Mundane Myriad

I am sorry if I did not wish you a Happy New Year May be I was too busy thinking about my own uncertain future Shivering in the winter without a proper thing for my body cover May be I was too busy looking for a shelter When loads of wasted food peeped from that garbage cover May be I was too busy browsing for my own share When small and big cars flooded the roads                                           to celebrate the New Year May be I was too busy searching for a day’s job                              to feed myself in the New Year I am sorry if I did not wish you a Happy New Year 

Finally I succumb Speechless motionless People shout from tv screens speaking for and against I am not a matter of debate of wrong and right Somebody says my death will not go in vain My life is no more to see if justice is done It would not be there to see the rainbow of my life Just wish my fellow women get the right to lead a dignified life. P.S.: On the death of the Delhi Gang Rape Victim "Nirbhaya"

I am in a bewildered state of mind of "what to do and what not to do". There I preach sustainability, CSR, and ethical business, but I feel the pinch when it comes to practice. I had thought to be different you know, I should be practicing what I preach. So I thought I should only own a Euro IV certified petrol car. Then why do I feel bad when my colleague boasts of his savings from fuel spending and fuel efficiency from his diesel run car? May be because he and I earn the same salary and get the same fuel allowance, but I struggle with a higher fuel expense with the ever increasing petrol price and he has been skipping that since last 1½ years. The feeling of desperation is more evident when I go to the fuel filling station and the money meter zooms in case of petrol and for diesel as if it does not move... as if to ridicule me, the SUVs of the extra rich vroom with the subsidized diesel in front of my tiny petrol car…. I had thought as socially responsible, I should have s...

For quite many years I have believed (or so my brother and Deepak Chopra's book "Seven Spiritual Laws of Success" have made me believe) that whenever you do a good thing for somebody or even think good about anybody that comes back to you as good wishes/deed from others. However, the relationship between these two i.e. good wish/deed for others, and a good wish/deed from others may not be always straight and linear. That is, if I did a good thing for X or wished good for X, X may not always return me the gesture with a good deed/wish towards me.... but well, another person,Y, may return me that unexpectedly. So good things/wishes may come back to you from any quarter or corner - the rate of return is some times more and some times less compared to our good wishes/deeds. The same is true for bad deeds/wishes. Some are of the view that rate of return in this second case is higher than what we wished for or did -- may or may not be true. It's probably difficult to pract...

Life has many interesting twists and turns, where you come across myriad people and events. Out of these myriad events and people there are few who leave their foot prints deep within - I call them as my 'Mundane Miracles'. These miracles emerge out of the ordinary people and forgottable events, but within their ordinary demeanour a specialty is hidden which makes them special and unforgottable. How else do you describe that ricksawpuller for whom Rs.5 might mean a lot, but who politely offers to give it up because I got down a few yards before my destination !!!! ...... Or that small paan (betel) shop owner who offered me his wife's only pair of sandals as my sandal broke on the way of my return to the hostel after finishing some work outside the hostel campus late evening. Not only that, he offered to repair my sandals the next morning by the nearby mochi and suggested me to collect it from him anytime during the next day at my convenience from his paan shop !!!! Sure en...

Tumhare jaane ke baad Sabkuch suna suna lagta hai Isiliye nahin ki tum meri bahut chaihiti thi Sayad isiliye ki tum sabse juda aur sabse alag thi (1) Who balkha ke mere piche aana Aur darwaje main khud ko lapete sikayat karna ‘Jina nahin aayee Khane ko kuch milega kya ?’ (2) Jina jaisi aa jaati Mano chehre pe raunak aa jati Uski godi main khudko lipat ke aur sapnon ki duniyan main khoyi hui Sayad Pupu apni kisam ki ek hi billi thi (3) Jina ko to mano jaise khud ki koi bacchi milgayee thi Bachpan se leke aab tak usse bahut lad pyar se pali thi Aur Pupu hardam uske piche dum hilati Phirti thi (4) Bas Mummy nahin bulati thi Lekin apni mew mew awaj se bas wohi to kehti thi Apna din bhar ki kisse, apni nayi sikar ki koshish, aur nayi billionse dosti Pata nahin kitni sari baten un dono main hoti thi (5) Phir achanak ek din sara jahan ruk gayi Jina ki duniya thamgayi Pupu nahin mil rahi Aur Pupu aayee bhi nahin (6) Sayad pani ki tanki main Khud ki chehra niharte hue Uski pair phisal gayee Aur...

IIT mein aana ek sapna tha Woh sapna jo bahut kuch apna tha Lekin aake pataa chala Sapna aur duhspna ke bich ka phasla bahut patla tha (1) Pehli dapha aaye To thoda jaldi mein the Course work, registration seminar Khatam karne ke liye bekarar the Tabhi pata chala ki Ek teacher ko meri smile bha gayee Aur unhone mujhe Course se hi bahar nikaldi (2) Dusri dapha aaye to girl's hostelon mein room ki kuch kamee thee Lekin warden aur chairman ko dhun lagi thee Kuch bhi ho jaye single room ko bachana hai aanewali batch ke liye Chahe uske liye current batch ko Corridor mein hi kyun na sona padjaye (3) Warden se chairman, chairman se warden Ke beech mein daudne se paresan Socha kyun na apne roommate (roomie) se hi Samjhauta karlun Kya hua ki raat bhar usko chat karne ki sauk hai Aur mujhe sone ki At least usse adaptability to badhjayegi Badlate hue halat mein adjustment karne ki Barlight ke jalte hue sone ki Aur headphone/cellphone...