Main shaayar toh nahi!

Before I start a few things..

1.Seether's version of 'careless whisper' by Wham, is amazing,d best ever cover of any song(well that was my effort to promote rock music,give it a hear,people!)

2.My college life gets over in another 4 days..and unlike most people I really don't feel emotional..just thinking of what to do for the next 6 months!(No rude suggestions allowed)

3. I feel pretty awesome,for a change because of myself.

Around 10 years back, I saw 'Bobby'(No,not the hot chick from roadies,but the blockbuster of yesteryears,Dimple Kapadia-Rishi Kapoor starrer,the first rebellious teenage love story which has been copied atleast a 1000 times after that :),movie).I tried hard to share my mom's excitement,but the only thing that I liked(apart from seeing Dimple Kapadia in a swimsuit..drooling) was the song "Main shaayar toh nahi" which went like...

" main shaayar toh nahi
magar ae haseen,
jabse dekha maine tujhko,
mujhe shaayari aa gayi"

Now even though I write great poetry,this post isn't about Dimple Kapadia or the countless subsequent chicks being a source of inspiration for my writing.Then why all d blabbering?I have a different take on the song and here it is...

I have heard a zillion times "you don't know what you have got till it's gone" and that is true but it's also true that,"you don't know what you've got,till you reach a situation where you've got to use what you've got".(for instance I didn't know I could write so well,till I started falling for chicks,thanks,love you all!(notice the sarcasm))

Anyway not deviating from the theme,most of us really have no clue as to what we are capable of,until we get to a situation where that particular thing is demanded of us,just like,in Harry Potter, underage wizards performing magic when faced with adverse situations.It could be as simple as solving a mathematical puzzle out of nowhere to something more serious like getting over a heartbreak or moving to a new place.

Now why does something like this happen,I have my theories about it,although none of them verified..

1.We underestimate and underanalyze ourselves too much.We are so much interested in what is happening around us,that we forget that there is a centre to the around.I don't ask anyone to be self absorbed but aleast try to know yourselves more than you know others.

2.A man/woman is like the universe(the woman a much bigger one),even if you try to explore for a lifetime,you would have just touched a corner,so why even try?

The first one is a reason,the second an excuse :).

But both are true and the best that one can do is I guess to constantly try to put yourselves in situations,which help you to explore yourselves a little.Join a dance class,learn martial arts,play a guitar,go boozing!As Baz Luhrmann said in the song 'Sunscreen'...

"Do one thing everyday that scares you"

You may just end up knowing a fraction about yourselves,but you will be glad for it and as we know from Maths,a fraction is bigger than zero!

UNTITLED

We shared those laughs,those dreams,
Those sorrows,the hurts,the pains,
Those memories coloured my life once,
Now they just seem to be stains.

Destiny meant us to be together,
Love made us feel the same,
Now as we are being ripped apart,
Can't think of anyone to blame.

I try to forget it's the last time,
These few moments that we share,
Life may hold a lot ahead,
But I just can't seem to care.

We made our sacrifices,did our best,
We know that in our hearts,
We are still where we were,
But yet so much further apart.

They are things that one wishes,
The way they are,they could stay,
But the harder you try to hold on to,
the further they keep moving away.

It makes things both harder and sweeter,
To know that you still love me,
I won't ignore our reality,
But will have faith in our destiny.

WTF!!

Why am I writing this post..

1.Dont feel like studying
2.The last piece of poetry I wrote is damn narcissitic,so will put it up when I am on cloud 9 :)
3.Cant find guitar tuition ka notes,so cant practice
4.There is no one to call
5.I just wanna waste some time

I was talking to one of my closest friends yesterday and as I am known to very few people..asked her a random question,"needs or principles?",idealist that I believed she was,she surprised me by answering "needs".Following that I had conversations with a few people, and somehow from last night to now set me thinking what drives us to act,not when it is about our,but someone else's needs(everybody acts for their own needs)More so because I was asked to do many things which I wouldn't have liked to do in the same span of time :).These were my conclusions...

Half the people lack the conscience and find inaction as the best solution and would choose something like "arre mera thodi banta hai yeh karna" or "I dont think so he/she would have done the same thing for me" as their excuse,but what if "Tera banta hai" or "He/She would have done the same thing"..that is where this half firmly believes "Ignorance is bliss" and they find their comfort.

The 'others' or according to the previous category of people "the foolish ones" or the "ones to be taken advantage off" have three reasons to do what they do..
Fear
Responsibility
Love

Fear I believe is the biggest driver for human action,fear of "losing someone,getting hurt,getting disliked,being spoken ill about etc etc".Though this reason is the worst of the above three,but it is fair enough..atleast you are doing the right thing.But this does get back to you at one point of time because your fears afterall only make you more vulnerable.

Responsibility is something I believe in,because you would only want to be responsible if you have a sense of self worth.If a responsible person cannot do something which he is supposed to do,he'll feel guilty and would look down on himself.So in a sense he is doin it for himself as much as for others which is commendable because he is equating needs of others to his own.

Finally,love,the least visible and the most potent reason of all.You place the ones you love above yourself,their needs more important than yours,you throw yourself overboard to save them from drowning(though you yourself don't know how to swim) and it also gives rise to the above two reasons,"fear of losing ones you love and feeling responsible for them".

The world would be a better place if more of us can believe that there are more important things than instant gratification and playing on someone's fears!Ending it with a few lines from one of my favourite songs...

In Catholic school as vicious as Roman rule

I got my knuckles bruised by a lady in black

And I held my tongue as she told me,

“Son,Fear is the heart of love,”

so I never went back

TRUE LOVE WAY

Huge fan of kings of leon,more so after this song.. heard good lyrics after ages..sumday gonna write better than dis for sure..had to put this up

I Want In, Like A Substitute
I' Ve Been Working Awful Hard For You
But You Dont Say,
You Just Hold Your Breath
So I Can't Touch What I Haven't Yet
She's A Poor One And It Hurts Me So
And It's A Dark Path And A Heck Of A Cold
And She Can Feel Me Like She Did Before

Oh We'd Be So Free
Happy Alone
Sharing A Smile
So Far From Home

Push In And I Pull It Away
It A Hard Part But The True Love Way
Till You Want It Like I Want It
Now With Your Smart Mouth And Your Killer Hands
With A Potion Oh That I Have Made
For A Young Man Its A Heck Of A Wage
And I Feel Crazy When I See Your Face

Cuz We'd Be So Free
Happy Alone
Sharing A Smile
So Far From Home
And We Would Laugh
Laugh Till We Cry
Making A Song
Making Me Lie

And People Say I'm Crazy For Walking This Town
And People Say I'm Bigger For Walking This Town
And People Say Maybe That Its Coming Around
And People Say I'm Bigger For Walking A...

And We'd Be So Free
Happy Alone
Sharing A Smile So
Far From Home
And We Would Laugh
Laugh Till We Cry
Making A Song
Making Me Lie
Happy Alone

Afterglow

Just a half formed idea rite now...sumthin like ppl who matter a lot to u in ur life n den dey r just gone leavin wid u lots of things which at that time pleasant,only cause longing in d best case n hurt in d worst case scenario

You were my guiding light,
lighting spaces whose existence i didnt know,
I cant feel your warmth now,
but still burn in the afterglow

Just had an urge 2 put sumthin up rite now,gotta complete dis!!!

Election sewer..err..fever :)

For the past 5 years as opposition,
The BJP might have been in slumber,
But with elections Advaniji has lots of questions,
Somehow they all sound like,”Kab aayega mera number?”.

They care two hoots about the country,
But at anything against Mrs.Gandhi,Congress will frown, (now Rahul Baba as well)
Well,they would have won the elections,
But Kasab and Recession caught them with their pants down.

The 3rd Front is a varied confused lot,
Just like a pornstar about her origin,
All they want is a 'Tata' to the treaty,
Because their only enemies are Mamta & Manmohan. (Read:Mamta Banerjee)

Three Musketeers Laloo,Mulayam & Paswan,
Want to lead to glory the 4th Front,
But if ‘Bhaiyas’ become Kingmakers,
To Raj ’Marathi Asmita’ Thackeray,it’ll be an affront. (and Bhaiyas in Maharashtra will bear the brunt)

Our ‘Behenji’ is slugging it out all alone,
Yet dreams of becoming the ‘Pradhan Mantri’,
If her dream & our nightmare is realized,
Euthanasia(Mercy Killing) will be required by the country.

In such people’s hands our country's future,
is like a slaughterhouse for a goat,
Hats off to the valiant ‘Aam aadmi’,
Because he still hopes for a change & votes!


Long live democracy!!!!!!!!!!!

Disclaimer-The views expressed above wholly belong to all concious citizens of our country. Jai Hind!
On a more serious note,have nothing against the above mentioned people,its just their nation wrecking policies.