Strings of Life

Riya could never be alone
her mind could never rest
thoughts kept serenading
her tiny fragile mind

she always smiled, her best weapon
she had never shown her tears
he had taught her to be strong
and he is the center of her world

his sweet talks would amuse her
his broad shoulders, her only support
she would keep retelling his stories
to her only companion, her brown diary

she would dance and sway
to the tunes of his songs
he would laugh and rejoice
and whisper lullabies in her ears

she would adorn and wait patiently
every day by the door
he would rush back home with a rose
to see the smile on her face

many years went by
and their love grew strong
somewhere in the corner of her heart
she knew she was soon going to miss him.


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Ajay could never sleep
without a tear in his eyes
always thinking about her
and her lovely little ways

he wanted to do so much for her
color her world and fill her with love
he could sing and laugh to see her smile
he knew he would never be the same again

he would rush back home
with a rose in his hand
to see her smile that
lights up his world

he wanted to hold her tight
and protect her from the world
he would go to the ends
to see her live by

he now wants her back
from the clutches of AIDS
he could never live alone
and be the father of a dead.


Gist of the poem: The heart-wrenching realities of AIDS affected and infected victims. A father growing his motherless daughter and fighting to keep her happy until her last breath. His 10-year old daughter, an AIDS victim, has nothing in her world but for her father and the disease which has sealed her fate.

Note: Sadly, unlike the divine love shared between the father and his daughter here, realities have bitter stories to tell. Thousands of children are abandoned in the streets after being diagnosed with AIDS. Who are to be blamed? What wrong have they committed? The answers are bleak. This is a small dedication to all the AIDS affected children in the world who long for only one thing - your love. Your time and love can make a world of difference to them, at least as long as they live.

Con-FUSED!

After years of research, yours truly has come up with some stunning facts about the inane human race and their behaviours. This piece of work would prove highly important and easily relatable for the common man who would otherwise think humans are actually intelligent!

Below given are some terms and their definitions that can give you a clear picture of the true state of a simple innocent man.

1. Mental block – A point of mute submission to mind’s silence when you try to think about something and that something never comes anywhere close to your mind.
2. Inertia – A state of being when there is sh** loads of work to do but you remain biting your nails, scratching your head or withdraw into a state of mental block (refer point no. 2 for the meaning).
3. Procrastination – An act of putting ‘it’ over for the next day/hour so that you can continue doing the above two.
4. Diligence – Moments of acute attentiveness when your colleague borrows your pen to sign an ‘important’ document and your eyes stay glued till it finds its place back into the pen holder.
5. Hard work – The effort put in every single hour which fetches you extra food coupons by the end of the month.
6. Appraisal – An eyewash in the form of currency to cover up for the losses incurred by you.
7. Lunch break – The only time of the day when you can sincerely work hard (refer point no. 6) to earn the rewards in the form of kilograms.
8. Tea break – Additional free minutes served with a cup of hot coffee/tea to bring you back to reality.
9. Writer’s block – A ‘writer’ who cannot but convince himself that he is suffering from an ailment that nobody but himself can cure it after hours, days or even months of mind probing to pen down something that he thinks is worth a read.
10. Meetings – An ‘official’ get-together where one gets to speak and the others are automatically tuned to snooze mode.
11. Targets – A deadly combo of running short of time coupled with your girlfriend/boyfriend waiting at the theatre with movie tickets.
12. Salary slip – A printed proof of your joblessness at office.

Writer’s note: Readers are requested to regard the terms and their definitions on a lighter vein. Applying it in your daily life (quoting point no. 7 and 10) could lead to serious repercussions. ;-) The writer holds no responsibility for the same. ;-)

Good. Better. BEST.

Am back... and with a bang, after a long struggle! Yes, the old me is fading off and a new person is being born in me, well quite literally! To all those who are wondering what's happening, here's the fag end of my bachelorette life. Yes, the guesses are right (i mean what more could it mean other than that!!). i'm engaged to be married next month! :)

Though there has been enough chaos and confusion over the past coupla weeks, the wait is finally over, and worth it too. I AM getting married and to the person i love. Yeah, it hurts at times to think of how my past was... i wouldn't say it was bitter, but the word that best fits would be a "learning experience" or rather "an experience which taught me several things in life". Anyways... things pass, and so has this. Now i'm really looking forward to make a 'family' of my own - i had dreamt of it for so many years, now the idea seems to be taking form, in fact it is taking up a form and i'm really happy about it. For those who really know what struggle it is for a woman to come to this point and feel elated, they'd really know what i mean! It's a phase i believe! It's all clearing up and i'm so very much looking forward to my wedding day. It's going to be one hell of a trip... my journey towards a married life. I'm celebrating it all by myself and with my would-be. I'm having all kinds of feelings now, mixed feelings as they call it, i suppose. It's funny at times and sometimes scary too but nevertheless i guess its all worth it. So here i am trying to evolve myself from the ashes to finer things in life. Congratulations to me! Wishing me a happy married life!

Note: This would most probably be my last blog before i get married. The rest that follows, if it does, would be after my marriage. So here i am my friends, the last part of me. Ciao!