2012...

1] The path begins with a crossroads. There you can stop and think what direction to follow. But don't spend too much time thinking or you'll never leave the spot. Once you have taken the first step, forget the crossroads forever or you will always torture yourself with the useless question: "did I take the right path?"

2] The path doesn't last for ever. It is a blessing to travel the path for some time, but one day it will come to an end, so always be prepared to leave it at any moment. Don't get too used to anything. Neither to the hours of euphoria, nor to the endless days when everything seems so difficult and progress is so slow. Don't forget that sooner or later an angel will appear and your journey will reach an end.

3] Honor your path. It was your choice, your decision, and just as you respect the ground you step on, that ground will respect your feet. Always do what is best to conserve and keep your path and it will do the same for you.

4] Be well equipped. Carry a small rake, a spade, a penknife. Understand that penknives are no use for dry leaves, and rakes are useless for herbs that are deep-rooted. Know also what tool to use at each moment.

5] The path goes forward and backward. At times you have to go back because something was lost, or else a message to be delivered was forgotten in your pocket. A well tended path enables you to go back without any great problems.

6] Take care of the path before you take care of what is around you. Don't be distracted by the dry leaves at the edges or by the way that others are looking after their paths. Use your energy to tend and conserve the ground that accepts your steps.

7] Be patient. Sometimes the same tasks have to be repeated, like tearing up weeds or closing holes that appear after unexpected rain. Don't let that annoy you – that is part of the journey.

8] Paths cross. People can tell what the weather is like. Listen to advice, and make your own decisions. You alone are responsible for the path that was entrusted to you.

9] Nature follows its own rules. In this way, you have to be prepared for sudden changes in the fall, slippery ice in winter, the temptations of flowers in spring, thirst and showers in the summer. Make the most of each of these seasons, and don't complain about their characteristics.

10] Make your path a mirror of yourself. By no means let yourself be influenced by the way that others care for their paths. You have your soul to listen to, and the birds to tell what your soul is saying. Let your stories be beautiful and pleasant to everything around you. Above all, let the stories that your soul tells during the journey be echoed at each and every second of the path.

11] Love your path. And may the Lord guide you and help you every single day in 2012.

http://paulocoelhoblog.com/2011/12/31/manual-for-conserving-paths/

~Paulo Coelho~

In God, I trust...

Awakening in itself is nirvana... Courage in itself is resuscitation... Faith in itself is salvation...

Look within... That's where all the answers are...

Although things sometimes seem askew, yet I have my faith intact, am aware that the Universe is ultimately fair and therefore I must keep walking with all the courage and conviction that Almighty chooses to give...

Incomplete verse...

toofan se nahin, waqt ki tabaahi hui
yeh mere wujood ki ibaarat...
hashr dekh ke tamashaee bole, ahmaq
khandar ko kehta tha imaarat...

Identifiable sans an identity, an incomplete quest to be whole...
En route journey to meet the maker, destiny took away my soul...
Squander, I may one day, an insane succumbing to fate's might...
Amongst the oblivious onlookers with an opinionated hindsight...

Life's alike a ferris wheel... Bound to go up 'n down several times over before the ride ends...

In a deep desire to discover the inner core and how much of it is mine,
Am painfully scrapping my soul in slow trance, one thin layer at a time,
Though been long that I went numb, reason why now, ain't feeling any pain,
No anguish, for I realize, scars will bring me revelations too, in bargain...

The tale of two beggars...

Out on a busy street corner on a sunny morning, there sat two beggars.

A constable, in a bid to scare the two away from the street, flashed his cane in the air and accidentally hit the first beggar on his forehead.

Seeing that this destitute was now bleeding and had fainted, the constable in a show of rare kindness bundled him in a rickshaw to the nearest hospital for the doctors to fix up his wound.

A li'l later, writhing in an obvious discomfort, the first beggar regained consciousness and was handed few medicines along with a glass of water by the attending nurse.

The beggar, now with bandages on his forehead, thanked God Almighty for the mercy shown, blessed the constable for his compassion, and blessed the doctor 'n the hospital staff too for providing the medical assistance.

In the meanwhile, after the constable took the injured beggar to the hospital, the unscathed second beggar was back at the street corner.

Seeing a passerby, he pleaded for ten rupees to buy some food. The passerby showed concern but as luck would ensue had only five rupees to spare, walked away after giving that to the beggar.

The second beggar pocketed the five rupees 'n cursed the benefactor for being a miser 'n wished him a misfortune, followed it up by cursing the first beggar for splattering blood around 'n finally cursed the constable too for bringing a bad omen to his business by showing up early in the morning.

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Epilogue: Despite being in much favorable circumstances as compared to the first beggar, the second beggar chose viciousness over kindness.

Fair enough, undoubtedly it's a free world 'n every individual should be at liberty to make their own choices on how they chose to react to situations.

The key words here are "every individual should be at liberty to make their own choices" lest one conveniently misses the greens for the woods.

God bless everyone. Stay put in unending bliss, happiness 'n peace.

Life is an unending battle of survival... Death is merely an event that happens in the end...

hajar ho jaane ki hai khawaish, iss umeed ke sabr mein...
rooh ho jayegi aazaad, dafn ho jaonga jab main qabr mein...

I will, am ready to perish, God allow me to abate...
If that is what is wanted, for the soul to liberate...

I dare to dream... therefore I am alive...

main khaak hoon apne khawabon ki, ek dinn supurd-e-khaak ho jaaonga...
zinda hoon lekin tab talak, jab talak khawab dekhne se nahin katraonga...

I dream... therefore I am alive...

main khaak hoon apne khawabon ki, ek dinn supurd-e-khaak ho jaaonga...
zinda hoon lekin tab talak, jab talak khawab dekhne se nahin katraonga...

Morrow...

Have outgrown the fears; now sans any fright,
Sure it's dark for now but ain't forever a night,
In time the dawn will break 'n spread the light,
Life resurrects itself; everything will be alright...

Jung ke liye hausla ho, toh lashkar se darrna kya...

intizaar mein aazaar, par bezaar nahin...
hui thi jahan abtar, lekin mismaar nahin...
kuredta rooh ko, main baar baar wahin...

The only conflict I have is raging within... Once the soul wins, everything else is easy...

I want to live 'n die as I were when I was born... Without fear... Without malice...

tamaashai bann jaaye farzi munsif toh bayaan se kya hai haasil...
be-taassub gar hai ahal-e-mehafil toh bayaan se kya hai haasil...

With judgmental people, explaining is futile... With nonjudgmental people, explanations are unneeded...

The Top 5 Regrets...

The Top 5 Regrets...
 

1. I wish I'd had the courage to live a life true to myself, not the life others expected of me.

This was the most common regret of all. When people realize that their life is almost over and look back clearly on it, it is easy to see how many dreams have gone unfulfilled. Most people have had not honored even a half of their dreams and had to die knowing that it was due to choices they had made, or not made.

It is very important to try and honor at least some of your dreams along the way.

From the moment that you lose your health, it is too late. Health brings a freedom very few realize, until they no longer have it.

2. I wish I didn't work so hard.

This came from every male patient that I nursed. They missed their children's youth and their partner's companionship.

Women also spoke of this regret. But as most were from an older generation, many of the female patients had not been breadwinners. All of the men I nursed deeply regretted spending so much of their lives on the treadmill of a work existence.

By simplifying your lifestyle and making conscious choices along the way, it is possible to not need the income that you think you do. And by creating more space in your life, you become happier and more open to new opportunities, ones more suited to your new lifestyle.

3. I wish I'd had the courage to express my feelings.

Many people suppressed their feelings in order to keep peace with others. Many developed illnesses relating to the bitterness and resentment they carried as a result.

As a result, they settled for a mediocre existence and never became who they were truly capable of becoming.

We cannot control the reactions of others. However, although people may initially react when you change the way you are by speaking honestly, in the end it raises the relationship to a whole new and healthier level. Either that or it releases the unhealthy relationship from your life. Either way, you win.

4. I wish I had stayed in touch with my friends.

Often they would not truly realize the full benefits of old friends until their dying weeks and it was not always possible to track them down. Many had become so caught up in their own lives that they had let golden friendships slip by over the years. There were many deep regrets about not giving friendships the time and effort that they deserved. Everyone misses their friends when they are dying.

It is common for anyone in a busy lifestyle to let friendships slip. But when you are faced with your approaching death, the physical details of life fall away. People do want to get their financial affairs in order if possible. But it is not money or status that holds the true importance for them. They want to get things in order more for the benefit of those they love. Usually though, they are too ill and weary to ever manage this task. It all comes down to love and relationships in the end. That is all that remains in the final weeks, love and relationships.

5. I wish that I had let myself be happier

This is a surprisingly common one.

Many did not realize until the end that happiness is a choice.

They had stayed stuck in old patterns and habits. The so-called 'comfort' of familiarity overflowed into their emotions, as well as their physical lives. Fear of change had them pretending to others, and to their selves, that they were content. When deep within, they longed to laugh properly and have silliness in their life again.

When you are on your deathbed, what others think of you is a long way from your mind. How wonderful to be able to let go and smile again, long before you are dying.

Life is a choice. It is YOUR life. Choose consciously, choose wisely, choose honestly. Choose happiness.

http://addicted2success.com/archives/4335

By Bronnie Ware, who's a palliative care worker 'n has worked with a countless number or patients who are sadly seeing their last days on earth.

Life...

harr hasrat hai mukhtalif, haqeeqat phir bhi nahin hai judaa...
aarzu kissi ko vasl-e-yaar ki, muntazir koi ki mill jaye khuda...

God: If I were to grant ya just one wish, what would ya desire...

Blind man: I will seek vision so that I may witness the sunrise...

Deaf man: Please allow me the joy of listening to the chirping of birds...

The man with no legs: I wish to walk on the morning dew on the grass...

The man with no arms: Please bestow upon me an opportunity to hug my loved ones...

Each one wishes differently, yet no wish is lesser than the other... Diverse situations can never have uniform perspectives... Accept the except too as much as accepting the expect...

Knock on wood...

vajood ke tarkash mein, rakhe hain kuch maine, umeed ke teer sambhaal ke...
sabr kar jeeta hun, jabr-e-musalsal yeh be-sabr zindagi, unn hi ke jalaal se...

despite an endless struggle in an ending life, I live for another day 'coz my hope stays alive... 'n hope is what dies last...

C'est la vie... Such is life...

Four college mates meet at a class reunion after couple of years gap.

Three of 'em are surprised to see the fourth one walking towards 'em, suddenly looking aged 'n unrecognizable, all frail 'n bald now.

"What happened to ya dude?", the three query, a bit sarcastically, but in sync. "At the previous reunion two years ago, ya still were this tough nut who everyone had celebrated in the college... Seems like ya gave up, huh?"

"Sometime ago I was diagnosed with malignant tumor 'n underwent chemotherapy, thankfully now the biopsy shows that I am negative 'n given a chance by God's grace, I will slowly but steadily recuperate to good health... But as is visible to ya all 'n everyone who interacts with me, my body along with my soul has taken its share of toll since initially the good cells are made to perish too along with the cancerous cells but that's how this treatment works... That's the reason for the apparent weakness... 'n yeah, the hair is gone too but all this is a small price to pay for life...", the 'once strong now frail' explained with an even frailer smile.

"Whoa... What... Don't be silly, why did ya allow doctors for chemotherapy, so not done man... Last year I had a bout of cold, I simply took loads of steam, 'n for good measure, I added few drops of eucalyptus oil to it every single time, that's all that ya should've done...", the first one said in a tone full of wisdom.

At this moment the second mate chipped in with his intelligence, "Nah, don't listen to him, he's talking shit. I had a bout of fever last year so I know what I am talking about. No chemotherapy, no steam, only few dosages of paracetamol at every few hours coupled with showering in lukewarm water 'n lots of fluids intake if ya please 'n ya would do just fine... I have been there, done that..."

"What absolute rubbish... Don't listen to these two jerks. Everyone knows I am an investment banker, I make money even as we speak, so I know what I am saying... Last year I accidentally broke my middle finger... Oh man, can't tell ya how much that hurt, ya guys have no fuckin' clue, it hurt like hell man... But seriously, no chemotherapy, no steam, no paracetamol, no lukewarm showers, but only a x-ray 'n bandage the finger in a cast for 4 weeks 'n the finger comes out as new as it gets... check this out... ", the third sane voice showed his middle finger to everyone in the earshot, pun unintended...

Hearing all this sanity, the frail insane smiled with a nervous confidence 'n nodded to the other three, "Yup, sure, ya guys are absolutely right... Maybe my bad but guess what, it's my life 'n I just did what I thought was the par for course... Anyhow, ya guys take care, God bless ya all"...

He walked again, but this time away from the crowd... Since walking is all that he ever knew...

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Postscript...

C'est la vie... Such is life... Remedial measures are free 'n plenty, especially when the diagnosis is not even vaguely similar... Only the wearer knows where the shoe pinched 'n when it turned into a gone sore wound...

OSHO on marriage...

Osho on marriages...

Meditate over it: A fool and his cool are soon parted. That's what marriage is going to be. Only fools think in terms of legality; otherwise, love is enough. And I am not against marriage — I am for love. If love becomes your marriage, good; but don't hope that marriage can bring love. That is not possible. Love can become a marriage.You have to work very consciously to transform your love into a marriage.

Ordinarily, people destroy their love. They do everything to destroy it and then they suffer. And they go on saying, "What went wrong?" They destroy — they do everything to destroy it. There is a tremendous desire and longing for love, but love needs great awareness. Only then can it reach its highest climax — and that highest climax is marriage. It has nothing to do with law. It is a merging of two hearts into totality. It is the functioning of two persons in synchronicity — that is marriage.

But people try love and because they are unconscious...their longing is good, but their love is full of jealousy, full of possessiveness, full of anger, full of nastiness. Soon they destroy it. Hence for centuries they have depended on marriage. Better to start by marriage so that the law can protect you from destroying it. The society, the government, the court, the policeman, the priest, they will all force you to live in the institution of marriage, and you will be just a slave. If marriage is an institution, you are going to be a slave in it. Only slaves want to live in institutions. Marriage is a totally different phenomenon: if it is the climax of love. Then it is good.

I am not against marriage — I am for the real marriage. I am against the false, the pseudo, that exists. But it is an arrangement. It gives you a certain security, safety, occupation. It keeps you engaged. Otherwise, it gives you no enrichment, it gives you no nourishment. So if you want to get married according to me, only then can I give you my blessings. Learn to love, and drop all that goes against love. It is an uphill task. It is the greatest art in existence, to be able to love. One needs such refinement, such inner culture, such meditativeness, so that one can see immediately how one goes on destroying.

If you can avoid being destructive, if you become creative in your relationship; if you support it, nourish it; if you are capable of compassion for the other person, not only passion.... Passion alone is not able to sustain love; compassion is needed. If you are able to be compassionate towards the other; if you are able to accept his limitations, his imperfections; if you are able to accept him the way he is or she is and still love — then one day a marriage happens. That may take years. That may take your whole life.

You can have my blessings, but for a legal marriage you need not have my blessings — and my blessings won't be of any help either. And beware! Before you jump into it, give it a second thought.

A woman walks into a pet shop and sees a bird with a big beak. "What is that strange looking bird?" she asks the proprietor. "That is a gobble bird," he answers. "Why do you call him a gobble bird?" The man says to the bird, "Gobble bird, my chair!" The bird immediately starts pecking away and gobbles up the chair. "I will buy him," the woman says. The owner asks why. "Well," she says, "when my husband comes home he will see the bird and ask, 'What is that?' I will say, 'A gobble bird.' And then he will say, 'Gobble bird, my foot!'"
Just be a little aware before you move! My blessings won't help. Marriage is a trap and your wife sooner or later will find a gobble bird.

Mrs. Moskowitz loved chicken soup. One evening she was spooning it up when three of her husband's friends came in. "Mrs. Moskowitz," the spokesman said, "we are here to tell you that your husband, Izzy, has been killed in an automobile accident." Mrs. Moskowitz continued eating her soup. Again they told her. Still no reaction. "Look," said the puzzled speaker, "we are telling you that your husband is dead!" She went right on with the soup. "Gentlemen," she said between mouthfuls, "soon as I am finished with this chicken soup, you gonna hear some scream!

Marriage is not love; it is something else.

So be a little aware before you are trapped! Marriage is a trap: you will be trapped by the woman and the woman will be trapped by you. It is a mutual trap. And then legally you are allowed to torture each other forever. And particularly in this country, not only for one life but for lives together! Divorce is not even allowed after you are dead. Next life also you will get the same wife, remember!

Status quo...

karti hongi mehsoos meri tarah, haath ki lakeerein bhi ab kuch bebassi apni...
mukhtalif koshishen nakaam, wahan bhi, yahan bhi, ek doosre ko badalne ki...

I desire to change it, con it, deceive it, yet destiny gets the better of me...
Gracious as it makes, merciless when it breaks, yet I too keep walking...

Neither gives up...

badal ke andaaz apne harr baar, leti imtehaan hai zindagi... jawaab ki justajuu mein par, khud ek sawaal ban gaya hoon...

Not just a lifeogue, my memoir will be more about the conversations 'n at times mere communications I had with destiny.

Will title it "The Book of Joke"...

Life is nothing but a series of questions... Love is the answer to all the questions...

Me: Dear God, I need ya'r permission to love...

God: To love, ya need no permission...

Me: Seems as if ya don't understand, I am asking for ya'r explicit consent for a heart to find its rhythm in another heart, for a soul to find its genesis in another soul...

God: Obviously I do, but perhaps more than me, ya need to understand, I am the heart, I am the soul, for ya to love me via me needs no approval, no sanction, 'coz it's indeed me who ya'r going find everywhere... Love begets love... That is how I planned it to be...

God is watching us... from a distance...

Dear God...

When I see someone with the childlike eyes, I am aware it is ya...

When I see someone with a zero percent pretense, I know it is ya...

When I see someone with an innocent sacred smile, I realize it is ya...

Please God, please take care of the Gods I see...

Amen...

Life is just alike a traffic signal... Every problem is similar to the red light... But if ya'd wait for some time, it will turn green...

Live totally 'n live intensely, so that each moment becomes golden 'n ya'r whole life becomes a series of golden moments. Such a person never dies because he has the Midas touch: Whatever he touches becomes golden...

~Osho~

Bliss is to be on the same page even if it's destiny not to be in the same book...

Love never should be forced, love never should be an attempt. It should not be in the mind at all - If it happens, then it is beautiful...

~Osho~

Love is not a race... Never too late when one's waiting for the mate...

According to Hindu mythology, when Devas (Gods) 'n Asuras (Demons) churned the sea (samudra manthan) in order to obtain Amrita, the nectar of immortality, what emerged first from the churning was a dangerous poison known as Halahala, which was swallowed by Lord Shiva, the transformer amongst the divine trinity...

There is also a proverb derived from this incident, "Amrut paane se pahle Vish pinna padta hai", which implies that one has to face the odds before discovering the way to true bliss...

Soul attains nirvana only when ya unchain it...

According to the Bhagavad Gita, an upanishad in Hindu mythology 'n often described as a concise guide to Hindu theology 'n also as a practical, self-contained guide to life, Pandava prince Arjuna faces confusion 'n moral dilemma right in the middle of battlefield, "How can I ever hurt my own kin?"

It is then that Lord Krishna elaborates several yogic 'n vedantic philosophies, 'n explains the different ways via which the soul can reach the supreme being, "Let the destiny guide ya, not the guilt... Karma in itself is a Dharma... Set aside all meritorious deeds (Dharma), just surrender completely to My will (with firm faith 'n loving contemplation). I shall liberate ya, Do not fear."

The Bhagavad Gita further states it's not the fruition of deeds but rather the tranquility produced in the mind by pursuing the deed which is of supreme importance.

Love is contagious but don't wait to catch it from others. Be a carrier...

Tick any one:

☑ Love...

☑ Love...

☑ Love...

☑ Love...

When it comes to having an outlook, I have no choice... Love is the only perspective that I have...

Sheer bliss when love overpower lust ‘n lust supersede love, both unfailingly vying for that one special person who makes life beautiful…

दिल मिले तो समझो प्यार है... वरना मेरे यार, सब बेकार है... Love is a bonding; not a bondage...

I celebrate life...

I breathe deeply… I exercise regularly… I eat moderately… I sleep soundly… I speak softly… I act in integrity… I give generously… I forgive easily… I love fully… I live simply… I laugh out loud… I thank wholeheartedly… I surrender completely…

wow... what a downpour... awesomeness...

Ah, the downpour... means different things to different people...

For a lover, rains are the dewdrops of bliss sent from heaven, a reason for poetry 'n sheer ecstasy of getting drenched in memories, past 'n present.

For a tightass, rain is a curse causing water poodles, traffic mess, power outages, soiled clothes, missed appointments.

For a foodie, rains are the validation why pakoday 'n chai are a lethal combo.

Resurrection of a wanderer...

Sometimes my body wandered; more often nomadic but was my soul,
A wanderer wandering always ‘n forever, in desperation to turn whole…

The eternal quest to find the perfect half, which shall make me complete,
An ashen insane desiring for an ascent, like a phoenix rises from the heat…

Strangely around ‘en a Goddess exhibited an act of misplaced generosity,
Ensuing of which, my heart sewed to the sleeve, perished in that calamity…

Hurt which took an unending time before transforming in an immune to pain,
Fortunately now in a triumph of love, a Goddess revived me back to life again…

With her touch of care, the amputations have miraculously started healing,
Resuscitated heart blissfully beats in a rhythm, Oh, what an incredible feeling…

In hindsight I realize, indeed it was a good vacuum that Almighty chose to give,
Transcending far away from the fragile pave, in a nothing amiss state I now live…

There are no veils ‘n nothing is hidden, body ‘n souls now lay bare to each other,
Every moment a reason why journey from mystery to mystic need go no further…

Essentially am a wanderer still, only in skin; the fulfilled soul wanders no more,
Attained salvation in an eternal flame, my eternity is now filled with love galore…

Ya Mohammad, Madine bula lo mujhe... Mere gham ki dawaaa aur koi nahin...

Madine wale Aaqa yeh toh hasrat kamm se kamm nikle... Tumhara rooh-e-anwar dekh kar aashiq ka dumm nikle... Ya Mohammad, Madine bula lo mujhe... Mere gham ki dawaa aur koi nahin... Kiss ko Aaqa musibat mein aawaaz doon... Mera tere siwaa aur koi nahin... Sunno sono mere hajat rawa rasool Allah... Gham ke maaro ka aasraa tum ho... Besaharon ka aasraa tum ho... Kiss ko Aaqa musibat mein aawaaz doon... Mera tere siwaa aur koi nahin... Mere sar se na jab tak musibat tali... Mere Aaqa main dunga duhaai teri... Meri fariyaad tere siwa joh sune... Ya nabi Mustafa aur koi nahin... Tum se kahunga, tum hi sunoge... Tum hi meri laaj rakhoge... Gar tum na sunoge toh kaun sunega... Dukh dard bare naale mere... Gar tum na sunoge toh kaun sunega... Ya Mohammad-E-Mustafa fariyaad hai... Dil ki choti si ek kahani hai... Aap sun lein toh meharbaani hai... Sunn lo meri fariyaad sun lo, meri fariyaad sunn lo... Dil ki fariyaad labb pe aayi hai... Kamli wale teri duhaai hai... Tera darr chod kar kidhar jaon... Ab kahin aasraa nahin milta... Saari duniya dekh aaya hoon... Koi bhi aapsa nahin milta... Meri fariyaad tere siwa joh sune... Ya nabi Mustafa aur koi nahin... Teri rehmat ko aisa taras aa gaya... Maine joh maanga mujh ko wohi mil gaya... Tujh se badd kar sakhii aur koi nahin... Mujh se badd kar gadaa aur koi nahin... Tu karam hi karam, tu ataa hi ataa... Tu karam hi karam Sultaan-E-Haram... Karam ki ek nazar ho Ya Mohammad besaharon par... Badal jaati hai taqdeer tere adna isharoon pe... Tu karam hi karam Sultan-E-Haram... Ab toh ma’il ba karam chasm-e-karam ho jaaye... Duur dil se mere uqba ka alam ho jaaye... Main bhi hoon aap se ab reham-o-karam ka taalib... Mujh pe bhi ek nazar shah-e-umam ho jaaye... Talab ka hoon to kiss qabil hai Aaqa... Magar tera karam shamil hai Aaqa... Wah kia jood karam hai shah-e-batha tera... Nahin sunta hi nahin maangne wala tera... Sultan-E-Haram tu karam hi karam... Badd sahi, chor sahi, mujrim-o-naakara hi sahi... Kuch sahi, kaisa sahi, hoon toh kareema tera... Meri khataoon ki intihaa nahin lekin... Tu woh Karim hai jiss ka mujhe sahara hai... Khushk hone na diya tere karam ne mujh ko... Ashq-e-hasrat hoon, nadamat ka paseena hoon main... Sultan-E-Haram tu karam hi karam... Tu karam hi karam, tu ataa hi ataa... Main khataa hi khataa, be kaso be nawa... Tujh ko deta hoon shabbier ka vaasta... Mujh ko aati dua aur koi nahin... Bass yeh hi ek nadir ki hai aarzu... Meri sarkaar rakh lo meri aabru... Tune bhi gar na mujh ko sahara diya... Phir mera aasraa aur koi nahin... Ya Mohammad, Madine bula lo mujhe... Mere gham ki dawaa aur koi nahin...

☐Single ☐Taken ☑ I get about as much attention as a white crayon...

Life's a great leveler. Far from an unending nightmare around the same time last year, this year I've even forgotten what a nightmare means...

Ghar mein agar char dinn aurat na ho toh ghar ka kya haal hota hai yeh koi Congress se pooche...

Agar Anna ki shaadi ho gayi hoti toh yeh andolan kabhi na hota...

1. Kahan jaa rahe ho?
2. Akele tumhi ko padi hai anshan mein jane ki?
3. Yeh Kejariwal ka saath chhodo...
4. Woh boycut baal wali ladki kaun hai? Baar baar bagal mein aakar kyun baithti hai...
5. Shaam tak aa jaoge na?
6. Pahunchte hi phone karna...
7. Acha, tiffin pack kar diya hai, khaa zaroor lena aur uss boycut wali ke saath share mat karna...

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Dear Anna,

Tum sangharsh karo...

Hum toh kar hi rahe hai...

Sincerely,
All married men...


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Bheed mein kisi ne bade josh se naara lagaya... "Anna... Anna..."

Peeche se ek awaaz aayi, "Kournikova... Kournikova..."

The idea is to die young... as late as possible...

The signs of times we live in... My secretary quit the job 'coz she saw me kissing my wife...

God has a sense of humor 'n everyone's a part of it...

Eventually...

Ya can never be perfect but ya can definitely be better...

Jhukta wohi hai jiss mein jaan hoti hai...
Akadna toh murdon ki pehchaan hoti hai...

~Hazrat Ali~

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To know what people really think, pay regard to what they do, rather than what they say...

~Descartes~


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When ya choose to love as "The Creator" would love, it sets ya free...


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Life is like a flute... It may have several holes 'n emptiness but if we work on it carefully, it can play magical melodies...


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Freedom is not only a right but also a responsibility. True freedom stems when ya allow 'n encourage all others with the liberty that ya seek for self...


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It is better to trust 'n be disappointed once in a while than it is to distrust 'n be miserable all the time...

~Abraham Lincoln~


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A grateful mind is a great mind, which eventually attracts to itself great things...

~Plato~


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One word frees us of all the weight 'n pain of life... That word is love...

~Sophocles~


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When the power of love overcomes the love of power, the world will know peace...

~Jimmy Hendricks~


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Life, if well lived, is long enough...

~Seneca~


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Hai munaasib gar duniya ke taur se rehta navaakif hoon main... hui nahin hai khud se bhi abhi talak mukammal mulakaat meri...

All great relationships are based on two important things...

First is to find out the similarities...

'n the second is to respect the differences...

English is a funny language. U 'n I make US, yet it is written U 'n S... No worries, U 'n I still make a better US than anything else ever...

chaahat ki guzar gaah mein sunne jannat ke hai naghme, bikhri aah bhi ataah...
par aaj bhi humraah ke pehlu se badd kar, lagti nahin mujhe koi aaraam-gaah...

Over the 38 insane years, the road of affection has caused affliction too... Been as much bane as it has been a boon... Yet I absolutely love being a prisoner of desires...

The glass for me, will always 'n forever be, half full rather than half empty...

Predictably, an incorrigible stays the same...

God may not always give ya all the people who ya want, but God will most certainly give ya all the people who ya need... to help ya, to hurt ya, to love ya 'n to make ya the person ya were meant to be...

‎... chil chilaati dhoop mein pighla tha main, badle they mausam jab pichle baras...
... issi wajah se abb ki barsaaton mein rooh tak bheeg jaane ki tamanna hai meri...

I have realized that change is inevitable... That's why I now live for the moment 'n make the most of it...

Truly... Madly... Deeply...

Even if I were to be a cow, 10 on 10 chance that I would be a mad cow rather than a holy cow...

Mind it that ya don't have to mind it, if I don't mind that I don't have a mind...

Life's a great leveler. When the emptiness get's filled, nothing et all remains amiss, not even what had gone missing to make it an abyss.

‎... ishq ki aag mein hawaaon pe nahin mera ikhtiyaar hai...
... tha zaaya kabhi, iss baar mukammal hone ka aitbaar hai...

Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great...

mera kuch samaan tumhare paas pada hai... Ijaazat... 'n the eternal magic of Gulzar saab, Pancham Da 'n Asha ji... love it to the core...

ek dafaa woh yaad hai tumm ko
binn batti jab cycle ka chalaan hua tha
humne kaise bhookhe pyaase becharon si acting ki thi
hawaldaar ne ulta ek atthanni de ke bhej diya tha
ek chawanni meri thi
woh bhijwa do...

saawan ke kuch bheege-bheege dinn rakhe hai
aur mere ek khatt mein lipatti raat padi hai
woh raat bujha do
aur bhi kuch samaan tuhare paas pada hai
woh bhijwa do...

pattjhad hai
pattjhad mein kuch patton ke girne ki aahat
kaano mein ek baar pehan ke laut aayi thi
pattjhad ki woh shakh abhi tak kaanp rahi hai
woh bhijwa do...

ek sau solah chaand ki raatein
ek tumhare kaandhe ka til
geeli mehndi ki khushbu
jhooth mooth ke vaade...

mera kuch samaan tumhare paas pada hai
saawan ke kuch bheege-bheege dinn rakhe hai
aur mere ek khat mein lipatti raat padi hai
woh raat bujha do
mera woh samaan lauta do...

pattjhad hai kuch, hai na
pattjhad mein kuch patto ke girne ki aahat
kaano mein ek baar pehan ke laut aayi thi
pattjhad ki woh shakh abhi tak kaanp rahi hai
woh shakh gira do
mera woh samaan lauta do...

ek akeli chhatri mein jab
aadhe-aadhe bheeg rahe the
aadhe sukhe aadhe gile
sookha toh main le aayi thi
geela mann shayad bistar ke pass pada ho
woh bhijwa do
mera woh samaan lauta do...

ek sau solah chand ki raatein
ek tumhare kandhe ka til
geeli mehandi ki kushboo
jhooth mooth ke shikwe kuch
jhooth mooth ke vaade bhi sab yaad kara dun
sab bhijwa do
mera woh samaan lauta do

ek ijaazat de do bass
jab iss ko dafnaungi
main bhi wahin so jaungi...



Ijaazat... 'n the eternal magic of Gulzar saab, Pancham Da 'n Asha ji... love it to the core...

I've learned...

I've learned that ya cannot make someone love ya. All ya can do is stalk 'em 'n hope they panic and give in.

I've learned that one good turn gets most of the blankets.

I've learned that no matter how much I care, some people are just jackasses.

I've learned that whatever hits the fan will not be evenly distributed. 

I've learned that ya shouldn't compare ya'rself to others - they are more screwed up than ya think. 

I've learned that depression is merely anger without enthusiasm.

I've learned that it is not what ya wear; it is how ya take it off which is more important.

I've learned that ya can keep vomiting long after you think ya're finished. 

I've learned to not sweat the petty things, 'n not pet the sweaty things.    

I've learned age is a very high price to pay for maturity. 

I've learned that I don't suffer from insanity, I enjoy it. 

I've learned that we are responsible for what we do, unless we are celebrities. 

I've learned that artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity. 

I've learned that there is a fine line between genius 'n insanity.

I've learned that the people ya care most about in life are taken from ya too soon 'n all the less important ones just never go away. And the real pains in the ass are permanent.

There aren't as many blind as those who will not see...~English proverb~

usoolon par agar aanch aaye, toh takraana zaroori hai...
joh zinda ho toh phir zinda nazar aana zaroori hai...

~waseem~

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Ya can't be neutral on a moving train...~Howard Zinn~


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We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light...~Plato~


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Right is right, even if everyone is against it; and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it...~William Penn~

Chalti jo dekhi meri saansien toh sayanoo ne phir thandi saans li... Hairaan woh bole, shayad marne ke baad deewane ko jeena aa gaya...

Nature's calling is not always the same as every morning nature's call...

One more day before the drive down (or is it up) to the serenity of Baikunth Kasauli Hills...

Inane maybe, yet life it still is, so cheers to life, be-qaraar hoon tujhe thoda aur jeene ke liye...

JLT...

Me: Why is it that despite being content, Loki's indeed Lucky, 'n never even expecting more than 1000 ml elixir from a 1 lt bottle of JWBL, I still want more from life?

God: err... baffles me!

Me: 'coz I can always buy another bottle when I finish this one, but have only one life to live 'n I wanna live it all.

God: Ass, if ya already knew the answer, mujhe kyun confuse kiya?

Me: Aiwayeen!

God: @%&*$$#&*

D-a-y-d-r-e-a-m-e-r: I don't blame men

I don't blame men

It is after a long time today that I revived my blog and publishing my first post on a new page. The inspiration for this post, apart from a few random conversations and a few movies, stems from the realization that women themselves can’t understand each other, so for men to do the same is like actually trying to put the toothpaste back in to the tube(you get the drift).

OK, so what I’m trying to say here is that apart from our common love for shopping & bitching(which we can do at any given time of the day), there is little that any woman would want to have in common with another. Here are a few pointers on what sets us apart:

1. We never have enough clothes: So this is a universal fact that we never have enough clothes even when our cupboards are bursting and can provide enough cloth to cover an entire country, but no, we can never have enough of them. The reason behind this fact is that we never want to be seen in the same clothes at any party with the same group, same as anyone else at the same place, same at any important meeting with the same client, same as the ones we were tagged in on FACEBOOK or same as a wannabe you know(because you obviously don’t want to be tagged as one too!!). Hence, we can never decide what to wear(a crisis bigger than the Fukushima nuclear plant on the verge of explosion).

2. We are always judging others: No matter who you are or how close you are to us, we are always judging you by what you say, what you wear, how you do things, where you work, how much you earn etc., you are always under our scrutinizing eyes.

3. We are more often than not, always confused: Be it clothes, shoes, food, men, we are always confused how to treat each one. We can never decide what to eat(will it go straight to the hip or the face), whom to date(rich & crass or smart & not-so-rich). I mean we are not gold-diggers per se and are all up for equal rights and all that jazz but if you just pass the buck and expect us to pay for ourselves all the time, the chances of you & I working out are as slim as the Olsen twins.

4. Our conversations are limited to three things: Shopping, Weight-loss & Men. All BFFs or otherwise can forever go on how we got a steal on the latest brands at the last sale(that are man’s gift to womankind) or how much we have put on or shed in the past few months and how guys never know how we want to be treated. I mean if you tell a girl ‘you look pretty’, she’d respond with a ‘Thank you’, but if you tell her ‘Have you lost some weight’, you’ll be her new BFF. Ha Ha.

5. We hardly ever see anyone who’s better than us: Similar to point no. 2, if we are always judging you is because we want to see if you can match our standards( no matter how superfluous), we might compliment our friends but inside we are just thinking how this dress would look so much better on me! LOL! Or how can that guy possibly date her, he should have gotten a girl like me(or me!).

6. We hide more than we show: Do not take this sentence literally because there are tons of females out there who would beg to disagree. I mean there’s so much going on inside us all the time(sneering at other females, hot guys, food, our boyfriends, marriage plans, in-laws, friends, affairs, secrets etc. etc.) that it would take a whole library if we sat down to pour thoughts, because unlike men who can only think about(Money, food & sex), we do have a brain but we are already using it for so many other things.

7. We are not dumb, we just want you to feel smart. I guess the point itself is self-explanatory of what I’m trying to convey.

8. We are not greedy, but needy: No we are not begging, but we want all the things in the world(tangible or intangible) and I think if we are the ones God decided should bring life and tolerate enormous amounts of pain men can only dream of bearing, then we damn well deserve all the things in the world for what we are and what we do.

Got it dude!!
Posted by Cheerstolife at 5:08 AM

Original Blogsppot post @
D-a-y-d-r-e-a-m-e-r: I don't blame men:

In all relationships, be it with a friend or a lover, it is absolutely imperative to be with someone who appreciates what they have when they have ya...

Apparently it seems as if I am playing hide 'n seek with myself, albeit with a difference...

Sometimes I effortlessly find out where I am standing yet I pretend not to know...
Some other times I have absolutely no clue where I am hiding yet I fake myself into believing I've found myself...

main aur mera dil aksar yeh baatein karte hai... ki dimaag bhi saath hota toh kaisa hota...

... kaho intehaa mere hausle ki, ya samjho nasamajhi ka janoon hai...

... agar gardish mein ho taare, unko ginnne mein bhi sakoon hai...

I am an infidel in religion but infidelity I practice religiously...

God: I believe I may have lied to ya...

Me: Err... Sorry what... When... ?

God: That one time when ya has asked me if I understood love 'n I had replied in affirmative... I lied...

Me: Oh, never mind, that was ages ago... Chill...

God: :-)

Me: :-)

(... 'n that's how an atheist made peace...)

I can't always choose who would be my enemies; but I can always choose who would be my friends...

... dushmani mehngi pade phir bhi kaun kamzarf gham karta hai...
... dosti sasti ho jaye to yakeenan aks khaak mein bikharta hai...

Undoubtedly, I am too glad to be absolutely intoxicated on the life; am unawares but for the life of me, if I have enough reasons to stay inebriated, as much as I am...

... rang-e-zindagi mein doob ke vaise toh kaafi hoon main kaifi, par...
... sochta hoon itni toh pi bhi nahin kaafir ne abhi, jitna nasha hai...

Sometimes I am unable to find my way in the crystal maze of the things meant to be 'n not meant to be...

... abtar hui meri rooh ne poocha Khuda se, kyun kiya mismaar...
... marne de, hai kabr yeh, koi zakhm nahi, na kured baar baar...

kuch ajeeb yeh bekasii hai dil ke marne ke baad... logg nabz meri dekh ke batate hai zinda ho abhi...

... taufiiq kaho ya bekasii, badalti hawaon ne badla mahual hai...

... ranjish ko samajhiye apna aur mohabbat se keejiye haul hai...

... na shikavaa na shikaayat, na kissi aur se koi gilaa hai...

... ek farebi sawaal hoon main, mujhe yeh pata chala hai...

I talk to the walls 'n the walls talk back to me... I find it very intelligent but my psychiatrist says it's schizophrenia...

Haven't fallen sick over more than a decade now 'coz first of all I can't afford to 'n second of all can't bear anyone say, "don't worry, ya'd soon be back to normal"... err, why would I wanna be normal... :-|

Me, Myself 'n Lokesh...

... isse aavvaargi samjho ya kaho yeh hai aib mera...
... naa tum ho haakim mere; na main gunehgaar tera...

wokay...

Love the unending party going on within. But my psychiatrist says it's a multiple personality disorder. 4 of us believe her, 3 of us don't.

Aaa jaa... Aaa bhi jaa...

Dear God...

I am sure ya have ya'r own reasons 'n seriously I am not even gonna ask ya what went wrong, but I will really appreciate if without much ado 'n further delay, ya will send the south west monsoon to Delhi, NOW...

All's well otherwise... Have an absolutely gorgeous weekend, party hard but be safe, after all, too many people have their hopes pinned on ya...

More later... Taa...

... kal ho na ho...

aaj ek hansi aur baat loon...
aaj ek dua aur maang loon...
aaj ek aansu aur pi loon...
aaj ek zindagi aur jeee loon...
aaj ek sapna aur dekh loon... aaj...
... kya pata, kal ho na ho...

Learn to appreciate all those who break ya'r trust... 'coz they come in ya'r life to help learn forgiveness...

Have negated the pain but would never want to erase the good times ya 'n I shared; Only happy memories now entice me into time travel again...

Sometimes it is much easier to fake a smile than to explain what ya really feel inside...

... labalab bhar jaane ke baad jaam se chalki sharaab toh aaya mujhe yaad...
... jaise kisi ajnabi pe maine uski intehaa se zyada aitbaar tha kiya...
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... samajhiye isse bhi intehaa mere fareb ki...
... apne zakhmo ko daghaa diya ki bhar gaye ho...
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I'd be damned... an eternal dilemma... clueless as I am in life, am clueless too about what hurts more... when at the hands of love a friendship dies... ya jab dosti pyaar ki jagah le leti hai aur phir pyaar ke liye jagah hi nahin bachti... guess I won't ever know until I go six feet under... maybe not even 'en...
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... bohat baar lutti hai aur phir lutt ke bassi hai; jaise Dilli nahin Dil ho...
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... bepanaah teri chahat mein jo manzar jannat ka hai naseeb hua... aaqabat mein ab uss se, Khuda bhi kahan behtar mukaam dega...

‎... khuda ne jabb jannat banane ki aarzoo ki hogi...
... yakeenan tera chehra uss ka sabab rahi hogi...

... tere binn mukammal jannat mein bhi farak hai...
... tu hai to adhura aasmaan bhi lagta falak hai...

... iss qadar mukammal hoon main apni kaynaat mein...
... murdah hui dhadkane bhi ab tarannum lag rahi hai...

Letting go is hard but it may turn out to be the best thing I ever did...

... deewana aaj bhi muntazir hai tere noor-e-tabassum ka...

... jaan lene ke baahane sahi, ek baar phir muskura toh de...

Although I was flabbergasted for long if Roxette had goofed up, how could it have been love if it was over now, must have been something else, 'coz love is meant to be always 'n forever... eternal is imperishable... but now I comprehend that despite the fate it meets, anything which is magically, majestically 'n miraculously beautiful has to be love... surely, it must have been love... what's over now...

No... Foot in the mouth isn't a stretching exercise...

Yup... Ya'd look great with two pounds less... Incidentally ya'r clothes weigh exactly two pounds...

Ji Sahab...

I hold it true, whate'er befall;
I feel it, when I sorrow most;
'Tis better to have loved and lost,
Than never to have loved at all...

~Alfred Lord Tennyson~

... spouses can divorce...
... lovers may not hold...
... but friends stay friends...
... or so I've been told...

W̶h̶y̶ ̶a̶r̶e̶ ̶y̶o̶u̶ ̶r̶e̶a̶d̶i̶n̶g̶ ̶w̶h̶a̶t̶ ̶I̶ ̶c̶r̶o̶s̶s̶e̶d̶ ̶o̶u̶t̶?

Having ya'r boyfriend/girlfriend break up with ya and yet saying, "We can still be friends" is alike ya'r dog dying and ya'r mom saying, "Ya can still keep it"...

“The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods”...~American Psychoanalyst and Author Theodor Reik, from "Of Love and Lust, 1957"~

... doobta hoon teri aankhon ki gehraiyon mein main iss kadar...
... tere alawa bhi hai koi Khuda, nahi jaanta, main hoon bekhabar...

... jaanta hoon Khuda ka Khuda aur hai, par yakeen nahi karta...
... shiddat aur deewangi ka farq karna aata nahi meri ibaadat ko...

Seriously...

Marriage certificates should ideally be in the Comic Sans font... 'en no one would take it seriously 'n it will still bring a smile on...

Tuesday Prayer...

Dear God...

I kinda feel gay when a masseur gives me a body massage, request ya to please find me an efficient masseuse ASAP...

Thanks...

I've learned...

Maya Angelou said this:

'I've learned that no matter what happens, or how bad it seems today, life does go on, and it will be better tomorrow.'

'I've learned that you can tell a lot about a person by the way he/she handles these three things: a rainy day, lost luggage, and tangled Christmas tree lights.'

'I've learned that regardless of your relationship with your parents, you'll miss them when they're gone from your life.'

'I've learned that making a 'living' is not the same thing as 'making a life.'

'I've learned that life sometimes gives you a second chance.'

'I've learned that you shouldn't go through life with a catcher's mitt on both hands; you need to be able to throw some things back...'

'I've learned that whenever I decide something with an open heart, I usually make the right decision.'

'I've learned that even when I have pains, I don't have to be one.'

'I've learned that every day you should reach out and touch someone. People love a warm hug, or just a friendly pat on the back...'

'I've learned that I still have a lot to learn...'

'I've learned that people will forget what you said, people will forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them feel.'

7...

7 Lovely Logics

1. Make peace with ya'r past so it doesn't spoil ya'r present.

2. What others think of ya is none of ya'r business.

3. Time heals almost everything, give time, some time.

4. No one is a reason of ya'r happiness except ya'rself.

5. Don't compare ya'r life with other's, ya have no idea what their journey is all about.

6. Stop thinking too much, it's alright not to know all the answers

And

7. Smile, ya don't own all the problems in the world...

Jiyein Kyun... Dum Maaro Dum...

Na Aaye Ho, Na Aaoge, Na Phone Pe Bulaoge
Na Shaam Ki Karaari Chai, Labo'n Se Yun Pilaoge
Na Aaye Ho, Na Aaoge, Na Din Dhale Sataoge
Na Raat Ki Nashili Bye Se Neendh Mein Jagaoge
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Yeh Raat Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Saath Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Har Baat Baaki Hai
Gaye Kyun Toh Jiyein Kyun

Na Aaye Ho, Na Aaoge, Na Dooriyaan Dhikhaoge
Na Thaam Ke Woh Josh Mein Yun Hosh Se Udaoge
Na Aaye Ho, Na Aaoge, Na Jhoot Se Sunaoge
Na Rooth Ke Sirhane Mein, Remote Ko Chhupaoge
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Yeh Raat Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Saath Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Har Baat Baaki Hai
Gaye Kyun Toh Jiyein Kyun

Aankh Bhi Tham Gayi, Na Thaki
Raat Bhi Na Bati, Na Kati
Raat Bhi Chherti Marrti
Neend Bhi Lutt Gayi, Chiin Gayi
Raat Bhi Na Sahi, Na Rahi
Raat Bhi Laazmi, Zaalmi
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Yeh Raat Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Ho Kyun, Saath Baaki Hai
Gaye Tum Gaye Hum Tham Gaye Har Baat Baaki Hai
Gaye Kyun Toh Jiyein Kyun
Gaye Kyun Toh Jiyein Kyun

Na Aaye Ho, Na Aaoge, Na Phone Pe Bulaoge
Na Shaam Ki Karaari Chai, Labo'n Se Yun Chhudaoge...

Beautiful Life... Ace of Base...

You can do what you want just seize the day
What you're doing tomorrow's gonna come your way
Don't you ever consider givin' up, you will find, oooh

It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
I just wanna be here beside you
stay until the break of dawn

Take a walk in the park when you feel down
There's so many things there
that's gonna lift you up
See the nature in bloom a laughing child
Such a dream, oooh

It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
I just wanna be here beside you
I just wanna be here beside you
stay until the break of dawn

You're looking for somewhere to belong
You're standing all alone
for someone to guide you on your way
Now and Forever

It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
It's a beautiful life, oh oh ooo
I just wanna be anybody

Living in different ways
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you to a place I've never been
before oh yeah
It's a beautiful life
I'm gonna take you in my arms and fly away
with you tonight....

When the past calls, let it go to voicemail. It has nothing new to say...

... iss qadar hangaama hua waqt ki betahaashaa raftaar mein...

... murdah dil mere paas raha; dhadkane main kahin bhool aaya...

... nakaam raha khud ko badalne mein waqt ki raftaar ke saath...

... aaj bhi milta hoon ajnabiyon se ussi purane andaaz mein...

Another Day in Paradise... Phil Collins...

She calls out to the man on the street
"Sir, can you help me?
It's cold and I've nowhere to sleep
Is there somewhere you can tell me?"

He walks on, doesn't look back
He pretends he can't hear her
He starts to whistle as he crosses the street
She's embarrassed to be there

Oh, think twice, it's just another day for
For you and me in paradise
Oh, think twice, it's just another day
For you, you and me in paradise
Just think about it

She calls out to the man on the street
He can see she's been cryin'
She's got blisters on the soles of her feet
She can't walk but she's tryin'

Oh, just think twice, it's just another day
For you and me in paradise
Oh, yes think twice, it's just another day
For you, you and me in paradise
Just think about it, just think about it

Oh Lord, is there nothing more anybody can do?
Oh Lord, there must be something you can say

You can tell by the lines on her face
You can see that she's been there
Probably been moved on from every place
'Cause she didn't fit in there

Oh, yes think twice, it's just another day
For you and me in paradise
Oh, yes think twice, it's just another day
For you, you and me in paradise




Just think about it, just think about it

It's just another day
For you and me in paradise
It's just another day
For you and me in paradise

Groovy Kind of Love.... Phil Collins...

When I'm feeling blue
All I have to do
Is take a look at you
Then I'm not so blue
When you're close to me
I can feel you heart beat
I can hear you breathing
In my ear
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

Any time you want to
You can turn me on to
Anything you want to
Any time at all
When I kiss your lips
Ooh, I start to shiver
Can't control the quivering inside
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

Ooh

When I'm feeling blue
All I have to do
Is take a look at you
Then I'm not so blue
When I'm in your arms
Nothing seems to matter
My whole world can shatter
I don't care
Wouldn't you agree?
Baby, you and me got a groovy kind of love

Vision...

At 1.21 billion people, India's population is 2nd in the world. Every day around 82000 new babies are born. Every day around 64000 people die in India.

The total blind population of India is approximately 16 million. If each of the 64000 who die everyday donate their eyes, in 250 days, India can become a nation with everyone who has the vision.

Donate eyes. It's an invaluable gift.

Do you believe in life after love...

No matter how hard I try
You keep pushing me aside
And I can't break through
There's no talking to you
It's so sad that you're leaving
It takes time to believe it
But after all is said and done
You're gonna be the lonely one, oh

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough now,
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough now

What am I supposed to do
Sit around and wait for you
Well I can't do that
And there's no turning back
I need time to move on
I need love to feel strong
'Cause I've had time to think it through
And maybe I'm too good for you, oh

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no

Well I know that I'll get through this
'Cause I know that I am strong
And I don't need you anymore
No, I don't need you anymore
Oh, I don't need you anymore
No, I don't need you anymore

Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no
Do you believe in life after love
I can feel something inside me say
I really don't think you're strong enough, no (fade)

Kehte hain waqt har zakhm bhula deta hai, par kuch rishtey aise hain jahan waqt ke saath saath har zakhm aur bhi gehra ho jaata hai...aur bhi gehra...~Dev Saran (SRK) in KANK~

KANK, my absolutely most favorite relationship catalyst ever, love the songs 'n the movie but more than everything else I love the honesty with no cliché’s whatsoever.

The most defining moment for me in the film is when in the final moments before he dies, Amitabh gently encourages Rani to walk out on her husband, Abhishek.

Mohabbat aur Maut, dono bin bulaye mehmaan hote hain…

lovely... peppy indeed... although if Aamir was so smart, he could have used 'Run' instead of 'Bhaag' in 'Bhaag DK Bose' song... then the song would have been 'RunDK BoseDK'...

Koi Ye Kaise Bataye ke Woh Tanha Kyun Hai

Song: Koi Ye Kaise Bataye ke Woh Tanha Kyun Hai
Movie: Arth
Singer: Jagjit Singh


Koi ye kaise bataye ke woh tanha kyun hai
Woh jo apna tha wahi aur kisi ka kyun hai
Ye hi duniya hai to phir aisi ye duniya kyun hai
Ye hi hota hai to aakhir ye hi hota kyun hai

Ek zara haath bada de to pakad le daaman
Uske seene mein sam jaayein hamari dhadkan
Itni kurbat hai to faasla itna kyun hai

Dil-e-barbaad se nikla nahin ab tak koi
Ek loote ghar pe diya karta hai dastak koi
Aas jo toot gayi phir se bandhata kyun hai

Tum masrat ka kaho ya gham ka rista
Kehte hai pyaar ka rishta hai janam ka rishta
Hai janam ka jo ye rishta badalta kyun hai

Kehte hain waqt har zakhm bhula deta hai, par kuch rishtey aise hain jahan waqt ke saath saath har zakhm aur bhi gehra ho jaata hai...aur bhi gehra...~Dev Saran (SRK) in KANK~

I love to love my dreams... I hate to hate my dreams... probably I carry a strange love-hate relationship with the dreams... sometimes they make me, sometimes they break me... sometimes I make 'em, sometimes I break 'em... ironically despite muling over it a zillion times, I still don't know if this unending cycle breaks me as much as it makes me or it makes me as much as it breaks me... same pinch or same pinch...

Sans a mind, I am bad business for psychics...

Statutory Disclaimer: The caution sign on me, Handle With Care, is more for ya'r benefit than mine 'coz I am not fragile but I certainly am dangerous...

Rationalizing with people who confuse fire in the belly with chilies in the stomach is a futility of exercise...

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... taufiiq hai ya khuda ne mehfil mein ek naya lateefa sunaya hai...
... sookhe patte ko ishq ki aandhi mein phir dubaara nachaya hai...

... just when I believed, I had gone absolutely deaf...
... whispers of love have breached the silence again...

Time Travel...

... kambaqt dil ka zikr bayaan hai yun barbaad...
... jaane kyun dhadkta hai behayaa aaj bhi tere inkaar ke baad...

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... did the sands of time change the language of love while I was busy holding on, caressing 'n worshiping ya... guess I would never know...

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... uske jaane ka gham ab, mera hai mukammal sab...
... ashq sookhe par, dil bhare rahe...
... waqt de marham par, zakhm hare rahe...

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... bepanaah teri chahat mein, jo manzar jannat ka hai naseeb hua...
... ab aaqabat mein uss se, Khuda bhi kahan behtar mukaam dega...

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... anjaan hoon apne mustaqbil se, na malum anjaam kya hoga...
... par jaanta hoon meri har saans rahegi ghulam teri, mujh se azaad hone tak...

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... tujh mein paa kar Khuda, kar raha hoon apni saanson se wafaa...
... jaanta hoon par haath ki lakeeren, karti hai mere khawabon se jafaa...

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... seeking sky for my share, failing again, yet God is too fair...
... waiting forever at end of the line, for a glimpse of heaven, that isn't mine...

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... am trying to find myself by running away from myself... 'n that is a paradox just like I am...

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.... qayamat hui fakat do baar... ek tere aane se pehle, ek tere jaane ke baad...

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... dushmani mehngi pade phir bhi kaun kamzarf gham karta hai...
... mohabbat sasti ho jaye to yakeenan aks khaak mein bikharta hai...

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We don't talk anymore; and I can't understand why...
It's like you gave me wings, then told me it's illegal to fly...

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Absence is to love what wind is to fire. It extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.

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... my life has turned around.... earlier I was insane 'coz I was in love... 'n now I am in love 'coz I am insane...

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A few words I live by... Pain is in inevitable but suffering is optional...

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Strangely, a blatant lie can often be the most revealing truth.

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A lost ounce of gold may be found, a lost moment of love never...
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If life was devoid of realities there would be no meaning to life...
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I wish I could peak at the last few pages to see how it ends. The journey's too long 'n unpredictable at times...

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... yakeenan Rabb shamil hai lakeeron se hoti meri kashmakash mein...
... aitamaad hai par badlega naseeb na milne wali kinaro ka ek sailaab ke baad...

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mausam ki tarah badalta hai ishq maayne yahan har pal...
zinda hai ehsaas tabhi doob raha hain, bismil hota to taerta yeh bhi teri tarah...

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... deewangi ka sabab kaho ya samjho isse ibaadat ka mazhab...
... jalata hoon khud ko taki roshan rahe shamma mohabbat ki...

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... ya'r lucky if a nightmare ends in few hours... ya'r loki if it doesn't...

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... nahi jaanta kyun hua aks juda ek anjani shaam...
... dhoondta hoon isliye ab main shab mein rahat ka mukaam...

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I realize it's forever impossible for me to believe in the dark side of the sunshine, 'n thus I seek a ray of light in the night revealed...

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... it's true that love doesn't belong to me... but it is truer that I absolutely belong to love... always 'n forever...


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I believe one needs an equal portion each of love 'n compassion, pain 'n passion 'n infinite insanity to write or even enjoy poetry...

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... ya can like 'n unlike... but can never love 'n un-love...

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... an incorrigible or am a dumb brave...
... blessed or is it a fragile pave...
... heaven or am I in the grave..
... Almighty gave but not for what I pray...

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The average nutritional value of promises is roughly zero.

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Kab laut ke aaoge
Israr nahi karta
Itna mere bas mein hai
Main umr ghata loonga
~Shaaz Tamkinat~

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... the purest of pure, forever indestructible, an elixir eternal, die...
... a wasted irreparable, a decaying insanity, still lives a lie...

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... abtar hui meri rooh ne poocha Khuda se kyun kiya mismaar...
... marne de, zakhm nahi, hai kabr yeh, na kured baar baar...

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History segregated the events by tagging the dateline as BC or AD. But love is timeless. Can't split the feelings into a before 'n after...

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Life may have no meaning, or even worse, it may have a meaning of which I disapprove...

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Judge a man by his questions rather than by his answers...~Voltaire~

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To fall in love is awfully simple, to fall out of love is simply awful...

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... ain't sure what hurts more... when ya stop loving the person ya trust... or when ya stop trusting the person ya love...

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Absolut is an eternal elixir but inexplicably at the moment it's enacting as a mortal sin... instead of making me stop seeking the answers, it is bringing a total recall of all the inquest which even otherwise I am unable to obliterate... Rabb ji, I pray, please let it be only a temporary phase... all of a sudden, ya can't possibly rob me of the only sanity that I ever found, God's aren't supposed to do that...

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Nothing ever becomes real till it is experienced; even a proverb is no proverb to ya till your life has illustrated it...

~John Keats~
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The hardest thing in life is to know which bridge to cross 'n which to burn...~David Russell~

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It is love when you hold someones hand 'n start walking 'n the person walks with you without asking where 'n why...

~Madonna~
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Life will hand ya a bowl of peeled mangoes 'n peaches. It'll all look the same. Ya can only tell them apart if you taste each piece...

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Dear God...

Please stop treating Love as a replica of the board-game of Snakes 'n Ladders...

Thanks already...

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In life, the one person who brings out the very best in ya 'n who makes ya the strongest ironically also becomes ya'r biggest weakness ever...

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... kabhi sambhala tha jinko palko pe ki unpe aanch na aaye...
... yun nazaren pheri uss rehnuma ne ki apni hi nazar mein ab gir gaya hoon main...

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... jaanta hoon Khuda ka Khuda aur hai, par yakeen nahi karta...
... shiddat aur deewangi ka farq karna aata nahi meri ibaadat ko...

The lover is a monotheist who knows that other people worship different gods but cannot himself imagine that there could be other gods...~ Theodor Reik, Of Love and Lust, 1957...
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Tact in audacity is knowing how far ya can go without going too far...~Jean Cocteau~
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Aaj kisi ne dil toda toh hum ko jaise dhyan aaya...
jiss ka dil hum ne toda tha woh jane kaisa hoga...

~Javed Akhtar~

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... mehsoos hota hai har hajoom ek sannaata bin tere...
... dil ka khamosh dhadakna bhi ab lagta mujhe shor hai...

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... hairaan nahi hota main ab gar dil tutta hai kisi ka...
... ab toh pyaar ki kamayambi pe chaunk jaata hoon main...

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... nahi janoon se anjaan, khafaa hai par ibaadat se meri...
... uss se pehle naam tera leta hoon, yeh haar Khuda ko naagavaar hai...

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... lakeeron se jo mil rahi hai shikast deewane ke afsaano ko...
... Khuda ko paane ki justaju, iss liye lagti gunaah hai yahan sayaano ko...

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Dear Heart, fall in love when you're ready, not when you're lonely...

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If we go down, we go down together, because when I said best friends, I meant forever...

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Friendship often ends in love; but love in friendship, never...~Charles Caleb Colton~

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Ranj toh yeh hai ke woh ahed-e-wafaa toot gayaa
Bewafa koi bhi ho, tum na sahi hum hi sahi...

~Javed Akhtar~
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marghat si sunsaan hai, jaise ho kisi veerane mein sannaata shamil...
hairat itni khamoshi mein zindagi ki pukaar shor lagti hai mere Khuda ko...

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There is only so far you can fall, but there is no limit to how high you can soar...

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... how much time does one need to un-soul the soul-mate... years... months... days... kuch ghante... bas ek pal... 'n how does one do it...

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Jaate jaate woh mujhe achi nishani de gaya...
Umar bhar dohraonga aisi kahani degaya...
~Javed Akhtar~

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Khawab ke gaon mein paley hain hum...
Paani chhalni mein le chaley hain hum...

~Javed Akhtar~

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Those who danced were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music...

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Some seize with their wit... Others just cease with it...

Comprehending punctuation is as important as understanding the words...
"ya suck!" ain't the same as "ya suck?"

People are like clouds... some bring blissful rains... others merely block the light...

Some see the birds soar up in the sky 'n wish they too could fly higher...

Others just wonder who they would shit upon if they get a chance to fly too...

Of all that I was unable to learn, not learning how to unlove has been the wisest learning of my life...

The beauty of jigsaw puzzle is that all the pieces are unique, none can replace the other, 'n though sometimes the mystery is solved, yet the picture remains incomplete sans the one missing piece...

The beauty of life is that it is alike a jigsaw puzzle too...

We live in the times when not only destiny conceives a web but equally web contrives a destiny too...

Dear God... I'd rather have people who came in my life thru an accident but stayed on purpose than those who came in my life with a purpose but stayed thru an accident... Amen...

I wonder if drinking 'n driving can be considered multitasking...

The boon of not having a brain is that I am immune of dying from brain hemorrhage...

Randomness...

Love sucks... True love swallows...

err... end of the periods is called menopause... period!!!

Bipolar isn't the term for living in the North or the South pole 'n swinging both ways... or wait a second, maybe it is...

People who live in the glass houses shouldn't be living in Delhi; the summers are just too hot for it...

well-wishers aren't sycophants; 'n vice versa...

Common sense is an illusion for those, to whom illusion is the only common sense...

The difference...

Walls are created either to hold ya in or to keep ya out 'n it's imperative to ably differentiate between the two...

Loki is Lucky...

The only thing I know is that I don't know anything despite knowing something more than nothing... Every moment that I've lived is an event 'coz these in it's entirety 'n it's fraction have made me feel alive even when I would've gladly or sadly died... Everybody I have met is a teacher of a sorts since they have taught me one lesson or the other, sometimes consciously 'n at other times unawares... Loki is Lucky...

In the end, I'd end up becoming just a memory for few... I might as well try my best to make it a good one...

If I was Nike 'n ya were McDonalds, I would be doing it 'n ya would be lovin' it...

Fake merchandise is not a menace; Fake people certainly are...

I respect ya'r right to live; It's not essentially the same as I respect ya...

It takes much more than a few hundred sycophants for anyone to become a Rainmaker...

Breaching the sanctity of a bond 'n indulging in character assassination behind someone's back is more abusive than swearing the cuss words.

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Courtesy is a courtesy only amongst the courteous people... Respect begets respect, disdain begets disdain...

The one moral of an absolutely immoral life...

Be it between friends, lovers, soulmates or family, emotional support is a blessing but emotional dependency is a curse...

I follow a rather simple rule in life, NO PAIN, NO PAIN... Am not going to hurt anyone 'n neither will I allow anyone to hurt me either...

Ya lose some, ya gain some... but all in all, life's a great leveler... Cheers to life...

Spirituality brings awareness; I now realize that forgetting to give me a brain was an unintentional gaffe of God... Peace!!!

Grays make a rainbow too...

Those who believe that a rainbow is another word for a perfect vibgyor, have more fancy for the hues than the dream per se...

I am what I am...

... ishq ki aag samjho, ya kaho awaargi ka asiir hai...
... deewana hoon main aur deewangi hi zamiir hai...

I care 'n I love; I am a prisoner of lust...
Am insane; In insanity I find my crust...

... as long as I am aware that feeling alive is imperative for staying alive, it doesn't matters if I remain unawares of when I will die 'coz it will never be a moment too soon...

... hoon anjaan kitni saansein hai bachchi, kitni mohlat hai mere paas...
... yeh jaan ke jaan mein jaan hai, marne se pehle marunga nahin...

Pains teach more than the gains ever would...

Things that are meant to be, may or may not be a definite reason for the glee...

Things that aren't meant to be, may or may not necessarily be a calamity...

Accept the except too as much as accepting the expect...

God bless...

random holes of a random soul...

More than a mind to state, Freedom is about a state of mind. Soul liberates to salvation only on letting go of the biases 'n the prejudices...

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... aaine ke maayne surat dikhate hain; maayne ke aaine sirat...

... gaze the face to read a mind; peer the heart if it's the soul ya wanna find...

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Absolute beauty in the beauty of Absolut...

The beauty of Absolut is that it looks like water; the beauty of water is that none raise an eyebrow if ya have it in a public place...

Cheers...

err... gaffe... or not...

I always mistook adultery as something that adults were meant to do just like slavery is something slaves have to do...
ahhhh... ignorance is bliss...

err... err...

err... if I don't have any values, does that means I am priceless...

I am either drunk or I am obnoxious... either which ways, I am never sober...

Whether I am boozed by booze or ecstatic by ecstasy is immaterial; what's meaningful is that the meaningless is high...

Cheers...

Life, per se...

Am an unlearned, yet the swell lesson I've learnt is that pain lessens 'n joy swells on sharing...

All those who realize that I am bad when I am good must also realize that I am worse when I am bad...

... sayaane hai woh joh dar-pardah mein jaa ke bann jaate farishtey paak ...
... be-pardah deewane ko gunaah se taubaa karne ki abhi fursat nahin...

... sanely are those who until revealed, revel as the holy 'n mighty...
... insanely I revel to reveal, am absolutely persevering in perversity...

Peace is when the world appears serene; serenity is when there's peace within...

Forever together yet the banks are apart 'coz flowing is its karma true until the river merges in the absolute blue...


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Make or break, am willing to stake...

Sharing an anecdote I had read 'n which stayed with the insane along with several other inanes...

A reporter covering a bumper crop yield of a fertile zone meets a farmer leisurely smoking a hookah in his empty field...

The reporter wondered, "Sir, seems ya sold all grain stock, did ya sow maize"...

'n the farmer replied, "No, I didn't, I calculated the excessive rains may damage the harvest"...

The reporter checked again, "In that case sir, did ya put in the rice crop, plantation of which requires excess of water"...

'n the farmer replied, "No, I didn't, I feared what if it didn't rain much"...

Bemused, the reporter asks again, "so sir, what did ya sow"...

'n the farmer replied, "Nothing, I just played safe..."

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I'd rather gamble every single time than to play safe even once...

Life's too short to play safe... At least, mine is...

Good luck guys...

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If ya want to go fast, go alone. If ya want to go far, go together... ~African Proverb~

Life's good is an understatement; Life's great is a more appropriate elaboration for LG now...

Knocking wood...


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Love is...

Love is craving for someone 24x7 yet not even for a moment actually miss being with each other, 'coz no matter what, they are always 'n forever together, in heart, in thoughts 'n in spirit; Love is needing someone desperately until death yet never a shred of insecurity, not an iota of doubt ever creeps in even if the lovers don't meet for long since they both realize the next meeting is only a heartbeat away.



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Love... Kal, Aaj, Kal...

kal nasoor hua tha aaj
ek zakhm ke chalte
aaqabat phir sanvar gayi
ek marham ke lagte

In another life on an evening of gray,
Said the angel, who I bowed to pray,
Emotions must die as a matter of fact,
Love to un-love is a journey sans a tact.

Now in the present from Almighty,
Another being is becoming a deity,
Trusting the touch, I believe the word,
Salvage to nirvana in a turnaround unheard.



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Amen... !!!

... naaummiid khalaa bhi bann jaati hai muqaddas mukammal...
... mazaaq na ho woh muqaddar ka, bass itni hi tavaqqo hai...

Believe the glass is always half full rather than half empty 'n good things end for better things to fill the vacuum; but since all my senses including the sense of humor are ineffectual, the only hope an incomplete now completely hopes is for no more incomprehensible jokes from the destiny.

Amen!!!


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I can't thank either of ya enough this lifetime now, can I...

.. yakeenan munkir ko mila hai phir ek mumkin khuda..
.. zakhm na marham, nishaan iss rooh pe sirf tera hai..

one revealed the difference between what's meant to be 'n what's not meant to be despite the zillion similarities 'n the other made me realize it's indeed meant to be if the similarities outweigh the differences; shukriya soulmates or else would've stayed oblivious of the revelations 'n the realizations.



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*poker face*... err... I don't care if I have no aces up my sleeves as long as I can grab the queen 'coz it's the carrom 'n not poker that I am playing...

... naa dhoond kahan hogi meri madhoshi ki intehaa saaqi...
... mukammal hai nasha teri sharaab aur uske shabaab ka...

... whether I am drunk on life or intoxicated on alcohol is immaterial; what's important is that I am high...

cheers to love, luck 'n happiness...



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... khudi ko karr clueless itna ki harr clue ke baad Khuda pareshaan ho deewane se yeh poochhe ki abbe bachchey ki jaan lega kya... or something to that effect...

... my eyes always gimme away if ever I masquerade as wise; there's far too much dumbness 'n numbness of 38 years in 'em...



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pur sukuun...

... teri ek aagosh ke sadke ab itna sukuun hai dilbar...
... itminaan se jeeta hoon; aur sabr se milegi qabr...

... the barren is fertile again, drenched in the miracle mist...
... the eternal salvation amidst a bountiful harvest of bliss...
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Am rejoicing India's win; yet wonder why we, the Indians, aren't gracious in losses 'n humble in victory; why every lost match means unending choicest abuses hurled at our players 'n every win an authority to extend same abuses on the losing opponents...

"IF"... ~Rudyard Kipling~

If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you,
If you can trust yourself when all men doubt you
But make allowance for their doubting too,
If you can wait and not be tired by waiting,
Or being lied about, don't deal in lies,
Or being hated, don't give way to hating,
And yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise:

If you can dream–and not make dreams your master,
If you can think–and not make thoughts your aim;
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster
And treat those two impostors just the same;
If you can bear to hear the truth you've spoken
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools,
Or watch the things you gave your life to, broken,
And stoop and build 'em up with worn-out tools:

If you can make one heap of all your winnings
And risk it all on one turn of pitch-and-toss,
And lose, and start again at your beginnings
And never breath a word about your loss;
If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew
To serve your turn long after they are gone,
And so hold on when there is nothing in you
Except the Will which says to them: "Hold on!"

If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue,
Or walk with kings–nor lose the common touch,
If neither foes nor loving friends can hurt you;
If all men count with you, but none too much,
If you can fill the unforgiving minute
With sixty seconds' worth of distance run,
Yours is the Earth and everything that's in it,
And–which is more–you'll be a Man, my son!

~Rudyard Kipling~
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10 things to learn from Japanese...

1. THE CALM

Not a single visual of chest-beating or wild grief. Sorrow itself has been elevated.

 

2. THE DIGNITY

Disciplined queues for water and groceries. Not a rough word or a crude gesture.

 

3. THE ABILITY

The incredible architects, for instance. Buildings swayed but didn't fall.

 

4. THE GRACE

People bought only what they needed for the present, so everybody could get something.

 

5. THE ORDER

No looting in shops. No honking and no overtaking on the roads. Just understanding.

 

6. THE SACRIFICE

Fifty workers stayed back to pump sea water in the N-reactors. How will they ever be repaid?

 

7. THE TENDERNESS

Restaurants cut prices. An unguarded ATM is left alone. The strong cared for the weak.

 

8. THE TRAINING

The old and the children, everyone knew exactly what to do. And they did just that.

 

9. THE MEDIA

They showed magnificent restraint in the bulletins. No silly reporters. Only calm reportage.

 

10. THE CONSCIENCE

When the power went off in a store, people put things back on the shelves and left quietly.
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If ever insanity becomes a virtue, I will be a pious man; alas, but it would also be an epitome of delusion...

... err... am I bad influence or am I bad influence... I joined alcoholic anonymous 'n now it's called drunkard's bar...


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I want my epitaph to read... “Flee; He's more alive than ya'd ever be... ”

... that's the beauty of an abyss... when it's nothingness get's filled, nothing et all remains amiss...


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I am what I am...

... apne sabr ka imtehaan bade besabr ho ke deta hoon...
... betahaashaa hasna bhi hai mujhe behisaab rone ke baad...

I slip
I try
I falter
I fly
I laugh
I cry
I believe
I lie

have just one life to rise 'n to fall...
am in a hurry to experience it all...


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Salvation...

... gar kare woh aashanaa bhi tum se aashanaaii kahin...
... naseeb-e-jannat ka khawab hota hai mukammal yahin...

... There's no greater salvation than being loved back by the one ya love...



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The cog of my impertinent being is as much drowned in infinite unanswered questions as it is floating in an eternal rainbow painted out of imperfect grays...

... hawaa se aashiqi kar baarish se furqat nibhayi hai...
... baadal ki yeh sifat kab sehra ko samajh aayi hai...

... it's not for the deserts to decipher why the clouds went along with the wind but parted ways with the rains...


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<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

... tamashaee puchen gar deewane dil ki dhadkano ka sabab...

... fizaa mein naam tera goonjen, haasil hua kaafir ko mazhab...

<3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3 <3


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mystique... of mystiques...

... ek sarmadi muskuraahat se khizaan mein abr-e-bahaaraan hai chaaya...
... qabr mein asiir rooh pe dubaara hasarat-e-paravaaz ka hausalah aaya...

... an eternal smile is mystically drenching the forever autumns with a magical rain...
... wingless birds are painting skies in terrains; an insanely dead is walking again...

at least judge me at ya'r own comfort if not at ya'r own peril... 'coz the list is infinitely long of all that i have done wrong...

... mere aibon ki feharist beh-intehaa'i daraaz hai...
... thodi saans lo qaazi, pur sukoon se hisaab karna...

Life goes on... 'n so does the mystique...

... ruhani baarish sehra mein, ya kisi kareem ka hai abr-e-karam chaya...
... hayat mein ek insaan ka jaise, khuda banne ka hai phir waqt aaya...

... like the two sides of a coin oblivious of the other, life surprises with both the pain 'n the gain...
... the unsure deserts where the rainbow went amiss, are drenched with an eternal downpour again...

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Random...

... measure the words 'n treasure the relationships; not vice versa...



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The death of eternal... The revival of dead...

... guzra magroor ilaahi ka mukarrar shukar guzar hai...
... bey noor kiya kal, aaj karaya chaand ka deedar hai...

life... the only thing certain about it is the uncertainty... unexpectedly when afflictions from a soulmate can make hell outta heaven... 'n without even the slimmest of expectations, a stranger not so strangely metamorphoses hell into a blissful heaven again...

that's the beauty of life...
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always... 'n forever...

... spouses can divorce...
... lovers may not hold...
... but friends stay friends...
... or so I've been told...

raising a toast for an immaculate bond called friendship... may none 'n nothing separate the friends... pray the comrade is meant to be for always 'n forever, even if always 'n forever aren't meant to be...

cheers guys... have a safe evening ahead... keep smiling, it's precious...
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... friends are the relatives we choose for ourselves; soulmates are the friends that complete us...

... na maalum sharaab ya kisi shabaab ka hai yeh rang aaya...

... gardish mein tha kaafir, phir ibaadat ka ahad-e-tarab aaya...

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... iss qadar khush hoon aaj main apni kaynaat mein...
... murdah hui dhadkane bhi tarannum lag rahi hai...

... blessedly the dead feels too alive...
... indeed, it's another day in paradise...

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... a passionate heart on melting will effortlessly drench even an impenetrable gone stone cold soul...

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... be a lover more than a friend...
... 'n be a friend more than a lover...




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Have an absolutely rocking weekend guys... Live for the moment, celebrate it now 'coz this ain't coming back... Party hard, be safe... Cheers...

... khush hoon, par iss mojezah mein hairat bhi hai shumaar...
... dafn taabut ko nikala toh phir dhadkane sunayi di ek baar...

... Ya'r lucky if life graciously gives ya a second chance...
... Ya'r loki if life gives ya more... 'n infinitely more again...

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Fly high... Amen!!!

~ From the Book "Why walk when you can fly" ~

Once there was a king who received a gift of two magnificent falcons from Arabia. They were peregrine falcons, the most beautiful birds he had ever seen. He gave the precious birds to his head falconer to be trained.

Months passed 'n one day the head falconer informed the king that though one of the falcons was flying majestically, soaring high in the sky, the other bird had not moved from its branch since the day it had arrived.

The king summoned healers and sorcerers from all the land to tend to the falcon, but no one could make the bird fly. He presented the task to the member of his court, but the next day, the king saw through the palace window that the bird had still not moved from its perch.

Having tried everything else, the king thought to himself, "Maybe I need someone more familiar with the countryside to understand the nature of this problem."

So he cried out to his court, "Go and get a farmer."

In the morning, the king was thrilled to see the falcon soaring high above the palace gardens. He said to his court, "Bring me the doer of this miracle."

The court quickly located the farmer, who came and stood before the king. The king asked him, "How did you make the falcon fly?"

With his head bowed, the farmer said to the king, " It was very easy, your highness. I simply cut the branch where the bird was sitting."

We are all made to fly ~ to realize our incredible potential as human beings ~ But instead of doing that, we sit on our branches, clinging to the things that are familiar to us. The possibilities are endless, but for most of us, they remain undiscovered. We conform to the familiar, the comfortable, the mundane. So for the most part, our lives are mediocre instead of exciting, thrilling and fulfilling. So let us learn to destroy the branch of fear we cling to and free ourselves to the glory of flight.

Live as if you were to die tomorrow & learn as if you were to live forever ...
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... the culmination of my journey will be an outcome of not only the roads that I take, but also of those that I let go...

Ya'r lucky if ya'r favorite mirror is actually ya'r soul's reflection...

Ya'r loki if ya'r favorite mirror is actually a glass pane for pain...

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... a passionate heart on melting will effortlessly drench even an impenetrable gone stone cold soul...

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... closure of blind faith is actually an eye opener...

... itni shiddat se chaha ki naa maalum ab...
... gham jaane ka karun ya janoon khone ka...

... unawares what to rue more; losing the soulmate or losing the passion to love...


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Be-sabab ka Sabab...

... beimaan meri aankhon ko kahin naagavaar na guzre mere chehre ki naasaaz haqeeqat...

... imaan se issi aaz ke sadke chehre pe naqaab aur aankhon mein tezaab ko aazmaaya hai...
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... bahut baar lutti aur lutt ke phir bassi hai; jaise dilli nahi, dil ho...

... meri hasarat-e-paravaaz mukammil hone ka meharbaan tu ranj na kar...

... zarraa hue khawab pe yeh toh waqt ki aandhee ne enaayat bakhshi hai...

Ya'r lucky if a stranger is someone ya haven't ever known, never met in the past...

Ya'r loki if a stranger is the one ya have forever known, yet the forever didn't last...

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... deewane ke nakab yahan sayaane libaaso se kuch kam hai...

... na taareef ka ghulam hoon, na mujhe gaali ka gham hai...

... an insane sports infinite masks yet only too few...

... masquerading the sanity, some sane here are too...

... success doesn't rules me 'n failure doesn't deter...

... neither do I seek the praise, nor the abuses can hurt...

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... janaaze mein aaye sayaane mujhe dafnaane ko be-sabr hain...

... itminaan hoga shayad unko ki lo ab deewane ko qaraar aaya...

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... ibtidaa se intehaa talak, bass khud ko dhoondne ka janoon...

... naa main tumhaara dard hoon; naa tum ho mere sakoon...

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