winters in delhi

the cold gnaws at your skin, numbs your senses and quietly pushes you to sleep. it will either cause you to hibernate and push into anonymity or make you stronger and more determined to reach your goal

homeward bound

"....and all my words come back to me

in shades of mediocrity

like emptiness in harmony

i need someone to comfort me"

maachis

duniya jalaane ke liye ek maachis kaafi hai
duniya mein ujaala laane ke liye bhi ek maachis kaafi hai
fark sirf nazariye ka hai....

inspired from the movie maachis

life is filled with out of syllabus questions

2am

"in the clearing stands a boxer,
and a a fighter by his trade,
and he carries a reminder,
of every glove that laid him down
and cut him till he cried out.
in his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving...I am leaving"
but the fighter still remains...
yes he still remains"

-Simon and Garfunkel, The Boxer

moment

who u gonna call?........ghostbusters.....thats right:)

self felt cliches

The past is of absolutely no use unless it teaches you something or poses an open question to which you must find an answer too. If it slows you down, leads you into circles, then its not your friend....its just extra baggage for the long journey ahead.

drinks at o'flaherty

yesterday evening i found myself in an irish pub. the pub was bustling with people and everybody seemed to have a smile on their face. heck, i was there celebrating with my bosses too. actually to be fair they were celebrating. i was there for the booze:). everyone was drinking and cheering. a new head of the state had been elected. it seems he had won comfortably against his opponent.

the recession is just setting in. people are losing jobs. companies are filing bankruptcy. the working man lives in fear of losing his livelihood everyday. the stock markets are down. yet this picture seemed so detached from the reality that lay outside the doors of the pub. it seemed like the amber lights and the flowing liquor numbed everybodys senses so that for just a moment, they could be free. but that wasnt the case. these people were very much in their senses and cheering for their new leader, their light in the darkness, their single ray of hope.

i stood in the center of the pub as a television blared with the latest poll statistics as people cheered with every state that turned blue on the map and jeered as every other state that turned red. i cynicallly wondered how people could have somuch blind faith in a single man to change their lives. i am a strong believer in the fact that no matter what one has conrol over their own life. Yet how could these people believe that this man could change the tide.

And then Barack Obama took the stage on television. He spoke firmly, confidently and with restraint. He was respectful of his losing opponent. He was grateful to all those who voted for him. He was hopeful for the future and he was practical that the road ahead is tougher than the road behind. I was mesmerised by the way he spoke. I realised a few things yesterday. IT is the words of comfort in the darkness that get you through. IT is the hope that tomorrow may be tough but if you trudge on the week after it will be sunny. IT is in moments of despair you need to know that "we can". And it is the one who shows you all this, who is a true leader.

I had never hoped Barack Obama speak before yesterday night. But his speech fills me with hope that things will get better. If I could vote yesterday, after that speech I would have definitely voted for him:) Tomorrow will be a long day ahead though and if Obama is even half a good administrator as he is an orator, I am sure this country will prosper agin:)

Three places I wish I wake up in while going to sleep tonight......
My old bunkbed bed in my room back in delhi
my nondesript room in my hostel in bangalore
in some sleepy town on the border of Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh where the northbound Karnataka Exress has stopped for a few minutes to catch its breath

raju ban gaya gentleman!

i graduated:)