The Rain , the lane and the face...

Sometimes some things happen in life which are totally unexpected. They make u swoon with joy and something which cant be explained. These moments leave u thinking about them for ever.The piece below is a re-collection of something which happened and it just happened.




While walking down a lane
in midst of falling rain,
I stopped in my tracks
I dont know why , I dont know where.

I should have ran, but I dint
I should have been alarmed
coz I was going far and far..
But still i dint make a single move
was I struck from a bolt from blue?
I dont know how, I dont know where.

As people came and went.....by
As people said each other their bye
I dint make a single move, I dont know why
Was I proud or not sound?
Or was it just that I love the rain's sound?

But then everything made sense
When I saw a face across the fence,
just like sun playing with clouds so dense.
when she came across and stood by me
the confusion just got fly flew flee
coz love at first sight was
well, it is right
It all seemed so touch and go
but I knew i wont let her go
coz my heart seemed to be beating fast and slow...

So yes, it was a bolt from the blue,
that dint let me move...
I know why i stopped...
it was all so clear
I had to be there coz
She was going to be there

While walking down a lane
in midst of falling rain,
I stopped in my tracks
I know why , I know where !!

They came, they saw and they KILLED !!

26/11/2008 to 29/11/2008. These 3 days will always be engraved in the memories of each and every Indian. All the birthdays and the anniversaries falling on these days, will never be forgotten. “I remember my birthday, it was on that night I lost my friend”. “Oh ! We were about to leave for Leopold café’ to celebrate, but”. These are the kind of memories these days have left and sadly, even if we want these to be erased we won’t be able to.

Mumbai. I have never been to the city. But I have heard and read enough to know what this city means to us. This is one special city of this very special country. It just pains all of us to see what it went through. And I am sure the whole country underwent the same emotions as any other Mumbaikar. It appalls us to see over beloved nation to be attacked in such a brutal way. But it is the reality which we have faced far too many times now.It was 9/11 of our own. For how long are we going to sit like a harmless guy who gets bullied around by a buffoon half our size

WHY ??

Are we really such a soft target? May be yes. Its very easy for all of us to blame everything on the politicians. And they are to be blamed alright.They have to be held accountable and should be put to sword for their ineptness. Its totally unfair for a NSG guy to lose his life because of your failure Mr. Poltician. But have we been doing some self introspection or not?
Even if we don’t want to agree, we have to face the fact that we are a rather divided society. The distrust we have for each other, Hindus for Muslims and vice versa is exploited by these politicians as well as terrorists and when ever we are faced with such acts of terror, we ourselves blame the Muslims. It’s terrible. I was among those who thought like that on 26th. But then sanity prevailed. It’s a matter of fact that behind almost all the terror attacks, we see Islamic connection. But then each and every Muslim is not responsible. They are Indians and they also get killed in these attacks. Therefore we need to build some confidence among us and trust me, politicians won’t do that for us. We can’t blame them for this. And the day we start to trust each other, we will not be a soft target for sure.

WHAT CAN WE DO ??

As for why the terrorists were able to do such massive damage, I am sure the concerned agencies will surely figure that out. But I feel such well planned act cant be performed without professional help and Pakis or Porkis as I like to call them,will surely be the last end of this straw. And when we have enough evidence we should strangle this failed nation with both our economic and military might.
-West should be convinced to impose economic blockade on Porkis. As for India , snap all the ties with them. We don’t want to interact either with their middle class or ordinary citizens or anyone. Let them rot in their country. And lets not play cricket with them.
-Scare them with military build up on western border. Go for hot pursuit and for god’s sake finish those terror camps. Whole world will be us on that.
-Beef up our own internal security. Implement National Security Act (NSA).
-Establish a central intelligence agency on the lines of CIA and FBI. It should not be reporting to any government or cabinet. President should be made accountable. That person has had enough of an easy life. That agency should report to President and our Armed forces. And they should be given authority to act asap without any red tape.
-And above all…” An ordinary Indian is ready to help. Tell me what I can do. I am ready to help. Create civil action forces out of ordinary citizens in urban areas. They will be helpful in gathering local intelligence.” And as a citizen I think we should stand up and live upto our responsibilities. Next time we stand in a queue to get frisked or get our baggage checked at airports or stations, lets not cringe. Remember there might be a terrorist in that very queue.We should be less callous and more dutiful.

OUR ARMED FORCES !!

These guys are the heroes. The real ones. These attacks showed us what makes these gritty individuals what they are. We all have lots to learn from them. It was a first of its kind operation any where in the world, where the country’s Army, Air force, Navy, State Police, Special commando forces (NSG) were involved. And what job they have done. We are absolutely proud to have you guys. Thanks a lot for being there when we need you. I think govt. should look into all their demands regarding the pay hike. God knows how they deserve this. Politicians should stop sitting on their fat asses and should look what these guys do. Cut your bloody pay and pay these guys more. Arm them to teeth. Provide them best training and equipment. And here I would also like to mention the work done by Firemen. They were no less courageous. And what about all those heroic stories about the Taj and Oberoi staff? They should be mentioned in the same breath as any other soldier. The journos. They were terrific. Some did went over the board but rest were amazing. Great job guys. And to any attentive eye, it must have been there to see the number of female reporters covering the tragedy. U girls rock.

I proudly salute all you guys and I pay respect to all those police and NSG people who sacrificed their lives. Each and every one of them.

THE AFTERMATH

So, we lost 180+ people in these attacks,12 attacks at 10 places, foreigners killed on Indian soil. A heritage hotel , the pride of India,damaged extensively. I would like to tell something. JRD Tata, the great grandfather of Ratan Tata, had built this hotel in 1903. Why? There was a certain hotel called Wilson Hotel, that prohibited Indians from entering inside. JRD Tata build Taj to show British we can make such Hotels ourselves and he showed the Indian spirit at that time also. He spent 46 crores at that time, to build this piece of Indian history. I guess now all should know why this Hotel is not just a Hotel. Its much more than that. And we know for sure that Ratan Tata is a proud Indian. He will leave no stone unturned in bringing back the Hotel to its past glory.

As for all of us, we have had enough, we all are saying that. What we need is sustaining this feeling and lets channel our anger towards all the positive measures that can be taken. Trust each other, be alert, spread awareness and what all we can do.We should not forget what has happened and make sure that people responsible for our safety do not forget that as well. For Mumbai, they all say you have a resilient spirit and you always come back. Sure, be resilient and all, but make sure when you come back, you have something more than that as well.
I would like to end with something that I saw on TV the other day and its worth the mention.
Mr. Terrorist, " Iam still alive, what more can u do? "
and Mr. Poltician, " I am Still alive, inspite of you"

and " I will continue to live . No matter what may come"

Salaam Bombay…..

What is it about Love !!

Sitting in the sands of time,
as i look at the sun going down
Lost in my thoughts..
I ask myself
What is it about love,
that makes me wish you were here,
not far in my thoughts, but just here.
So that I move into the night, with u near.

What is it about love,
that makes me dream about u in the night,
makes me see you, even when you are not in sight.
How I fear and shed a tear, when you are not near, but far.
And how my heart skips a beat,
when I hear the sound of your feet and when your heart beats .
I ask myself,
What is it about love, as the sun goes down.

What is about love,
that makes us say " I do"
and we , not u or me.
How even the fights turns right
when I see you smile.
What is it that makes me complete and strong,
that makes me do no wrong
and even write a song !
So I ask myself,
What is it about love, as the sun goes down .

What is it about love,
that makes us all move
that makes us break the rules
that makes the black nights blue
all the lies seem true
that makes me incomplete when i am not with you
I ask myself
What is it about love, as the sun goes down.

The sky has turned from red to black.
And as the moon lights up the dark,
I still sit in the sands of time
and ask myself
What is it about love that makes me wish
you were here,not just in my thoughts, but here, with me.

Failure : A great Teacher

Many people want to change their fortunes yet don't know how to begin. Others have a desperate desire to make life altering changes but have a tremendous fear of failure. In our childhood we attempted many things but probably didn't succeed the first time we tried. Take riding a bicycle for example. None of us are born with the immediate skill to be able to ride yet we all seem to have accomplished this task. For some of us, we need to return to times of yesteryear to get a grasp of why we are now so averse to attempt new things, learn new things, or to begin a new journey through life.
Part of our hesitation to attempt or change is that we are afraid that we might fail. When we were infants, learning to walk, no one told us to fear multiple attempts to walk. What we did instead was to pick ourselves up and gallantly try again. How many times did we fall down? No doubt, many, many times.
Success isn't something that most experience right from their first attempt. Most of us are probably familiar with how failure haunted Abraham Lincoln, or Thomas Edison. Did these people give up? No.
Failure is the best teacher we have when you take advantage of all the lessons to be learned. What failure teaches us, all other teachers collectively can’t teach us. It’s a universal fact that to accept failure is the most Herculean task even for the strongest souls. It’s human nature to think that when we fail, its not because of us, but because of someone else’s fault. This is regressive thinking. Its just a cover up most of the people use to run away from their mistakes and resultant failure.
The alternative school of thought says “ failures are just the part of our lives to be taken into stride and not to be forgotten”. When we fail, its not because we are lacking in something. It could just be because we are not approaching our things in a right manner. Failure teaches us, how to recognize our follies. It tells us how to act upon our weaknesses to turn them into our strengths. It is rightly said if one has achieved success in the first attempt, he has a lot left to learn because that success wont teach the person how to react in case if something goes wrong. As a teacher failure teaches us how and why we went wrong and how can we convert our wrongs into rights.
Failures are the stepping stones of success. Only if one has seen failures, one will come to know how sweet success is. Fear of failure is the biggest obstacle one can face in the path of success. Once we start treating failure as that teacher who is always there to guide us through the rough paths, we will lose all that fear for it.
Success can only shower upon those who have it in them to face failures gallantly and learn from them what they want to teach. Once we connect with our teacher called failure, being successful is just a matter of time.

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Stop Defaming A Martyr !!

Few days back when Left parties withdrew from UPA on account of Indo-US nuke deal, Samajwadi Party (SP) came to the rescue and gave UPA the much needed support to go through with the deal. Though it was a politically motivated move and had nothing to do with country’s welfare, it still showed SP and Amar Singh in a good light in front of the Indian middle class. Its solely because of their timely support and PM’s vision that the deal is through.

But now, Amar Singh has done something that puts all this in hindsight and shows what a true politician he is. He says the encounter that the Delhi Police and the Special Cell had with the terrorists few days back in Delhi’s Jamia Nagar, was fake. He says the brave police officer,Late M C Sharma had died of the bullets fired from his own people rather than the terrorists. All this has just been done by Amar Singh to appease the muslim voters, that’s it.

By doubting the martyrdom of Delhi Police’s brave officer, he has doubted the commitment, the honor and the hard work put up by the police to crack the Sep 13th Delhi Blasts case. Has he got any right to do so ?

He has not lost anyone in the blasts. Ask those who have lost their loved ones, how disappointing it is for them to hear their leaders talk rubbish and to see them play politics on the dead bodies of the victims. Its not the first time some politician is playing dirty games over such sensitive issue. But I guess, we have had enough.I was not wrong when in my last article when I said hindus are treated as minority community in this country. Amar Singh proves my point.

Its very easy and convenient to point fingers at our police. But when they are doing great stuff and even losing their own men in the process, isn’t it totally unfair and discouraging for them, to question their integrity? If it was a fake encounter, how the hell the people caught alive from that Batla Nagar flat are talking and confessing to police? How come there is firing from both sides of the door? How come no terrorist organization has come up and claimed encounter to be fake, like they do? Its because the encounter was not fake. M C Sharma was heading the investigations in this case and who is Amar Singh to question why he was not wearing a bullet proof jacket? Is he a cop or a fake encounter specialist?

While appeasing Muslims, these people have forgotten what the truth is and how they should stand by the victims and the sufferers. Instead this rubbish attitude encourages terrorists and our biased human rights organizations.

What this statement of his, he has shattered the family of M C Sharma. But the proud family has not lost its dignity. They have returned the money given to them by SP and have truly showed true grit and self respect. After all this Amar Singh has again gone on offensive and said he is disappointed by the family’s gesture. Its natural for such a man to think and talk like this. As for the Sharma family they have now stopped talking bout the issue and are maintaining a dignified silence. We all should stand by the Sharma family and let them know we are proud of the actions of M C Sharma as well as their own stand on the whole issue after all the finger pointing .

As for Amar Singh and people who think like him, I would just like to say, Get Well Soon !!

Shaken And Stirred : :

September 13th, around 6:30 pm,CP, New Delhi. Sitting inside McDonalds , I was enjoying my meal when suddenly out of nowhere, I was taken aback by a loud thud and a cloud of smoke outside the window, not very far from me. Central Park, was just hit by a bomb blast. After smoke, I saw people running for cover, for their lives. All the high spirits inside the joint were suddenly lowered. McDonalds, which was filled with people, Indians and of other nationalities, was suddenly empty. All the crowd in CP started to move towards their cars and other modes that were to take them out of the place, which was suddenly filled with Police Jeeps and Ambulances. Hardly had I taken the first turn, I witnessed the section of Barakhamba Road, that too had witnessed the blast. I dint knew, that I was just in the center of two blast sites. As if it wasnt enough, FM told me, 3 more blasts had taken place elsewhere. This left me totally and completely, SHAKEN and STIRRED.

It was the first time in my life, I had seen something like that happening in front of my eyes. I can not even imagine what it must have been for those who have lost their loved ones and are fighting for their lives now. After all this something inside me has changed . I guess it was not just the ground beneath me that shook, something inside me has been shaken and stirred.

I am a Hindu and a proud Indian. I am proud of my nation's history and its heritage. Our secular beliefs are known to the world as our strength. But has this belief weakened over the past few years? It has certainly weakened for me atleast. Why after all the bomb blasts, we come to know that only Muslims are behind them? Lashkar-e- taiba, SIMI, Al-Qaeda and now Indian Mujahideen, they are all Islamic Terrorist organizations. Indian people are being killed by this community of people and unfortunately these are Muslims.

It saddens me when I write that, I am a Hindu before I write that I am an Indian. But I guess its being forced upon us to break our secular tradition. I have had Muslim friends and I have cherished their friendship. But just because of a few people, whole of the community is being looked down. Is it fair for an average middle class Indian Muslim, who works as hard as any other person to feed his family? Certainly not. Muslims are the integral part of our nation. Our cricket team, politcal parties, film stars, all have made name for themselves and this country. Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, he is an inspiration for many. I dont think any other person has done so much for our country.
But why is that whenever there are some blasts, Muslim names are behind them? What has happened to an average Indian Muslim ? Some argue that Muslims in India have never got their due, they are neglected. That is utter rubbish. India is home to maximum Muslim population in the world. The opportunities they get here are much better than any other so called islamic country. Universities have seats reserved for them. All this has led to a large number of educated muslims doing great in India. But its sad that now this educated muslim is now the mastermind behind all the blasts. Tauqueer, the main mind behind delhi blasts is a ex-wipro employee. What makes him do this ghastly act against the country which gave him such high education?
All the arguements of neglect and discrimination are false.Rioting , whenever takes place is from the sides,hindus are also killed. Plus most of the parties are just hell bent on appeasing muslims to garner votes. I would rather say, hindus are neglected in this country. Its shameful for all the muslims who indulge in these activities. They should be caught and executed,not even be tried. People like Gilani, Mehmood Azhar etc..are result of this process. They should understand that all the hatred fron the other communities stems from their actions.

As for all the Indian Muslims who are living an honourable life and want to lead a satisfied life in this country, ones who are proud to be Indians, what are they going through now? I bet insecurity and fear is among them as well. We should not judge all these people by the actions of some sinisters.You guys are as much Indians as I am and deserve a great life.

As the dust settles on these blasts now, I hope agencies get hold of the poeple behind it asap and do much more to prevent these things again. As for some people, its time for some self introspection and I hope they understand the true meaning of their existence. God Speed.