Wednesday, December 19, 2012

In concern with humanity- being a girl is a crime!


One of the posters at the protest read- “Am I just a body to be used?”

Yes! I am talking about the same heinous act by 6 men, which has indeed turned out to be national news. Friends, family, relatives... you look around yourself and you’ll find all the male well-wishers of a girl asking the girl to dress properly, return back home well on time, be in contact via one means or the other and so hence and so forth. But, I wonder... in this democratic nation which has set equal rights for one and all; to me more specific, equal rights for both men and women, why is being a woman still considered to be an offense?

Yes! Exactly, you heard it right; an offense! Until now I used to proud on myself, on being a girl, a lovely daughter, mischievous sister and with dreams on my eyes of being a wonderful wife and finally an onus lady and a proud mother. Mother, a term which is connected to the nerves of each and every person on this Earth; for, of all the relations on earth, this is the only relation which is 9 months longer than the rest. A mother bears all the pain to give birth to a child. Today, after this act by the brutal beasts, the second thought after questioning the humanity that rose in my mind was “didn’t these people thought about their mother? A lady who bought them in this world and gave them lives?”

But Christ! With the advancement that a fraction of our society is under-going in this country, a larger fraction seems to be deteriorating. Instead of all the education and civilization measures that are being promoted, why isn’t our country really progressing on the other side of such heinous acts? Every single day, we come across news depicting a girl committing suicide because of being raped, or a girl being buried to death at the same hour of her birth. Is this really a country which has “Right to equality” mentioned in its constitution?

I can see all my male friends mourning over this news, updating their facebook status to support girls but, will this really help? Will this change the way our government looks at such cases? Will this change the way the police respond to the rape victims? Will this stop the people from pointing out the victim when she is out on the streets to live and enjoy her life yet again?

Many questions still revolving in my head and I can find no solution to them. Before stepping out of my home, I need to think twice. I cannot trust anybody. A person, who offers me a smile the next time, will only appear to be a savage. I never thought being a girl, I will have to be so careful and restrict myself from all the happiness and joy of this world! For you never know, who the next victim could be? It could be anybody... you, me, or your friend. After all, the girl who faced all this lately wasn’t informed that she’ll be the next target. Moreover, what still surprises me the most is, our government has not yet taken any strict action against those morons! Out of rage and ager, am sure if those brutes are handed over to people, they won’t be able to see the next minute of their lives, and they’ll be killed then and there. But, I agree this isn’t the solution for the forth coming series of activities.

I wonder if such a strong law can ever be enforced which actually assures more safety to the girls in this country. This incidence has surely stirred the nation. But, I doubt before all the rage and anger neutralizes and people start living normally and this cycle repeats again, will I get to see some change in the reforms?!!!

Friday, December 7, 2012

Complete Contentment!!!

“It makes no sense, come-on... You’ve done enough of it. Now forget it. Not your cup of tea”

“But, I’ve just started. You can’t discourage me this way. You should indeed be happy and motivate me to move on.”

“You’ll see only failures in this field... you’ll never rise”

“One day... I will and then I’ll bang on, on your last statement”

“Stop giving yourself lame excuses and reasons to smile at or be happy about. You are not a good writer and you won’t be a successful one either. There are thousands other with the same dream out there in the market. What do you have to offer the people which the others don’t?”

“A new story... my story... my life... my perspective... mysteries.. There’s lot more... I can’t define it all to you in words here”

“Oh! And you think it will be a block-buster sort of thing? As if people have never heard about something like this before? Stop be-fooling yourself and get back to some serious work that’ll help you in your progress as an individual”

“But, I love writing. And I don’t have to think much about it. For now, being a novice, I do take time to pen down things... but that doesn’t mean I am bad at it.”

“Oh! So what do you exactly want out of all this?”

“A chance... for myself... the fact and contentment to live ahead in my life with no regrets.”

“REGRETS? About what?”

“About not being able to do something that was solely my. I am sure people can stop me from doing some other works. Being a girl I’ve faced that shit to some extent, of not being able to live up to what I actually want... but this writing solely belongs to me... Me, My writing, My thoughts... and even if you... my inner self doesn’t supports me... I’m going to crack you down and go ahead with this.”

“Ah!” smilingly “Now I feel that from past 6 months the way you’ve been questioning yourself in this same regard won’t bother you any longer and my task is over from now on. Enjoy your new life.”

“What do you mean?”

“haha.. Don’t you remember? All these past months and not to forget the past two years since you had that idea about your novel, you’ve always been asking me about your ability, about being able to captivate readers and at times you were so distressed that you don’t even used to listen to all the positive things that I used to tell you... you never used to touch the pen and diary for days... thinking you won’t be able to make it up and so you must stop with all this.”

“Ah! Yes... I do remember all that lot...” I replied with a bit of sarcasm.

“But, today... my task to guide you is over. This is satisfying. I feel happy to be with you... on your determination. I was trying to de-motivate you, demoralize you today... testing your determination and enthusiasm. Talking to oneself can at times lead to be quite satisfactory. What here is more enthralling is that, your self determination to write won’t lose now. Nobody can break it.”

“And how are you so sure about it?” I enquired eagerly

“When one can win an argument to oneself about anything that is annoying him/her... then there is nothing else the person actually wants out of him/herself. You finally have won this argument. And I can see the determination to never leave your writing aside.” Came a voice from my inner self. “Good luck dear.”

I smiled with complete contentment.

Thursday, October 11, 2012

A part of me will always love you...


Let the world go by,
Let us move on in life,
But a part of me will always be yours,
A part of me will always love you...

Let me mingle with strangers,
Let me walk past our endeavour,
But a part of me will still long for you,
A part of me will always love you...

Let me share my mind with someone,
Or let me cry on somebody else’s shoulder,
But a part of me will always miss OUR time,
A part of me will always love you...

Let me ignore you and your presence,
Let me not talk to you when we are together,
But somewhere I know you still understand and know,
That a part of me will always loves you...

Let us part today,
Let us stay away,
But a part of me will always be yours,
A part of me will always love you...

Sunday, May 20, 2012

Only if it was Easy to Bid Adieu...!!!


For all the 2008-2012 batch graduates...!!!
For all the new engineers of this city, here is something, a sneak peak in our past four years that have gone into making us what we are today- ENGINEERS and moreover, a life that we are going to miss a lot.

Four years time span,
Passed by as if it was all planned,
From strangers to friends,
We started it off all together, hand in hand

First our meet and now our cries,
All along this way, lots of non-stop fights
And all those prank and bunks together...
Oh! It was such a lovely time.

Teasing someone on his crush’s name,
Celebrating and yelling for any new game,
All that unity during file submissions,
And those endless chit-chat sessions

Ragging, IP, DJ’s and farewell,
In the past 4 years, it has all happened,
From becoming friends to falling in love,
College was the best place to witness it all.

Today as I sit back and look at my life,
I see that college has been the best part of our lives,
Lots of learning’s to help us in our future,
And lots of sweet memories to cherish forever

And now for all my dear friends-
I don’t know where you will be,
I don’t know where I will be,
But all these sweet memories,
Will always be there to connect you and me

I wouldn’t had been sitting and crying now,
Only if it was easy to bid adieu to you all,
I wish I could relive this time,
And somehow add to this fading rhyme..!!!

Monday, April 23, 2012

will miss you and all these days...


Let me write today,
Let me write what my heart wants to say,
Let me write what I feel,
And let me live this life a little more....!!!

We’d leave tomorrow,
We’d separate,
Long to meet each-other,
But, we won’t get a chance

A new life awaits’,
New opportunities on our ways,
But I fear losing your hand,
And fear getting lost in this big-bad-world...!!!

Tell me that you’ll miss me,
Give me your shoulder to comfort me for the last time,
Let me cry my heart out,
Because, I don’t know what tomorrow holds

It may be good,
It may be bad....
But surely it won’t be something like today,
It won’t have something like you...!!!

Be our memories bitter or sweet,
I’ll cherish them all in the coming days,
You’ll be with me in my heart and dreams,
Supporting me as you’ve always done and been

Let me hug you tight today,
Let me cry aloud today,
Let me hold your hand today,
And let me live a little more today....

For tomorrow we’d separate,
For tomorrow we’d leave,
For tomorrow we’d long to meet each-other,
But... our tomorrow won’t be the same as always..!!!


Dedicated to my college life- batch 2008-2012...!!!

Sunday, March 4, 2012

I switched, because it mattered.... :)

It was 5 in the morning when I heard the birds chirrup, singing some melodious songs and flying from the branch of one tree to another. Meanwhile, some people were ready; all set to go to the temple and offer their prayers and devotion to God.
Rays of Sun were fighting their way through the spaces between the leaves of the trees and were falling on ground.

I rubbed and opened my eyes completely to find myself at a totally new place, a new environment, new world. I never knew that this world, this Earth was such a beautiful place to live in until today.

Work, office, management, technology, everything that man has developed; trying to make his life simpler seemed to be the biggest curse of a devil today. The enjoyment of living on Earth was lost somewhere.

Lost in my own thoughts, I forgot where I was... it was only after 5 minutes that I saw a colourful creature flying above me which distracted me from all the vivid thoughts. I realised, I finally spotted a butterfly after about 10 years. To me, they were endangered till yesterday.

I stood up, trying to catch it... I followed it until I reached the end of the terrace and it flew away further, out of the reach of my hands and sight.
Soon after, I heard some voices calling for me. I reached out, followed the sound and noticed that my parents were waiting for me, ready to show me the farms near our house in the village. Yes! This was the day, I still remember... a day at a village in India.

People might have grown and enhanced themselves technically, they might have discovered new ways to do almost everything with the help of machines, they might have got busy in a job of 9 to 9; but, there still exists a life beyond that and that is what I was experiencing then... A life, I love to live.

No cell-phone ringing, no facebook status updates, no work to do... indeed here, while I was on the farms, I realised nature’s beauty at its best. Like a capricious lady, it drew me closer to itself. The running stream of water by the end of the farm seemed like a pearled necklace around the neckline of the lady, adding to her beauty.
I was though on a mission secretly. I had been asked to visit the farm and report back to my company with all the required details so that the place could be finalized to open a new factory. My family was one of the known families in the village, because, nobody in my village has reached to such a height/ position where I stood today. So, it got easier for the company personals to identify me as the real “bakra”. They offered me an increment as well as a weeklong break; provided the benefits I’ll do to them.

It was long back when my parents had shifted to the city, yet because I insisted a lot, they agreed to show me the farm and spend a day at our village. Nobody wants to return to the villages today. Everybody is moving on... adding to the civilized population. But, I found peace here, I found my heart here. I strolled around in those farms, remembering my childhood days, missing it. This day at my village made me realise that there exists life beyond money. A life, that means happiness and satisfaction to you, which money can’t buy.

Today, I am back... to help my village grow, to help India grow in a unique way. I resigned from my job last month because I didn’t want my company to destroy a million homes and livings by opening a factory here. And I returned back here to help the families, their kids, their farms grow... adding to the growth of my country. Though, I am not paid much, though I do not have all the facilities of the world here... yet I enjoy a lot. I am happy that I am serving the mankind and not running after money. At-least at the end of the day, I am satisfied with my work.

Remember- Money can’t buy you everything in life!