7th Nov

Kis kis tarah se mujhko na ruswa kiya gaya,
Gaiiron ka naam mere lahuu se likhha gaya....
Kyon aaj uska zikr mujhe khhush na kar saka,
Kyon aaj uska naam mera dil dukhha gaya ........

With or Without You ...

Einstein on Gandhi

Translation:
Mahatma Gandhi's life achievement stands unique in political history. He has invented a completely new and humane means for the liberation war of an oppressed country, and practised it with greatest energy and devotion. The moral influence he had on the conciously thinking human being of the entire civilized world will probably be much more lasting than it seems in our time with its overestimation of brutal violent forces. Because lasting will only be the work of such statesmen who wake up and strengthen the moral power of their people through their example and educational works.We may all be happy and grateful that destiny gifted us with such an enlightened contemporary, a role model for the generations to come.

Source: The Hebrew University of Jerusalem


Found dis interesting piece of writing n thought i'd share it wid u guys... Its brilliant how sum1 like Einstein too, cudnt help but marvel at d man i so love n admire.

Bend it like Bindu oye!!!

Hhmmm, so Brazil is outta World Cup 2006. Like a front page pic of a woman in TOI who suffered a stroke when Brazil lost it to France, it seems like a major jerk to most of us. Hehe, Arunab sent in d most heartfelt text sayin 'Everybody, please talk to me in 2010, thank u for ur support, Love - ARUNINHO'... hehehehe. Dats a true Brazilian aficionado for you !!!! I predict a France vs Germany finals nw, like i'v been sayin for ages now, Germany is taking home d cup!
Wat say u guys?

Life and a cuppa coffee !!!

When things in your life seem almost too much to handle, when 24 hours in a day are not enough, remember the mayonnaise jar...and the cup of coffee... A professor stood before his philosophy class and had some items in front of him. When the class began, wordlessly, he picked up a very large and empty mayonnaise jar and proceeded to fill it with golf balls. He then asked the students if the jar was full. They agreed that it was. So the professor then picked up a box of pebbles and poured them into the jar. He shook the jar lightly. The pebbles rolled into the open areas between the golf balls. He then asked the students again if the jar was full. They agreed it was. The professor next picked up a box of sand and poured it into the jar. Of course, the sand filled up everything else. He asked once more if the jar was full. The students responded with a unanimous "yes." The professor then produced two cups of coffee from under the table and poured the entire contents into the jar, effectively filling the empty space between the sand. The students laughed. "Now," said the professor, as the laughter subsided, " I want you to recognize that this jar represents your life. The golf balls are the important things-your God, family, your children, your health, your friends, and your favorite passions-things that if everything else was lost and only they remained, your life would still be full. The pebbles are the other things that matter like your job, your house, and your car. The sand is everything else-the small stuff. "If you put the sand into the jar first," he continued, "there is no room for the pebbles or the golf balls. The same goes for life. If you spend all your time and energy on the small stuff, you will never have room for the things that are important to you. Pay attention to the things that are critical to your happiness. Play with your children. Take time to get medical checkups Take your partner out to dinner. Play another 18. There will always be time to clean the house and fix the disposal." Take care of the golf balls first, the things that really matter. Set your priorities. The rest is just sand. One of the students raised her hand and inquired what the coffee represented. The professor smiled. "I'm glad you asked. It just goes to show you that no matter how full your life may seem, there's always room for a couple of cups of coffee with a friend"

Makes sense, doesnt it people!

Will miss u Ta !

So what if its Valentines ???

Tonight I Can Write
Pablo Neruda (translated by W.S. Merwin)


Tonight I can write the saddest lines.

Write, for example, 'The night is shattered and the blue stars shiver in the distance.'
The night wind revolves in the sky and sings.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
I loved him, and sometimes he loved me too.

Through the nights like this one I held him in my arms.
I kissed him again and again under the endless sky.

He loved me, sometimes I loved him too.
How could one not have loved him great still eyes.

Tonight I can write the saddest lines.
To think that I do not have him. To feel that I have lost him.

To hear the immense night, still more immense without him.
And the verse falls to the soul like dew to the pasture.

What does it matter that my love could not keep him.
The night is shattered and he is not with me.

This is all. In the distance someone is singing. In the distance.
My soul is not satisfied that it has lost him.

My sight searches for him as though to go to him.
My heart looks for him, and he is not with me.

The same night whitening the same trees.
We, of that time, are no longer the same.

I no longer love him, that's certain, but how I loved him.
My voice tried to find the wind to touch him hearing.

Another's. He will be another's. Like my kisses before.
His voice, his bright body. His infinite eyes.

I no longer love him, that's certain, but maybe I love him.
Love is so short, forgetting is so long.

Because through nights like this one I held him in my arms
my soul is not satisfied that it has lost him.

Though this be the last pain that he makes me suffer
and these the last verses that I write for him.



P.S. Pablo Neruda wrote it for HER.
Courtesy: Anoopam (smiles)

8th February!

Thanx everyone for the wishes. And thanx also to those who forgot! ;-)

Aadhar ..... Hats Off !!!

Was a regular day .. evenin a lil shoppin wid mom at one of mah fav stores - Fab India. And then a visit to mah eye specialist - Dr.(Ms.) R. Kulkarni to get Daadi's eye checked after a cataract she had to undergo a cpl of months ago. Now Dr. Kulkarni is dis really warm person to talk to. She'd treated me once for a major eye infection and eva since i'v been kinda fond of her. Daadi's visits for check-ups n all only strengthened d bond me n Dr. Kulkarni share. And dat resulted in a recent conversation where she completely shook mah being.
Dr, Kulkarni started a trust (NGO) for children battling cancer called 'AADHAR' in 1998. I only got to know of it a cpl of months ago though. Aadhar ensures that no child wid cancer remains widout treatment due to lack of funds. More than 25lacs have been raised n spent on d treatment of child cancer patients since the inception of d trust. Its unbelievable how d trust has helped so many children and cured some. I was so moved when Aunty showed me d list of kids who were being treated and who have been cured.
2nd Dec.2005, there was a fund raising event by Nikhil Mawkin and people like Joshua Grant (drummer) who happens to be one d best in Delhi music scene, dat Aadhar put up. Nikhil sang all Elvis no.s so brilliantly.. Everyone saw Elvis come alive. And ofcourse d show turned out a huge success. Hats Off to d trust agn.

Anyways coming back to what really really shook me... dis visit.. i was enquirin how d trust is shaping up n how can i help more.. n stuff like dat .. and then dis one picture of a child in d Aadhar magazine, wid a tumor in his eye sent shivers down mah spine. And i snapped a weird question to aunty askin if at all she sumtimes feels gross or sumthing treatin sumthing like dat and she said initially she did.. now she doesnt. And then some more questions n queries her away dat she answered politely until i asked her why on earth did she think of a trust to help 'cancer patients'? She smiled .. and said 'I am a cancer survivor myself, its been 10 yrs and i still go for check-ups'. .... I cud feel d ground beneath mah feet shake. I jst stood there 'stunned'. Dr. Kulkarni - a cancer survivor ... and wid a thud i landed on d chair and stared at her blank while she jst smiled.
It takes a lot for a doc to confess it to one of her patients. I didnt know how to react to it. I just asked for her permission to leave coz i cudnt believe wat i had jst heard and it was impossible to sit there. I left wid a solemn promise to return and help her wid d cause. And driving back home dat evening seemed like d toughest thing to do wid dat lump in mah throat. And i thought mah life was difficult. Was cursing mah fate for every damn thing dat went wrong wid me. Kept wonderin if life is still worth living?... What a fool i was ... *sigh*

Hats Off Aadhar !!! Hats Off !!!

P.S. If anyone of u is keen on helpin Aadhar in anyway or donating money, plz get in touch wid d trust @ +91-9212034435 or +91-11-25264435. Ask for Dr. R. Kulkarni.