AAJ USHE MILNE AAYA HOON

Kisi ko aaj mudatton ke baad milne aaya hoon..
Jishe kabhi diya tha dil, aaj ushe milne aaya hoon..

hazaron baate he bataane ko, hote bekaar he guftugu ke liye..
jiski sifat karte shayaar bana tha mein, aaj ushe milne aaya hoon..
[guftugu == conversation ; sifat == praise]

nazre jhuk nahi rahe he, dekhne ko ushe aakhen bechain he..
jiski tasweer palkon mein chupaaya tha kabhi, aaj ushe milne aaya hoon..
[ bechain == anxious; palkon == eye lashes ]

bekudi chaa rahi he dil pe, dhadkane bekaraar ho rahe he..
ruuh mein pyaar banaake kabhi rakha tha jishe, aaj ushe milne aaya hoon..
[ ruuh == soul ]

par khuda ke waasute wafa ki baate na karo, bewafaa ban gaya hoon mein..
hum-raaz banke mujhe jisne sawaara he, ushe chodke ishe milne aaya hoon..

Kisi ko aaj mudatton ke baad milne aaya hoon..
jisne hume zindagi banaaya tha, ushe chodke ishe milne aaya hoon..

Kannada Poem : Aatmaa Neenu ee Jeevanake

Well, it has actually been a long time since I wrote a poem a Kannada.. I ventured into writing one recently.. I find writing in Kannada extremely tough and my poor Kannada Language does not help matters much.. Not sure how it came out.. Hopefully it isnt ridiculously bad..

Balaanu belagisalu bandiruva divya-kirana neenu..
Jeevanake hosa chaitanya tandiruva tangaali neenu..
Munjaane neenu, Mussanje neenu, Beladingalu neenu ee jeevanake..
Sakhi, nee illade na eralaaru, atma neenu ee jeevanake..


Jeevanake ramya haadanu haadalu bandiruva koogile neenu..
Baaleege nava kampina sparsha tandiruva gulaabi neenu..
pada gunja neenu, kavite neenu, saaramsha neenu ee jeevanake..
Sakhi, nee illade na eralaaru, atma neenu ee jeevanake..


Jeevanda payanake haadi toralu bandiruva daari-deepa neenu..
Prati vondu hejjegu jothe-goodi saagalu bandiruva sangaati neenu..
kadalu neenu, kadalu teera neenu, ambiga neenu ee jeevanake..
Sakhi, nee illade na eralaaru, atma neenu ee jeevanake..

Cooking and Messing..

Well, first things first. I DONT find cooking boring. Rather I find it a pretty interesting and entertaining past-time. Definitely would be game to learn some interesting preparations :)

But unfortunately, I seem to have this insatiable tenacity to mess up minute and highly unexpected things. And cooking is no exception !

It was perhaps a couple of weeks after we had moved into the apartment. I kept the cooker to boil rice and after sometime, burning smell starting flirting with our smelling senses.

So, I and a couple of my room-mates hustled to kitchen. While I and another room-mate(Sumukh), started removing the cooker, another room-mate,Gokul, as always, holding his "caution" flag, stood a bit(?) far behind us(smart or scared?). After some-time, Sumukh discovered, that I had missed to put water in the cooker.

While it was easy to pass this one as starting woes, today's incident is a bit inexplicable even if we consider the adage "no one is perfect" !

It was couple of minutes after I setup the cooker and steam fizzling out very badly. I called Sumukh and he made me change the arrangement of utensils in cooker.

After some-time, it was deja-vu. The burning smell and three of us entered. Only this time, it was me, Sumukh and another room-mate(Sujith). We observed that no pressure had built up.

While Sujith examined the cooker, Sumukh confirmed that water was there inside this time [I learn from my mistakes and make newer ones :-)]. Then Sujith found out eventually probably after examining for 10 minutes that there nothing much wrong. Except that I had closed the cooker using the lid of some other cooker !!

Hmmm, there is nothing much I could have. Both lids look alike, errrr, actually they dont. The one I, Sujith and Sumukh use[we cook rice separately by applying division of labor], is very clean ;)

Thoda sa pyaar keejiye

This is definitely NOT one of my best ghazals.. Its average and am in no mood to refine it !! Just thought of posting since I might not be posting any more of these crap poems in the near future [yeah, it is for the greater good of society and hindi ;-) ] Probably time for some life at UFL or economics or sports stuffs next time [ new victim !].

Apne dil me basaakar thoda sa pyaar keejiye..

Mohabbat me gale laagake hume ikraar keejiye..

Na kar paayenge wafa, na kar paayenge ishq aur kisi se..

dhoob jaayegi zindagi aapke bina, aake iftiyaar keejiye..

[iftiyaar = support]

Bichde toh milne sadiyon ki doori mitaake aayenge..

Sirf thoda sa intezaar, thoda sa aietbaar keejiye..

[aietbaar = trust]

Aap ke har ek qwaish ko sar-anjaam deenge hum ..

Bas ek baar apne armaanon ko humse izhaar keejiye..

Aapke ek ishaare pe zindagi mitaa deenge..

Bas apne haaton se hume murdaar keejiye..

[murdaar == bloodless]

Apne dil me basaakar thoda sa pyaar keejiye..

Mohabbat me gale laagake hume ikraar keejiye..

Bekudi kya cheez hai !

har pal tadap tadap ke aise jeena kya he..
bin wajah udaas hona, tanhai me rona, kya he..

aatishon se nikle the, sailaabon se ghuzre the..
aaj kahi akele andhere me aasu bahaana kya he..

ek ajeeb si bekaraari, kuch anjaani si bekudi..
jishe samjha tha pattar, ushi dil ka jalna kya he..

sab arzoo chod diye, sab sapne thod diye..
par ek baar pyaar me khone ka tamanna kya he..

ya khuda, marne se pehle bas itna samajna he..
jishe dil diya, uski baahon me marna kya he..

Yaadon ki Baraat, my way ;-)

din bhar har din aap ke saath baate karna yaad he..

ek doosre se khushi aur ghum baantna yaad he..

qwab ho ya haqeeqat, khayaal ho ya arzoo..
har koyi baat ek dujhe ko bataana yaad he..

kehethe he matlabi he sab yaha is duniya me..
hum ek doosre pe  bina soche aietbaar karna yaad he..

hum na jaane kitne toofanon se ghuzare he ab tak..
magar har baar hume aapka saath milna yaad he..

zaroor kahi duur aake ek anjaane mehefil me theyre he..
par zindagi bhar aapse dosti nibhane ka vaada yaad he..

woh hasna, hasaana, rona, rulaana, ruthna, manaana..
ab bhi aapke saath beetha hua har ek lamha yaad he..

din bhar har din aapke saath baate karna yaad he..
ek doosre se khushi aur ghum baantna yaad he..

The Comedy of Errors, my version

Most people who know me would vouch for my knack to goof up things badly. Very recently I created my very own version of Shakespearean Comedy of Errors.

"Whats in the name?" said Shakespeare. Too much in it, learnt I, the hard way !

I have a friend named XYZ for about a year now. She just completed her LLB from NUJS college, Kolkata [shall refer as Kolkata female from now on!!].

About a few months back, I got to know a senior by the same name XYZ studying in University of Florida(in Gainesville) through a common friend [shall refer as Florida female from now on!!]. I just had exchanged a couple of mails querying her a few things about University of Florida in general.

And yeah, both these females are native Bangaloreans.

Just about twenty days back, after my visa interview, I thought of mailing all my friends about the new developments. I intended to inform the Kolkata female but unintentionally had sent the mail to florida female instead of the Kolkata female.

After some time back, I got a reply from her congratulating me and asking me when I would be leaving for gainesvile. I still hadnt realized about my goof up.

I replied back breifing about my plans and asking where she is now [meant Kolkata/Bangalore !]. I got back a reply indicating that she is in Gainesville and that she had come to bangalore a couple of weeks back [Damn, this florida female had come to Bangalore for summer vacations!]. Being stubborn that I am, I still didnt realize that I had goofed up.

I presumed that this Kolkata female has gone to Univ of Florida for her masters and that she had been in bangalore after her LLB. I mailed back asking where she is staying in Gainesville(University of Florida), when did she start her course and many other basic questions.

I didnt get any reply from her for a couple of days. Persistent me, I still didnt realize my goof up! I also pinged her a couple of times in a very informal way when she was online. After that, I left track of it. I also mentioned about this Florida female a couple of times with another friend during some conversation. And yeah, still I didnt realize about my goof up.

Just about a week back, I changed my gtalk settings to "show all contacts". When I browsed through it, to my shock, to my dismay, to my horror, I realized I knew two females with the same name. I then realized how badly I had messed up. I then realized how dumb and imaginative [after-all a cusp with pisces you know!] I am. I then realized how vehemently I had proved some people never change!

Dont I have to agree with these lines very badly ;-)
Taalib ke liye bhi sahi, "mard" khud ko kabhi nahi badalte..
joh apni sifat na sammhal paaye, woh kabhi "mard" nahi kehelaate..
[Taalib : lover ; Sifat : character]