3000 sq Feet Reverie

Prolific – the term seconds the opulent Human crave like no one does ! Juggling both the terms sounds a bit of sarcastic though but I am OK with that !

For More you have , more you want ; More you want , more you crave !

Yup ! That’s how we are - Just as simple as that.

Gone are the days when - Roti , Kapda aur Makaan used to be the toast of life – it’s Sandwitch( or a Burger) , Branded wears and Villas now just in the same order , only a bit refined probably .

However ,It’s definitely the Makaan that might spin a wheel in your mind when we speak in monetary terms but what we need – we just need ! Lets be more formal and bit classy to match with the Jet-age – it’s Flat or a Villa ( if you are filthy rich , of course!) .

Ever since , we stepped onto the Corporate jungle to make both ends meet , the money has just blew little more sophisticated air into the desires. Starting with a 2-wheeler and moving on to 4  , the next target is the unavoidable and an edifice reach – a House !

The Middle class sophomore just eats and sleeps now singing for the proverbial possession to keep his head under a roof – a solid one.

1, 2 , 3 BHKs – doesn’t they sound so familiar ? I am pretty sure they do.

The only trembling part in the whole picturesque frame is the Sky-rocketing prices.

The ever surmounting sky-high prices have no lessened the Indian Middle Class’s   resolution to sleep under a beautiful roof with plenty of rooms to ply on. Drilling a hole in the pocket might sound scary but then who cares ? We are talking about one of the basic Human needs and fetching it - is nowhere near a Sin.

But then we are definitely working on it .

We know how to get things straight and done and Be Happy , for sure !

Tu, Tum aur Aap

When You Juggle the Letters and make them Words , You hold all the Relationships , in surplus, onto them !

Prominently enough , we are conditioned to , from childhood of  keeping people in high esteem and appropriate with Pronouns – Grammatical in literal sense but they hold so much of sense from the closeness to effortlessness in our feelings !

Aap , Tum and Tu –  these Relation-bearers  have so profoundly been deep-rooted , that sometimes we are noticeably effortless while using them . Possibly it shows the direct thread of love , care , respect and certain other surreal human sensitivities that impact uttering them.

Sometimes I used to ponder over the whereabouts - why , when , how , where’s of these simple but powerful relationship holders and , more often than not ,been left in lurch , clueless !

The proximity that “Tu” brings , is at par with “Aap” sometimes . And so as “Tum” . Whereas, at times they bring those inexplicable gigantic differences .The proverbial discrimination had always been Un-Surmountable  for me. There are people whom you refer as Aap , Tu or Tum and quite baffling at times why we do so for we are not conditioned to talk so – it’s just a fact that we just do – and Interestingly it fetches us a comfort !

Life is queer and a nonplus-platter sometimes where  the options leave us bewildered and eye-popping ! I have never understood why so but ……

P.S. – I have met people who are so fortunate to be crystal clear about such aspects though !

Bring It On

O’ Pain

You don’t Hurt Me Anymore

I have Grown up and Moved On

You Look Silly Now

For You are Still the Same !

O’ Pain

You don’t Hurt Me Anymore

I have Learned To Live

Love Life and Myself

I Pity You

For You mean Nothing Now !

O’ Pain

You Don’t Hurt Me Anymore

I Like The way You Try

And You Try Harder

And I Just Laugh It Away !

O’ Pain

You Don’t Hurt Me anymore

It’s Not The Yesterday’s Kid

For What You Face Today

Is A Soul which got Burnt &

Then Started  Blazing

Brave & With No Fear !

O’ Pain

You Don’t Hurt Me Anymore

Ruthless and Merciless  - Played Against All

Innumerably Fought to Survive and

Survived to Fight

And Still Keeping the Breathing on !

O’ Pain

You don’t Hurt Me Anymore

Let’s Take the Head-On

I Promise You Something

You Would Go Home Today

With Pain You Have Never Faced Before !

O’ Pain

Just Stop Trying

For You Don’t Hurt Me Anymore !  

Curtain Down

The Show’s Over Today

Go Home now

Start Life Anew

Grab thy Right

And Stay Happy

The Show’s Over Today

Lessons Galore

Make Ends Meet

Lo And Behold

Things Did Change

The Show’s Over Today

Good Things , Bad Things Roll Over

The Street Turns The Bend

To A Mend

And With Bright Light At the End

The Show’s Over Today

Did We understood

Like As they Say

All That Happens

Is Just Only For the Good !

Second Last

Ek chehra tera Chupa Hua

Aanchal se Dhaka Hua

Aankhen jaise kuch kehti hain

Par Samajh usse kyun na payein

Ek Yeh Naadan Dil Hain

Aakhir aisi kya woh baat hain

Jubaan takk jo hain aati nahin

Bas aansra liye ruki hain

Ki kab durr ho woh Faansle

Aankho se Hotho takk jo beechi hain

Kaise Ehsaas Dilaaye Unko

Ki Ek Woh hain

Aur Woh hi Toh Hain

Baaki sab se toh Hume koi Vaasta hi nahin 

Par Jaane iss Baat pe unko kyun aata Yekin nahin

Unki Hansi bhi jo itni pyaari hain

Ab to Sharmaane bhi woh humse lagi hain

Hum toh aaj bhi Ummid mein Jeete hain

Ki Pyaar Unko bhi hain

Jo Pyaar Humko bhi hain !!!

Tum

Khusiyon ki Jo Shaugat laaye Woh Tum Ho

Zindagi mein Jo ujala Laaye Woh Tum Ho

Dhup se jo Roshini aaye Woh Tum Ho

Rango ki Jo Bahaar dhaaye Woh Tum Ho

Bus Tum Ho

Har Ek Lamha Jo beet jaaye Woh Tum Ho

Nadiyo mein jo Dhar laaye Woh Tum Ho

Asha Ki Jo ek Kiran pohushaye Woh Tum Ho

Aasma mein udta hua jo pankh hain Woh Tum Ho

Bus Tum Ho

Hawao Ki Jo Sharsharahat hain Woh Tum ho

Pehle Baarish ki jo Mehek Hain Woh Tum Ho

Meetti Ki Jo Khusboo Hain Woh Tum Ho

Jeene Ki Jo Chah hain Woh Tum Ho

Bus Tum Ho

Ab Bus Yehi Lagta hain

Ki Tum Ho

Kyunki har ek Jarre mein Ek Tum Ho

Bus Tum Ho

Bus Tum Ho 

Haan

Sirf Tum Ho  !!!

Kyun ?

Dil Tu Kyun Yeh Karta Hain

Har Pal Kuch Talaasha Karta Hain

Bus Lamho Ko Samente Chalta Hain

Aur Hansi – Aansu Ki Daur Lataa Hain

Dil Tu Kyun Yeh Karta Hain

Kuch Pal Hume bhi Toh Jeene de

Yaado ki Barsaato mein Bheegane De

Jaadu sa ehsaas pane de

Aur Aasma  mein aise hi Udne de

Dil Tu Kyun Yeh Karta Hain

Pyaar Karke Dard Hume deta hain

Dil Tu Kyun Yeh Karta Hain

Toote Baar Baar aur phir bhi Unki Raah mein Chal padta hain

Shot At Sight

It is said – Beauty is the correct  Palatable food to the mind of a Man !

Most Rightly or if so till what extent ? Well I am not scribbling here to justify or nullify this aspect !

But Love at First Sight – is something all Men are fabricated to fall in – Quite Frequently – well most of them. And this First Sight happens every time , man catch a PYT ( Pretty Young Thing).

So what’s the difference –  Girls today are probably far more Practical than Guys in the traditional Falling cases – they do have certain parameters as a Threshold pole-vault. But Men , most of them – even today dots on just – Looks !.

If You are Pretty or Beautiful or Cute or at least have a Sweet smile – You are In !

( Personally I did never understand  - what’s the difference between being Pretty , Beautiful or Cute – I just manage to survive only on their Literal sense ).

And Girls ! They are smart enough to know ( or acknowledge ? )  – we do function this way !

At least – enthrones them( Girls) with Better Control ( Am Being deliberately Sarcastic here ! )

( Couple of recent Bollywood flicks - Dil Toh Baccha Hain Ji , Pyaar Ka Paanchnaama etc - are milking money on such themes.)

However there is no point of Right or Wrong – as things are streamlined - most probably would continue so. To quote in a typical Bollywood way -

Man lafanga bada
Apne mann ki kare
Hoo yun toh mera hi hai
Mujhse bhi na dare
Woh bheege bheege khayalon mein dooba rahe
Main sambhal ja kahun fisalta rahe
Ishq mehnga pade
Phir bhi sauda kare……….

Real on the Reel Platter !

Reality Shows – You can not get enough of them of late ! Seriously !

Just yesterday, while running my fingers on the TV remote , the one thing that irrevocably caught my mind – is the volume of Reality shows ! From the boardroom to the courtroom and from the street to the bedroom – it’s just in-front of you –  at the push of a button !

You can enjoy husband-wife fights , Cat-fights , bitching , back biting, locked-love , love trapping , couple exchanges , Date traps and all the exciting (or sometimes forbidden) things in the world -  you can think of right on your daily real-reel menu ! We always wanted the Nuts , crazy and out-of-the-box and somewhat secret  items on the plate !

So here it is - the show has just grown Enormous , Spooky , Flashy and definitely Filthy !

The Camera is being welcomed on the Red carpet to the once-so-called privacy zone and left no stone unturned to turn it Bigger and Better in the competition.

Mute-point – Grab some quick money , Ride on the Limelight drive and Name with the fame !

Celebrity is another common word now – for we all are stars and celebrities now standing with our head erect of out of the TV screen !

The Hungrier you get , the more professionally instrumental you turn out  and so are the sky-rocketing TRPs on a geometric progression.

And No happy faces are complaining !

But How far is too far ?

Or are we so far that now we don’t even bother how far we are to get near !

Words , Scraps and Craps

On a De-cluttering mode !

Of recently , I have been trying unscrupulously to scrutinize and lighten the mental bag to a larger extent possible !

In the daily struggle &  fight of living , myriads of un-important and trivial things do start piling up our mind . And they do occasionally need a rigorous and  merciless clean-up to keep the system on track and running.

The greatest dis-advantage I have noticed is – we do tend to ignore the small and beautiful things in life – the gifts themselves start smelling pungent and that’s the signal !

Enough would certainly be enough - and definitely so !

The earlier and frequent timely spurts of action do save zillions of  ensuing stitches !

Writing , for sure , is one of the most rejuvenating experiences speaking on such terms – it makes you think out the weeds and harvest. More so , planting the rights mental saplings can never get  easier  than though words.

And why not – for sometimes we need the Smiling Word instead of the Ruthless Sword to kill things !

The Pursuit of Happiness

Happiness –  thy name

You are The Mirage

Paving my Stride

Before the walks

All the while !

And I grow hungrier

Day by day

Everyday

Bit by bit !

Trust I lose

Frost my senses

Break the Joints

Unhook the links

Tickle the Fickle

Stability – Now I do faintly remember Thou !

Happiness !

A life spent in thy Pursuit

Takes a Toll on my Soul

The essence of my presence - Tend to forget

Blind-folded by the Shine

Of Something that Never Exists !

Happiness – You are nowhere to be Found !

With Love - Forever and Always !

Very recently had read in Bangalore Mirror – the story of an old Lady who was left in the lurch by her own son in a dilapidated Old Age Home and been never looked back ! She was torn between the tears and her daily struggle to make both ends meet.

Not surprisingly - it was one of the most horrendous stories I had ever read.

I could never understand the mentality of those Stupid genre of people and even worse to make out the cold nerve – with which they leave their parents pinging the single hope on them.

Parents take those painstaking labour and  effort with a smile to bring up their kid and make him/her stand on their own foot . And later what these grown ups do ? Just walk away !

Parents - they are the people – the only people on this earth who you can blindly trust with , speak your heart out , let yourself be with all your shortcomings and still be treated as if You are the Best thing that ever happened in their life ! The Never-ending  Love and Support for you is something , Parents are just made up of.

If you ever thought of somebody who could hold the Title to be the Biggest Loser  by doing the biggest Sin of life – it’s that anarchic Moron  who let those Hands go which once held him up and made him walk.

These sick-heads suck and pollute this beautiful planet !

On a Happy note , then there are innumerable exceptions of Adults who take optimum care of their Parents and make this planet proud !

We want to see that number Grow !