A Happy New Year?

When the nation's mourning the death of the Delhi gang rape victim and the politicians are still blase towards the security of women in our country; we have rarely anything to be happy about. The year comes to a close with heaviness in our hearts.
Debates, protests and silent marches would soon come to an end. Also, the a revolution that saw it's beginning would fade away. And, then we'd go to parties, celebrate the beginning of New Year and get ourselves clicked to be on Page3, no? The incident that brought the nation together would lose it's mark, altogether. Is Damini's death an end to the revolution that hadn't even seen it's dawn, yet? Who is to know?
The year comes to a close. We have our 'To-Do' list ready. Let's make a few additions to it.
1. Let us not let the fire ignited within us die out. 
2. Let us make a resolution to avenge the death of Damini by lawful means of justice. 
3. Let us pledge to take the revolution to it's finale.
If the year ahead has to be a beginning of something, then let it be a beginning of goodness, respect towards women and unity amongst us.  

Let it all begin in the good spirit of newness!

Tale of a Woman

Fear captures her heart in silence,
Voices deafen her in the crowd,
She is afraid to walk alone,
She is afraid at the thought of being held
Tears, they say, make her weak
Her sobbing figure looks so fragile and bleak
To whom to run, in her heart she questions
To the world, this tale of a woman looks a boring lesson.

Looking at the mirror, her heart sinks in shame
Her broken spirit, reflects the world's game
Gathering her wavering courage, she decides not to bend
The shattered pieces of her soul she needs to mend
Putting up a smile, yet, breaking inside
The ocean of emotions is hard to hide

A hand reaches to help her out of misery
The path ahead isn't easy,
Supported she manages to stand firm today
Taking a step each, reaching, the final day
Her eyes anticipating, her heart beating
An altered destiny, awaiting
The morning, at last breaks
Triumph of justice, in her heart aches.

THE ACID TEST!

Last night I was bored. And therefore, decided to slouch on my sofa with television remote in my hand. Shuffling through the channels, I didn't stop at any but one. It was Mr. Amitabh Bachan hosting his popular quiz show. No! No! I wasn't in the mood for some knowledge spree. It was his thought provoking words. The contestants for evening were Lara Dutta accompanied by Sonali Banerjee, a shooter; who is one of many girls who have been victims to the disrespectful and disgraceful acts of a few worms in the society. Mr. Bachan said, "All those who think they are safe and secure within the walls of their homes are cowards, for they neglect the activities of the leeches of our society. The acid that was thrown at Sonali's face, it is not only an ugly remembrance for her but for every member of our society."

The words were moving. They made me wonder; how many times have I ignored an act of indignity to others? A couple, I guess. We have a mind set that it is not us who are suffering, then why care? But, believe me YOU could be next. Are we waiting till we become the next Sonali Banerjee? The worms and leeches of the society need to be evicted by voicing up whenever you see wrong being done. Justice can be achieved by Sonali and all the other victims only when each one of us stands strong in their fight against the wrongdoers. 

SPEAK UP! IT'S NOW OR NEVER!

The Nostalgic Moments!

Last night I tried putting away all the "not so useful things" in a box and getting away with them. But, something stopped me. I would pick up one thing and all the memories attached would come rushing to me. The moments that had long passed began to haunt me. It was like I was parting away with a part of myself. Why? I was convinced I did not feel any attachment for the memories of the past. Yet, each possession transported me to the times shared with people I no longer belonged with.

I, then realized I was trying to evade my past. The possessions I had valued, made me nostalgic when I felt their presence in my past as well as my present and future. No matter how much I try escaping them, they'd be a part of my existence. So, I cherished their presence till my heart, vision and soul were overwhelmed with the sweet memories of the past.

I laughed, I cried, I was disgusted, I was proud, but most importantly, I sensed the beginning of a entire new being within me who had made peace with her past, was creating her present and shaping her future in a better way.

The Virtual Reality!

In times where one has a 1000 friends on Facebook, many followers over Twitter; people have forgotten the beauty of real relationships. Gone are the times when you had to wait for the vacations to end to see your friends back at school, thanks to Skype. Gone are the times when lovers hid from the world just to be together, today they hide from each other behind the computer screens. Gone are the days when people liked people instead of liking the statuses on Facebook. Also, gone are the days when love letter meant the ultimate display of love instead of a mushy post on your Facebook wall.

Today, a love story begins with a friend request, blossoms over messages over Facebook and texts, and ends with a sad status and blocking the person, forever. Where has the beauty of sharing promises, secrets, fights, patch-ups in person gone? We are living in a virtual reality. Friendship, relationships, etc seem more significant to us over the internet rather than when approached face-to-face. Why?

They say if you are not on Facebook, you don't have a life. But, in my opinion life is always lived Off-line. Life has its beauty in shared memories with your loved ones and memories are created when you are together. Step out of the Virtual Reality And Get A Life! :D

Jaago Re!

Ever wanted to get passes to the concert that already says "SOLD OUT"? Most of us even get passes to such concerts; and how? Just pay a few bucks extra and walk right through.

And then people are disgusted and infuriated when they talk about the deep rooted corruption in our country. It is funny how we tag politicians as corrupt, but never look at what we are doing. We seem to be indifferent to the things we ourselves do. We always want the easier way out. You don't get reservations confirmed- bribe the T.T., you don't get the tickets to the latest movie- get them in black. Like this we will fight against corruption? We are a bunch of hypocrites who don't want to take a stand. We can animatedly discuss the corrupt politicians and their scams but not take a step for ourselves to eliminate corruption at the lowest level as well as the highest levels.

They say, you cannot win the battle alone. But who is alone if each individual tries his/her best fight against corruption? We are in it together. We are the present and the future. We are the ones who are capable of making a difference.

JAAGO RE!!!!

The Silence

Every once in a while, after the regular chit chat sessions with acquaintances, friends and family; there are times that one needs a comfortable period of silence. The silence that does not bores you, irritates you or deafens you. Often, you need to share this silence with a person. A person who is very comfortable with the silence, too. This silence makes you yearn for more such moments with the person you share the silence. 

As a personal experience, the best relationship is often defined by the times of shared silent moments. I have always had one such person in my life. Even when I am sitting across my friend talking and laughing; suddenly, an elongated moment of silence erupts. Neither it disturbs me, nor have I ever tried breaking such moments. After every such moment I wait for another to come to pass. Also, I've realized that you cannot have the pleasurable silence in everybody's company. It needs understanding, it needs bonding and it also needs compatibility; which by far is a difficult combination to find.

The most cherished moments of my life are spent in silence.

-Words of Wisdom By Me!

The Feeling's Switch

Have you ever loved a person so much that you started hating them? Have you ever hated someone so much  that you fell in love with them? Some of you might shake your head in a dismal but think over. All of us have faced such feeling sometime or the other. Feelings,sometimes seem to have a switch of their own that keeps on getting switched on and off.
When I talk of love it does not refer to the love you have towards your lovers, I talk of love in general; even the love you might show towards you friends. I remember, a good friend of mine had a best friend for a few years. They gelled along well, talked about everything and anything but then my friend started to avoid her friend. At first I didn't mean to intrude but out of anxiety had to ask what the matter was with the two best friends. She told me that when their friendship first sprang she looked only at the good qualities her friend had but later as they spent more and more time together she felt repulsed by the not so good attributes of her nature and realized that she already started to feel annoyed in her friend's company; and soon drifted apart. Now, when I talk about her friend she at times makes a face showing her dislike towards her former best friend. Their love turned into dislike and I think it would have turned into hatred of they would have spent some more time together.
Another instance is in complete contradiction to the above scenario. I knew a girl, who was a person who was easy to irritate and had a friend who loved to irritate the people around him. At first they burst into arguments when ever they spoke. The guy found it highly entertaining but the girl was always annoyed in his presence. Years passed and this childish play subsided. Now when they came across only a few pleasantries were exchanged. The girl once told me that how much she misses being teased but the guy never teases her anymore. She said it was like he had got under skin and it was difficult for her to shake him off her mind and heart. He had become an inseparable part of her existence. She had somewhere in the middle of their childish fights started loving him Her once upon a time hatred had turned into sweet love.
There are times that flip your feeling's switch and you realize it too late. Feelings play a game of their own. Destiny has it's own way of making us fall in love then in hate or make us fall in hate first and then in love. If I had to offer a piece of advice to escape this situation of love-hate and hate-love then, it would be:
When you love a person then love then without any conditions and demands and accept them with all their flaws.
And when you hate a person don't  let them get under your skin by thinking about them way too much.

The Limited Edition- For Everyone

I was extremely excited to buy myself the limited edition Tag Heuer. So I went to this watch showroom, asked for it and bought it immediately. It was a month later that the priceless (for me it was) watch became non-functional; it agitated me. I went to the showroom only to realize that the watch was a first copy. I was upset to realize the effect it had on my pocket. The showroom manager told me that the sum I had paid for it could not be refunded but they would at the earliest provide me with original piece of the limited edition. That did lift my spirits but I was bothered to not have been able to differentiate between the first copy and the original piece.
Is this not what happens when we fall in love and out of it? Here, your one true love is the limited edition. And the first copy refers to the times we think we are in love before we actually find the person to be the first copy of the soul mate we are destined to be with. The time we spend with the first copies is a mixture of a few good memories and a few bad ones. For example the moment we think that it is just the right person for us, gives us immense pleasure. And point of realization of wrongness of the person in our life makes us upset. We question the fraud God did to us but he stays silent because he knows the right time for providing us with the single edition- Our life's one true love! God has Limited Edition- For Everyone

You only have one soul mate in your lifetime-Your Single Edition 

And the rest are just the first copies of that single edition!

Surprise! Surprise!

"I wish I could see tomorrow!" They say.
Would life be the same if we knew what tomorrow has in store for us? No, because then we would definitely mold it they way we want our life to be. JUST PERFECT! I personally think perfection is too over rated. It is simply boring. NO FUN, NO EXCITEMENT, NO SURPRISES! The suspense and thrill life has when it is unknown is unmatchable.
The confusions, the mistakes, the laughs, the tears, the goodbyes would never happen if we knew tomorrow. If everything would be known then, you would miss out on the real experiences of life; that make you YOU. Then you would be just the way you were yesterday and today. You grow stronger by committing mistakes, correcting them and making new ones.
The mistakes might make you IMPERFECT, but believe me imperfection is way cooler than being SIMPLY PERFECT a.k.a BORING!

"Life is too short to mull over yesterday, 

Life is too short to worry about tomorrow;

Life is all about making the most of today!"

- Words of Wisdom, By Me! :)

Tied together!

Our life is a story, as we keep meeting people other people's stories get interlined with ours and make a few chapters in our life's story. These stories create relationships and relationships tie us with people. Relationships make us social and wanted in the society. Each one of us is tied with many threads of relationships. Sometimes these threads pull us so hard that we want to break free, while a few threads are left so loose that we hardly take notice or them until they are cut off from our life's story leaving only chapters to read.

 “If conversation was the lyrics, laughter was the music, making time spent together a melody that could be replayed over and over without getting stale.”
―Nicolas Sparks

The ties of relationships are like the music of our life, meaning, without them life would be monotonous. People may say that let go off a relationship or a person and if they are meant to be in your lives then they would eventually make their way back. But I disagree. Holding on to a relationship or a person makes them realize that you value them enough to be insulted for not letting things be when they want it that way.

It is always easier letting go, 

what is hard is holding on.

Relationships are the ties that tie us human beings together, they make humanity. Never break them. Always remember it's good to be "TIED TOGETHER".

A Sleepless Night

Twisting and turning as I lay in bed,
Sleep nowhere, questions popping in head
Visions from past hovering my mind
Dreams of future I still had to find
A sleepless night, as it was
I wished the present could pause
For I wanted to soak in every bit
And had a belief that nowhere else I could ever fit

My thoughts were becoming heavy and so were my eyes,
Tried to shut both, only to realize
Many questions, in my mind still lingered
Answer to which were not yet figured
A battle between sleep and thoughts was fought
A conclusion was reached, that I never would have thought.
Light of dreams slipped swiftly
Lulling me into my subconscious being quietly

Opening my eyes to the breaking dawn
The uncertainty and doubts were gone
Ray of hopes today had brought
Everything was clear in my thoughts
Beauty of  answers embraced my being
Even the morning seemed to have a melodious ring
Promising myself a memorable today
I smiled looking at the way.
AHEAD!

 No matter how dark the night maybe,

The light is just round the corner to brighten YOUR WORLD!

 

Teacher! Teacher!

The peace of mind one receives after giving,

Can never be compared with what one receives after taking.

As kids all of us have played games that now seem silly enough to laugh at. My sister and I were fond of playing "Teacher Teacher"; she always was the teacher and I sat through her class as a dumb student. Years passed and we grew up forgetting our childish plays. It was not until a month back that I realized that my teacher, my sister was inclined towards teaching an underprivileged student who had no money to pay her, all that her student has for my sister is awe and respect.
Last night, I asked my sister "How is the experience of teaching a real student?" She told me that it is feeling that contents her, that makes her worth of the love her student showers on her, it defines the true meaning of being educated. Though, she added that she isn't the most patient of teachers, yet she enjoys teaching a lot. The smile and shine in her eyes were symbols of satisfaction she feels in giving what she possesses. 

It couldn't be funnier

I love my sister's hair, the way they always curl and their wave; it's very pretty. And my sister likes my straight and silky hair. Similarly my cousin likes her mum's hair and her mum likes hair of someone else.
It is the funniest part of our being that we are not satisfied with whatever we have. We like what others have and dislike what we've been given.
Sometimes it gets so funny that I laugh at myself. I decide to be satisfied with whatever I have but the very next minute I see something/someone or the other and wish I could have it and not, what I posses.