This is what i did in my Economics Class......felt it so much that penned it down in flat 5 minutes....this isnt one of my best piece but just the state of mind during the Economics Class
Trying hard not to sleep
But boredom does sometime creep
Thousand numbers being thrown at
That’s the reason why I hate stat
Graphs and equations I hate them both
And never to sleep is still my oath
To sit on the first bench was a mistake
Now it feels as though my life is at stake
Some bright minds are awake in class
The solution is to stay away from the mass
The air smells of many numbers
Somebody get me out of my slumbers
Png and Lehman are the real culprits
I so wish I could burn their scripts
They mastered the demand and supply
But sadly to me none of them apply
Monday, 27 September 2010
Sunday, 14 February 2010
The first time I saw her
I am uploading two of my recently composed poems and what better than Today's Date to upload them on my blog
So here it is for all those in love :
1] THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER
The day was as pleasant as your face,
I entered the room with many eyes staring at me,
But you were the only one, who caught my gaze,
It was the first time but it felt like eternity for me,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Days flew by staring at you,
As busy as a bee you seemed to me,
Adoring you all day long was all I could do,
Every passing moment drowning you in me,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Then came the flash I was waiting for,
You saw me the way an angel would look at me,
That was the day I fell for you all the more,
The thoughts in my eyes were known only to thee,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Love was in the air, for that was all I could see,
This was time I cherish the most,
As days and nights went past with glee,
Seeing her the first time was like dying almost,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
2] IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU
If it wasn’t for you who would love me the way you would,
If it wasn’t for me who would gaze at you the way I would,
If it wasn’t for you who would fall for me the way you do,
If it wasn’t for me who would ever give you that clue,
If it wasn’t for you who would look me in the eyes,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you break the ice,
If it wasn’t for you who would know me beyond my senses,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you cross your fences,
If it wasn’t for you who would adore me all day night long,
If it wasn’t for me who would write you this song,
If it wasn’t for you who would make my life complete,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you feel incomplete.
So here it is for all those in love :
1] THE FIRST TIME I SAW HER
The day was as pleasant as your face,
I entered the room with many eyes staring at me,
But you were the only one, who caught my gaze,
It was the first time but it felt like eternity for me,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Days flew by staring at you,
As busy as a bee you seemed to me,
Adoring you all day long was all I could do,
Every passing moment drowning you in me,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Then came the flash I was waiting for,
You saw me the way an angel would look at me,
That was the day I fell for you all the more,
The thoughts in my eyes were known only to thee,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
Love was in the air, for that was all I could see,
This was time I cherish the most,
As days and nights went past with glee,
Seeing her the first time was like dying almost,
Love caught me like a grapevine, though it was the first time,
It touched me the same way every time.
2] IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU
If it wasn’t for you who would love me the way you would,
If it wasn’t for me who would gaze at you the way I would,
If it wasn’t for you who would fall for me the way you do,
If it wasn’t for me who would ever give you that clue,
If it wasn’t for you who would look me in the eyes,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you break the ice,
If it wasn’t for you who would know me beyond my senses,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you cross your fences,
If it wasn’t for you who would adore me all day night long,
If it wasn’t for me who would write you this song,
If it wasn’t for you who would make my life complete,
If it wasn’t for me who would make you feel incomplete.
Thursday, 28 January 2010
The love for the path or its derivative
Days break, nights fall, time seems to be passing at its own will, And here I am back to my favorite pursuit of self retrospection.
The search for an emotion which can be a solution to all conundrums has not been easy. And the answer being right in front of our eyes – ‘Love’, this feeling by default is ubiquitous. We still prefer to look for something else, though it’s present around us, within us, right in front of us.
All auxiliary emotions are just a reduced derivative of love. As simple as it sounds love is the root cause for joy, sorrow, pain, jealousy, passion, obsession, enthusiasm, hedonism, asceticism.
History has given us many illustrations to prove the above assumption right.
Sorrow-‘Adolf Hitler’ made millions undergo grief and sorrow for his love for absolute autocracy.
Passion- Would ‘Romeo and Juliet’ be known as the most passionate love saga without Shakespeare’s diligent love for Theatre?
Jealousy-Though Pandavas being the rightful heir’s, Duryodhana’s love for the Hastinapur’s Throne provoking the Mahabharata
Obsession- Mira’s ever-growing love for Krishna leading to her obsession with everything related to Krishna
Enthusiasm- Dhyanchand’s love for hockey turning him into a national hero and the sport into India’s National Sport
Hedonism- Ted Bundy, Jack ‘THE RIPPER’ both being self obsessed individuals with immense love and respect to self needs than the needs of the society resulting in creation of worst maniacs in the history of mankind
Asceticism- Buddhism originating from Gautama’s love for search of the ‘Truth’
It is this love which drives us to perform tasks which look rather impossible for mere mortals. The search for the rightful path may differ from every individual. Also the results may be different but the driving force is exactly the same. This inherent sentiment is our strength, source, salvation.
It is only when we start focusing on the end of the path does ‘love’ give rise to further derivatives like joy, sorrow, pain. The path chosen is more important than the end, as journey is equally important as the destination. The adherence to one’s interest is more valuable than the successful fruits borne on its tree. For love is riding on the path not on the result.
Hence if love has to be nurtured till the end- Enjoy the journey and forget the culmination for zenith is inevitable if the path chosen is not for success but of success
The search for an emotion which can be a solution to all conundrums has not been easy. And the answer being right in front of our eyes – ‘Love’, this feeling by default is ubiquitous. We still prefer to look for something else, though it’s present around us, within us, right in front of us.
All auxiliary emotions are just a reduced derivative of love. As simple as it sounds love is the root cause for joy, sorrow, pain, jealousy, passion, obsession, enthusiasm, hedonism, asceticism.
History has given us many illustrations to prove the above assumption right.
Sorrow-‘Adolf Hitler’ made millions undergo grief and sorrow for his love for absolute autocracy.
Passion- Would ‘Romeo and Juliet’ be known as the most passionate love saga without Shakespeare’s diligent love for Theatre?
Jealousy-Though Pandavas being the rightful heir’s, Duryodhana’s love for the Hastinapur’s Throne provoking the Mahabharata
Obsession- Mira’s ever-growing love for Krishna leading to her obsession with everything related to Krishna
Enthusiasm- Dhyanchand’s love for hockey turning him into a national hero and the sport into India’s National Sport
Hedonism- Ted Bundy, Jack ‘THE RIPPER’ both being self obsessed individuals with immense love and respect to self needs than the needs of the society resulting in creation of worst maniacs in the history of mankind
Asceticism- Buddhism originating from Gautama’s love for search of the ‘Truth’
It is this love which drives us to perform tasks which look rather impossible for mere mortals. The search for the rightful path may differ from every individual. Also the results may be different but the driving force is exactly the same. This inherent sentiment is our strength, source, salvation.
It is only when we start focusing on the end of the path does ‘love’ give rise to further derivatives like joy, sorrow, pain. The path chosen is more important than the end, as journey is equally important as the destination. The adherence to one’s interest is more valuable than the successful fruits borne on its tree. For love is riding on the path not on the result.
Hence if love has to be nurtured till the end- Enjoy the journey and forget the culmination for zenith is inevitable if the path chosen is not for success but of success
Saturday, 23 January 2010
Better be educated than be an idiot
Rarely does my conviction about a particular thought get overthrown so easily. But this did happen when I came across a piece of writing in HT on Jan 16 by Sagarika Ghose “Idiot is as idiot does”.
“3 Idiots” – The nation seems to be caught by this whirlwind slating this movie as the highest bollywood grosser. The flick thoroughly impressed me with the innovative humour and smart characters-Centimeter, Virus et al.The exponents of the movie went bonkers showering all the adjectives in the dictionary, myself being one of them till I came across the write up in HT. The movie does make an impression but the point is whether the education system needs to be denigrated to this extent. It makes a strong statement using caricatures such as ‘Virus’ to blame the rising incidents of suicide and stress among students. But the point to be noted is how many of us have actually come across such a person in real life, very few.
The movie talks about pressure but fails miserably to explain which pressure is acceptable and which isn’t. There is a clear cut demarcation between positive pressure and negative pressure. Without pressure exerted some students may never realize their true potential and may jus resort to fate. It is only when you push yourself does the true self come out. It’s said “Necessity is the mother of all inventions” which is more than apt for this situation. The extent to which we may be an idiot at times is limited. If education is a waste we might as well throw this country away into hands of foreigners and sit brainless.
Most of us may actually never come across a “Virus” but just a negligible clone of his who may to the maximum just make us pull our hair, not more. Instead at times it can be seen that a teacher would go out of the way to help their students especially in esteemed institutes .More can be done than jus blaming the professors and restless parents, all they want are a bright future for their child. If given a thought we would realize the problem does not lie in IITs, Parents or demanding professors.
The primary problem staring us in the face is we have too little of anything to satisfy everything. We have only a handful of IITs, IIMs to cater to a population of a billion. Even more shocking state would be that of having just a single All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the 2nd highest populated country on this earth. The underlying theme of the movie is based on IITs is evident though it’s named Imperial College in the movie
The stress is not that Indian students are finding it difficult to study or do not want to study; rather it’s a well known fact that they are much better at it than their European counterparts’ .It’s this cut throat competition which is giving rise to stress related problem. When questioned many IIT students have confessed to the fact that with the facilities provided at IIT it’s much easier to study. The difficult part is they cannot afford to take a breather during the session as everybody is working hard to get that coveted placement. The fact that they have overcome a lot of competition to get a seat at the esteemed institute is just adding oil to fire.
The movie is undoubtedly funny but shows education as a mere waste unless people have immense potential. The major flaw is Ranchodas Chanchad was a topper, whatever the constraints may be but he had to prove that he was academically brilliant and had excellent technical knowledge to show his superiority over ‘Chatur’ at the end. Targeting education as a major failure can have disastrous consequences. We would not want our future generation not taking education seriously especially when India being breeding ground for talent. Playing the blame game on individuals, parents, professors would not serve the purpose.
The condition is that of “too less for too many”. This nation has tons of quality students but only a handful of quality institutes. The main issue is of wants, we have many to ask but very less to satisfy. Lesser the resources higher will be the competition.
The state would do better to set up more educational institutes rather than setting up counseling centers to console grieving parents and students. Some resources used to set up SEZ’s, cricket stadiums, bridges can very well be diverted to setting up world class institutions which would cater to generating knowledge pool. Infrastructure can originate from knowledge but without knowledge there can be no infrastructure.
“3 Idiots” – The nation seems to be caught by this whirlwind slating this movie as the highest bollywood grosser. The flick thoroughly impressed me with the innovative humour and smart characters-Centimeter, Virus et al.The exponents of the movie went bonkers showering all the adjectives in the dictionary, myself being one of them till I came across the write up in HT. The movie does make an impression but the point is whether the education system needs to be denigrated to this extent. It makes a strong statement using caricatures such as ‘Virus’ to blame the rising incidents of suicide and stress among students. But the point to be noted is how many of us have actually come across such a person in real life, very few.
The movie talks about pressure but fails miserably to explain which pressure is acceptable and which isn’t. There is a clear cut demarcation between positive pressure and negative pressure. Without pressure exerted some students may never realize their true potential and may jus resort to fate. It is only when you push yourself does the true self come out. It’s said “Necessity is the mother of all inventions” which is more than apt for this situation. The extent to which we may be an idiot at times is limited. If education is a waste we might as well throw this country away into hands of foreigners and sit brainless.
Most of us may actually never come across a “Virus” but just a negligible clone of his who may to the maximum just make us pull our hair, not more. Instead at times it can be seen that a teacher would go out of the way to help their students especially in esteemed institutes .More can be done than jus blaming the professors and restless parents, all they want are a bright future for their child. If given a thought we would realize the problem does not lie in IITs, Parents or demanding professors.
The primary problem staring us in the face is we have too little of anything to satisfy everything. We have only a handful of IITs, IIMs to cater to a population of a billion. Even more shocking state would be that of having just a single All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) for the 2nd highest populated country on this earth. The underlying theme of the movie is based on IITs is evident though it’s named Imperial College in the movie
The stress is not that Indian students are finding it difficult to study or do not want to study; rather it’s a well known fact that they are much better at it than their European counterparts’ .It’s this cut throat competition which is giving rise to stress related problem. When questioned many IIT students have confessed to the fact that with the facilities provided at IIT it’s much easier to study. The difficult part is they cannot afford to take a breather during the session as everybody is working hard to get that coveted placement. The fact that they have overcome a lot of competition to get a seat at the esteemed institute is just adding oil to fire.
The movie is undoubtedly funny but shows education as a mere waste unless people have immense potential. The major flaw is Ranchodas Chanchad was a topper, whatever the constraints may be but he had to prove that he was academically brilliant and had excellent technical knowledge to show his superiority over ‘Chatur’ at the end. Targeting education as a major failure can have disastrous consequences. We would not want our future generation not taking education seriously especially when India being breeding ground for talent. Playing the blame game on individuals, parents, professors would not serve the purpose.
The condition is that of “too less for too many”. This nation has tons of quality students but only a handful of quality institutes. The main issue is of wants, we have many to ask but very less to satisfy. Lesser the resources higher will be the competition.
The state would do better to set up more educational institutes rather than setting up counseling centers to console grieving parents and students. Some resources used to set up SEZ’s, cricket stadiums, bridges can very well be diverted to setting up world class institutions which would cater to generating knowledge pool. Infrastructure can originate from knowledge but without knowledge there can be no infrastructure.
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