This is the very first poem that I have read and appreciated as a poem in its true sense, this was published in the Children's Digest long long ago when I was a kid in school.
Second by Second a Minute ends
Minute by Minute a Hour ends
Hour by Hour a Day ends
Day by Day a Week ends
Week by Week a Month ends
Month by Month a Year ends
Year by Year a Decade ends
Decade by Decade a century ends
But my Love for my Mother never ends...
I remember after reading this poem I ran straight to my Mom and said "Mom read this one, its very nice"(With a very broad smile on my face) How, innocent(dumb actually) I was that, I wanted someone who herself is a poet, to appreciate the poem and the eternal happiness that reading such a thing brings!
This post was written long back but never posted…reason… don’t know either?
Why it is being posted today…good question?
I got a mail from Blogger team today about the new templates et al which I must admit are truly amazing …now it becomes much easier for non-coders like me to play around and beautify, my favorite destination in the virtual world “meme-collection.blogspot.com”
So when I reached my dashboard after a long time...i realized I hadn't posted for quite a long time and that to for no reason!!!
At the same time, I also wanted everyone to take a look at my blogs new looks!!! :P
To top it all, currently I am amidst a short PL J
PL: Preparatory Leave
My frnd’s status msg: finally they are over (exams)
My comment: I am jealous yours are over and mine haven’t even started L
My frnd’s comment: Pl’s do provide an advantage
My reply to this:
Ya they provide an advantage…if utilised? And the thing is students do utilize PL’s judiciously and reap the benefits as good grades…good, infact its great!
But my tale is a bit different…the way I utilise my PL’s are completely way different then the rest…
It is this PL time whenI am a voracious reader and knowledge sucker…tats good if you look at it…but just take a look of what I read and was doing in my this term PL.
I read “Selfish Gene” again also read some of Richard Dawkins articles one of which I have also posted on my blog
Read the Red Queen by Matt Ridley
Visited the webpages of many of the eminent scientists and even noble laureates in whose work I am immensely interested and took a detailed look at their work in the field, read a few reviews and research papers in the processtoo
Read a number of blogs…started following a few…
Worried about my future…regarding my dreams of joining a graduate school and how difficult it was and what I am going to do in my next yr
Not to mention other normal stuff like social networking, email and rest…
Somehow I find PL best time of the year…I am in the right set of mind to surf on the “randomly drifting wave”, where I jump from one wave to other and its fun…and even if I deliberately to stop myself from doing so…I wont be able to study…so its always in the best of my interest to continue surfing on this wave and enjoy it to the fullest…
Okay...I watched 3 idiots and its just awesome! I want to watch it again and again...
It's first of a kind movie I should say which is at par with the book...that it is based on "Five point someone" by Chetan Bhagat.
The core idea that the movie puts forward is to be knowledge sucker and not marks sucker!
And not to mention when Amir delivered the dailogue " saying if you seek knowledge, success will be automatically there, in fact success will run behind you" reminded me of Phadke sir (my HOD at Ruia) saying "exams are just a side effect, they just come and go- we should have a lecture even a day before the exam" So very true...I always feel!
Also, I think the movie has glamorized or rather brought into limelight...the geek, the nerd, the out of the box thinker...in every class! And this ability to ask questions and thinking unconventionally is there not in just a few from the class but in fact every born soul on this planet...but our education system is far too much against questioning and is to all the extents marks oriented!
No wonder Americans and Europeans of Indian origin win noble prizes in Science...cause education system here,doesn't allow you to think of nothing except marks and peer allows you to think of just a good college-an awesome placement-an excellent package-a decent spouse-children and thats it...thats life!
On my evening walk on the terrace I spot the incandescent pretending to be cool “Sun”…placed at an empty spot in the skyline.
I write my first poem
For birthdays and few spl. Occasions, I manage to write a good rhyme scheme for friends and relatives.
Our juniors sing “ Yarron Dosti….badi hi haseen hai…” at our farewell and it is for the very first time I have listened to this song when I am with my friends and it was a different feeling altogether, sort of gave a flashback of good times together.
“And still those voices are calling from faaarrrr away…” is played on guitar and sung during the terrace jamming sessions
“We” “our gang” meet for the first time, since completing our graduation had taken us apart; and there is this single hug which speaks at length of the times we missed each others company.
The question I ask has no answers, no answers at all…neither the text books, nor the reference books, not even the research papers have an answer to it…unfortunately nor do I, but the simple feeling of being well read, given a good thought to it and having a good question is so awesome, so what if it happens not so often!
I get admissions for my Masters in Pune and pack my stuff and leave the comforts of, my parents, my home and all the best things around me. Unlike the advices and Do’s and Don’ts list that I get from others : my late grand dad says, “ You are going to place which is a bit orthodox it is not as modern in the thought process as is Mumbai, we know the kind of relationship you maintain with your friends and how healthy it is…the lines are placed differently there, be careful that you don’t even cross their lines ”
We have the main Gauri Puja during the Ganpati at our place and I am supposed to do the GanpatiPuja for the evening. Everyone in the house is so excited cause they have managed to convince me to were a “nav-vari” saree and yes, I wear it, that to for the first time. Looking at me wearing a nav-vari saree and all the traditionaljewellery including the nose ring and doing the Pooja,the kind of happiness that I see on my grand dad’s face is truly just beyond words or just beyond anything in life...
My bro studying commerce asks me something related to credit and debit and on me creating a blunder says “bewkuf hai asa nasta…” followed by the correct thing…
I see sibs fight, as I do with my bro…
My bro says " this female does nothing except tinkering with DNA/RNA"
On this day someone asks me “You are in which std.?” I feel younger, I feel being in school…
I see pictures from my own childhood and don’t remember anything, not even being clicked.
I try to remember, when the first time I saw in the mirror was!
I see an infant placed in his mothers comforts responding to the light and dark transitions occurring in a moving train, its just his eyes speak of the whole experience with astonishment.
An infant greets me with the cutest “smile” on this planet.
My favourite song is played on the FM
My mum cooks exactly what I am craving for, for the whole day…without me telling her about it.
A flashback of good times with friend and relatives, just feels as if it was just yesterday when we were together
I am travelling in the night, windows open-a chain of thoughts running through the mind-cold breeze smashing the face and nothing but darkness accompanying me.
A blogger blogs about a thought process, genuine feelings, anything and everything that clicks to me
Someone takes my case… I enjoy it, though not always!
I spot the full sized, full moon on a full moon day!
In the evening I am just lying on my bed and thinking over the setting sun and my favourite song is being played in the background.
Someone understands me better.
I find someone lazier than me.
I achieve something the hard way...cause i better understand its value then, though i wish it was easier!
I get appreciated for doing something which is, in the first place not a very big deal (acc. me)...its just that someone makes it appear so.
A lie or a mistake gets unnoticed!
I remember an “Oops” situation from the past.
I write a post for my blog and know that it would be fun to read it after a while…
Jus happened to see “Bazigar” movie recently and when the famous song was played “ yeh kalli kalli aankeh …tururu tururu..yeh gore gore gal tururu tururu…” I jus couldn’t stop stop laughing…on the lyrics…on srk, on kajol, on their dance, and on myself too cause I used to enjoy dancing and singing that number!
I got a kind of flashback…of my childhood telly experience…
“Kasturi-supri…chai ka mazaa…!” some chai ka ad song…spoofed by my cousins to tease me…so basically I used to dread this ad big time then…!
The bournvita ka ads,
The Cadbury perk ka Preeti Zinta’s ad,
“Mango Frooti…fresh and juicy”…the
“doodh, doodh…doodh hai wonderful pi sakte hain roj glassful doodh, doodh…”
the nirma ad with the toing…. kinda music ;
"jarasi hassi dular jarasaaa…Amul; The Taste of India..aa.aa” and few others with which I associate my childhood and my tv hours with…!
The “Wednesday 7pm” wala “chitrahaar”
…the “Sunday 7am” wala “rangoli” and
10pm wala “superhit muqabla”
…the only musical treat on television…available then…
The detective thrillers…I just remember “Tehkikaat” and “Raja aur Ranchoo”
Sunday mornings were special and unlike now when I spend my Sunday mornings sleeping…the schedule used to be quite busy then…
7-8Rangoli
8-9Shree Krishna
9-10Chandrakanta
10-11The jungle book
Also “Small wonder” “Bewitched” “The Famous Five” “Duck tales” “Tales spin” “Cindrella”“Captain planet-he’s the hero..Brings pollution down to zero…” were my favourites….!
Yup, there were also some programs that left their mark "Surabhi" was one of them, hosted by Renuka Shahane and Siddharth Kak...this was one show that i never missed...
I think the first movie I watched in theatre was “Jurassic Park” and was really scared on watching it; the funniest part was…I thought we were going to some park that day…!
I also remember watching movies like Anjali, Halo, Mr.India, Andaz Apna Apna and responding to the emotional ups and downs too…
Even the few TV hours we used to have were interrupted with power cuts and then would begin with “candle light entertainment” whole building ka Baccha Company used to be out of their houses. Playing hide n seek…antakshri...n what not…and the kind of uproar we used to have when the power was back…used to be deafening!!!
Today, the telly experience is way different…it’s overdone, I feel!
Back in time it was a treat, a perfect balance of everything…but times have changed and so has the TV!
