JLT :)

Some experiences which are second to none :

Catching a bus which is about to leave the station.
Watching your child trying to walk, when he can't. The way he stands up taking some support and then again fells down.
Getting a glimpse of your crush through the closing door of the lift.
Trying to lick your ice-cream when it has already reached your elbow.
Smiling about something while sitting alone in peace.
Pressing the send button for your text message, while you are still in dilemma to send it or not.
Picking up the last chocolate left in the distribution.
Last ball of the match left and India needs some 10 odd runs. We feel that India can still pull it.
Your friend is saying something, which you have no idea about. You still keep on nodding your head to make him feel that you are interested.
Singing in bathroom, we think that nobody is able to hear us. Try to be on the other side of the door.
Your class teacher asks you to get out of the class, while you were thinking of a reason to run away.

Life will give us chances to enjoy small things, it's totally up to us to grab them.

Bachpann

Woh choti choti baaton pe khush hona,
Maa ke teen ya chaar baar bulaane par bhi bistar se naa uthna,
Cartoon network pe din bhar lage rehna,
Padosiyon ke ghar jaake roz khaana khana;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh SUDUP SUDUP karke chai peena,
Glass mein juice naa hone par bhi straw ko kuch samay tak chooste rehna,
Barf ke tukde leke, unhein chabaana,
Fryums ko duson ungliyon mein pehan ke khaana;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh baarish ki bundon ko hatheli mein lena,
Jaise hi bijli kadke ghar se baahar bhaag jaana,
Mitti ki khushboo ka aaram se mazaa lena,
CHAP CHAP karte hue doston pe paani fekna;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh kisiki shaadi mein jaane ke liye utaawale rehna,
Kya kya khaane ko milega yeh sochte rehna,
Jaane se kai ghante pehle hi taiyaar ho jaana,
Pahunchte hi music pe dance karne lagna;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh chocolate kharidne ke liye paise ikkhate karna,
Apne piggy bank ka hisaab roz karte rehna,
Paapa ko bike ka chakkar dilaane ke liye pareshaan karte rehna,
Petrol ki tanki pe baithke, khud bike chalaane ki feeling lena;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh apne janam din ke liye mahino pehle se intezaar karna,
Kya gift milega yeh mummy-paapa ko poochte rehna,
Naye kapde, naye joote, nayi ghadi kharidna,
Aur sab kuch matching ho iska dhyaan rakhna;
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh kisi ladki ke saath baat karne mein sharmaana,
School mein agar teacher humein unke saath bitha de toh ro dena,
Har teacher ke class mein aane par, "Good Morning Madam" gaate hue khade hona,
Recess ki ghanti bajne ka hamesha wait karte rehna,
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Woh doston ke saath katti-batti khelte rehna,
Cycle race fir unse hi lagaana,
School ki notebook pe star milne par kitna khush hona,
Ghar jaa ke maa ko apni manpasand dish banane ke liye kehna,
Kyun ab yeh sab hum nahin kar paate.

Sometimes I become very sad remembering those days. That's why I always try to keep that innocence in me. It helps me live.

If Only

If Only I say, they will understand me.
If Only I cry, they will know that I am hurt.
If Only I am angry, they realize the strength within me.
If Only I try, they know my potential.
If Only I dance, they know how free I feel.
If Only I smile, they feel I am satisfied in my life.
If Only I laugh, they know I have understood the joke.
If Only I sing, they know I have a rhythm inside me.
If Only I write, they know I can express my thoughts.
If Only I love, they feel how much I care about them.
If Only I lie down, they feel I am tired.
If Only I am quiet, they know something is not right with my life.

Life is all about how we express ourselves to others.

i JUST see

I see, every morning when I get up.
A boy cladded in a school uniform.
Dropping the daily paper to every house.
With a bag on his back, paddling his cycle.
Dripping with sweat he does his job.

I see, on my way to the office.
A woman carrying a large bag on her back.
Searching for something in the garbage outside my town-ship.
She separates the plastic and paper material from it.
Collects them and puts in that large bag.
She has a small boy standing beside her.
He pulls her sari to get her attention.
Unaware of what she is doing, he tries to disturb her.
She stops her work for some time.
Lifts the boy and cuddles him.
Takes out a bread piece from somewhere.
Gives it to him and puts him down.
Again lifts her bag and goes on.

I see, when I reach my office.
An old man, wearing his security uniform.
Standing at the company's gate.
He keeps a rifle which he can barely lift.
Salutes to every person that goes inside.
He has a chair nearby the gate.
I wonder though that he ever sits.

I see, when i am at a small tea joint.
In shabby clothes a boy brings my tea.
Has a piece of cloth kept at his shoulder.
He uses it to clean the tables.
People around call him 'chotu'.
I still don't know his real name.
The joint owner shouts at him if he mistakes.
I think what I used to do at his age.

I see, while going back home in the evening.
A group of young lads sitting on their bikes around the corner.
A girl is walking ahead of me.
She tries to keep distance from them.
Someone from that group says something to her.
Suddenly everyone in the group starts commenting on her.
Scared by the humiliation she speeds up her steps.
Might be praying in her mind she moves ahead.
The boys are still laughing at her.
Waiting for some other prey they are still sitting there.


All these things i JUST see.

Never Ever Cry

i wanted to fly,
give it a try.
how it feels to be free,
to cuddle in the lap of thee.

then i realized i need to be special,
it wont do if i just get a facial;
you need to have wings,
those that make you fly, such sort of things.

i saw an injured bird trying to go away,
in the winds that would make it sway;
it was badly hurt, it knew,
its days of life might now be few.

it started to try from a wall,
i feared that it might happen to fall;
it made a plunge, flapping one of its wing,
could n't continue much, and found one branch to cling.

again it started from there,
if it flew, it would be a nightmare;
but this time it went through a hell,
with a loud thud, on the ground it fell.

i closed my eyes, i could not see it in pain,
tears fell from my eyes like the drops of rain;
why did it still want to fly i thought,
why against all odds, it fought.

i saw the disappointment in its eyes,
sad at the failure, inspite of many tries;
why the life has to be this harsh i questioned,
it will give us challenges, nobody has ever mentioned.

three days after, i came to see it,
to check whether has it come out of that shit;
to my surprise it seemed to have been healed,
can't express how happy then i feeled.

but, it was now no longer able to achieve heights,
enjoy with its friends all those fights;
it settled itself on a tree,
there only it made itself feel free.

it had built for itself a beautiful nest,
now no longer it travelled places in some quest;
happy to me it did seem,
its life was now like a cake, though without a cream :)

it found for itself a new meaning to life,
on that very tree it started to dive;
from branch to branch it merrily jumped,
that time of pain now seemed to be dumped.

seeing it that day i learnt something,
from that very day i stopped cribbing;
be happy in life with whatever you have got,
and think about those who have them not.

Yeh kya hua..!!

The following is about almost all the college pass outs..:)


Yeh kya hua, kaise hua,
Kab hua, kyun hua,
Jab hua, tab hua,
Choddo, yeh na poocho.

Huh..!! yeh toh hona hi tha,
Hum ko ek din badaa ban na hi tha;
Nikal chuke hum us befikr daur se,
Ho chuke hain apne aap se bhi door se.

Abhi toh the hum bachche thode samay pehle,
Soye rehte the apne palang pe faile;
De di hai lagaam humein apne waahan ki,
Ab karni hogi humein chinta saare jahaan ki.

Woh projects ki deadlines,
Woh manager ki BOLD lines;
Sun ni padti hain ab baatein sab ki,
Tabhi toh beta hogi hamaari tarakki.

Bhool gaye hain woh doston ke saath baithna,
Ghanton, bewajah baaton pe charcha karna;
Yaad aa raha hai ab unka woh kehna,
"Lectures attend kar, aur notes hamaare liye rakhna".

Ghooma karta tha apni bike pe maze mein,
Pauhanch jaata tha kisi bhi jagah pe kuch hi minton mein;
Ab roz kha raha hun buson mein dhakke,
Sabhi ne hai mere jooton pe unke joote rakhe.

Khaana pad raha hai ab canteen ka ganda khaana,
Menu ghatiya hone par bhi nahin banaa sakta koi bahaana;
Yaad aa rahi hai ab maa ke haathon ki woh roti,
Mulaayam, garm, fooli hui aur choti. :p

Dhota hun khud ke kapde ab khud,
Nahin sikha abhi tak bana na apna food;
Aa rahi hai ab bade hone ki feeling,
Bade soch samajh kar karta hun ab paison ki handling.

Shrishti ka yahi neeyam hai pyaare,
College ke baad sab ke ho jaate hain vaare nyaare;
Kyun hua bada yeh main ab sochta hun,
Beete palon ke hi sapne dekha karta hun.

Lekin yeh waali zindagi mein bhi kuch baat hai,
Ismein bhi chipe hue kai raaz hain;
Seekh raha hun roz kai nayi baatein,
Unki implementation mein kaat raha hun apni raatein.

Nahin hatoonga iss rah se yeh mera faisla hai;
Kuch naya karne ka iss dil mein ab jasbaa hai.

To mom, with love

You have cried with me,
You have smiled with me;
You have lived yourself around me,
You are my beloved mom.

I never shouted a thing,
but you knew what I wanted;
Even before I thought,
my wish was granted.

You made me learn walk,
you made me to talk;
Whenever i had a fear of falling,
you stood with your arms wide open.

I wanted to fly,
though impossible you made me think I can;
I wanted to try,
and you always had the stuff that would help my way.

The food you make,
cannot be found any where else;
I don't need to go to hotels,
you are my best chef ever.

At times I have been mad at you,
still you never stopped loving me;
You have given me time to understand my mistakes,
and have accepted me in any way.

Though I never tell you,
i love you a lot;
Don't know how I would have faced this mad mad world,
if you would not have been around.


there's much to say, but anything would be less before your greatness.
LOVE you maa. You would always remain the beautiful lady I have ever known.
Happy Mother's Day.