Mine again: Mi n my SMILES

Why did it have to rain? Just why did it have to rain!!!
I so loved the dryness, I so loved the pain!

"In case you run out of your own", I said and gave some to my 'friends'
The remaining got washed away with tears coz I had screwed up both the ends.

Finding their own way, they reached the river
and a child picked up some from the flowing water.
As he was instantly filled with joy and glee,
the rest smiled back and joined the sea.

In the sea they had a lot of fun and chirped with mirth.
While some in 'high spirits' left the mother earth.

Along with clouds they soared high.
They doubled and tripled with joy of flying in sky.
Some soared higher and were lost in the BIG ZERO
For some, it was time to die.

The rest moved towards me showering happiness on their way.
Some kept hiding, and never saw the light of the day.
Only these were my faithful ones
coz they had reserved themselves for me in tons!

A glimpse of me, and they came down with rain!
I welcomed them with my open arms
and my smiles were 'mine again' :) :) :)

Inspiration: The rains of course and FC who enquired about my missing smilies.
cheersssssss guys!

Aata fakta mi aani MBA!!

कसली झोप अन् कसलं काय?!

ही luxury आपल्या नशिबात न्हाय!
MBA नी लावली वाट!

होईन की नाही पास ही शंका दाट!

Accounts आणि Business law च्या पाशात

जणू अशी काही अडकले!!

नेहमी स्वप्न-नागरीत राहणारी मी,

थेट पृथ्वीतलावर आपटले!!!

आता आयुष्यातील सगळी मजाच संपली

MBA करायची हौस चांगलीच फिट्ली!!

'ह्यांच्या' ऐवजी निवडला MBA राव!

आता पुन्हा त्याचं काढू नका नाव!

देवा मला पाव

देवा मला पाव!!!!!

PS: giggles giggles giggles!

:D :D :D

Mi ani "Ootpatang Shayari"

ले कर ले गल !

चाही जो चीज़ें यूँही मिल जातीं, तो क्या बात थी!

उम्मीद की एक किरन, जो अपने साथ थी!

बस उसी के दम पर

शुरू की एक हलचल

सोचा victory तक पोह्चाएन्गे

कई moments historical !

ले कर ले गल !

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पर अपना victorious होना

शायद किसी को मंजूर नही था,

बात जो भी थी, अपना कोई कसूर नही था!

उसपर luck ने किया खूब mock

बन गया अपना ही laughing stock!

हर turning पर मिला सिर्फ़ कपट और छल

coz किस्मत मे थे बस accidents

कभी जानलेवा कभी fatal!

ले कर ले गल !

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अकेले रास्ते पर छोड़ हमे, सब चले गए

सुनहरे दीनो की याद मे, हम तो कविता लिखते रह गए!

टूटे ख्वाब के साथ, उम्मीद की आखरी किरन भी टूट गई!

और कविता की आखरी line भी आते आते रूठ गई!

फिर खुदी को बटोरते हुए हमने खुद ही को समझाया

"enough kidding, now be practical!!"

ले कर ले गल !

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Please note: This is a new genre called "ootpatang shayari". And as the name suggests, its absolutely ootpatang, so any resemblance with any person living or dead is purely co-incidental! So, guys dont think much on it and just enjoy! Cheers!

Mi aani majhi tanhayee

I am so pleased to see him! So finally I have found company! I walk towards him. He stares at me with his big green eyes. Oops! I don't want to scare him away! "Hello!" I try to break the ice. No response. But he raises his head, alarmed now! "You still keeping awake?" I move nearer. Now he gets up on his feet, giving me an intimidating look, his eyes bigger, greener, watching me keenly. I continue towards him as he gets ready to attack me at the slightest movement I make........

An hour ago
Its a cool rainy night. Everybody is sleeping. But I am far from sleepy.Outside my window, I stare into the deep dark night getting darker with every passing moment. The rains are coming down heavily on the tin-shed........I can not sleep! Not one living being in sight. No one to keep awake with me. No one to give me company. "Am I the only one who can not sleep! Koi toh, koi toh jaag raha hoga yar!" .......None I want to disturb.

I put on the radio on my mobile and hope that it would sing me a lullaby.....but much to my disappointment it does,"emotional ataychaar" to me!!! I can not sleep! Irritated, I go to the TV room and surf through all the programmes for about 20 long minutes. Nothing interesting enough to keep me awake and nothing boring enough to make me sleepy! This is not going to work....I CAN NOT SLEEP!!! I start walking back to my room. Perhaps, I should try those sleep-inducing MBA books. But ... No No No! I am not reading them! I may actually start understanding them, if I read now! Dangerous! Very dangerous!!!

Deep into my thoughts, I walk to the window and see that the rain has stopped. Soon I notice a cat sitting right below my window. I quickly name it 'Tom'. Every cat must be Tom. Watching cartoon network excessively as a kid was showing its effect now. I am so pleased to see him! So finally I have found company! I walk towards him. He stares at me with his big green eyes. Oops! I dont want to scare him! I have wastefully tried all other means of recreation, so scaring him away is the last thing I want to do! "Hello", I try to break the ice. No response. But he raises his head, alarmed now! "You still keeping awake?", I move nearer. Now he gets up on his feet, and gives me an intimidating look, his eyes bigger, greener, watching me keenly! I continue towards him as he gets ready to attack me at the slightest movement I make......

"Okay okay, chill dude! Ich bin harmlos! I am not....." I remember a joke and laugh out loud. Surprisingly, Tom gets the message that I am peaceful. Relaxed, he sits down but keeps an eye on me. "Wow! He knows German!", I guess. So I try reading out 'Lernziel Deutsch' to him. But he dosen't seem to be interested. So I put down Lernziel and move my hand towards the MBA book. Then quickly deciding against it, I pick up 'Kuby- The everything on Immunology'. I love Immunology!

Tom opens his eyes as I start reading, "Antibody Dependent Cell-mediated Cytotoxicity" Alert now, Tom is trying to understand ........ so I think. But just 20 mins later I find Tom dozing off! So I sit at the window and start explaining,"Among the cells that can mediate ADCC are Natural Killer cells, Macrophages, Monocytes........" Tom raises his head, gives me a sorry look , and then lowers his head. Like this he bears with me for some time. I continue,"These cells have also shown to secrete Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF).........." At this point, Tom raises his head for the final time, gives a disgusted retort, looks away from me, lowers his head and dozes off!!!
GHOR APMAN!!!!! ...............I better try the MBA book!

PS: Built around a single fact, this is purely a figment of my imagination. This rule applies to all my posts. This particular one is for all those who keep asking me how I am spending my time these days. So I am readng out books to animals, when I am not readin them to myself, or clicking photos, dissecting bird-eggs, watching Roxy (you'll know more on this in my next post), composing ootpatang shayari, playing with my plants,watching Disc or Nat Geo, writing posts, or just sitting in my room lost in thoughts!!! Phew! Guys, I am very busy!!

Mi ani Kutrophobia

Babies and dogs, I always felt, looked at me with an inexplicable curiosity; as if they knew me. And however hard I tried, I just could not make them shift their gazes away from me. Some babies were pretty easy to handle though. I smiled at them and they invariably returned my smile with their cutest giggles. But with dogs!!! I was never sure if it was a giggle, a smile or just a hostile growwwl!!!

Over the years the hostility in their growls became more prominently visible and with that my 'Kutrophobia' became increasingly irreversible!

My first terrible encounter with a dog!
Situation : Pa and me (aged 5) are trying to locate the residence of one of his old friends, who also happens to be a corporator.

Bored with the quest, Pa stops an ol' grampa and asks,"Corporator XYZ cha patta sangu shakta ka please?", handing over a chit to him. Aajoba looks at us surprised. Surprised, because he is oblivious of the fact that a corporator lives in the same locality as him. (One could comprehend his surprise looking at the 'haalat' of the roads and the garbage that was littered all over) But he tries to help, reading the address on the chit. Just then a young boy who is playing cricket with his friends comes up to help and says hinting ,"Aajoba, Rex Rex!"
Instantly, the expression of surprise on Aajoba's face starts fading away and he says,"Rex kade jaycha aahe ka tula, adhi ka nahi sangitlas?" and I think," Ghya! Corporator peksha, tyancha kutra aahe jasta famous!"

He explains the address to Pa, who thanks him with a smile. Aajoba smiles back and we move ahead. I turn to look back at Aajoba and see that the smile on his face has again been replaced by surprise. This time, however, I cannot comprehend the surprise on his face and the wheels of rationality in my mind start rotating churning out reasons only to make me uneasy with fear!

We finally reach their house. There is an eerie silence all around which is broken only by the sound of the doorbell. Something makes me think that it is 'toofan ke pehla ka sannataa'!. And my thinking is soon vindicated as the door opens and I see uncle XYZ welcoming us inside with their huge Alsatian standing beside him! Rex!!!!!!!!!!!

I am totally freaked out! I am standing behind Pa with frozen feet, pulling at his shirt and pleading him to take me back home. Nothing that unc XYZ says, eases my tears and I just plainly refuse to go in. Ultimately, unc grabs Rex with his chain and starts pulling him inside the house. Rex sounds pretty irked and is obviously not happy with his visitors. He expresses it by barking at the top of his voice and I experience somehitng like an earthquake as the whole building shudders!!!...........

An hour has passed. We are comfortably seated in their living room. Rex's barks have now subsided."Jhopun gela asel", I think. Pa and unc are chatting and I am amusing myself with a pair of parrots kept in a cage near the window. I can reckon that Pa is getting hell bored with the conversation, given that in the past 5 mins he has called out to me twice,"Kaay Gunjan tai, chalaycha ka aata?" But I do not respond at all. I am too occupied with the parrots and I am having a very nice time feeding them with chillies. I even start thinking of names for them. "Zai and Zui are such obsolete and gavthi names. Such exotic birds that they are, should have names like Rosanne and may be Rhea.", I think. "The parrots are more interesting and a much better company than unc XYZ", I chuckle to myself and bend down to pick up the chillies fallen on the floor. I am still bending as I inadvertently glance beyond my two tiny feet and see four more feet standing right behind me! Na! they are not Pa and unc's. But, to my horror, they are Rex's!!!

Some wicked devil has set him free without even having the courtesy of warning me! I turn around and there is only an eyeball to eyeball distance between me and Rex! Rex is not barking or even growling, but sniffing at me and I stand there petrified with terror. Unc XYZ is still boring my dad;"Aata systemach asa aahe, tyaalaa kon kaay kari?" And Rex is now giving me the most ferocious look as I wail,"Baabaaa ghariiiiiii!!"


Note: Thanks to this and many such incidences that I am a total Kutrophobic by now. Your experiences or views over Kutrophobia are most welcome. However, all those who do comment are requested to introduce themselves as either Kutrophobic or Kutrophillic. I hope you enjoyed reading. Cheerssssssss

Apghati valan: Mi MBA ani lagna

मी MBA आणि लग्न

शिक्षण संपले आता हिचे लग्न टाकावे करून
आई-बाबांची अशी कुजबुज कानावर आली
नाही नाही आधी MBA टाकावे उरकून
लागलीच अशी मी घोषणा केली.

आणि तशी आमची तयारी जोमाने सुरू झाली
Oxford dictionary ती पूर्ण कोळून प्यालि
Maths चे कोणतेही problem सोडवायचे राहीले नाही
बाबांची अभ्यासाची कुरकुर मात्र कधीच थांबली नाही

Illogical reasoning सोडवताना lose व्हायचा माझा temper
त्यावर बाबांचा comment, " काही नाही, आले आहे तुला examination fever"
Visual reasoning कसलं, होता डोळ्यांसोबत जिवाला ही त्रास
त्यावर आईचा taunt, " आधीच उल्हास त्यातून फाल्गुन मास!"

शेवटी काय होतं या पोरीचं ह्या विचाराने
आई-बाबांच्या चेहृयावर होते expression perplexed
आणि इथे माझ्या अती हुशार मित्रांमुळे
येत होते मला inferiority complex!

म्हणता म्हणता entrance date जवळ आली
राडता पडता exam ही झाली
लवकरच results चे काळे ढग आले दाटून
आणि चांगले marks मिळाल्यावर आई-बाबांना ही हायसे गेले वाटून!

मग काय, नागपूर पुष्कळ पाहिले आता थेट पुणे गाठायचे
आणि सगळ्यांच्या नाकावर टिचवून आपण नगपुरी पुणेकर व्हायचे
ह्या विचारने पुण्याची गाडी पकडून निघाली आमची स्वारी
पण तिथे पोहचून झाले confusion लैच भारी!

ह्याने इथून तर त्याने तिथून MBA केले आहे
आणि इथली placement अशी आणि तिथली तशीच आहे
असे धक्के खात झटके झेलत गाडीचं engine पुढे सरकत होतं
आणि decision कसलं confusion अधिकच वाढत होतं

मग एक काका मदतीला आले, म्हणाले lets look into the matter deeper
आणि आम्ही discuss केले MBA over the dinner

ते बोलू लागले-
"आमच्या मेहुण्याच्या चुलत बहिणीच्या सख्या दीरने
अमुक insti तून MBA केले आहे,
placement ही चांगली आहे, पुढे अमेरिकेचाही chance आहे
मुलगा चांगला आहे, उंची 6 फूट आहे!"

गाडी आता अपघाती वळणावर आली आहे, हे मला कळले
आणि मी पीत असलेले veg clear soup सुद्धा माझा घशात अडकले!!

पुढे अपघात झालाच-
" मुलगा लाखात एक आहे, जास्तं विचार करू नका
असे स्थळ पुन्हा सांगून येणार नाही, यंदा बार उडवून टाका!
घराणे पण चांगले आहे, मी सांगतो तुम्हाला पटेल
गोरा गोम्टा जावई कोल्हटकरांचा शोभून दिसेल!!"

पुढे आई-बाबांनीही समजावले-
"मुलगा आहे चांगला, तुमचा जोडा आहे perfect
लग्न की MBA? आता तूच करायचे आहे select!"

शेवटी माझाच हातात माझे भाग्य होते
आणि सर्वांना चटकन उत्तर देणे हेच योग्य होते
म्हणून पुष्कळ झाले आता सरळ लावू निशाणा
अशा निर्धाराने घेतला मी हा उखाणा -

लग्न असो वा success
celebrate करण्यासाठी खातात सगळे पेढा
MBA रावांचं नाव घेते
आता जीव माझा सोडा!!!