My Wishes..........Bucket List as you may call it

My wishes in life....
some of them are still waiting for me...

1. I want to play Video Games ( not the computer games) e.g PS II or X-Box.

    Ever since I found friends playing for hours I wanted to have my hand on that. I was not that insane for it but just wanted it. I wasn’t provided with that money so as to play for hours because playing was considered as bad as sin. It was this deprival which increased my appetite for gaming. Papa and mummy’s salary clubbed together was enormous. At that time the cost were around 500 Bucks or so. It could have taken a drop from that ocean for video game.

2. Sky Diving.

I have fear of heights. A classic example is giant wheel. It is this fear which makes me feel week in knees. So why not to take on those fears straightway. There’s the genesis of this wish.

3. Swimming

I have fear of Water. I can still remember first time it happened: I had been on a school trip to Totladoh. It’s a dam near Nagpur. I saw this whole ocean of water and I was about to faint. I don’t want to have that feeling again.



4. Play Basketball.

Basketball may look boring from outside of the court. But when you enter the court and start sweating, fun grows exponentially. It’s all about pace and delicacy. I love it very much.

5. Drumming

I am little bit idiotic some times. Actually many times. I have gone with the crowd against the wish. I do listen to rock music. It has guitar and drums. Now whole world is fan of guitar because of glamour around it. Moreover, girls like guitar playing boys. This has also strategically added guitarists to the earth. Now coming back to being idiotic; I have a real love for drumming. Ekdum asli wala. On the contrary I do like playing guitar but not as deeply as drumming. So I will pursue henceforth.



6. Play Hockey

The Hockey’s our national sport. And I really loved it very much. Love got even deeper with the release of ‘Chak De India’.



7. Own a DSLR Camera

I feel I have natural instinct of a photographer. I keenly observe photography and direction while watching a movie. I will shortly buy a point and shoot camera. Then thereafter when I feel that got well versed with photography, next step will be DSLR.



8. Roam India & Europe

This is giving me sweet dreams in nights. Ever since I read ‘Simply Fly’ by Captain Gopinath, I can’t wait to go on a trip to roam country. Our country is very beautiful. It has colour of every type. Every emotion, every season, every state has its peculiar colour. I want to explore them all. I want to feel their warmth. I want to get bathed in its essence. After my trip of ‘The Bharat’ next step will be Europe.



9. Own a RX 100, Yamaha

It is no special bike or a super bike. Only thing pulls me towards it is its mammoth sound which it makes while driving. Moreover its pick is also superb.



10. Slow Dance with my girl

I am a little senti. Not too much. But, yes, I am. So it will fill great color in romance by dancing this way. It’s little nerdy to think this way but truth be told. I am short of words to explain this wish of mine.

7 Khoon Maaf review

Anand, Jagdish, Baldev and myself went together for the ‘7 Khoon Maaf’.

My first reaction was “what a slow but awesome movie was that!”  Yet, there were some of us who found the movie as boring as any Bhojpuri movie flooding theatres these days. Such guys like only ‘ha ha ha ha’ kind of movies were you have to just laugh voluntarily even if it’s not a comedy scene. I don’t like such movies.

Undoubtedly not only the script but also the acting from Priyanka Chopra, Irrfan Khan, Niel Nitin Mukesh and others are the strengths of the movie. Overall it is a complete package for the true and sensible movie lovers.

Some important attributes of ‘7KM’:

Most important was the acting from Priyanka Chopra. She has evolved as a class actress in this movie. We witnessed it before only in Fashion. I guess she’s gonno be a strong contender for best actress award this year.

The direction by Vishal Bharadwaj was good but not the best. The movie was a bit slower which gained the pace only in the ending. But the end was superb and classic. The Jesus plot that was created reminded me  Pyaasa (1957) directed by Guru Dutt. This was the best part of the movie which I liked

The script is written by Ruskin Bond based on his novel ‘Susanna's Seven Husbands’. Susanna is a girl who is in search of true love, a person who will love her for ever but every time she thinks she has got  it, because of her evil fate destiny refuses to say so! This goes on six times ending in brutal murder of her husbands by her. In the end she finds that everything is worthless. There after she goes in the aegis of Jesus Christ and becomes a Nun with confession of all her mistakes that she did in her life time.

The music by vishal bharadwaj himself  in the movie was relaxing. Almost all the numbers were listenable and according to the need of the story. Especially ‘oh mama’, ‘bekaraan’ and most popular ‘darling’.

This movie is definitely a once more go.

Dance Of Monsoon...

The first drops of rain me caught with care

The provoking freshness in the air

The mesmerising breeze passing through the hair

The intoxicating scent of soil in atmosphere

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Plant reincarnate with the call

Birds celebrate beyond the limit wall

Rivers hitting hard at the waterfall

And people enjoy the festival with heartiness yet stall

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It feels great to witness

The monsoon and its core essence

I will always be indebted

To you, Mother Nature for the season so beautifully crafted.

KHUDA KE LIYE

Here is the current picture of the so called and heavily hyped Indian secular society. I brings immense embarrassment and pain to write but the truth be told. I was glad that being born in a broad and open minded India. Well in my part of India, Nagpur in the state of Maharashtra the picture is greener. There are some grudges amongst the society , although, but quantitatively it is minimal. But when scenario is pan Indian, picture is quite dark. The 'Old Horses' are not ready to accept the new ideas.

India is acclaimed to be a nation of youth. It is disguised argument. It is a nation which numerically has higher percentage of youth than the old horses. Naturally majority wins and hence it is obvious to think that youth leads everywhere. The reality is harsh. In day to day life it is being tortured irrespective of the reasons. Let us live freely where we have the liberty to take our decisions. But at the same time we are open to advices by elders but not to the extent of interventions.

One of my friends from the state of Uttar Pradesh in the company is Sonu. He has his school friend as better half. The marriage is scheduled somewhere at the end of this year. He belongs to the Chitpaavan Brahmin of the society (which he didn’t know until now). The problem started with the marriage proposal. The girl belongs to the lower side of the social stratum, a Kayasth. Kayasths come may be at 2^nd or 3^rd level of a four level caste structure of  Hindu society. She is truly a beautiful girl and he is very lucky to have her in his life.

Bride’s parents agreed to her wishes, being open minded. The groom’s parents are somewhat open minded too. They eventually agreed to his cute demand, him being youngest of all. The problem haunted when the old horses-his relatives started showing resistance to his family. How awful! They are being terrorised of a community boycott. Now his parents ask what they should do. Fulfil his wishes or the face boycott.

I ask for pity and mercy to those old horses. Let us live freely with our own values and rules. KHUDA KE LIYE let us live our lives.

लो पीछे छोड़ आया में

लो पीछे छोड़ आया में, 

उन  समस्याओ  को

लो पीछे छोड़ आया में,

उन  परेशानियों  को 

लो पीछे छोड़ आया में,

उन  अपेक्षाओ को 

लो पीछे छोड़ आया में,

भूतकाल एवं भविष्य की चिन्ताओ को 

 

कुछ दिन जीना है मुझे,

कुछ  दिन  खुशीसे जाम पीना है मुझे 

ना रोकना ए यारो मेरी तम्मनाओ को, 

बड़ी मुश्किल से परो को खोला है इन्होंने

 

तुम्हारे साथ बीताए इन चंद लम्हों को, 

समेट कर  ले  जाऊंगा 

तुम्हारे साथ बिताई रातो को, 

अंधेरो में दियों की भाति जलाऊंगा

खुदा ना करे कर चमक कम हो गई तुम्हारी, 

तब जुगनुओ  की तरह दीपक बन जाऊंगा 

BESTEST DREAM.....

The decision of going on terrace was very much successful and all of us enjoyed. After all, when we can bear our skin bitten by mosquitoes after drinking then the flowing sweet air was no less than a paradise, and indeed romantic.

The best part of it was not sleeping on the terrace although. Neither were the cigarettes enjoyed with ashish/arun. The best part came after a very beautifully calm sleep.

I somehow woke up at around 6 am in the morning. That was perhaps because of the warmth of  soft sunlight. Leave it. So to complete my uncompleted mission: S.L.E.E.P. I went ahead and took nap. But in the middle of the sleep I had a very very beautiful dream.

Anandbhau had me speaking like a parrot after litres of beer about girls in my life. I actually didn't discuss these things but the liquor did. Though I talked about Guddu and Dr.Ambedkar College girl, in the back of my heart I had sonu (name changed). How absurd but true indeed. I don’t know if my dream’s gonno be personified. Leaving that part is best in my favour.

I had put up a message on her fb wall. That was read by her. But she didn’t reply. I was many times coming face to face with her. But she somehow could not notice. But on that day when I was in the same shop where she was shopping, she took notice. I was full with happiness. No other joy was as enjoyable as this one. Then she asked everything about me like what am I doing here in Mumbai and this and that. "Why didn’t you contact earlier??" A hug...!!!! and I almost died.

I was enjoying every moment of that very ‘can’t happen’ dream. Later on she introduced me to her friends. I got familiar with all of them. And I also got too friendly with her.

She was looking very cute on the day when she invited me to her house. We along with some other guy/girl enjoyed the day fully. Then followed the saddest part-I woke up. Pardon me yar, it was dream only. And thus you don’t have any control on it.Whatever you see or dream are your internal feelings that are coming from the depth of your heart......

You know I have developed a habit. I can recall a song on every situation. Here is the one from Aatif aslam on my most memorable dream.........

Le jaaa tu.. mujheyyy, Khuley aasmaa mein..,

Le jaaa tu.. mujheyyy, Apne jahaan mein..,

Le jaaa tu.. mujheyyy, Kar ke Rihaa tu le jaa.. ab le jaa.. tu le jaa.. mujhey.. le.. jaa….

I Too Had A Love Story...

"Parag, read 'I too had a love story’. I’ll touch your heart" said Sanjay. And being a fond reader that was enough to ignite me. That was it. I caught the bookstore, Crosswords Kandiwali, as soon as possible and bought it. It is a very peculiar thing with the readers that they will buy a book of ten bucks even if it requires you to shell out 100 getting it.

Believe me it really touched my heart coz after the love story by Erich Segal this was the only one which invoked tears i.e. emotions within me. I felt like can I do something to help these guys?

Ravin(der) and Khushi were in love. Thanks to shaadi.com which made them connect. They were made for each other kind of couple and best part was that their families also agreed to the thing. Thus, engagement was just near the horizon. But, as always, there is a turning point in the story without which the novel could not make as novel.

This is the worst part in the story. Your heart gets full of mercy, even if, had you been an emotionless murderer, for that matter Hitler.  Khushi leaves Ravin without thinking of a coming again in his life just before the engagement. Also she was not going to come back either to him or her family. No, not because she don’t want to come back but because she’s no more here in this very world to come back.  She has died.

This story is very romantic of its kind. Indeed, it lacks pace. But that can be pardoned looking at the seriousness of the story. If you are in love or gonna be in love or just wanna be in love, this is the book which you should read.

Price is 100/- and available anywhere across India.

Here is the link for Ravin's website. Go through the reviews.

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