FIRST NIGHT OUT!!!!

Writing poems for the last couple of months, I was wondering when I would write my next post which would not be a lyrical composition that would not rhyme with each ending line. I was wondering what I would write about as days have come to an end. Should I write about how each one of us would be feeling knowing that we will be going away in different directions after staying together for 4 long years… sharing whatever we want and whatever we like (or don’t like). Would it be appropriate that I would tell about what life at institutes means to all of us?

A void filled me up just as I gave my last exam paper. Everyone felt elated around me knowing the torture of giving exams were over. Mugging up, walking in the corridor of the hostels with someone’s notes and smoke of the cigarettes filling up the rooms and walkway were the normal things during exam time. Well, the one aspect that stands out is the NIGHT OUT thing!!!

Being a normal activity, I hadn’t experienced it my life or rather in these 4 years. Almost seeing everyone waking up the whole night before the exam and trying to remember 40-50 pages of notes, I fathomed how they could manage to write after being awake the whole night. Trying many times to make a night out was one of the hardest things to do for me.

But, but, but…

It happened!!! My first night out and would u believe it…the day on which everything ended, the day on which we were now alumnis. And the thing that helped me in achieving this were the 52 cards. This was also the rarest of rare occasions that I was playing cards. Being a novice also didn’t help me a lot but still I insisted on playing. Minutes ticked by and then hours and suddenly, my stomach told me that it was hungry. Now where would I get something to eat and that too, at 4 in the morning? Luckily the night canteen was still open and 5 of us ate MAGGI.

Eating maggi at 4 o’clock was not the best thing to do but we had no choice. And to our surprise, it was morning. I do not remember when I saw the pleasant morning or the sunrise but it was really beautiful… so peaceful and pleasant that we decided to go for a morning walk. Armed with camera and in our half pants we took a tour of our institute and it was one of the most refreshing walk, i had ever took.The morning breeze caressing our skin and feeling of coolness...ahhhhh.

Morning sunrise...

The morning sunrise... ahh so serene and refreshing... why we see it so rarely??

THE LONE ONE

In the darkness of the night,
Sits a lonely soul,
Full of life,
Full of sorrow.

Wandering through the street lights,
And asking the same question,
Why has this to end?
Can’t this moment freeze for few seconds?

The neon lights with their reply,
As prompt as the eagle can fly,
My friend, everything has a happy beginning,
And a tearful end.

But, an end has a new beginning,
The lone one says,
Just as dusk gives way to dawn,
The cycle of life goes on.

Just then,
The loneliness of the roads speak,
One comes with no-one,
And leaves behind everyone.

With my friends around me,
Why would I think of leaving them now?
Yes, parting gives tears,
But it makes memories much sweeter.

The hot summer wind,
Breezing through the leafless trees,
Inflicting so much pain.
Asks with utter disdain,

Again comes the reply,
My friend, no one is alone,
Even the mighty wind carries sand along,
And sings a melancholy song.

BLISS

Under the moonlit half crescent,
The sky as clean as the spring,
With stars twinkling like diamonds,
Like small eyes gazing.

There, the friends sat,
Up on the roof, under the night sky,
Laughing and enjoying,
With a peg in each hand contemplating.

As time goes by,
The addiction goes up,
Nothing in this world seems real,
With everything in a spell.

Time freezes,
And the moment becomes one to cherish,
With happiness giving way
Ecstasy turns into fantasy.

WHY ME ???

Why am I feeling restless,
Why am I feeling angry,
Why am I feeling tense,
Why there is sudden silence.

Why can’t everyone understand my feelings, my emotions,
Why is it always that I have to give explanations,
Why can’t I do anything on my own,
Why am I feeling alone.

Why a noise keeps humming in my ears,
Why my mind wanders everywhere,
Like a bee for nectar.

What wrong have I done to anyone?
I ask everyone…
Those rich one,
Who think I am of no use.
Those babus who have money and fame,
And can play the blame game.

But to whom will I tell my feelings,
To whom will I start blaming.
I ask,
Every day I ask,
God, I ask u.

I see truck loads of people,
Each one moving like senseless robot creature.
They have someone to talk to,
Someone to care for,
To whom will I talk?
Who will I take care of?

RHYTHM

Rhythm flow of the gushing rivers,
Criss-crossing the beautiful mountain terrains,
Rhythm chirping of the birds,
Fills up the place with their beautiful carols.

There, I lay down,
With nothing in this world to bother me,
Only the sereneness of time,
And beauty in its prime.

My mind wonders through the greenery,
My heart longs for someone special,
I wish, I could be as free as the eagle,
The sky being my dwell.

Just you and me,
Just the film of air between us,
Just the rhythm of our love,
Becoming fusion with each pace.

In the moonlit night,
Rhythm becomes divine,
Blackness of the night engulfs,
And covers up the entire landscape.

Krazywordsmith's Tag!!! My fav 10 Hindi songs...

And finally, after so many days, i have decided to pen down my list of 10 favourite and soulful hindi melodies. There are so many beautiful and meaningful lyrics that it was very hard to choose between them, but here goes the list..

• KABHIE KABHIE MERE DIL MEIN KHAYAL AATA HAI- movie->KABHIE KABHIE - music-> KHAYYAM
• BANHON KE DARMIYAN- movie->KHAMOSHI-music->JATIN-LALIT
• TUJHSE NAARAZ NAHIN ZINDAGI- movie->MASOOM- music-> R.D.BURMAN
• HUM TUM SE NA KUCH KEH PAYE- movie->ZIDDI- music-> SAMEER SEN
• TUM MILE DIL KHILE- movie-> CRIMINAL- music-> M.M.KREEM
• DO DIL MIL RAHE HAIN- movie->PARDES- music-> NADEEM-SHRAVAN
• DIL HOOM HOOM KARE- movie->RUDALI- music-> BHUPEN HAZARIKA
• AE-DIL-E-NADAN- movie-> RAZIA SULTAN -music-> KHAYYAM
• MAA- movie-> TAARE ZAMEEN PAR- music-> SHANKAR, EHSAAN, LOY
• CHOO LENE DO NAZUK HOTON KO- movie-> KAAJAL-music-> RAVI

The list is endless but these are the 10 best that came to my mind...

STILL...

A smile, though, costs nothing,
Still, is often hard to find in a human being.

Sorrow, suffering and everywhere grief,
Still, it’s hard to believe.

Tears roll down from the eyes,
Still, it’s the heart that silently cries.

The heart knows no bounds,
Still, the mind has its way around.

Life is full of uncertainties,
Still, a ray of hope always exists.

The world, sometimes, seems grey,
Still, the colors of life never fade away.

I SEE

Through the glass panes of my window, I see,

In the summer fieriness, labourers,

With heat pricking their figures.

 

Through the glass panes, I see,

The barren lands,

Covered with red volcanic sands.

 

Through the glasses, I see,

Trees, with no leaves,

Posing to be chopped off from the mosses.

 

I see,

Small hills in the rain,

Clouds overlooking the plains,

Through the window, I see the world in its grand.

LOST!!!

Lost in the wilderness of the trees…

Lost in the greeneries of paddy fields…

Lost in the blueness of the skies, the seas…

Lost in the freshness of the morning sea breeze…

Lost in the stillness of the time…

Lost in the dreams of the unknown frontiers of the mind…

Lost as down the sun goes…

Lost in the mysteries of the cosmos…

Lost in the kohl of the eyes…

Lost as each second flies…

Lost in your arms, baby,

Lost in your arms…….

IT'S THAT DAY...

It’s that day of the year
The one in love eagerly longs for,
Cards flying here, there, everywhere…

To be with someone you love,
To be in their arms,
To feel each other’s hearts beat
With a blink of an eyelid.

It’s that day of the year,
When love fills the air,
Caress the strings of each one,
Like a gentle breeze,
And infatuates the secret admirer.

It’s that day of the year,
When heart desires,
When lust gives course,
When romance carves its own way.
For someone to be in the midst of mania,

It’s nice to have someone near

Those DAYS

4 hot seasons of summer gone by…
4 chilling winters gone by…
Sweating out in the hot sun…
Sleeping inside the blanket…
Those days have gone by…

Ragging by the sophomores,
Ragging the freshman,
Drafter in one hand and piles of notes in the other,
Those notes have gone by…

Walking in the rain,
Wetting those black shoes,
3-4 under the same small umbrella,
Trying not to get wet but alas,
Those rains have gone by…

4 friends sharing the same room,
Sharing each other’s secrets,
Sharing those precious moments,
Those moments have gone by…

Going out on a treat,
With someone or other, the ‘bakra’
Eating as if not eaten for an eternity,
Those seconds have gone by…

Sometimes overwhelmed with joy,
Other times sulking with sorrow,
Laughing like a mad person,
Crying like a baby,
Those emotions have gone by…

Listening to those long pathetic lectures…
Those viva sessions, exams…
Thank god,
Those days have gone by…

Eyes..

Eyes-windows of our mind and heart. Beacons that allow us to gaze and understand the things around us-good and bad, love and hate, peace and violence, lust and passion and most importantly emotions. Eyes give us an account of one's body language and attitude.

Though they help us in conveying our feelings, it is sometimes the feelings of the ones you love that really matter the most. BLUE EYES, GREEN EYES, BROWN EYES- all have their unique characteristics. Blue eyes remind you of the blueness of the sky and the sea. Vast emptiness of blue covering the earth-both in space and on the land. Green eyes remind me of the greenery that surrounds us. Both of these being rare, makes us that much more curious towards the concerned person. Brown eyes, the most common available, also have their own charisma.

Girls (nothing against anyone though) have unique ways and techniques to make those eyes all the more special. With all those "kajal" and "mascaras", they beautify their eyes by sitting endlessly in front of the mirror trying to get the perfect result. A beautiful pair of eyes coupled with a thin line of 'kajal' makes me go week in the knees. Those INTOXICATING eyes- feels as if they are going to gobble me up, take me to another world. It's a different world that exists inside those eyes. Full of expectations, full of love, full of romance...

"Nazar hai kajal se dhaki hui

Nasha hai inme bhari hui

Doob jane do hame is nashe main

Kya pata le jayegi yeh hamein kahan"

But sometimes, it really hurts that people having sight cannot see the good things that surround them. Think of the people who do not have the privilege of seeing things, seeing the ones they love, seeing the beautiful earth covered in a green carpet,,,,

Dec 6th-08-A TR8

[THIS BLOG WAS WRITTEN ON 6TH DEC-08 IN ANOTHER BLOG..THIS IS A COPY PASTE OF IT]
Sorry for the longgggggggggggg delay...well,its been a while since my last blog...busy with campus placements and classes as usual...7th semester over and glad that i got not one but 2 jobs-Vedanta Aluminium Ltd and Jindal Stainless Ltd....This sem has been one of the best sems of the 4 years in NIT Rourkela.

Classes & placements going side by side,the only problem was attendance (that too 85%). But that was also taken care off thanks to our Prof. who were really cool and understanding. Can u believe 100% attendance in the classes even if one has attended just 4-5 classes in the whole semester..Hats off to Prof. of Mechanical Engineering Department at NIT ROURKELA...they rock.

The winter vacations have started and to say, this is my last winter vacation i.e of 1 month..well, want to make most of it..and it has started on an unusual note..

Arrived at CUTTACK on 3rd and that too landed at the train station at 4:45 in the morning.Can u believe it? in my 4 years, never has the train left rourkela at the right time and landed at cuttack also at right time and that too at platform number 5...just could not believe my eyes and mind..well,kudos goes to LALU...mum was also shocked to see me arriving so early in the morning.

2 days went by..only soinggg, soinggg, soinggg...and net karinggg (well,this 'ing' thing just crept into my mind)...then came today..saturday...dec-6th, 2008...well the day might not be special to many but it was for me...
going on a tr8 is not a big thing in an engg institute but for me todays tr8 was something special..well that too with a girl..my school friend from nursery...had no contact with her since 8th standard...

To be frank, i have never gone a one on one tr8 with a girl and when she came,i felt really awkward..and i cant tell u how i felt on seeing her after so many years..i didnt know where to start..what to tell..what not to tell...it was like i was searching for words to tell and she was constantly asking me not to be conscious..but here i was..as conscious as ever...not even in my campus interviews have i felt such helplessness...my lips dried up...my mouth just could not talk...it was as if i was just in a desert longing for water...she kept looking at me straight and here i was,looking all around except at her.She was her normal self..i dont know what happened to me at that point?

So,here i was.with a girl (whom i regard as my mirror image in terms of understanding)..searching for the 26 alphabets and in-numerable words that are there in the english dictionary (they never come up at the right time)...she must have felt a little bit bore as i was itself feeling it.But gradually, this feeling passed by and here we were talking about school days...close friends..etc etc.

To say, it was a treat would be an understatement.It was as if i had found something that i had lost years ago.So, a special day, a special TR8 with a "Special Friend"

RS 3817!!!!!

The new year-2009 has arrived and along brings with it new rays of hopes and aspirations. As the year of the Dragon (2008) ends and the Year of Mouse beckons, everyone will be hoping for new luck and changes for good.

Life will be taking a new turn, especially for me and my friends at NIT ROURKELA as we will be entering our 8th sem which will be our last in this institute.Looking back at time, it was as if we had just entered hoping to shape our careers and future and now, we are at the brink of leaving this very place, which has been our abode for the last 4 summers and winters.

The first day of 2009 was rather unusual..mobile phone lines jammed due to heavy congestion..really i was completely fed up as i could not wish my friends and not even the reliable 'sms' was delivered to them and add to that, i stay in a hostel where the signal is simply pathetic..
Registration got over and i started to watch the most watched series here in NIT -PRISON BREAK.The series is in its 4th season now...and to tell you, i have already completed 11 episodes in just 2 days and my head is spinning like a top..it has got a gripping effect on you that doesnt let u take your eyes of.

One thing that i did not do last sem was giving my friends a good Treat on my BDay and also on getting a job and for that i had to listen all sorts of 4 letter words from almost all my friends.So, before coming here, i wanted to be the first one to give a treat in the new year.The day was 2nd of JAN,2009 and we,(12 of us) went to a restaurant-MOKSHA.

On entering it, there were this bunch of girls (3rd year batch) and everyone wanted to have the best seat (you can imagine why??-no hard feelings to anyone) and some had to adjust.2 of my friends went and sat on a table right besides them away from us and i had to call them (useless fellows).As soon as we all settled down, everything got haywire..all round confusion surrounding the menu, everyone ordered and ordered and ordered...even the guy taking the order got confused..The time in between, a photo session started with everyone posing in the weirdest of poses that could be possible on a table-empty plates,full plates,glass of water-nothing was spared. Even the girls sitting in the table were not spared..fotos were taken meticulously but the photographer just could not get a clear shot..bad luck..

And finally the menu arrived and it kept coming. and when it stopped, i knew i was in trouble.but by that time i didn't fathom that it would get out of my budget by so much.Everyone ate up to their neck.It was time for the bill...and what do u know??? RS 3817.The bomb had exploded...

But we managed and it was an evening to remember...especially for me...The time, the moment was priceless..and i want this sem to be priceless..moments that will remain inside me for ever!!!!