I don't want to be just another person...

I don't want to be just another person, 

who has breathed millions of breaths, but lived none

Instead I want to live my life, 

without worrying about the number of days I see the Sun...

I don't want to be just another person, 

who falls down in such a way that he never gets up again

Instead I want to be the one, 

who rises up with even more confidence...

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who cries and complains

Instead I want to be the one, 

who knows in this there's no gain...

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who puts some work for tomorrow

Instead I want to do it today,

to face new challenges tomorrow…

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who only lives to make money and learn only to be rich

Instead I want to be the one,

who helps someone from falling into a ditch…

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who thinks he is stuck

Instead I want to take it as,

I haven't found something that demands the very best I have to offer...

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who promises to make your dreams come true

Instead I want to pick the pieces of your broken heart,

If your dreams happen to fall through…

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who refuses to try new things

Instead I want to try,

without worrying much about the result…

 

I don't want to be just another person,

who has lost his shine and wants to resign

Instead I want to just smile and shine,

just like a kid at his nine…

The magic of the “magical words” of facebook

What’s the 1st thing that comes to your mind when I say that this is a beautiful pic why don’t you share it with our whole group? Sharing it on Facebook? It’s an amazing piece of art, why don’t you put it on my wall? Surely it’s the fb wall that will strike your mind and not the wall of your room which could also be a possibility. If I say update your status then it’s not necessary that I am talking about the fb update. It’s actually the grave impact of social media on us which has made our thinking unidirectional. The broader prospects of thinking are tapering. 

Words such as update, status, like, wall, poke, post, reply are just linked to the virtual life and its existence in our routine life is fading or probably losing its originality. Social media since past 5 yrs. has evolved as a medium giving young people a new interface to interact and communicate with the world. Social media websites have become ubiquitous. Words commonly used in our daily lives have now become the most important or say “magical words” of social websites and technology has raised the amount of free speech of such words to a newer platform.

There was a time when voting was a term used for electing political parties but now it’s more recurrently used as voting for the best program or movie on a facebook page. The word poke no longer exists with its inventive meaning. If we talk about relationship status then we can’t think beyond committed or single. Social websites have even evaded the concept of calling. Now it’s just a message “online aaja” that says it all and then starts the communication process in the virtual world.

The other day when I was online on facebook I read a friend’s status saying, “I luv fb coz writin on others wall has been my hobby since I ws 6.” It shows the different ways in which words are now interpreted by people after the evolving of social websites. The scenario has undeniably been altered leaving a profound impact on the daily lives of the people providing them with a newer and wider platform to express.

My learnt lesson!

Marriage; a place to be for people to flaunt on their times, a place for relatives to meet each other and for the bride and groom.

My friends and I happen to come across one such wedding and we felt the sudden urge to be in there, but then the situation described above had no significance in there, meaning we were not known to anyone there, and we wanted to have something that we have never tried b4. 

We entered the place with much anticipation and the fear of being caught but then stars where at our side and we had the fun filled visit to the place, all of us who were, this was the first time for us to reach to grand retreat without any formal invitation and formal dress, but then with passage of time that we have gathered great courage to eat to our hearts content and then leave as pride individuals of having done something that is not wrong.

The more terrible thing that happened with me was the kind of dress I had put on. The floaters (on top of that I had a fight and they broke "ALAS!") but then I saw a few people who were there wearing the same and on top of that I was the one who was exposed to the sponsors of the party and I had nice interaction with them.

It was that day and now when I write this entry I have already visited a few of the parties like this and motivate my leftover friends to go there and visit such parties once in there life time.

When Patience of a 74-Year Old was Tested, He Proceeded to Become the Responsible Son..

Motive of bringing a strong Lokpal into existence was not only to control corruption but to also uproot it from the origin. The nation lost faith in the government ever since all fraud and graft scandals came into light. It further lost faith in its “ability” to choose correct leaders when it realized that the elected people had kept the Bill pending since 1969.

All these elected politicians did, in favor of the nation, was bringing out opposition’s scandals into limelight and criticize. It didn’t get a way away with it. But none of them worked harder on ensuring that the Bill reaches its terminal, to prevent further scandals. They were selfish enough to think that the Bill will throw them off the power. Had they functioned their role earlier, a 74 year old common man wouldn’t have to step into the frame and ensure that his nation is a corruption free economy. Why did half of the population felt the need of stepping into the power to teach Government a lesson that needed to be taught years back? With leaders filling their bank accounts with golds and platinum and refilling their fuel tanks with petrol, they drained the earnings of the common man. They water their plants with branded mineral water but failed to fulfill their promise of upraising slum children with clean and adequate drinking water.

With such miser leaders who couldn’t spend their pocket money worth lakhs but are ready to overspend the hard-earned savings of the population, the nation has been defamed all over the world. The scandals like Bofors, CWG scam, Adarsh Scam, 2G scam etc. have made it impossible for the world to trust India in terms of any monetary matters. With such criticism of “Mother India” somebody had to come forward as her patriotic son who could not only throw away the corrupt, but also ensure that further generations do not get exploited. Despite of cheap revelations of the corrupt leaders, the government is still not ashamed in saying that they will not draft the Bill as per the demand of the people; they’ll draft it in a way it is convenient for them.

Lokpal became a mere joke in Parliament for a period of 43 years, where it was tossed from one table to another, from one party to another, all busy in amending provisions which would save their name in scandals. Yet now, the government has promised to work sincerely and honestly on it. It won’t. All of us know. So it was time for a 74 year old hero to represent public and prove that the nation is not fool to stay silent on their impish carelessness, but is strong enough to sit on a collective fast for merely 10 days and make changes in the Bill, empowered with democracy!  

Drums of heaven

We always complaint about things we don't have and problems we are facing in our life. For us those problems are very serious and are needed to be taken care off as soon as possible. I'll give you my own example to support my previous statement, for me currently my biggest problems are low attendance, assignments, to get new camera lenses, etc and these are very serious problems for me.

But for some people to get food, shelter, cloth , educating their children, etc are biggest challenges in their life.

In front of them my problems is like ant standing in front of an elephant.

I came across one such family near Rajiv Chawk metro station. I was clicking photographs in CP and saw a small boy with a plastic drum hanging around his neck and was playing it with a huge smile. I started clicking his photographs suddenly a lady came and asked me what I was doing. She turned out to be his mother, i explained her that I''m a student and this is what I do.

Ravi with his drum.

I asked her generally about the drum hanging around her son's neck. She replied that he always wear this drum around his neck and takes it everywhere with him.
When I asked that boy the reason behind it he replied that he wants to be a musician and this is the only instrument he has and therefore cannot afford to lose it.
I was stunned by his reply, a boy of around 6 or 7 years old understands the value of things he has.

It is rightly said that we only understand the importance of things when we don't have them.

Love Conquers All

Valentine’s Day is approaching. Most of my committed folks would have already made plans for this day. Girls would be busy, shopping all this weekend and hunting for that ‘red hot’ dress to look sizzling and bootylicious. Similarly, guys would be busy buying a perfect gift for their love and making other plans for V- day. Some of them would even google “the best valentine day gift” and the unsatisfied candidates would opt for other search engines. Well, now it seems that New Media is really advantageous to us.

Love, Life and Assignments ;)

It is an accepted fact that Girls love to be pampered. Hence, guys religiously follow this principle and especially when it’s V-day, things would probably stick to the same pattern. But, as they say ‘Change is must,’ won’t u all like to see it the other way around? I do not know about your opinion but I would love to see that happen. So, girls pull up your socks and follow the below given tips to make this V-day a special one in your life:

•  If your V-day plan includes going out for a movie, make sure you buy the tickets in advance without letting him know.
•  Follow the adage, “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” and make a yummilicious cake all by yourself or any other edible food you are good at making.
• Give him a big surprise or follow a whole series of surprise throughout the day. It may include gifts like his favourite perfume, a handmade card etc.

Girls, give it a whirl and believe me, doing this will give your relationship a boost.

                                                                                    

vice versa

The above written matter has nothing to do with the singles. But, that does not mean V-day does not exist for singles.  It does and it holds special importance in everyone’s life. V-day is associated with love and all singles ought to celebrate the existence of love with their friends and family. Here are some tips you should follow to make this V-day more enjoyable:

• Visit Surajkund mela with your friends. You will find interesting stuff from all over India and our neighbouring nations too.
•  Go for a movie. If you are going to watch ‘Ek mein aur ek tu’ make sure to get the reviews first.
• Girls can go for shopping and guys can opt for games like pool.
•  Make a road trip with friends to a nearby place like Karnal, Murthal, Agra etc.
• Those who do not want to bunk college can go to ‘Hut Shoppe’ a small restaurant in Madangir, which offers good food and an amazing coffee.

There are some other people who are so busy with their job that they do not even remember this day. MBICEM faculty is a concrete example of this. For such people, there are various online gift stores (use of New Media) which offer a variety of gifts, chocolates, greeting cards and bouquets with quick home delivery. So, they can avail this opportunity without hurting their loved ones.

chota-mota LoVe

In a nutshell, on this Valentine’s Day, celebrate love and try to find love all around you because LOVE CONQUERS ALL. 

Dadi's superstition for good life

With this title you all must be thinking that this blog will again tell you that how our grandparents can be conservative or superstitious.

 But I would like to tell you that you will not find any such things infact my grandma is not at all superstitious, she is the one who loves to attend kitty parties, she is the one who encourages me to attend parties , hang out with friends and many a times I ask her about good restaurants in town.

But there are certain things which she follows may be one can call them superstitions but in my   grandma’s eyes those things are discipline of life to lead a good life.

Recently, Star one channel has turned to Life ok and they have come up with some new serials out of which ‘Devo ke Dev mahadev’ a story on lord Shiva and goddess parvati is the best one to watch.

I along with my three sisters watch that that show with my grandma because she keeps on giving additional information about lord Shiva as the reason that she is a pure devotee to lord Shiva.

few days back while watching that serial my younger sister made some joke on the actor who is playing the role of lord Shiva in the serial and suddenly my grandma shouted on my sister although she never say any word to us.

She said “uska mazaak udake tum log bholenath ka hi mazaak uda rehe ho kyunki bana to voh bholenath hi hua hai naa.” By saying that joke we are actually linking it to Lord Shiva.

At that time even I laughed on the situation but after few minutes I realised that her intention was not to scold us, but to tell us that such jokes sometimes becomes our habit to criticise which we should not follow.

In this practical world, where sharing has faded out from people’s mind at this time only My grand ma first offer the very first bite of her chappati to god by putting it in the temple placed in her room.She believes that by doing this god will always bless our family with good health and life.

Whenever I drop even two drops of milk, my grandma teaches me a good lesson, and tells me that for us milk is not any other thing to drink. For us it’s a gift by god and we are lucky that we are getting or we can buy it because there are many people who die to get it.

If we think about superstitions, then there are many and out of them the black cat crossing(kali

billi rasta kat jayegi) is very famous and in today’s time nobody has time to pay attention to them but in them there are certain superstitions which I would like to call them the “facts” that we should follow them because by doing it we actually learn something and it makes no difference to our lives and lastly they are made by our ancestors only so there must be any reasons behind them.