Kaash!!

काश मै भी ख्यालों की तरह उड़ पाता,
तो मै भी तुझे सोता हुआ देखने चला आता।
तेरी अंकों मॆं सपनो की तरह आ कर तुझे अपना बनाता।
तेरी ज़िन्दगी मॆं इक उम्मीद की तरह बन कर बस जाता।

तेरी हर ख्वाहिश बन कर तुझे तड़पता।
तेरी सांस बन कर तेरा साथ निभाता।
काश मैं तेरी मुस्कान बन जाता,
हर छोटी बात पर तुझे हंसाता।
तेरे होंटो की नमी बन कर,
तुझे अपनी याद दिलाता।

काश मैं ये सब कर पाता।
कास मैं तुझसे मिल पाता।
काश मैं तेरे गले लग जाता।
काश मैं तेरा हो पाता।।

-अभिनव शर्मा "दीप"

No More A Teenager?

Another year went by, and now I am 20. Even before I realize it I am no more a teenager. Sigh!
It has been just 3 hours since I entered 20 but I already know how much I am gonna miss my teenage days. I don't know why I am feeling like the things are going to change big time for me now (will they?). God knows what's happening in my head, may be because of lack of sleep for past so many days, thanks to my lovely exams which had to fall during my birthday.

Well there are so many memories I will take with me of my teenage years, all the new things I did, all the happiness I got and that one huge loss of my friend which I will regret for all the coming years. All the mistakes I made all the experiences I gained. All the things that I got, all the things that I missed. And most importantly all the friends that I made. From the last 7 years I will take with me the memories which will make me smile, make me laugh, make me cry and make me miss those 7 years. Why does teenage last only for 7 years? By the time we realize the fun of being a teenager we had already lived most of it.
Teenage is known as the years of being irresponsible, I have turned 20 but don't feel like the sense of responsibility will creep into me for yet some more years, though everyone's expectations will. Expectations that I should behave like a grown up, that I should take care of my time at hand, and make a future out of my present. Why can't I be a teenager all my life?

Today is not a very happy day for me, not because I have an exam in next 10 hours (for which I still need to prepare) but this is the first time as far as I remember I am so away from my friends, family and fun. Fuck these exams. This is also my first birthday staying away from family, (last year I was away, but it was a college tour and one of the best tour of my life, and was not like this, staying completely away). I know there are many more birthdays in which I will be away from my parents, but this is the first of that kind, and its not easy to deal with.

I always thought staying away from parents will be fun, no tension, no scoldings, and no Mom running behind me asking me to eat or study. And now when I got all that, I realized, I miss home. Along with no tension, no scoldings came No Fatherly Advice, No Pat on the Back, No Parent's Love (in person), and No Discussing Random things With Shanky. No sharing secrets with Mom, no listen her talking random things, and no HUGS. There are Losses more than Gain. Actually there is no long term gain what-so-ever.

Now if you have read till here, I feel I should confess to you something. Since the time I am staying alone (as paying guest in our family friend's house), I have not been taking care of myself (at all). I don't sleep on time, wake up most of the nights, then sleep the entire day and bunk college. Do nothing productive, skip meals and do utter nonsense all day. I need to improve, if I proceed in this way I know I will deteriorate in some years. Don't tell to Papa, I promise I will improve, was just not able to hand the freedom given.

Well that was about the past few days (months), and now about today, yeah my Birthday. Why am I so gloomy today? I am missing Mummy Papa, Shanky, my Friends. I am missing the fun, where Kesu, Chetan, Umesh and others would come to my house with cake at midnight. I am missing Aditya.
Dad says let the exams go by, do well in them, and you can celebrate after that. But I know it won't be the way it should have been. Will it be? And no I am not a birthday crazy jackass, but I am missing a lot of things this time.

Well I am no more a teenager now, and I should act sensibly. Yet I am here, writing this when I have an exam in some hours and I am yet to prepare.
I guess I will Never Grow Up.
The song by Bryan Adams- 18 till I die is made for me.
I know I am not a teenager but I will always behave like one.

(Happy?) Birthday to Me.

कोशिश करनेवालों की कभी हार नहीं होती

लहरों से डर कर नौका पार नहीं होती १
कोशिश करनेवालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ११
नन्ही चींटी जब दाना लेकर चलती है १
चढ़ती दीवारों पर सौ बार फिसलती है १
मनका विश्वास रगों में साहस भरता है १
चढ़ कर गिरना गिरकर चढ़ना न अखरता है १
मेहनत उसकी बेकार हर बार नहीं होती १
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ११



डुबकियां सिन्धुमें गोताखोर लगता है १
जा जा कर खाली हाथ लौट कर आता है १
मिलते न सहज ही मोती गहरे पानी में १
बढ़ता दूना विश्वाश इसी हैरानी में १
मुट्ठी खाली उसकी हरबार नहीं होती १
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं ११


असफलता एक चुनौती है स्वीकार करो १
क्या कमी रही गयी देखो और सुधार करो १
जबतक न सफल हो नींद चैन को त्यागो तुम १
संघर्षो का मैदान छोड़ मत भागो तुम १
कुछ किये बिना ही जयजयकार नहीं होती १
कोशिश करने वालों की कभी हार नहीं होती ११


-हरिवंश राय बच्चन

Kalyug Ka Satya

Aaye hain, aaye hain, Netaji
Waade naye naye laaye hain.
Aaiye sune inka bhashan.
Hamari samasya ke-
kya kya upaye hain.

Bol uthe Netaji-
"Bhaiye aur Beheno, Pranaam,
Hum hain aapke rajya ke Raja Ram.
Humein jo kehna hai suniye,
Apna Neta humein he chuniye.
Hum jo kehte hain, wahi karte hain,
Chunav hum bas jeetne ke liye ladate hain.

Hum waise Neta nahi, jo waade na nibhaye,
Hum waise Neta nahi, jo satya na dikhaye.
Hum apni janata ko kabhi nahi bhulayenge,
Hum jo kahenge, kar ke dikhlayenge.

Aapne tarah tarah ke Neta dekhe, Neta-
Jo dete hain jhoothe bhashan,
Jo dete hain jhoothe aashwasan.
Jo aapke peeth peeche karte hain choriyan,
Aur aap he ko loot ke-
bharte hain apni tijoriyan.
Jo karte hain, ghotalon pe ghotale,
Karte hain apne kaale muh aur kaale.

Hum naya daur layenge-
Satya ke bal par Rajya chalayenge.
Hum jaati pe, rang pe, na kabhi karenge bhed bhav,
Hum sab par karenge saman sa anyaye,
Aur sabko denge ek se ghaav.

Hum karenge atyachaar, failayenge bhrashtachaar,
Par apne har karm ka hum, karenge garv se prachaar.
Kitno ne kahe hain jhooth-
Kitno ne machayi hai loot.
Par hum kranti layenge-
Jo karenge, pehele batlayenge.
Agar khud makkhan khayenge,
To malai aapko bhi chakhayenge.

Yeh hai kaal ke jaal main, anyaye ka akhara,
Par jeetenge hum-
Kyunki satya hamara bol hai,
Aur satya hamara naara.

Yeh kalyug hai, raaj kaale karmon ka.
Karm to hum badal nahi sakte,
Par keh sakte hain satya apne adharmo ka.

Layenge badlav hum is kalyug main,
Failayenge satya hum is yug main.

Aur hamari janata,
jinse hai humein pyaar.
Jin par aage chal kar,
Humein karna hai atyachaar.

Karte hain aapse nivedan-
Apna vote de humein.
Aur apne rajya ka neta humein chune.
Kyonki baakiyon se hum ache hain,
Isiliye ki pure ke pure hum luchche hain.

Party ka naam SATBOL, aur chinh hamara taara,
Kyun ki satya hamara bol hai, aur satya hamara naara."

-Abhinava Sharma "Deep"

Match No 10.

Match No 10. Kokata Knight Riders vs Rajasthan Royals

This was the best entertainment that you can get in the game of cricket. It because of matches like these that cricket becomes a religion and cricketers the demi-gods.

The people witnessed a blistering knock by Yusuf Pathan (42 off 21) early in the evening to help RR post a total of 150 on board for KKR to chase. The match was well poised after the first half and it was anybody’s game.
Any captain would give his best bowler the ball in the first over to put pressure on the opponent in order to defend a score like this. But the audience witnessed something strange. Shane Warne gave the ball to Yusuf Pathan (Right arm off spin) to open bowling for Rajasthan Royals. And Yusuf didn’t disappoint his captain either. He did exceptionally well to restrict a blaster like Gayle which bowlers of other teams couldn’t. But Gayle is a batsman of his own class, a little room a little width and he launches. And when Gayle launches, he launches big, real big. Gayle scored 41 off 33 balls. When Gayle departed the KKR score had reached 60 off 50 balls.
Hodge walked in but couldn’t deliver and the task was left for Prince of Kolkata Saurav Ganguly, person bruised with all the critics around him, declaring him in-efficient even before he goes to the park. The determination was clear in his eyes the moment he walked in, but Warne’s boys were no less.
Match was slipping out of the hands of KKR. Local boy Yashpal and Saurav had the responsibilities on their shoulders when they required 44 off 25 balls with Munaf Patel bowling his last ball of 3rd over. On strike was Dada. Munaf overran and bowled a no-ball, and Bengal Tiger was quick to pounce on the opportunity and sent the ball sailing over deep square leg for a six. The next ball was a ‘free-hit’ and Ganguly had nothing to fear, he launched into this one too and hit Munaf’s over pitched delivery to a mammoth six over mid off. The last ball of Munaf costed RR a huge deal, giving away 13 runs of 1 delivery. The required run rate drops from 10.71 to 7.75 and gives KKR fans a sigh of relief.
Now KKR required 31 off 24. Warne had only bowled 2 overs, so that means off the remaining 4, Warne can ball 2, he had the choices of Munaf and Kamran Khan each 1 over. Warne took 17th over and did well to beat Yashpal in the firs two deliveries, but Ganguly didn’t let the game slip and hit Warne for a 4 thus milking 8 runs out of his over.
18th over saw another twist, when Warne gave the ball to Ravindra Jadeja. Someone who didn’t ball in the entire game was bowling his first over of the match. A decision that only Warne can take. And Jadeja didn’t disappoint him either and gave just 7 runs off his over. 2 overs remain with 16 to score. Warne had an over and Kamran and Munaf 1 each. It was Shane Warne who bowled the penultimate over of the match, after 4 balls the match had shifted to KKR’s court and they needed just 8 runs off 8 balls when Ganguly walks up to his partner Yashpal and asks him to be extra cautious and not to throw away his wicket, because any new batsman will only increase the risk. And yes, Yashpal did just what he was asked not to, he went to fiddle with a ball way outside offstump and lost his wicket to Warne with easy catch being taken at deep extra cover. Agarkar walks in, luckily for KKR Ganguly had switched sides and he faced the last ball taking a single off it.
Last over 7 needed, Ganguly on strike and Warne gives the ball to the youngest player of his team Kamran Khan who had done pretty well till then, but only time was going to tell who was the real winner. He starts off with a wide way outside off stump. 6 needed off 6. Ganguly takes a single off the next ball and Agarkar does the same. 4 needed off 4 balls, a boundary can do it for KKR and Ganguly is on 46. Is this going on in his mind? 1 boundary and they win the match and he even registers a fifty for himself? A Hero he can become again in the eyes of his fans. Is this what he was thinking? May be. Lets wait and see. Kamran gives the ball in the block hole and Saurav misses it completely, all he could manage to do was hit his bat on the pitch. 4 required of 3 balls.
Kamran pitches the ball on Dada’s legs and Dada tries to flick it down for a boundary but misses it and the ball hits the pad and goes to midwicket, luckily though Ganguly and Agarkar run hard and take a double off leg-by. 2 needed off 2 balls, Ganguly again aims for a four in a ball pitched in his favorite zone outside off but snicks it and is out caught behind. Kamran does it for his captain, Ganguly is out even before he realizes. His thirst for 50 has costed KKR heavily. Ishant Sharma walks in with 2 required off the last ball, Ishant cracks at the full delivery from Kamran and the ball was on its way to the boundary when Shane Warne gives a full stretch dive to stop it. They try to run a 2 but in vain, Ishant gets run out in the attempt and they could only score a single off the last ball. Match is tied with the scores level and the decision would be made by the Super Over.

In super over any one bowler of each team bowls an over and 3 batsmen of the opposite team can bat. Whichever team scores the most off this over wins the match.


First were KKRs to bat. And the batsmen who came out to bat were Gayle to face, McCullum at the non striking end and Saurav in the dug out. Anyway any guesses who would be bowling for Rajasthan Royals? Shane Warne?
No my friends. Warny thought otherwise. According to one of the best bowlers, according to the legend himself, according to Shane Warne, it was Kamran Khan who was perfect for the job and not him. Kamran, the 18 year old, someone who is playing just his 2nd match of IPL is the perfect man to bowl the super over according to Shane Warne. Warne had shown so much trust on his bowler and there was no reason why he shouldn’t deliver. If Warne thinks Kamran can restrict Gayle, then may be he can. KKR’s could manage to score 15 with Gayle getting out in the last ball at sweeper cover.
Rajasthan needs 16 off the super over.
McCullum, KKR captain decides to toss the ball to Ajantha Mendis who according to him is a world class bowler and can restrict the RR batsmen from scoring the required runs, he doesn’t find Ishant Sharma reliable.
And guess whom does Warne sends when he has the likes of South African captain Graeme Smith, Quiney and Mascarenhas. He shows trust on the Indian batsmen, he decides to choose form over experience. The in-form Yusuf Pathan walks in along with Ravindra Jadeja and finishes the match in style by hitting the *world class bowler* Ajantha Mendis for sixes all over the park and the match is over and won by Rajasthan Royals in just 4 balls.

Kolkata Knight Riders and Rajasthan Royals two sides so closely matched yet so different in approach.
Warne not only defeated Kolkata Riders but also humiliated them by making the Indian players do the work for him.
Heavily paid Foreign players looked like kiddos in front of the locals of Warny. Warne showed immense trust on his new comers on his so called in-experienced players and never did they disappoint him.

When the match had started I was supporting KKR. But by the time it ended I became a fan Warne myself. No doubt why he is such a great player, retired yet he has lot of fire within.
And people who think that it’s the foreign players it’s the experience which hold the key have a lot to learn from Warne. Who after this match proved it, that it’s the choice of right man at the right time which will hold the key.

ALL HAIL SHANE WARNE!!

The Man Rules

At last a guy has taken the time to write this all down
Finally , the guys' side of the story.
We always hear "the rules"
From the female side.
Now here are the rules from the male side.

These are our rules!
Please note.. these are all numbered "1 "
ON PURPOSE!

1. Men are NOT mind readers.

1. Learn to work the toilet seat.
You're a big girl. If it's up, put it down.
We need it up, you need it down.
You don't hear us complaining about you leaving it down.

1. Sunday sports It's like the full moon
or the changing of the tides.
Let it be.

1. Crying is blackmail.

1. Ask for what you want.
Let us be clear on this one:
Subtle hints do not work!
Strong hints do not work!
Obvious hints do not work!
Just say it!

1. Yes and No are perfectly acceptable answers to almost every question.

1. Come to us with a problem only if you want help solving it. That's what we do.
Sympathy is what your girlfriends are for.

1. Anything we said 6 months ago is inadmissible in an argument.
In fact, all comments become Null and void after 7 Days.

1. If you think you're fat, you probably are.
Don't ask us.

1. If something we said can be interpreted two ways and one of the ways makes you sad or angry, we meant the other one .

1. You can either ask us to do something
Or tell us how you want it done.
Not both.
If you already know best how to do it, just do it your self.

1. Whenever possible, Please say whatever you have to say during commercials..

1. Christopher Columbus did NOT need directions and neither do we.

1. ALL men see in only 16 colors, like Windows default settings.
Peach, for example, is a fruit, not A color. Pumpkin is also a fruit. We have no idea what mauve is.

1. If it itches, it will be scratched.
We do that.

1. If we ask what is wrong and you say "nothing," We will act like nothing's wrong.
We know you are lying , but it is just not worth the hassle.

1. If you ask a question you don't want an answer to, Expect an answer you don't want to hear.

1. When we have to go somewhere, absolutely anything you wear is fine... Really .

1. Don't ask us what we're thinking about unless you are prepared to discuss such topics as baseball, football, cars
or golf.

1. You have enough clothes.

1. You have too many shoes.

1. I am in shape. Round IS a shape!

1. Thank you for reading this.
Yes, I know, I have to sleep on the couch tonight;


But did you know men really don't mind that? It's like camping.

LOL!

"LOL"
-The story of Abhinav

The Most Complicated character created ever.
The story of the man who learns how to live life when it is about to end. Lol.
This is about the way the life becomes if things don't go your way. It will teach you the mistakes that you are not supposed to make.
The complications present in the book forms the crux of the story, if you think you can understand the book. Go ahead and open it. The Mystery awaits.


LOL's the most complicated book written ever - The Hindu

LOL will make you lose your book reading capabilities - The Telegraph

I couldn't make any sense out of this book. The lead character makes no sense to me what-so-ever -Anita Desai

This book is pretty funny if you can actually understand it - Chetan Bhagat

A complete waste of time and money - The Author