The smile on your face
Still haunts my nights!
The twinkle in your eyes
Lights up my days!
…Yet my heart is aching!
The sound of your footsteps
Still offers me company!
The concern in your voice
Keeps me from being alone!
… Yet my heart is breaking!
You had no presence
Neither did you exist
Imagination and reality
Never went hand in hand
…But I am… still waiting!!!!!
Sunday, 20 April 2008
Saturday, 19 April 2008
Back to Indore....
...the first thing we did after reaching Dehradun was eat as all were feeling ravenous.The night was spent peacefully but the next day again started with waking up early in the morning, qeueing up for the bathroom, fighting for turns and finally getting ready to go!!
We went to SBSPGI first and were greeted by one of our seniors working there.The whole atmosphere was quite informal and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit.
That very day we visited the Forest Research Institute.The greenery all around was indeed a treat to the eyes.In the evening we were left on our own to go around the Paltan market.It was time for shopping and no one complained.
The next day we set off for Mussoorie...Sahastradhara and Kempty Falls fell in the way and we had a gala time. Nature was as its breathtaking best!!
By the time we actually reached Mussoorie it was evening...there we got to know that the ropeway was getting renovated and thus the whole exercise seemed futile.It all turned out to be a huge disappointment.
The last day at Dehradun was spent at the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped(NIVH). It was an overwhelming experience for all of us to see the visually challenged kids and adults performing various tasks efficiently.
Tht very day we left for Allahabad - our final destination.
Anand Bhawan - Pandit Nehru's residence took us back in history.
Early next morning we visited the Sangam - confluence of the three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati(the invisible river said to be flowing beneath the earth).The waters of the Ganga and Yamuna could easily be distinguished and it was wonderful to see them merge.
After the holy sojourn we visited the Leprosy Mission Hospital at Naini.The doctors there cleared our myths regarding patients suffering from leprsoy and it was some learning experience for all of us.
Finally it was time to leave for indore.Everyone was happy to be going back home but felt sad too for the journey was about to end.All those moments we'd spent together would be etched in our memories forever!!
For me it wasnt just a tour but an experience that made me realise the value of everyone around me...how lucky and blessed i was to be surrounded by all my loved ones!!!So for me,
Life isnt about finding faults,
u simply need some adjustment
Life isnt really bad,
just try living every moment
Life's all about learning to smile
and staying happy all the while!!!
We went to SBSPGI first and were greeted by one of our seniors working there.The whole atmosphere was quite informal and everyone thoroughly enjoyed the visit.
That very day we visited the Forest Research Institute.The greenery all around was indeed a treat to the eyes.In the evening we were left on our own to go around the Paltan market.It was time for shopping and no one complained.
The next day we set off for Mussoorie...Sahastradhara and Kempty Falls fell in the way and we had a gala time. Nature was as its breathtaking best!!
By the time we actually reached Mussoorie it was evening...there we got to know that the ropeway was getting renovated and thus the whole exercise seemed futile.It all turned out to be a huge disappointment.
The last day at Dehradun was spent at the National Institute for the Visually Handicapped(NIVH). It was an overwhelming experience for all of us to see the visually challenged kids and adults performing various tasks efficiently.
Tht very day we left for Allahabad - our final destination.
Anand Bhawan - Pandit Nehru's residence took us back in history.
Early next morning we visited the Sangam - confluence of the three rivers, Ganga, Yamuna and Saraswati(the invisible river said to be flowing beneath the earth).The waters of the Ganga and Yamuna could easily be distinguished and it was wonderful to see them merge.
After the holy sojourn we visited the Leprosy Mission Hospital at Naini.The doctors there cleared our myths regarding patients suffering from leprsoy and it was some learning experience for all of us.
Finally it was time to leave for indore.Everyone was happy to be going back home but felt sad too for the journey was about to end.All those moments we'd spent together would be etched in our memories forever!!
For me it wasnt just a tour but an experience that made me realise the value of everyone around me...how lucky and blessed i was to be surrounded by all my loved ones!!!So for me,
Life isnt about finding faults,
u simply need some adjustment
Life isnt really bad,
just try living every moment
Life's all about learning to smile
and staying happy all the while!!!
A Trip....contd
We reached Chandigarh at 3 in the night. The night time adventure included dragging our trolleys on the streets of chandigarh as our bus left us in the middle of the road. But Chandigarh was grt....awesum city, not the least like Delhi.
The museum, lake and the rock garden were the places we went to, of course after visiting the post graduate institute(PGIMER),it was an educational tour, remember!!
The next day we went to Kasauli - it was the most beautiful place i'd seen all my life...amazing!!! The sights were breathtaking. The winding roads tht lead up to this quaint hill station did make me realise tht i suffered from a terrible form of motion sickness! Tht was the least enjoyable part but the overall experience was mindblowing..we walked abt 8 kms tht day without feeling the least bit of fatigue, probably the fresh air we breathed was reason for it! our lungs must have enjoyed it as well...
Haridwar....the holy city on the banks of the Ganges....our next destination
Having taking a dip in the mythical river made us feel as if our souls had been purified...
A ropeway took us upto the mansa devi temple atop a hill and it also allowed us a wonderful view of the entire city.
After haridwar we proceeded to rishikesh..another of those sacred cities of the north.it was our bad luck to have missed the ganga arti for we reached there late in the evening.crossing both the ram and lakshman jhulas was quite exciting for all of us.
We reached Dehradun tht same night and the next thing i rememeber is falling fast asleep. Travelling throughout the day did make us tired but we were ready for more excitement in the days to come...a major part of our journey was over but still it wasnt the end yet!!!!!!!
The museum, lake and the rock garden were the places we went to, of course after visiting the post graduate institute(PGIMER),it was an educational tour, remember!!
The next day we went to Kasauli - it was the most beautiful place i'd seen all my life...amazing!!! The sights were breathtaking. The winding roads tht lead up to this quaint hill station did make me realise tht i suffered from a terrible form of motion sickness! Tht was the least enjoyable part but the overall experience was mindblowing..we walked abt 8 kms tht day without feeling the least bit of fatigue, probably the fresh air we breathed was reason for it! our lungs must have enjoyed it as well...
Haridwar....the holy city on the banks of the Ganges....our next destination
Having taking a dip in the mythical river made us feel as if our souls had been purified...
A ropeway took us upto the mansa devi temple atop a hill and it also allowed us a wonderful view of the entire city.
After haridwar we proceeded to rishikesh..another of those sacred cities of the north.it was our bad luck to have missed the ganga arti for we reached there late in the evening.crossing both the ram and lakshman jhulas was quite exciting for all of us.
We reached Dehradun tht same night and the next thing i rememeber is falling fast asleep. Travelling throughout the day did make us tired but we were ready for more excitement in the days to come...a major part of our journey was over but still it wasnt the end yet!!!!!!!
A Trip to remember!!
It feels great to wield the pen (read keyboard) after a long time. The ideas were always there but maybe I wasn’t. Other things kept me occupied and my first love took a back seat. Now that the study tour (an important part of our curriculum) is over I’m looking forward to going back to my usual schedule – college, the department and of course poetry. But before all that I’d like to mention all about the study tour…. For it surely deserves some space on my blog…
The beginning wasn’t exactly great – DELHI!!!
Having left Indore on the 4th of March we reached Delhi on the 5th morning.
We boarded the bus to reach the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-our first stop. No
sooner had the bus progressed when our buswallah almost collided with a guy on a bike and lo! the biker had climbed the bus window to hit the driver!!
The Delhi adventure had begun.
At AIIMS the OPD was in progress and so we had to wait.
In the meantime we decided to take lunch…finding a place wasn’t very easy. We got into a Blueline bus and soon realized that one of our classmates was left behind at AIIMS.
Poor guy! He alone knows how he managed to find us.
After finishing lunch we came back to AIIMS and were shown around the electrotherapy units.
In the evening we went to Connaught place and Palika bazaar…the most interesting bit was traveling in the Delhi metro…simply loved it!!
Crossing the road was fun as well for we stopped the traffic every time we did so…41 people altogether!
The next day was wholly reserved for sight seeing – Qutub Minar, towered above everything else. Also the iron pillar left us surprised as it stood rust free even after so many years!!
The Lotus temple was magnificent. (Sydney opera house, anyone?) I don’t have words to explain how wonderful it was to observe complete silence!!!
Then we visited the ISKCON temple and Chatarpur mandir – we paid reverence to Lord Shiva (it was Mahashivratri that day).
Now we had to see Red fort. But our driver had other things in mind. He didn’t pay heed to anyone and rushed ahead. This infuriated the boys and there was a heated exchange(gaalis and all) between them and the driver that ended with a few blows here and there. And so we had to walk through Chandni chowk to reach Red fort.
That was a tiresome walk through an awful place. Somehow we reached the fort and it looked really marvelous in the moonlight (the red stone wasn’t that obvious though).
At last the Delhi sojourn was over and we boarded the train to Chandigarh…
A new place and experience awaited us!!!!!!!
The beginning wasn’t exactly great – DELHI!!!
Having left Indore on the 4th of March we reached Delhi on the 5th morning.
We boarded the bus to reach the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-our first stop. No
sooner had the bus progressed when our buswallah almost collided with a guy on a bike and lo! the biker had climbed the bus window to hit the driver!!
The Delhi adventure had begun.
At AIIMS the OPD was in progress and so we had to wait.
In the meantime we decided to take lunch…finding a place wasn’t very easy. We got into a Blueline bus and soon realized that one of our classmates was left behind at AIIMS.
Poor guy! He alone knows how he managed to find us.
After finishing lunch we came back to AIIMS and were shown around the electrotherapy units.
In the evening we went to Connaught place and Palika bazaar…the most interesting bit was traveling in the Delhi metro…simply loved it!!
Crossing the road was fun as well for we stopped the traffic every time we did so…41 people altogether!
The next day was wholly reserved for sight seeing – Qutub Minar, towered above everything else. Also the iron pillar left us surprised as it stood rust free even after so many years!!
The Lotus temple was magnificent. (Sydney opera house, anyone?) I don’t have words to explain how wonderful it was to observe complete silence!!!
Then we visited the ISKCON temple and Chatarpur mandir – we paid reverence to Lord Shiva (it was Mahashivratri that day).
Now we had to see Red fort. But our driver had other things in mind. He didn’t pay heed to anyone and rushed ahead. This infuriated the boys and there was a heated exchange(gaalis and all) between them and the driver that ended with a few blows here and there. And so we had to walk through Chandni chowk to reach Red fort.
That was a tiresome walk through an awful place. Somehow we reached the fort and it looked really marvelous in the moonlight (the red stone wasn’t that obvious though).
At last the Delhi sojourn was over and we boarded the train to Chandigarh…
A new place and experience awaited us!!!!!!!
Friday, 11 April 2008
A long way ahead...
My mind's suffering from insomnia
A few dreams keep it awake
And its been asked to stay alert
Just for the future's sake
Ideas visit often these days
Mingling freely with my thoughts
Chalking out plans together
To take care of all my faults
Challenges appear time and again
Growing minute by minute
Yet aspirations continue to soar high
The sky being their limit
This journey shall test my patience
More obstacles would be thrown in
But with determination & hardwork as companions
All I'll be able to do is...WIN!!!
A few dreams keep it awake
And its been asked to stay alert
Just for the future's sake
Ideas visit often these days
Mingling freely with my thoughts
Chalking out plans together
To take care of all my faults
Challenges appear time and again
Growing minute by minute
Yet aspirations continue to soar high
The sky being their limit
This journey shall test my patience
More obstacles would be thrown in
But with determination & hardwork as companions
All I'll be able to do is...WIN!!!
Thursday, 7 February 2008
Simply..... friends!!!
I stand, surrounded by a myriad of faces
Some familiar, mostly strange
Amongst them are those few…
Whom I proudly call my friends
All alone I might appear to be,
Yet their presence is constant.
For their thoughts brighten me up
Bringing on a smile every other instant
Certain circumstances do arise when,
Friends seem too difficult to please.
But then I believe if relationships are true,
They wont simply cease.
At times they leave me baffled
When they manage to read my mind
And then I keep wondering
Are my friends one of a kind???
I seriously try to search for answers
Alas! My questions lose relevance
As I think about the moments I shared
With those few…my dearest of friends!!!
Some familiar, mostly strange
Amongst them are those few…
Whom I proudly call my friends
All alone I might appear to be,
Yet their presence is constant.
For their thoughts brighten me up
Bringing on a smile every other instant
Certain circumstances do arise when,
Friends seem too difficult to please.
But then I believe if relationships are true,
They wont simply cease.
At times they leave me baffled
When they manage to read my mind
And then I keep wondering
Are my friends one of a kind???
I seriously try to search for answers
Alas! My questions lose relevance
As I think about the moments I shared
With those few…my dearest of friends!!!
Sunday, 23 December 2007
Quiz me again!!!
“There’s this interschool quiz tomorrow, are you and Avani interested in participating in it???”
Tomorrow was Sunday & Monday onwards our unit tests (hmm…sadly those happened every other month) were to begin.
“Its just the written round, you could always give it a try.” Our teacher had to say something, as all we did was stand and stare at her and then at each other. We did want to participate but those tests weren’t allowing us to decide.
The next thing I remember is calling up our respective moms (back then in class VIII, mummy knew best…for me she still knows best :p)
Our moms were pretty cool, “Of course u can participate, what’s the harm??”
There wasn’t going to be any harm unless we fared poorly in those unit tests (!!!) That’s another story though…; )
The quiz venue was interesting in itself- St Paul Boys School (please, no raised eyebrows!) Avani was late, thanks to a flat bicycle tyre but we managed to be in time (well, the school being a 5 min. walk from my place)
Now that I think of it the written round was a quite simply, a cakewalk…
Then came the semifinal (not without its own hiccups), the next Sunday. By then our tests were over and well the results werent that bad. (…Hehe)
I distinctly remember nibbling those potato chips (provided by the sponsors), while waiting for my chance to get on stage for the quiz. We did sail through the semis as well.
Ah! The final was quite awesome…the whole atmosphere buzzed with the noises of students cheering their schools, parents eager to witness their wards coming out on top…that reminds me…I’d strictly told my Aai and Pappa not to be there (I knew I’d be nervous if they came) But who listens to me…they did come!!
Before the start of the quiz I remember avani and me eyeing the magnificent trophy…how we longed to hold it in our hands, to win it, possess it!!
Being in the finals, competing against 4 other top schools was in itself an achievement.
That Saturday when we’d called up our moms, who’d have thought of it…at that time doing well in tests was all we cared about.
But now we wanted to win and it was the only thing that mattered.
The stage was finally set…10 rounds…one winner.
The excitement was palpable, round 1… 2, …3…4, it went on and on.
We lead in one round, just to concede it in the next. It went neck to neck. The uncertainty prevailed till the very last round…rapid fire…we answered most of the questions and the other schools just couldn’t catch up…Hurrah! We’d won…. yeah we’ won!
How ecstatic we were…the gleaming trophy looked awesome in our hands.
The moment was overwhelming…we’d made all Raphaelites and ourselves proud.
As I think of those days I realize it’s not worth worrying about little things (those unit tests,u see) in life. It’s about seizing your opportunities, exploring new horizons, treading those unknown paths and most importantly following your heart…sounds cliché but that’s just the way it is!!!:)
Tomorrow was Sunday & Monday onwards our unit tests (hmm…sadly those happened every other month) were to begin.
“Its just the written round, you could always give it a try.” Our teacher had to say something, as all we did was stand and stare at her and then at each other. We did want to participate but those tests weren’t allowing us to decide.
The next thing I remember is calling up our respective moms (back then in class VIII, mummy knew best…for me she still knows best :p)
Our moms were pretty cool, “Of course u can participate, what’s the harm??”
There wasn’t going to be any harm unless we fared poorly in those unit tests (!!!) That’s another story though…; )
The quiz venue was interesting in itself- St Paul Boys School (please, no raised eyebrows!) Avani was late, thanks to a flat bicycle tyre but we managed to be in time (well, the school being a 5 min. walk from my place)
Now that I think of it the written round was a quite simply, a cakewalk…
Then came the semifinal (not without its own hiccups), the next Sunday. By then our tests were over and well the results werent that bad. (…Hehe)
I distinctly remember nibbling those potato chips (provided by the sponsors), while waiting for my chance to get on stage for the quiz. We did sail through the semis as well.
Ah! The final was quite awesome…the whole atmosphere buzzed with the noises of students cheering their schools, parents eager to witness their wards coming out on top…that reminds me…I’d strictly told my Aai and Pappa not to be there (I knew I’d be nervous if they came) But who listens to me…they did come!!
Before the start of the quiz I remember avani and me eyeing the magnificent trophy…how we longed to hold it in our hands, to win it, possess it!!
Being in the finals, competing against 4 other top schools was in itself an achievement.
That Saturday when we’d called up our moms, who’d have thought of it…at that time doing well in tests was all we cared about.
But now we wanted to win and it was the only thing that mattered.
The stage was finally set…10 rounds…one winner.
The excitement was palpable, round 1… 2, …3…4, it went on and on.
We lead in one round, just to concede it in the next. It went neck to neck. The uncertainty prevailed till the very last round…rapid fire…we answered most of the questions and the other schools just couldn’t catch up…Hurrah! We’d won…. yeah we’ won!
How ecstatic we were…the gleaming trophy looked awesome in our hands.
The moment was overwhelming…we’d made all Raphaelites and ourselves proud.
As I think of those days I realize it’s not worth worrying about little things (those unit tests,u see) in life. It’s about seizing your opportunities, exploring new horizons, treading those unknown paths and most importantly following your heart…sounds cliché but that’s just the way it is!!!:)
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