelbow.com/korea/songnisan/
I was supposed to get up at 6am and was to reach at a place 10mins by walking nearby my apartment and then all were supposed to leave by 7...and I got up at 7. What happened I did not know; may be the ghost of Souron came and put off the alarm or may be the trumpets and horns by Gondor warriors were louder than my alarmclock, but then what happened to my roommate? Why was he late, i asked him to wake me up, why didnt he? What am I supposed to do now? Then suddenly an absurb idea crept into my mind. What if I do not go at all? Tiwari was telling me that it could be done and in any case I was not going to make for it in time. Time? you are already 10 mins late...NO! You are more than half and hour late. OH GOD! what to do? What about the stuff I will take with me? What about the shoes? What about my camera? bullshit..where is the camera? Why isnt my apartment mate coming out of the toilet? is he asleep? Where is my jacket? OH shit!!! Where are the checklist and the telephone list? Dammit! Why didnt I arrange everything in the night itself?
Anyway, having thought about all the possibilities of doing things as fast as I can and once even thinking of the time machine to go back the time I some how managed to get out of my apartment at 7:25. Full of doubts I gave a call to Mr Woo. After that what happened I did not know. All I remember was that I was crossing the marvelous bridge of Goeje city that connects the island with the rest of the peninsula with Mr Woo and 2 other team members. At that moment only the idea of sharing this experience struck my mind.
At the base:
There we were at the base of the mountain called SongniSAN (san=mountain). It was 1058m high from the sea level with a walking distance of 14kms round the trip. Thats big!
The tale of hiking
We started quite well with rapid steps and high spirits. I was in a group of four. But only after around 200m I was staggering well behing them. They waited for a few times and then they moved on. I was tottering laggardly again but on my own and alone. The path was rocky and there were steps sometimes big enough to leave me fully exhausted and that was why I was taking short breaks also. After about 700m I was completely exhausted and I didnt have enough energy to hike further. At that point I thought of dropping the idea of reaching upto the peak. Already 3 of the team members were behind me and may be they had started descending. My mouth was completely dry and I needed some water and there was none. I cursed that moment when I handed over my bag with bottle of water to someone else who was quite ahead of me. What a fool am I? OK! Forget about reaching the top.. I thought and sat down on a rock. I planned to start desceding in a while when I saw an old couple passing by me. NO! I will not give up whatever the reason is. really???? oh yes!!!
I started again but my body was not supporting me. My mouth was dry and my head had started spinning. I needed some water quite badly. I finally decided to look up and see the top if I can and then give up. Looking up I saw a large number of people, young and old, kids with their folks, beautiful chicks with their boyfriends, groups of young guys etc and I thought.. KASH!!! I was also among them. And at that very moment I saw a man some 50m above me. He was carrying a green bag, my bag, my bag with water. WOW!!! Thats it. I closed my eyes for a while and started again. Having seen my bag with water filled me with some extra energy and I dont know in how much time I caught that fellow (ofcourse he was very slow). I gulped down half the bottle and starting again I finally reached the top.
The Yell!!!
The first thing I did was to look for my team mates and I found them having a group photograph...without me. I ran towards the group and seeing me they called my name. I was more than proud of myself and was grinning upto my ears in that photograph.
And then we all turned around and facing towards the whole range of mountains...we Yelled on top of our voices...."Yahooooo!". The sound died rapidly but I heard a faint "congratulations".
The pagoda:
The tallest (Buddha) statue I ever saw: Read about this here, I have nothing more to say except that the statue is really big (30m) and is made of bronze.
http://www.buddhapia.com/buddhapi/eng/temple/korexp/html/bu21.html
http://www.greasyelbow.com/korea/songnisan/
Friday, October 15, 2004
Ehsaas!
saath dete to dost na kehlate
sath chalte to sathi na kehlate
sath nibhate to humsafar na kehlate
gawah-e-zamana, zaalim sath nahi nibhate!
humne kab keha tha ki pyaar humein kero
kabhi yeh bhi to nahi keha ki sath hamare chalo
pyaar to mera bas us chaand ki tereh hai
dharti se nahi keha ki chandni humpe bikhero
kabhi isliye nahi chaha tumhe humnein
ki tumse balde mein humein pyaar mile
kaise batayein tumhe dil ka haal, aei zaalim!!!
is jazbe ka ehsaas hi kafi hai hamare liye
sath chalte to sathi na kehlate
sath nibhate to humsafar na kehlate
gawah-e-zamana, zaalim sath nahi nibhate!
humne kab keha tha ki pyaar humein kero
kabhi yeh bhi to nahi keha ki sath hamare chalo
pyaar to mera bas us chaand ki tereh hai
dharti se nahi keha ki chandni humpe bikhero
kabhi isliye nahi chaha tumhe humnein
ki tumse balde mein humein pyaar mile
kaise batayein tumhe dil ka haal, aei zaalim!!!
is jazbe ka ehsaas hi kafi hai hamare liye
Man..Incomplete
aaj man kehi aur chal
yeh galiya to wehi hain
jinse gujure the kal
aaj man kehi aur chal
sooraj aata her baar usi disha se
hawaon mein hai khushboo wehi
bhawre ko kali se ab bhi hai preet
aaj man suna koi aur hi geet
har raat wehi chanda dikhta hai
tare gine bahut ker li jugnuo se baatein
kabhi to badle yeh purana chaman
aaj man dikha koi aur hi swapan
us din woh kaun mila tha
baheki si yaad to hai dil mein
bada dilkash tha woh rahgujar
aaj man bas us oor chal
then...reddy disturbed me
its "man" as in "man" of amir and manisha
yeh galiya to wehi hain
jinse gujure the kal
aaj man kehi aur chal
sooraj aata her baar usi disha se
hawaon mein hai khushboo wehi
bhawre ko kali se ab bhi hai preet
aaj man suna koi aur hi geet
har raat wehi chanda dikhta hai
tare gine bahut ker li jugnuo se baatein
kabhi to badle yeh purana chaman
aaj man dikha koi aur hi swapan
us din woh kaun mila tha
baheki si yaad to hai dil mein
bada dilkash tha woh rahgujar
aaj man bas us oor chal
then...reddy disturbed me
its "man" as in "man" of amir and manisha
Thursday, October 14, 2004
For masterji :-)
fazaaon mein teri mahek
tera chehra nigahon mein
zerre zerre mein teri kasak
tera pyaar dil ki panahon mein
tera chehra nigahon mein
zerre zerre mein teri kasak
tera pyaar dil ki panahon mein
Zindagi
As promised it's here....
zindagi rulati hai aur satati hai
tadpaati aur kabhi kabhi to bhulati hai
kabhi paas aati hai to kabhi door chali jati hai
maj-dhaar mein toofan ban ke darati hai
tapti dhoop mein ek thanda saya ban jati hai
bhor ka panchi ban madhur geet gungunati hai
naveli dulhan sa palki se muskarati hai
sooni lambi raah ka sachcha sathi ban jati hai
nafrat se kabhi mere dil ko jalati hai
mohabbat ban ke rooh ko mahkati hai
itni koshish ke baad bhi na samajh paya
zindagi tu kaun sa rishta kab nibhati hai
zindagi rulati hai aur satati hai
tadpaati aur kabhi kabhi to bhulati hai
kabhi paas aati hai to kabhi door chali jati hai
maj-dhaar mein toofan ban ke darati hai
tapti dhoop mein ek thanda saya ban jati hai
bhor ka panchi ban madhur geet gungunati hai
naveli dulhan sa palki se muskarati hai
sooni lambi raah ka sachcha sathi ban jati hai
nafrat se kabhi mere dil ko jalati hai
mohabbat ban ke rooh ko mahkati hai
itni koshish ke baad bhi na samajh paya
zindagi tu kaun sa rishta kab nibhati hai
The meaning
Welcome to life my friend!Isn’t it the first sentence that we all hear when we come to existence? The urologist and the nurse smile at us and say the same sentence. And since that day, since that very moment we are trying to find out the meaning of life, in fact we are trying to find out the life itself. Life defined as “the essence of our living, our very existence” is always running away from us and we chase it our whole life. Isn’t that a dilemma?One solution of this could be to give the life a meaning and get live to attain or fulfill that meaning. You might not agree with the point at first but then if you think of it for a while and give it more consideration in the long term then it will sound plausible.The more clearly we define the meaning of life, the easier is the life for us. And…. My friend! You got it. The difficult thing isn’t the following the meaning of life, it is to define or to find the meaning of life. How many of us do really have a meaning of life? May be you even didn’t think about it before reading this. Well, life goes on, that’s what life is. It does not wait for you to give it a meaning. But is it worth living then? What are we doing daily, are we living? Without a meaning? Think of it!
Blogging?
Somebody rightly said! Blogging mostly starts with the answer to the question... What! you don't blog. I agree that the same thing happened to me too. And I also agree that that was just the story of the inception only. I use to write and thats what keeps me posting/writing blogs too. Ofcourse what i write is mostly the spur of the moment so not much of it is systematised or penned. Anyway, returning to blogs, I found some very nice blogs,rather thougths and thats also a reason to keep me alive here. OK OK! lets correct it. thats also the reason to give birth to this page.
You can find here a few of my writings (its not that here i will have few of them, but there are only "few" of them). well, the point is not to make you read but an effort to systematise that chaos.
You can find here a few of my writings (its not that here i will have few of them, but there are only "few" of them). well, the point is not to make you read but an effort to systematise that chaos.
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