Say NO!!

These holidays have been extremely frustrating. There is hardly anything going on. I am spending almost all my time at home playing or sleeping. Its infact so frustrating, that i am having online conversations about anything and everything.

One such conversation, with Rujuta, bore some quite funny results.Rujuta, to those who dont know, is my abrrevations teacher, and teaches me SMS language on chat.However, I guess she was also very bored. Thats why, deviating from our normal "bhankas" chat, we started discussing various scenarios about the possibility of me going on non-existant and imaginary dates, and started taking the micky out of it.

One such scenario was that if that imaginary girl asked me out.( as in proper asked me out.) How would I react? Well, obviously i was dumbfounded. If such a situation would actually occur, i think i would end up laughing. But then, she wanted a serious answer! So out of nowhere, i came up with " I will tell tomorrow"; which is really confusing. See, I thought I was telling that to the imaginary girl, whereas Rujuta thought that that was the answer to the question how would i react!! When they say, confusion creates laughter, they mean it. We were laughing over this for the next dont know how long!!

Well, at night, i made up my answer to reject the imaginary girl. But then I had to make up some way to say No!! you know- just confuse the girl, let the no parachute down instead of accelerating..so the next day we were discussing various ways of saying "No", and are actually still discussing them, and coming up with new, witty rejections, for the benifit of mankind. (See, rujuta, I am sharing credits! :P")

Here are a few that were my personal favourites.

1) Look at the girl... then look over your shoulder to an extremely pretty girl... then look back to the girl,and acting all surprized say " Oh.. sorry... am i in your way??"

2) say.. " I am sorry that i have to say No, as I really feel about your safety after this . Actually i would have said yes, but then your parents would have put you in the Mental Hospital!"

3) " If you are asking me out, You must either be Mad, Crazy, or totally whacked up. I only go out with NORMAL girls!"

4) "My dear, lets get the alcohol out of your system and then talk.... do you want to start puking??"

5)" you know, my mother is really scared of Ghosts. I dont want to give her a hear attack by going out with one"

6) " I am on a perilous path to enlightenment, which spreads to people who you love, and I am in no mood to SHARE"

7) "You are so hot, that if i even stand next to you, Ill vapourize, leaving you single again, and sad... so why take the chance of you getting sad?!"

8) then there is the classic one... " I am already set up somewhere else!"

There will be more, when we come up with them. till then laugh on!!
by the way, this post is meant as humour. I do not think that anyone should actually use them, unless you want to get hammered by a chappal.:P

काशी ताईचे लग्न

Yesterday, a very very very close friend of mine-so close that infact she is considered as family, काशी ताई got married. I dont know what to feel- happy for her, or sad for the groom Sanket. Well, actually, Sanket is also a very good friend of mine- so id be better off feeling happy for him as well.

We had like a massive group of kids- all family friends in London- Me, Rishabh, Kashmira( काशी ताई), Sanket, and a few others. We used to hang out all weekend, watch movies, and roam about doing nothing. the time spent was just awesome!! It was in my 12th standard, that we started teasing Sanket and Kashmira. You know- just as a joke. But we didnt know that they actually were going out!!! then, when they broke the news one fine day, we were refusing to believe it for ages!

Well, that said, those stories, and her near escapades from her parents are a thing of past now. 4 years ago. I still dont believe its been four years. It only seems like yesterday. But on actual yesterday, her wedding day, was awesome fun! got to meet a lot of familiar faces, i had not met for quite a while now. Finally got to hang out with Rishabh-after ages. It reminded me of those Pizza fridays we used to have. Also met Pooja for the first time. One very cool person.. (Rishabh... all the best man!!). and the normal midgety idiots- Shrutika and Mithila- though now, they have got a lot taller!! Oh and had a usual, normal, daily dose of fight with Kashmira, which i hadnt done for a long time, and probably without which, i dont get a big smile on my face. Its just our attitudes of belittleing each other as a joke that rock. It was her wedding day, and still me and rishabh were troubling her- rather she was getting troubled, although i had promised not to trouble her. Still, its awesome! The only thing thats better is probably troubling anushree, shrutika and mithila...

Now that the wedding is all done, Kashi taiee and Sanket are off to their honeymoon, Janhavi Mavshi, Kiran Kaka, Amrita Mavshi, Rishabh and all are off to London, Vinay Kaka off to Malaysia. Well, that leaves me all alone over here!

Its actually extremely weird to imagine Kashmira getting married. She is hardly 2 years older than I am. and still, she is married!! Oh my god! And look at me!! no one in the right state of mind will ever marry me!! forget marriage, i dont even have a girlfriend yet!! (thats down to all my ridiculous conditions, mentioned here)

Ah, let it be. Im happy the way I am- single and always ready to mingle- oh and always stress free...So be it... I wish काशी ताई and Sanket a happy married life.. 

स्वप्नाची समाप्ती

I know that this poem is not at all like the ones i usually post- tose having veer ras. However, i could not ignore such a beautiful poem. Its a classic one by Kusumagraj. Really paints a vivid image. Talking of poetry, recently i was inspired enough to go through the collection Geetanjali by Rabindranath Tagore. The poetry is extremely striking, and leaves a profound effect. I highly recomend it to any one interested in poetry. However, I am planning to go one step ahead, and learn Bengali, so as to read the original poem in Bengali, rather than its translation.(If the translation is so good, then the orginal must be even better). If there is anyone willing to teach me, let me know, ill be ever grateful. Till then, I present स्वप्नाची समाप्ती by कुसुमाग्रज..

स्नेहहीन ज्योतीपरी 
   मंद होई शुक्रतारा
काळ्या मेघखंडास त्या
   किनारती निळ्या धारा

स्वप्नासम एक एक 
   तारा विरे आकाशात 
खिरे रात्र कण कण 
   प्रकाशाच्या सागरात 

काढ सखे, गळ्यातील
   तुझे चांदण्याचे हात
क्षितिजाच्या पलिकडे 
   उभे दिवसाचे दूत


रातपाखरांचा आर्त
   नाद नच कानी पडे
संपवून भावगीत
   झोपलेले रातकिडे.


पहाटेचे गार वारे
   चोरट्याने जगावर 
येती पाय वाजवत
   वाळलेल्या पानांवर

शांति आणि विषण्णता
   दाटलेली दिशांतून
गजबज गजवील 
   जग घटकेने दोन 

जमू लागलेले दव
   गवताच्या पातीवर
भासते भू तारकांच्या
   आसवांनी ओलसर

काढ सखे, गळ्यातील
   तुझे चांदण्याचे हात
क्षितिजाच्या पलिकडे 
   उभे दिवसाचे दूत.

प्राजक्ताच्या पावलाशी 
   पडे दूर पुष्प-रास 
वाऱ्यावर वाहती हे
   त्याचे दाटलेले श्वास


ध्येय, प्रेम, आशा यांची
   होतसे का कधी पूर्ती
वेड्यापरी पूजातो या 
   आम्ही भंगणाऱ्या मूर्ती!


खळ्यामध्ये बांधलेले
    बैल होवोनिया जागे
गळ्यातील घुंगरांचा
    नाद कानी येऊ लागे


आकृतींना दूरच्या त्या
    येऊ लागे रूप रंग
हालचाल कुजबूज
    होऊ लागे जागोजाग.


काढ सखे, गळ्यातील
   तुझे चांदण्याचे हात
क्षितिजाच्या पलिकडे 
   उभे दिवसाचे दूत

प्रकाशाच्या पावलाची 
   चाहुल ये कानावर 
ध्वज त्याचे कनकाचे
   लागतील गडावर



होते म्हणून स्वप्ना एक
    एक रात्र पाहिलेले
होते म्हणून वेड एक
   एक रात्र राहिलेले.

ओततील आग जगी
    दूत त्याचे लक्षावधी
उजेडात दिसू वेडे
    आणि ठरू अपराधी!


 -कुसुमाग्रज

वन्दे मातरम्

When it comes to patriotism, really speaking there are only two poems, which signify the poets love for the motherland. Atleast there are only two, which bring out that pride in me which prints is banners all over the place- "Me Bharatiya Ahe". One is ofcourse Jayostute by Savarkar. The other, is Vande Mataram. It is one of the most beautiful poems ever written. Just reading it once will bring a tear of joy in my eyes.

वन्दे मातरम्

सुजलां सुफलां मलयजशीतलाम्

सस्य श्यामलां मातरम्

शुभ्र ज्योत्सनाम् पुलकित यामिनीम्

फुल्ल कुसुमिता द्रुमदलशोभिनीम्

सुहासिनी सुमधुर भाषिणीम् 

सुखदाम् वरदाम् मातरम् ॥

सप्त कोटि कण्ठ कलकल निनाद कराले
द्विसप्त कोटि भुजैर्ध्रत खरकरवाले
के बोले मा तुमी अबले
बहुबल धारिणीम् नमामि तारिणीम्
रिपुदलवारिणीम् मातरम् ॥

तुमि विद्या तुमि धर्म, तुमि ह्रदि तुमि मर्म
त्वं हि प्राणाः शरीरे
बाहुते तुमि मा शक्ति,
हृदये तुमि मा भक्ति,
तोमारै प्रतिमा गडि मन्दिरे-मन्दिरे ॥

त्वं हि दुर्गा दशप्रहरणधारिणी
कमला कमलदल विहारिणी
वाणी विद्यादायिनी, नमामि त्वाम्
नमामि कमलां अमलां अतुलाम्
सुजलां सुफलां मातरम् ॥

श्यामलां सरलां सुस्मितां भूषिताम्
धरणीं भरणीं मातरम् ॥