Time Of Your Life



L-R: Yash, Mrinalini, Vinayak, Pancholi, me
Another turning point, 
a fork stuck in the road
time grabs you by the wrist, 
directs you where to go


L-R: Sathe, Bhagat, Coconut, me, Suyash, Dilip, Bongali


countless pictures
Onam sarees and sachertorte
new memories and old ones
with our suits and CVs in place
we've finally growing up, in the true sense


L-R: Me and Consomme Kuriakose
So make the best of this test 
and don't ask why. 



Clowning around :D



high fives and coconut jokes
occasional naps and locker room talk
and the water that no one can get enough of
"poisonous" crepe suzette 
and rare done beef roast
we've eaten it all

L-R: Rewa, Vinayak, Ye-Ye


So take the photographs
 and still frames in your mind



First year :)
wounds are healing
old memories are being brushed away
all because of you
.....merci beaucoup!


L-R: Ye-Ye, Dilip, me

Hang them on a shelf
 in good health and in good time

this needs no caption :) 
I don't know where we'll all be
ten years later
but you, all you awesome guys
will never be forgotten, ever


L-R: Me and Ye-Ye


It's not a question 
but a lesson learned in time




We're adults, chronologically
but not yet in mind
The child in us can't let go
but the adult thinks otherwise

Photo Courtesy: Shrirang Swarge


It's something unpredictable

but in the end it's right.





A small part of us
will still revel in nonsense;
in the happiness of pure gobbledegook
after all, this is a part of who we still are
children at heart


Buffet!!!!


For what it's worth,

it was worth all the while.
I hope you had the time of your life.


For old times' sake :)


(Lyrics: Time Of Your Life by Green Day)




(This is a small something for all the wonderful people in IHM with whom I have spent the past three years. I cannot express this effectively in prose, hence the free verse. Hope the feelings behind this piece are understood. I love all you awesome people!)

random rant, yet again



Kabhi kabhi bahut se masle aise hote hain jo humein kashmakash mein daal dete hain. aise mein kya karein, kya na karein, samajh nahi aata. aur khaas kar jab khud ke ya doosron ke jazbaaton ka mamla ho, toh mushkil aur badh jaati hai.


Jab dil aur dimaag takra jaye, tabhi kya kare? kisi ek ki sune ya donon ko ansuna karke baat hi khatm kar de?


Apne dil ki awaaz suno. zindagi ke baaki shor mein woh aasani se chup kara di jaati hai. par use bolne do, apni baat batane do. agar koi baat aisi ho jismein donon ki takraar ho rahi hai, toh pehle suno. aur phir chuno. chuno, ki us waqt kaun apni jagah zyada sahi hai: dil ya dimaag. chuno, ki us waqt apni khushi zyada mayne rakhti hai ya auron ki.


Aajkal lagta hai jaise zindagi humein doosra mauka de rahi hai, sab kuch bhool jane ka. lekin woh hum nahi lenge. kyonki humne suna hai ki agar kisi aur ka dil todkar hum apni khushi pate hain to woh sahi nahi. aur theek hi toh kaha hai. aakhir kar zindagi ek dukhi dil ka badla humse kaise legi, yeh kaha nahi ja sakta.


isiliye suno. aur phir chuno, sahi raasta kaunsa hai. apni khushiyan kho kar kisi aur ko hi khushiyan kyon na deni pade. iska phal humein ek din zindagi se zaroor milega :)

and I rant again

mere hisse ka aasman
dikhta hai mujhe is chauras khidki se
aur mera apna kehlane wala
woh ek tara hai wahaan
jiski timtim mujhse kehti hai
ki chain se so jao, sab theek hai
koi fikar na karo
lekin mujhe talaash hai
ek jeete jaagte taare ki
....kya tum hi ho wohi?


mere hisse ki baarish
sirf mera chehra hi nahi
meri rooh bhi bhigoti hai
aur main ismein aur apne aansuon mein
farak nahi kar sakti
....kya tum kar sakte ho?


mere hisse ki tooti-phooti yaadein
khandhar ki tarah hai
sookhe patton ki tarah
inhe bhi todkar phenkna chahiye, na?


....lekin patton ke bina ped
ped kehlata nahi
sirf yaadein bachi ho agar
to unke bina jeena
mujhe aata nahi