GroWing uP!!

Never knew what growing up meant
Thought it was all about freedom at service
But it’s more a bane than bliss
As a kid had nothing to worry about
Just the sight of dear ones around was enough
Had enough love even for the distant aunt who we earlier never met
But now love for one special person is all that we care
Thought money was the key to happy life
But were unaware of losing moments of life stuck in that business game
Bicycles were the joy rides
But now even the most costly car wouldn’t suffice
Complaining to dad and mom about petty things was much easy
But now when it’s time to step into their shoes petty things no more seem to be petty
Thought homework was the biggest burden and failing a exam the end of life
Eating on time a punishment
Realized eating is much easier than cooking
Unfinished homework better than unclear bills and that those exams never give an actual insight into life
Never knew that at times dear ones would become strangers
And strangers would provide solace
And that there will be more of heart involved than brain

Friendship wasn’t affected by bank balance or society status

Having fun mattered, not d place we were at or what was available to drink.

Being together was enough

Words meant what they actually mean

Didn’t bother to look if they were with double or triple meaning

Was happy living in the present

Had no worries to make future secure or to get our life insured

Had to take care of relations of blood not those brought along with law

Just had to be self, not in a way approved by others.

When mom knew your entire friends list

But now one list is unaware of the other.

Health was taken care of by mom’s food

Had no appointments at the parlors or workout hours at gyms...

when smile was the only make up put on

torn out pants were seen only after a fall

when mistakes weren't too big to be afraid to take responsible for

Happy and peaceful were those days…

Days we weren’t called grown ups…

'dOcToR' i aM !!

 

Been to the hospital several times before

As a patient though

But today it is different

As DOCTOR I am

Did what seemed impossible

Turned a vision into reality

Finally living my dream

As DOCTOR I am

Been there

Seen that...done things

Which is beyond the wildest dreams of even the blood related

As DOCTOR I am

Helped a son

Understood the pain of parent

Relieved the suffering of someone’s sibling

But when my family needs me

It’s difficult for me to be around everyday

As DOCTOR I am

Prescribe medicines

Advice healthy diet

Enough sleep

But skipping meals

Is what I do

Staying awake with the emergencies

As DOCTOR I am

Genetic errors

Developmental errors

Equipment errors

Medical errors

Any error...but first to be blamed

As DOCTOR I am

No weekend

No may day

No season

No natural disaster

Have to be at work any day

As DOCTOR I am

Can’t demand for my own rights

Can’t expect a pay rise

Can’t protest

Its crime to do anything else other than my duties

As DOCTOR I am

Did things which nurses are supposed to do

Worked like ward boy

At times became attendee of unknown

Can’t blame anyone for lack of staff or support

As DOCTOR I am

Sometimes angry

Sometimes selfish

Sometimes careless

Sometimes lazy

Sometimes emotional

As along with being a DOCTOR

A HUMAN I am!

[ PS - nothing personal :p ;) ]

jUst..

Being home for a month. Being employed. Yet idle and even being paid for it.. Wow.. That’s’ something awesome I tell you... No work. No studies. Sleep. Internet. Music. With your months’ pay! Heaven! :D Best time.  Just living in present. Not letting my past trouble me nor getting scared of future. Time for myself. 

Saw few movies. Few good. Few worthless.
Downloaded a lot of music. Had fights with my siblings.

Long chats with my sms friends. Long fights with my best friends.

Well I can’t expect all the people I know to be free exactly at the point when I am. Took time to realize this though.
Meanwhile had fights with many blaming them that they don’t have enough time for me. Cursing my cousins and friends for not getting married when I’m actually free and can attend their wedding. None was left out. Cursed even self for not penning down the stuff my brain is filled with.

Finally giving it a go.. ;)

Life. It’s amazing. Always surprises you. 
You think you have cracked the mystery. Found the secret to happy living. But there is already a new puzzle waiting to be solved.

You get a feeling, ‘That this is it. I want my life to be like this!’.  And whoosh. When you have lived your fantasy for quite some time you get bored of it. New wishes, dreams build up, on their own with no construction charges. 

Say you had this exam. Difficult enough to pass. But bravo you score a All India Rank  in it. Few days pass. That becomes a history. And a new challenge awaits you. 

Something you feared of facing. Comes and passes by without your knowledge. Only if you just don’t let it become bigger than you. 

Coming to people. Each one of us have one life. Dear life. We just love it. And naturally wana live our way. Only one that we have.

Need to be brave enough to do what we want.  Make mistakes. Learn from it. Never blame others. Never regret.

And let others be lucky enough to do the same. Don’t go pestering around them with your advice. If you make any sense and if they are wise enough they’ll understand. If not the result of their own stupid doing will be a lesson good enough for them.

And as the same human you are. You can’t expect yourself to be always right. So taking advices and suggestions at times wouldn’t harm. ( All of this is easy to tell difficult to follow though! :-| :P)
 
Emotions. Keep them in control as long as you can. Coz most of the times when they take over your senses you find yourself more or less like a fool. The Jack- Ass. :P
 
And the most important one - Hope. This one I got from the recent movie I saw ‘Shawshank Redemption’. Which said, “Fear can hold you prisoner. Hope can set you free”.  Hope should be the last thing we ever lose. 

The great souls keep their hopes for things even after their death. Hope that they left the world in a better condition than they found. Hope that their children have a bright future than theirs’. 
Difficult to be that great though. So right now, I just hope that my tomorrow is better than today. Hope that at least few of my dreams turn into reality and that some of my fears turn into my strength! :D
And never depend on others to keep you happy. Take that under your own control. And keep everything simple. That’s’ it! :)

Still loads of things to unravel about the mystery called ‘LIFE’,  need another holiday month, and whoosh a new post! :D

THE MUTE ME!

Have answers

Have logic

Have sense

Have patience

But less courage to voice out the thoughts in me..

May be I’m afraid I’ll go wrong..

May be its cause the doubts I have..                                

May be I’m more comfortable in listening..

May be its cause, I don’t care in voicing out everything I know (show off)..

Listening is tougher than speaking your mind off

rare talent that is..

Right words with right stress..at the right time makes more sense, adding value to the stuff we speak..

Clarity of thoughts,

Or no thoughts at all

Is all that required to chatter

And only then nothing else matter :-P

Been in conversations which hardly made any sense..

But then, there was the mute me involved there..

Nodding and faking a smile, just to show how interested I was in their no sense talk!

Sharing silence is the most beautiful conversation anyone can have..

Just the mere presence of that person turns out to be a boon.

No questions, no answers, no suggestions, no explanations, no advice..

Only silence..

But you can’t expect such moments with every other person..

With close ones its a bliss and with the unknown/chatter boxes its a blessing in disguise..

You don’t have to hear their nonsense..

Mom - she is ready to listen to any rubbish you speak

Dad.. he mostly has some advice at the end

Siblings!? Its a beginning of a brand new argument!

With friends its a different story..

Words have to flow.. Sensible or senseless never actually matters :-P

but with the strangers/

un-entertained guests of conversations I’m happy being the mute me :-D

rAndOm tHouGhts RamPagE :-/

What’s fair and what’s unfair in this worldly fair...

Who’s a winner who’s a loser can anyone boldly declare.

Some get more and some less than their share.

Can anyone measure or compare?

Some are born with everything and some have to start with nothing.

Saw many who deserve more but got less.

Many more who cheat in this race.

What’s good what’s bad?

Can anyone clearly define?

Just a way of perception that is I can say.

Differing from one person to other.

What’s ugly what’s beauty?

Can anyone precisely describe?

This too is just illusion created by our eyes.

Comparing our life with others is just like deciding the taste of a sweet dish, just with a stare.

Know it isn’t right to judge anyone without hearing their part of story.

But just curious..

How some get things with little or no effort

How some are so mechanical

How some are so focused

How some have thoughts crystal clear..

How some are so confused...

How some manage to be unaffected by worldly affairs

How some just can’t stop spreading false rumors

How some are more interested in other’s life, more than their own?

How some are so wise that such stupid questions never crop up in their mind.

and how some prevent such rampage by random thoughts ..

HaunTed...

the looks

the stare

the disgust

the glare

don’t know how long i’m going to be haunted

gave my best

without taking rest

did all i could

managing everything i should

but still i doubt if i’ll be able to get what i wanted

the pain

the brain drain

the pressure

the weird gesture

took everything in a positive stride

the tension

brought along with the situation

let me accept it, being frank

that at times, it did make me go blank

wasn’t easy to face that monster(read as question paper)

gave every bit possible by me, to prevent any upcoming disaster

not a professor

i’m just a student

not perfect in the subject

just started learning it

with all my interest

made my share of mistakes

i don’t expect a distinction or any special applauds

just a pass will content me

cause i have realized that it’s the knowledge of the subject that matters

the ranks, gold medals are just a way to flatter

wish i was a taro card reader

or a astrologer

to predict the future

but here i am..a curious creature

who is tensed, humbled, worried, scared, afraid of the

'results'

just waiting for the future to slowly unveil

lets see if it has in store for me something good or evil

until then

the questions

the answers

the results

the expectations

keep haunting me..

Its all about LoVing yoUr..

(THIS ARTICLE IS A WORK OF FICTION. No resemblance is intended to any persons living, dead, or yet to be born or conceived. Neither is any resemblance intended to any type of artificial human created by science, such as a life-like android, Robocop, or a man made out of dead body parts like Frankenstein. It should also be said that any resemblance between the characters and the actors who play them is purely accidental, as those actors are only as God made them, and neither they or the blogger had any say in the outcome.

 :) ;) :P )

To dear mom and dad,

(Yashvardhan "Yash" Raichand and Nandini)

This is my first love letter and I bet it must be the weirdest of all the love letters written till date, because it is being addressed to you but not my lover. :D :P

I don’t say she is perfect, 

(she is actually a Punjabi.)

Neither do I say that she loves me the most.( she here refers to Kajol, just brushing up your memory. People as busy as you hardly would get time to catch K3G on set max which has been telecast innumerable number of times and still going strong. watch out for it the coming week :P )

But I don’t want to be loved by anyone else.(not even if that’s Rani Mukherjee ;) )

I may get few sorrows being with her.

But I’m ready to forgo the many smiles anyone else would give me.

Coz those will be just happy faces with loads of sadness inside.( andar se kuch aur bahar se kuch)

I may not be the best for her. Neither do I boast of her being the best. (she did receive filmfare and zee cine award for best actress for this role though)

But she is the one I wished for all along. (at least when I’m working for Karan :p )

We aren’t here to make anyone unhappy. (that includes even your grand dad )

We just want to add more meaning to our lives. (and twists to this story )

We don’t drive any pleasure by hurting you or by going against your wishes. ( or by shifting to London, if that makes any sense!)

We have only raised par above the senseless comparisons and differences of cast, creed, money and riches. ( I don’t mind a poor girl and she a rich boy! ;) )

This new love of ours doesn’t proclaim of being superior to all the other relations. 

It only means that we love ourselves the same way as we love our parents, siblings... (I’m still a beta of Jaya Ji, bhai  of Hrithik and etc etc… )

And as we want the best for you, we expect the same to happen with us...

Giving up our lives if we don’t get each other isn’t on our cards... ( neither did we read that in the script)

As we know the value of other relations even if you don’t recognize the value of our relation.

We will live, because we have to. Not for self, just for all of you. (huh! time to leave your palatial house now :( :-| )

Things happen; decisions are made, only with a hope of better tomorrow. Never to disgrace our past or future... ( only to get good box office collections )

We weren't raised up by you to spoil your name or more of to do something which we ourselves are ashamed of... ( can’t risk my future projects )

It’s just a pure relation, which we just happened to find ourselves, only by God's grace and your blessings for our bright tomorrow. (and mainly because of that Punjabi dhol at Chandani chowk)

It doesn’t matter what the far away aunt or the nearby unjust uncle thinks of this matter. ( they anyhow don’t have any role in the movie :P )

What matters is if you trust us and are willing to give a chance to prove ourselves.( before the completion of the long 3+ hours of this film )

But please do remember that we can’t be happy by making you sad.

The fact that we love you people is as true as we love each other. (we even had family dances in this movie along with the romantic ones :D ;) )

We didn’t zero on each other in just few minutes or months. It took a lot of thinking and time.

So just give it a thought with an unbiased mind and please don’t reject our proposal just because you have to... (or if Karan asks you to)

It the end I just want to say that my past and present is possible only because of your love and care and same holds true with my future... ( including the success of this movie )

With love your son,

Rahul Raichand (aka Shahrukh)

( IT’S ALL ABOUT LOVING YOUR PARENTS :) :D

KABHIE KABHIE KHUSHI KABHIE KABHIE GHAM  )

that's K3G in french for you! :)

this ones may be in Kannada.

A light HearT lives long!!

There is  nothing  so  bad that good will not come of  it.

- Spanish proverb

He who praises little things is worthy of great ones.
- German proverb

To worry about tomorrow is to be unhappy today.
- Turkish proverb

No road is long with a good company.
- Turkish proverb

A broken hand works, but not a broken heart.
- Persian proverb


A wise man hears one word and understands two.
- Yiddish proverb

An inch of gold will not buy inch of time.
- Chinese proverb


A good name keeps it brightness even in dark days.
- Latin proverb


When in doubt, don't.
- American proverb


If love be timid it is not true.
- Spanish proverb

If you stop every time a dog barks, your road will never end.
- Arabian proverb

Promises may get friends, but it is the performance that keeps them.
- Origin unknown


Experience is a comb that nature gives us when we are bald.
- Chinese proverb


A wise man changes his mind, a fool never will.
- Spanish proverb


If you take big paces, you leave big spaces.
- Burmese proverb

Worry often gives a small thing a big shadow.
- Swedish proverb

Don't look for bargains and you won't be disappointed.
- Yiddish proverb

A good conscience is a soft pillow.
- German proverb


He who gifts to me teaches me to give.
- Danish proverb


Life is half spent before one knows what life is.
- French proverb


He who builds to every man's advice will have a crooked house.
- Danish proverb


He who laughs - lasts.
- Norwegian proverb

Experience without learning is better than learning without experience.
- American proverb

Gossip is worse than fighting.
- Arabic proverb

Those who know when they have enough are rich.
- Chinese proverb


The glory is not in never falling, but rising every time you fail.
- Chinese proverb

The sun shines brighter after a shower.
- Yiddish proverb

One always thinks that others are happy.
- Yiddish proverb


A word of kindness is better than a fat pie.
- Russian proverb


The remedy for injuries is not to remember them.
- German proverb


Advice after injury is like medicine after death.
- Danish proverb

Life is the greatest bargain, we got it for nothing.
- Yiddish proverb

A light heart lives long.
- Irish proverb