WORLD CUP 2011 :D

2 April 2011||Few are the days Like this one. I have never been a cricket
buff in my life.To be true I am not even aware of half of the googlies,spins
or for that matter any of the technicalities of Cricket but then I still like
the game.
"Cricket" in the past 30-35 days has in true sense brought not India
but the Indians together.

It all started off with cribbing for our India Team. It seemed like we were
far from even reaching the semifinals.As a layman,inspite of the fact that
I cant put in even half of the hard work our 'BLUE BOYS' put in I was not
happy how they were performing.(as if I was the one who was their coach)!!

Days passed by and with each Indian Win the excitement just increased.
I'm sure all of us will feel a huge void in our daily routines for some days now.
The win against Aussies was ecstatic.The first time when the critics and
appreciators spoke in unison about the team.Suddenly,'everyone' felt the
distant dream of'World Cup' coming Home might come true.

The India-Pak match was like a war.Almost close to a quarter of my life time
has passed 'never ever' have I seen the 'Oneness' of India.Trust Me!!
There was no other talk than about 'the Match-THE WAR'.
The biggest 'Mass Bunk' in the corporate history of India with even the
companies giving half day leave on cost of business was something that
has never happened for a game.I have NEVER seen such a thing!!!!

With a nail biting match,we had a mind blowing Win.There was street
partying and Delhi for the first time felt all so safe even at 12 in midnight
Diwali came in Twice in a year to all of us.The battle was half won and it
felt all so perfect and things falling in place.It felt like the entire India was
preparing together for the biggest festival of their lifetime 'The WORLD CUP'.
Yesterday(Legenday day!!)Indians were almost successful in restricting
SLs to a chaseable score!!! But the questions..what if?..how will we manage?
..will we win? were the one's I could read on each face.
With the early wickets of Sehwag and our 'God' the dream seemed like
shattering.A sudden wind of despair flowed in.
But them Miracles do happen.I now believe in them.

I have never seen so many hand come together and pray for a common
cause.I have never heard my heart beat so fast and it felt like it'll jump
out to my hand any moment then.I have never seen so many people
sharing a common emotion,never have I seen so many people getting
jittery at the same time.With hands on their faces,eyes wide open as if
waiting for a miracle to happen every single breath called for one thing
'India!! We have to win this'.

And then it happened!!!yes it did!! I always read about in those History
chapters about how revolutions happened,but I was there seeing History
being created.Right infront of my eyes!!.It felt all so real and yet so ethereal!!.
It was all of a sudden 'WE' won!!The tears of joy,the fits of laughter,
endless screaming,hysterical jumping,the moment when even strangers
hugged each other.The Big Festival was here.!!! finally!!

The old stories of our parents and seniors of 1983 will now be
replaced by ours.

The feeling of Oneness. Crackers,sweets,dhols what not.
It was partying time.The Pride on every Indian's face as the
Indian Cricket Team lifted the Cup spoke volumes as if they
had won the World!! hehe...why not ?after all it was the 'World Cup'.
Vande Mataram!

PS:I have lost my voice temporarily due to the endless screaming and cheering :D :D

When I met You First

I came across this poem on the net and found it really nice.
For sometime in your life you really feel special about someone you met..someone who came across and touched your life...
Its a real simple one yet b'ful :) :)

When I First Met you

Since the first time I met you,
I couldn't seem to forget you.
And lately I seem to find,
That you're always on my mind.
I feel so happy around you,
And I thank God that I found you.
At first I thought of you as a really good friend,
But I realized that my feelings there didn't end.

I was so afraid to tell you,
Cos I didnt know what youd do.
Then I heard that you felt the same way,
And those words were so easy to say.

Oh, when I see you smile,
It makes my life worth while.
And since the very start,
You have been in my heart.
When my lifes skies are dark and gray,
You chase all those storm clouds away.

I've never felt this way before,
And honestly that is for sure.
I'm so glad that we did meet,
For now my life is complete.
You're what they meant,
By heaven sent.

Growing Old or Growing Apart - II

Exactly an year Later I write this to realise how far apart we have
actually grown to be..Even If we meet...We short fall of words..
Oh! I am hating this..but does that help?..

I am scared to accept it?...Yes I am...afterall we have grown so big
to be called 'emotional' now..

It takes me into 10 minutes of thinking to make a 2 minute call to people
I never thought will involve so much of thinking and talking just enough
to make sure I am not trespassing their personal space.
I think a 1000 words before I call...but utter a mere 100 words out of them..
the rest 900 are lost somewhere in the conversation..and only come back to
me after I say "good bye".

There's an entire new set of people I am with...there are fun days..days filled
with madness..bad days...normal days..family days...things I am doing that I
always wanted to do..But there's something that goes missing...I am so sure
there is something...Something that even I am unable to figure out..

With every 2nd thing that happens to me reminds me of the old days..and I
end up narrating the entire story to the new people around me..
It feels nice when your new friends tell "you mean so much to me " and but
it aches to know that you are no more of the same for your old pals..

Not that I am to blame anybody...for I am sailing in the same boat...but I
am still squirming with the question of why is this happening..???

Appears to be a cliche' but they say "Its takes a minute to say 'Hello'
and ages to say goodbye" Is the accepting of facts so hard for all or
is it just me..!!I Its taking me a Li'l longer ...
but I will we be able to make it up...

I heard an old song by Bruno Mars who sang
"You can Count on me Like 1 2 3...I'll be there....
I can count on you like 4 3 2...I know u'll be there "...
But I seem to have lost the count...
The count is just seeming to shrink to one or maybe none...

Masala Weddings !!!!

Are you planning to have a new girlfriend/boyfriend?Or are you searching
for ur soulmate or are you worried how will you manage a baby?log on to
your TV..I'm sure you'll find one of the television shows on air which can
help you find a solution.If you dont know I'll guide you a li'l.
PERFECT BRIDE
10 girls and 5 boys come together on the show in search of genteel &
b'ful"India's Perfect Bride".In an attempt to impress the boys and their
mothers,the participating girls put their best foot forward through various
ludicroustasks including cleaning the kitchen, floor, room decoration
dancing, singing and wooing their to be hubbies(there's lots more!!).
The boys are also required to display their grit by undergoing tasks that
will test their physical and emotional abilities to win the "Perfect Bride".
I am sure you wouldnt stop smiling at the absurd and ersatz setup of the
show.If there's a dearth of emotional drama in your own life you can
switchon to this one which has the whole platter of smiles,tears,laughter,
jealousy masala.In a country where the boy girl ratio is staggering;with
the acute dipping ratio in the headlines how absurd is the idea of selecting
10 girls for 5 boys giving guys the authority to select/reject a girl.
Our retrospective'male chauvinist' society continues to propogate
the idea even in 21st century.
RAKHI/RAHUL ka SWAYMVAR
The two headless celebrities who have been unable to manage their
private lives go public to find a perfect match.Histronic acts by the
celebrities with the doltish aspirants dying(pretending of course) to
get married -'instant acts to get on to the headlines'.Why would any
girl want to marry a guy who's already divorced once,is already in a
quagmire of scandals and laughs like a pig.Or whywould anyone want
to marry Rakhi Sawant who would burst out speaking anything anywhere
without giving a thought!!no but again You would be surprised at the
number of vacuous aspirants wanting to marry these preposterous
celebrities.

Marriage is undoubtedly the most desired attribute in our society.The
concept of marriage in the true Indian spirit is where girls marry not just
the man of their choice but also a family.Its a big yet a private family
affair among Indians.Marriage is mutual acceptance of two people and
not a plebiscite.I wish the TV channels spare us some privacy as the
beauty of certain relationships which are for lifetime are in its serenity
and purity an not in the grandiose 'masala' presentation

Growing Old or Growing Apart

It's B'day season! Almost all my friends@BITS have their birthdays

spread over these 2-3 months.Its inevitable for all of them to be

nostalgic about the sweet reminiscenses of campus,on their bdays.

I sure do the same,get lost in reverie with every bday!!.

It used to be an adventurous task preparing for bdays.

A night before-filling up balloons,painting mirrors,creating playlists,

furitively sneaking away with the Monginis cake(the bday gal/guy

pretended well to be oblivious aboutthe cake bringing task),smothering

the same on each other's face,bday bumpsfollowed by endless hours of

chit chatting,jokes till we realised its the next day.

It's not the 'frenzied task of preparation' that needs mention but the

happy moments of togetherness,mirth and joy that we shared;that made

it all so cherishable.The every small amount of effort put in by all just to

make the day special.

B'days were meant to be fun time in college just an occassion to rob

someone out his pocket;when we never realised that we were growing

,one each year.And with each year we were setting our digressing paths

for our aims and goals.

I have become apprehensive of growing up another year coz that'll push

me a li'l more farther from the people I want to cuddle up to.

I did, and I guess all of us would have at one point of time introspected

at the end of four years asking-

Will I find such good friends again?

What if we never met/?

what if we lose touch?

what if she/he finds a better friend than me?

And then just wished if we could hold them tight,next to us forever.

But we are already on the way to grow a li'l apart a price to be paid

for growing old.We are all busy now(except me I guess!!)but-

Who says we dont talk?

we do..its has just become a li'l less often now

(from 7 times in 7 hours a day to 7 mins in 7 days..afterall everyone

wants to be spared of the dammit mobile bills)

so wat if we talk less...I still know how everybody is.

I talk to them daily(excerpts)-

Hey Sup? hw r u? wat doing?(and some following 2-3 lines)

Oh!you think I have turned serious?I Still do laugh a

lot-something like this-

:D :D :D ; LOL!!! ; ROFL!!! ; LOLEST!!!

But I wish I if could laugh out my heart ;louder & harder;so that

my stomach pains a li'l more than my soul does.

My First BLOGGING Attempt

Blogging is ubiquitious.

Blogging is modish.

I find every second person blogging(seems it has become a status quo)

and so am I amongst those 'every second' trying to find a place in the

blogging league.

An year back one of my friend suggested me to start writing blogs

as it was the best way for improving my writing skills and I niggled

the suggestion.

The idea had amazed me a lot then(how can “I” blog?) and it amazes

me even more now when I 'actually' sit to write down my first blog.

The amazement was genuine.

Browsing through myriad blogs of my friends and often commending

them on their good write ups I always mused at how people managed

to think & write so much.

And how in the first place,did they manage to find time to write one???

There were many more reasons for me to keep rescinding the idea of blogging.

So why did I start now?

First,Nebulous ideas have always flown in my mind its just that I have

never been good enough to pen them down.

I am chicken hearted when it come to writing(Pun intended)!!!!

Second,Time is not a constraint for me these days as I am sitting

at home in oblivion Waiting for some luck to fall upon me

(in short waiting for 'the joining').

What better time utilization can there be than 'writing'

(my abstruse thoughts) and following my friend's advice.

Thirdly,I felt I was one amongst the ‘uneducated’ in the world

of 'internet'who did not Blog!!!These days even a kid blogs about

how he/she feels about his/her classmate :D :D

Being a novice amonst all the erudite 'blog' writers I believe I might

just find some generous people who would appreciate my first attempt

to 'blogging'.And hopefully some good notions will still 'keep flowing

in my mind' which will keep me motivated to write.