Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Search

Searching for a place to hide,
To save ourselves from the barbarous tribe.
The bandits had returned and
Our lives were upturned.

Hungry and restless we wandered,
In vain for water and food,
But, in our hearts we knew,
It wouldn’t do us any good.

Then came our grandmother,
Stronger and healthier than out grandpa,
To take us far far away.

The whole village left for a place,
Where they could rest at peace,
No more bandits
No more tribes,
No more blood and
No more bribes.

Day after day passed
We wandered,
Hungry and pale we wandered,
But our woes were
Not to be rendered.

Seven weeks, seven long weeks
Later we came to a camp,
We could see the dim light of a flickering tiny lamp.

Still we search, for that place
We might call home,
A place where dad would return and
We would never be alone.

The search continues
And we are wanderers,
If life is a river,
We still search for its water.

The Dream of A Winter Night

While walking on the streets,
I saw a face
Very closer to me and nearer to my heart.
For once I thought, it was my imagination,
But somewhere in my heart
I knew it was my destination.

When I wanted to have a second look at her,
She disappeared into nowhere
But the face became engraved in my heart.
I searched for her here,
There, everywhere,
But at last right behind me
I had found her.

Through the simplicity,
And the kindness of her face,
I realized that she was my love
And when I opened my mouth to
Say I love you…
That I woke up with a start
Surprised and shocked to find,
That there was no one around me,
Except my alarm clock ringing noisily,
And everything scattered around.

And with a heavy heart I realized
It was nothing but a dream..
But I wish it comes true, as it had mesmerized me
As most dreams do.

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Who gives you happiness and who brings you pain?
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What is that thing you have never seen but refuse to acknowledge that it does not exist?
Why is there regular intervals between day and night?
What has given you the power to be able to think and understand?

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Let Us Rise

He is trying to fight,
For the country he was born,
For the country we were born.

Why does he have to do it ?
When we are blind to the fate of our land,
When we are carried away with the waves of selfish pride.

He fights hard to save his motherland
To save his brothers and his sisters
Leaving his self far behind,

He cares for us, he cares for his motherland,
Is that the main reason ?
He fights a noisy war,
To give us peace and while
He fights days and nights
We sleep peacefully dreaming.

While trying to give us peace,
He gives his life
So we ought to give him respect
And honour ----
‘Cause he died for us and ----became immortal.

Now its our turn to follow,
His footsteps and make his dreams come true
“Let us all rise to give our motherland
a bright future,
because he ----whose footsteps we are to follow----
wanted us to have a brighter tomorrow.

When

When,
the fight will end,
between man and man,
for trivial reasons.

When,
every man will be
able to realize his follies.

When,
man will get the power,
of distinguishing between
good and bad, right and wrong.

When,
the world will wake up into
a new and brighter dawn.

When,
the poorest of poor
Will get his food everyday.

When,
goodness and truth
will rest in everyone’s mind.

When,
the world will be a better
place to live in.

We shall know that we have
Made his,
Who fought for us and gave up his life,
Dreams come true.
There will be a world of truth everywhere.

The Soldier

There he goes
To fight on the hills,
Bidding his friends and family
Maybe the last farewell.

He says them the last adieu
And leaves his home
Like a ferocious tiger to
Hunt his prey
For one moment glimpse he turns
To have a last look of his
Family and friends.

This is the last time he sees them,
But cares who,
All that matters to him
Is his country, his motherland.

There high up in the mountains
He fights and fights
But it doesn’t seem to end,
He fights like a Spartan,
With all his might and strength
But alas! He falls
Once and for all
Sleeps proudly on his eternal bed
The pride of the battle field.

He is immortal in the eyes of his countrymen
This is the story of the soldiers
Who laid their lives on the battle field.

Let us respect him,
And save our motherland from the calamities
And like the brave soldier
We should not look back upon our duties.

The Watchman

While the world sleeps
A shadow is awake
Alone on the deserted roads
He spends sleepless nights
To give us a good night’s sleep.

Every man in work has company
But in his company he has none
Spending all by himself through the night
He stands strong alone.

He does a good job
But no one pays any heed
But, his absence would make
All feel his need.

Treacherous criminals on the prowl
But like a lion he growls
To scare away the wrong doers
And takes the night over.

Walking alone on the streets
Kicking an empty tin can
He is the savior of our possessions
He is the night watchman.

A Vision of the Past and Future

I saw a cloud of dust
Speeding towards me
Spreading darkness all around
And cursing human life.

I was spiright and gay
But suddenly the dark clouds
Of darkness covered me
Dumbfounded was I
At what I saw
My heart wept bitterly
Brooding over such a melancholy scene
No one knew what I felt
I could just weep and pray
And in front of God, I knelt.

I saw people slain each other,
Violence taking birth
Wherever people gather.

Yesterday’s peace turned into noise,
Yesterday’s purity, now impure
Yesterday’s friendship turned into rivalry
Yesterday’s strong bond of love
Has weakened due to
The selfish feel we have.

Tomorrow the world shall see
Cloud of darkness around
Every soul thirsty for blood
While we sink deeper into
The anger’s flood.

Great lovers of this world shall
Not be alive
For love and happiness
The world shall strive.

Tomorrow the world shall see
How from each other
We shall flee

Thus this world shall transform into another
If we do not come together strong.
Fathom the strong bond of friendship
The world will live through a brand new relationship.

Peace will reside in everyone’s mind
The world will be a place
So calm and kind.

First Sight

I never knew what a first sight could do
I never knew what a loving smile would do
I never knew that it could change anyone’s life
At any moment, or at any passing stage.

I never knew that I could ever fall in love
With a girl like you
My love is since the first sight
And that is not new.

You looked gorgeous
When I first saw you
Such would be the magic of the
First sight
I never knew.

How much I love you
Can’t be expressed
Such true love
Very few would have witnessed.

I never knew that a
First sight would
Make me love someone
With a craze as mad
Oh dear! I never knew
Missing you would make my life
So painful and sad.

This is a true thing
Which I never knew
Until I met you
Until I fell in love with you.

Ashes of Peace

The wind swept past
Carrying stains of the human blood
Presenting mother earth a
Pitiable scene
Peace has vanished from this earth , Clean!!

All around can be heard
The human cry
Man hates man though
Of the same kind.
Tolerance, peace and harmony
All words very mere
Always preached but practiced very seldom and rare.

The wicked falcon spreads his wings
And the cunning vampire sings
They enjoy to their heart’s content
For they have spread blood and hatred
In this earth once so decent.

All around the world
We hear hungry millions weep
From within their hearts
So grave and deep.
Half the world is starving
The other half
Flourishing and merry making.

Helpless mothers cry
Their dead saplings on their lap
We are in this darkness wrapped.

Man carried away in streams of his
Own selfish pride
Envy creates rivers of death
So deep, black and wide.

All around the world
Is worst destruction
Hatred in our hearts to the maximum
Though we have come far away from course
All we have to do now is
Pray for remorse.

O Mother

That’s how it goes
O’er and o’er the centuries
Every year comes my mother
To rid me of my worries.

She gives us all her blessings
And wishes us all to do good things
We can find her with our Bhakti
O Mother in life give us Shakti.

Every year at the end of Autumn
She descents on this earth
To rid us of odium,
Just for nine days you come mother
But you stay with us every day and more
‘Cause you say in our heart’s deepest core.

Yet, on the tenth day
You leave us,
Please stay longer and bless us

O Mother may you make peace prevail
And wickedness on this earth fail.
Do come and stay more
‘Cause you live in our heart’s deepest core.


***This poem was written for a Durga Puja Committee Chronicle and dedicated to the eternal Goddess – Goddess Durga.

Relentless Darkness

Darkness is all around
With no sunrise
Beneath the moonless sky
All evil and malice on the prowl.

Darkness covers each man’s heart
Evil is filled in every man’s blood.
A pious man can be found very rare,
For righteousness, no one would dare.

All around can be seen,
Loathing for each other
All catching feuds
The world sleeps in conspiracy.

No sunshine, no moon, the heart is a solitary loon.
Each man is blind,
Driven by utter drivel,
Peace sweeps away
And chaos takes its place.

Every man believes he’s panache,
Carries with himself his selfish foghorn
Everyday becoming more morose,
As his heart grows more and more coarse.

The evil minstrel sings away
His wicked song.
From each other man wants to flee
The earth is no longer free.
T’is a strange tale
Where one grows more pale.

Everyone starts to bawl,
They grow more and more
Sepulchral
Oh! What laurels man has got.

He whacks one, He whacks the other
This continues o’er and o’er and o’er.

Man forgot things of joy,
Birds forgot to sing
The world is filled with evil gestures
The animals no longer search for green pastures.

I dream of a time,
The earth bright, green and clear
And man is much more
Pious, clean and pure.

But I wake up and see
Man in odium’s grasp,
Getting suffocated, under its clasp.

Still there is hope, and there is time
Save yourself and stop crime,
Though darkness shall always beckon,
Stay away and be yourself
Again be your own.

My Evolution

Heavy in the head lighter my soul,
Burning from within with no growth.
Turning into a psychopath
I ‘m a sinner to myself and I sold my soul.

Justifying my price on earth,
Turning into a total jerk off
Buzzing like a filthy mosquito
Can I become Almighty Lord.

On my journey towards nowhere
I get drowned in this
painful realization
Greed, lust, anger and drugs
All weapons of destruction.

With this muse I start on my path
of Salvation
This is my story, my journey,
My evolution.

The Call of The Wild

O World its time open your eyes,
And feel the pain these creatures face here,
And I guess they just want to be free,
And build a word, a world carefree,
Just like you and me.

O World its time realize,
That we are sowing seeds of destruction here.
Eating fruits of the forlorn tree,
And I guess they just want to be free,
Just Like You and Me.

Can’t you see their tears,
They ‘re crying.
Can’t you feel their pain,
They’re dying.
Can’t you hear their voice,
They are calling.

A Rickshaw Puller’s Muse

The streets of Delhi, is where I was born,
The streets of Delhi, is where I shall belong.
I have a face, I have a name,
I have feelings and I have a life.

I have never known, the meaning of home,
I have a family, but I shall remain forever alone.

I can see the misty eyes of my family,
I can see the empty plates on their hands,
I can see their blank faces,
And I brood over my melancholy life.

I hear myself scream,
When I am alone,
Then I wake up,
I feel my son’s cold feet,
I look, at the endless skies,
And tears roll down my eyes.

The Mystique Night

I Sit here alone in the night,
listening to the music of the wind,
It speaks a thousand words
Bestows a strange contemplation to the mind.

The open skies pave way to the place unknown
The mysteries it contains, the reminiscence it holds.
Dancing in glory, are the blessed souls,
Peace and prosperity is perhaps the insignia
Of the story that unfolds.

This serene darkness, engulfs the night,
But still a ray of hope reveals in sight.
The moon in its eternal glory,
Shows the way to hundreds of wanderers.

BLOG IS POWER!!!

The statement has become a very common word in today''s internet world. But what exactly is Blog and what is blogging ? Well, as definition, blog can be defined as a website where entries are commonly displayed and people can post their views and comments on different subject matter.A typical blog combines text, images, and links to other blogs, web pages, and other media related to its topic in the form of comments and articles posted and composed by people all over the world.

To cut a long story short, blog is sort of a website which contains a collection of post or entry in a chronological order starting with the most recent ones, which can generally be found at the top of the page followed by the earlier entries.

The term or to be more precise, the activity of blogging has in the recent times provided a platform for every person in general and writers in particular to comment on various topics. This also gives the readers to participate directly in the discussion of an issue by leaving a comment behind. This interactive format is an important part of many blogs. Blogging has also provided scopes of earning to those regular internet users who spend a lot of time on the internet. There are many websites that pay you on posting or writing a blog( articles, comments and so on).

So, blog has become an active part of the e-world and this could also be the first step towards a global e-democracy where everyone has a say on every topic. Since the advent of blog in the internet, online articles and stories have become not just readable but also a sphere where people can participate whole heartedly. You can give feedback on about anything and also leave a comment on what you think about the particular issue. Not just feedback or comments, it also lets you rate certain articles and make money out of it.

Apart from being such a wonderful tool for the internet users, it is also a lot of fun and believe me, many people love to blog, take my case for instance - I knew nothing of what blogging is all about until recently, but once I realised what a wonderful thing it is, I have instantly fallen in love with it and have now become a regular blogger ( it also feels good to find your name under an article or comment). Don''t believe me? Try it and you will surely realise the truth in my words.

Once you get acquainted with blogging, you can also make or create your own Blog ( or website) and it is very simple and let people write and leave comments on the articles that would be posted in it...you will love it.

Well that''s all for now, I think, I wouldn''t like to waste your time and hope you start blogging as soon as you close this page. Well here wishing you all a very Happy Blogging.

ONE STEP BEHIND – My First Documentary Film

We took a journey through the lives of the rickshaw pullers of Delhi. Through this path less beaten, we felt what they felt,we felt their pain, anger hopes and desire. This led us to think about their life and their livelihood. One Step Behind is a small attempt to put a voice to the unheard voices of the people who have to struggle and endure unspeakable pains and agony only to be able to earn a small amount of money to sustain themselves and in order to help their family survive.

These people are the ones who are oppressed till today and if you think that slavery is banned...Think Again. These people are like slaves to the so called civilized India. In Delhi alone more than 50,000 people survive on the meagre earnings of the rickshaw pullers. It consists of the rickshaw pullers themselves and the other people associated wit the cycle rickshaw such as the mechanic etc. These people survive under conditions that are unacceptable human terms. They still sleep on the pavements under the open sky. During out conversation with the rickshaw pullers while making the documentary, we found that many of these rickshaw pullers have never seen a roof over their heads and to think that people in India are living in world class apartments.

Vision India : 2020. When India will become the third largest economy in the world. But what is the use of bragging about being the third largest eonomy when its own citizens struggle like animals to make their ends meet.

This film is to present the picture of how the other half lives in the country and how every one turns a blind eye towards them.

The credits of this film are
Director of Photography : Anirban Sen
Production Controller : Yogesh Yadav
Written By : Anupam and Shivam
Co Directed By : Kumar Shivam
Edited and Directed By : Anupam Purkayastha

The Godfather – A Review

Hi this is your friend who has been greatly influenced by the book, The Godfather by Mario Puzo and has attempted to write a few lines of apprecition dedicated to the book. I hope most of the readers of this article must have read the best seller but if you have not then get your hands on the book as soon as possible. The book is a very fantastic piece of literature in the modern literary period and the art of story telling of the author is very apt and artistic. The opening lines of the story, ''behind every fortune lies a crime'', is so very true in the modern context and can be related to every part of the world.

I had heard about the book since a long time but had always postponed reading the book due to my over busy and hectic daily schedule but it incidentally fell on my hands, yes, you could say that it fell into my hands one day when I was returning from my work. I bought the book from a person who was in much need of money and the book was his only possession which he tried to sell but found no buyers until he found me or as destiny had had its chance to get the wonderful piece of art to me. I bought the book not giving it much thought but only with the intention of helping the poor fellow but when I started reading the book, I got so much engrossed in it that I cannot be expressed in mere words. It is one of the literary classics that I came upon since a long time and it was but natural that I write a few words about the same.

I would prescribe this book to all the literature lovers who has not yet read this marvelous piece of creation. The author has very meticulously interlinked various characters to give the book a wonderful structure. It deals with the hero’s love for his family and also the stages of life he has gone through making him a man to be feared by all. He is The Godfather who has faced the darkness of life and come out of it triumphantly. The book has a feel of the real world and can be considered as a novel of the world. The author has shown miraculous power of combining and presenting the dark reality of this world by bestowing it a form of story.

Well I think that should be all as of now because unless you read the book you can never in your wildest dreams realize the truth in my words and I hope after reading this short article those who have not read the book till now would get their hands on this book as soon as possible and get a feel of what modern literature is all about and I congratulate Mr Mario Puzo, wherever he is, on writing such a wonderful book and for giving such a
wonderful gift to all the literature lovers.