१ साई चौक.....

आज तब्बल ४-५ वर्षांनी P.M.T त चढलो.....तसे ठरवूनच घरून निघालो होतो.

Deccan Bus Stand .....रात्री ९:३५.....खिडकीतून त्या "सकाळ पासून त्रासलेल्या" Conductor कडे बघून ..
मी : काका...अभिनव कॉलेजला जाणारी Bus गेली का हो..??
काका : (व्ह्सकून) बाजूला लागली आहे..!!

मी काही न बोलता...त्या Bus कडे गेलो, आणि मुकाट्याने ...पहिल्याच Seat वर बसलो. Bus तशी रिकामीच होती. २ मिनिटातच Driver आणि पाठोपाठ Conductor आले. Driver ने ती Bus चालू केली आणि २-३ min raise करून ठेवली.

Bomb फुटला.....असाच आवाज येतो ...पहिला Gear टाकल्य़ावर. हळूहळू गाडी काढली Driver ने. मग झाली चालू कसरत. नेहमीसारखच चे Horn सोडून सगळे अवयव वाजत होते. आणि Driver शस्त्र फिरवल्यासारखे ते Steering फिरवत होता.

Conductor : बोला..??
मी : १ साई चौक...
Conductor : १२ रुपये....सुट्टे द्या.
मी : (मनात्) बर झाल तयारी करून निघालो. नाहीतर हुज्जत घालावी लागली असती.

मग्, हळू हळू ती Bus ...Ferguson कडन पुढे ...ज्ञानेश्वर पादूकांना नमस्कार करत ....बालगंधर्व ला भेटुन Corporation ला वळसा घालून शिवाजीनगरला पोचली. तिथे जवळ जवळ १०-१५ लोक चढले...एक मुलगी माझ्या बाजुला बसली. बरी होती...पण मी मात्र "फक्त स्त्रियांसठी" ही पाटी शोधत होतो. पण ...वाचलो ...असे काहिही नव्हते.

करत करत आणखी १५ मिनिटात साई चौकात पोचलो......
खूप आनंदी होतो ...आज बरय़ाच दिवसांनी जुन्या आठवणी जाग्या झाल्या....पण अजूनही P.M.T चे हाल तेच हे बघून तेवढ़ेच दुख्ःही झाले......

कैफियत्....

ऊनके लिये हमने मैखाना छोडा,
और हालेदिल केहने चले,
पर जवाब आया ऊनका ऐसा,
के मुहब्बत छोडने पे मजबूर हो गये!!

जिने के लिये कोई बहाना नही बचा,
तो खुदा से मिलने चले,
पर जब मुडके पिछे देखा,
तब आसू थे उनके पलको तले!!!

दिल को समझाने कोशिश तो की,
पर वो तो बडा नादान है,
प्यार के अलावा कुछ समझता नही,
इसिलीये पुरी दुनिया मे बदनाम है!!!

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प्रश्न पडला आज की कशाला IT त शिरलास,
होत्या नव्हत्या आपल्या Personal आयुष्याला विसरलास,
अचानक आठवले ते रमणीय दिवस,
अचानक आठवले ते रमणीय दिवस,
जेव्हा रात्री २.३० वाजता मित्राचा Phone यायचा,
आणि तू लगेच ती Chocolate Brownie खायला पळायचा,
तेव्हा एकदाही "का" म्हणून नाही विचारलेस,
आजकाल तिला नेहमीच "का" असे विचारतोस,
आधि..आधि रात्र झाल्यावरच गप्पा रंगायच्या,
आज रात्रीची भिती वाटते,
कारण सकाळी जर का ऊशीर झाला,
तर कामाची गर्दी दाटते,
आधि सुट्ट्या घेऊन जगावर राज्य करायचो,
आजकाल Half-Day मागावा लागतो,
आणि माझा वाढदिवस पण.......
Office च्या त्या Cake वरच भागतो,
स्वप्नांमधे राजकुमार बनून हिंडायचो,
आजकाल स्वप्न पडायचे स्वप्न बघतो,
आणि जर का गरज पडलीच,
तर Weekend ला ही कामावर निघतो
होती खूप गोष्टींची आवड,
सुटला सगळ्यांचा सहवास,
या सगळ्यांचे कारण म्हणजे,
आपल्या So called CAREER चा प्रवास........

म्हणूनच ....

प्रश्न पडला आज की कशाला IT त शिरलास,
होत्या नव्हत्या आपल्या Personal आयुष्याला विसरलास......

हव असतं कुणीतरी

हव असतं कुणीतरी
आवाज दिला तर जवळ येणारं,
ह्ळूच मनाला स्पर्श करणारं,
नकळत आनंद देणारं,
आसवांना दूर करणारं,
काही न सांगताही सगळ समजून घेणारं,
न विचारलेल्या प्रश्नांची उत्तर देणार,
दिलेल्या उत्तरांना प्रश्न न विचारणारं,
अलगद कुशीत घेणारं,

हव असतं कुणीतरी ......खरं प्रेम करणारं -- साकेत

A day @ Kamath Resorts....

Date 18-12-2009 ......Time 9:30 PM. A bus stopped infront of Staples...ohh sorry sorry "Calsoft" and someone really EXHAUSTED stepped out. And then there were 38 to follow, absolutely EXHAUSTED.....WHY?????

Same day early morning ...actually it was dawn...I was having some dreamssssss... ahem... and my mobile started crying...

Sushant : (Irritated) Abe Kidhar hai?
Me : Sooo raha hu?
Sushant : 6 baje bulaya tha na HR ne.
Me : Aaj...!!
Sushant : Ha, chal uth aur aja...bus me waise bhi sab so jayenge.
Me : Are yaaar.....8 baje se pehle koi nahi ayega.....so ja.

And I disssssssconnected, tried re-connect to my ahem..... dream. Buuuutttt thoughts kept on buzzing. Should I go..... hmmmmm.....or not.......or should I ......Ohk...lets see whats there in this so called "Trip". I rapidly completed my "Pratahvidhis" and went to office at 7:15 AM. I knew I would be the last one. There was a bus standing infront of our office gate. @ HR department :--Shrikant was taking attendence and Kanchan was calling people. Only 15 enthusiast were present (ROFL, yipppeee I am not the last one). Everybody was joking .."Inti badi bus karne ki kya zarurat hai ....15 log to Tavera me bhi ja sakte hai" :). Finally, bus moved at the count of 38 and 39th stepped-in after Hinjewadi(Sharad Bhat).

There are 39 and so serene...huuffff...!!!!! I tried to make some noise with my pals ...but that was all in VAIN..!!! Blah blah blah blah .....Jayant ...money ...toll....blah blah ...Jayant ....money .....toll. Reached Lonavala and almighty driver realized and confessed that he had no clue where to go from here. But look at the confidence, everything for him was only 25 mins away. Somehow we reached, "Kamath Residency".

Greeting was well....and then we had breakfast (needed...desperately). I was moving around checking things. There was this old commander who was briefing us about our activities for the day. Rock climbing, rappelling, LUNCH, flying fox , shooting. The cadets started showing there mettle, and starting with Kedar, 7 others actually made it. It was a 52 feet wall, and I thought to cover atleast 30 of them. But I gave up only after 15 feet. But quickly I moved to rappel, but again there was pain in the neck ...coz again I had to come down 52 feet with the help of so called trusted ropes but as per commander, if that rope can carry a 5 ton elephant then I was mere little one. Everybody tried there luck for wall-climbing but all completed rappelling with ease. Then we moved towards LUNCH. Flying fox followed shooting.

Sharad and Sampanna rushed with stumps and bat-ball. We decided 2 teams and played 2 matches. I was on a loosing side for both :). I thought this was the best of the trip.

Really...!!!

It was time to move back. I heard a voice ...."Are hee CD ghyayachi ka?" I quickly took part in that and checked CDs as per our requirements(Mithun da, Kishan Kumar and many more great personalities). Somehow, Dipesh bought "Lavanis". I was not aware of that until it was played in the bus. Now the real stuff started. Nilesh stood up and presented his dancing skill. Then our money bank joined in (Jayant). I could not hold myself any longer and joined them and continued the "Chhapari Dance". Physically exhausted, we decided to play everybody's favorite "Antakshari". There was no stopping after that...........till we reached.


Date 18-12-2009 ......Time 9:30 PM. A bus stopped in front of Staples...ohh sorry sorry "Calsoft" and someone really EXHAUSTED stepped out. And then there were 38 to follow, absolutely EXHAUSTED....

The FIRST Impression....

There is this saying, "First Impression is Last Impression", but is it really TRUE..?? Because at first everybody will try to act nice and leave a good impression. And if a person decides about his/her behavior, then that is the biggest mistake. You might say, "First impression is not the last impression but long-lasting impression". Why ?? Because there is always a chance to rectify the "first impression".

Consider an example, there is a new professor in your college with very very dull expressions, you will definitely make a comment that he/she is not good OR may be laugh @ him/her. But have you ever thought why he/she is like that. Another example, if a person is always smiling and like to make friends or will talk like a cartoon for that matter. Does this mean that person is not serious or he do not understand how to behave ? A big "NO" to this thing. These are the ways/perspectives to live your life. Some people are always smiling, some are serious. But if you want to judge a person with its Wrapper then Be Careful. It is true that "Product is only purchased if the PACKET is good", but sometimes it may happen that, product is good but packing was not done properly.

So, just give a second chance to the person for whom you have given your opinion. You may be wrong @ first time. There is always a reason behind the behavior of a person. Also, never take anybody for Granted or never Underestimate anyone for that matter. Because, "Nobody is Perfect and you are nobody". Whatever you think for somebody, may some other person is thinking the same for you.

Always try to understand Heart. If you can't understand then you do not have any right to judge that person........if you understand then you will not judge that person.

Choice is Yours..

I would like to share a story about two people ..."Dream" and other one is "Competition". Competition ....this person is famous today, 70% people are following it. Everywhere there is reference about it.....even a child of 1-2 years have to follow it's principles. On the other hand, Dream ....this fellow is very nice to all human beings.....he listen to all requests and try to fulfill them sooner or later. But, there is a big fight here...tough Dream tries to do to whatever he can to make some wish come true.....Competition jumps in between.....takes charge and changes everything.

When "Competition" is your friend???

This guy is very very fast. He will come to your life and you will be friends with him very soon. He will make you think that......you are "the most" important part of his life and you are in it. You think..HE is your "best friend".

After this, your life changes slowly and you start thinking only about Competition. Initially, he will make you happy...and you start feeling that you are getting everything your were looking for. You don't care or bother about anything and forget about your actual needs. There is a fine line between WANT and NEED...but competition comes and erases that line and try tp convert everything in WANT. We keep increasing our "wants" and competition is always there to fulfil those. But but but....when you get something from someone....the other party also expects same from you and that is the main thing here when your have a friend like "competition". He always WANT a return favor from your side when you get your share. If you do not do so ....its easy for him to look for new friends. When there is a delay in paying EMI to Competition ...all of a sudden everything is moving in a reverse direction for you. You start missing your targets and all shitty things are hitting you. Competition is happy....because he is not short of so called friends and his friends are also pulling your legs............................................................


When "Dream" is your Friend???

This person is very sweet, caring and living for you kind of person. You just give him a hint about your Dream and he tries to bring together all possible powers to fulfill that DREAM. but sometimes it takes time, its not like the other person, who I mentioned above. Here no corruption is involved. Only Hard work. Will Power and Trust. Sometimes you may feel...."Its taking too much time for getting this thing done." But its not like that ....time taken by this person is for your betterment. Wo kehte hai na "Jaldi ka kaam ...Shaitaan ka". Dream take all decisions @ a moderate speed, so that he can understand both sides of coin. Sometimes he will back out, that does not mean everything is lost...there is something for you on other plate.

There is always a big fight between "DREAM" and "COMPETITION". They never understand each other. One is Good and the other is Evil. Their fight will ruin your LIFE. Today, Competition has value because "Time is Money" and people are living in a Fast World. But "Sabra ka FAL mitha hota hai"...people forget that. So, wait for a right opportunity and GRAB that. Also, Keep all your Dreams to yourself until they are not achieved..because....most of your friends have Competition is their Freindlist.

So, choice is yours and choose your FRIEND wisely....

मन

मन कधीच मळक होऊ देऊ नका
मन क्धीच हलक होऊ देऊ नका
मळक मन कधीच टिकत नाही
हलक मन कधीच जिंकत नाही
टिकल्याशिवाय जिंकण कठीण
आणि जिंकल्याशिवाय टिकण कठीण
म्हणुनच ........
मन कधीच मळक होऊ देऊ नका
मन क्धीच हलक होऊ देऊ नका...!!!
मनात काय आहे कुणालाच कळत नाही,
क़धी कळत पण ते वळत नाही
मन कुठे रमेल हे सांगू शकत नाही,
मन कुणात रमेल पाहू शकत नाही
मन कधी हरवलं तर शोधायच कसं,
मन कधी रुसल तर मनवायचं कस

Food For Thought....

Literal meaning of this thing is "food for thought - anything that provides mental stimulus for thinking intellectual nourishment, food
cognitive content, mental object, content - the sum or range of what has been perceived, discovered, or learned
pabulum - insipid intellectual nourishment". But do you really think... our education system provides nourishment to Student's Thoughts?????......may be sometimes in some good institutes in India.

We have a "SQUARE" education system and we are bond to think inside that SQUARE only. If somebody tries to go beyond that, then...most of the people from the society, even from his/her family scold them. Have they ever asked the person, what are his/her dreams and what is he/she trying for. A competitive world has covered everything and this not only happens with schools, colleges or institutes but in organizations too.

Why why why ????....an incident happened with me, when I was in std 5th. I just tried the correct thing but I lost few marks for that so called "MISTAKE" as per my biology teacher. There was a question in bio-exam ...Draw a neat and labeled diagram of "AMOEBA".....and I did that.

"An Amoeba has no definite shape or size because it uses amoebic movement as a form of locomotion" and biology book had Sleeper (footwear) shaped diagram, but I thought that Amoeba has no shape and drew a Circle with all other necessary information. According to my teacher I should have COPIED "Sleeper" as per the book. Does that really matter???? Oh, common ma'am, Amoeba has no shape, but she was firm at her decision that I made a mistake. Bull****..!!!!

Another incident happened with my friend. A brilliant human being and his favorite subject is mathematics. He used to score only in maths and in other subjects.....average. But one day he made a mess of our maths teacher. He dared to ask him 1 IIT problem @ that age....no no .....yup I am serious and that too in 8th class. I can't believe this. But its true.....and my maths teacher scolded him for not being able to concentrated on class study. Why ......?????? because he never had done anything related to IIT problem in his whole life.

And this saga continues, from school to college and then so on.

Why don't we are allowed to think differently apart from books. We are just a bunch people who can do RATTA, but can't understand it. A simple thing, a story of "Shivaji Maharaj" assassinating "Afzalkhan"....and you have been asked to write some lines about it. There are 2 kind of students who explain this ....one actually explains this with his own words and imagination and scene creation and other student.....he just writes what is given there in book. Bingo ......!!!!!!! The 2nd student tops that exam and the first one just gets 50%. What was important here......Shivaji Maharaj killed Afzalkhan.....how??.....that was written by a writer based on facts and history..... but in his own words.

Because of "spoon-feeding", students always ask for notes. Why do they want notes?????? Dude, you have information, gather it and prepare your own. If any teacher try not to spoon-feed, then students form committee and complain about that person who tried to give them chance to learn more and moreover to learn on their own.

Why American and European countries are well ahead than India??????, thinking power and ability to do something new. They tell their students to inspire but not to copy.

So, please try to think out of box...or for that matter think that there is no box. You don't have any limitation, boundary on your most vulnerable and powerful part....your BRAIN. Let it be free and you will see the difference.

And rest....who are in opposition party ...give some respect to what is correct. And try that, no student in India commit suicide and sing "Give me some sunshine and give me some rain, Give me another chance and I wanna grow up once again" before committing it.

PEACE..!!!

"आठवण" ही फक्त घरच्यांचीच येत असते..

१२ वी चा निकाल लागला, सर्व मित्रांची धावपळ चालू झाली...मी पुण्याला जाणार असे ठरले.... मी रुसुन बसलो, बाबांनी जवळ घेतले, आईनी भात भरवला, दादानी माझी आवडती मिठाई आणली, तेव्हा मला कळाले कि मी या जगात काहिही करू शकतो, जर हे तिघे माझ्य़ासोबत असतिल.

जेव्हा "निर्णय" घेणे काय असतं, ह्या बद्दल काहीच समज नव्हती, तेव्हा पुण्याला आलो. ऊच्च शिक्षण सुरू झाले, हळु हळु बाहेर राहण्याची सवय होऊ लागली, नविन मित्र मैत्रिणी झाले, पण फक्त बाहेर राहण्याची सवय.....हे पुरे आहे का???

बघता बघता ७ वर्ष झालीत, आज नोकरी करतोय गेल्या २ वर्षांपासुन, बाबा तर म्हणाले पण "आमचं बाळ आता मोठं झाल आहे..!!"

पण नको वाटतं हे मोठेपण, अजुनही तेच आईच्या कुशीत झोपाव, बाबांना खर्चाला पैसे मागावेत, दादाशी रोज कुठलेही कारण काढ़ून भांडत रहावे असच वाटत राहत.....................................................................................

कारण तुम्ही कुठेही रहा......"आठवण" ही फक्त घरच्यांचीच येत असते..!!!

LIVE LIFE or LEAVE LIFE......

There are 2 ways to live your LIFE.......either LIVE your LIFE or LEAVE your LIFE. But I think you have to LIVE your life because its short, its sweet, its a mystery , its a challenge etc etc but main thing is its "Only ONE". So better you LIVE and forget about LEAVING it.

There are people who are always seem happy and jolly, it does not mean they don not have any so called "Tension", "Challenge" or "Obstacles" in life, but its just their way of overcoming all those temporary things which will be there sooner or later but only for sometime. But to bring Happiness in Life is a biggest challenge and keeping it forever is more difficult than it. Just as in "3 Idiots" Aal Izz Well funda. Does this funda always help? I don't know, but , why not to give a try. It will not harm, rather, it will try to help you to reduce Stress in Life, Work, Study, Family.

LEAVING LIFE, this option is only for losers, who think they have failed big time and there is no way for recovering from it. But, I think, if failure is the first step of success, then big time failure is just a bigger step.

Just an example, think, you are going for an Interview and its raining outside....you are going on your bike ....a truck passes by and the next scene is .....mud is on your clothes. What will you do??? Was that your mistake??? NO.......then why are you being tensed....just for a reason....your Impression at the interview. Does that really matter??? Yes ...but not over your Intelligence.

So, just chill relax....life will move on...you can not control that but you can definitely control the way of LIVING it.

What say????

एकटाच निघालो होतो, कुणिही बरोबर नव्हत, लोकांनी थोड प्रेम तर दाखवल, पण ते खरोख्रर नव्हत.

Song of your life...

As I said "Life is a Music" , so there must be special tunes/songs which will describe your life. When any song is played, all the notes should be played in sequence and a melody should be maintain. Life should be lived like this only. You can re-tune a song or melody by playing the right notes, but its difficult to re-tune life, also to create a good melody all instruments should be played in sync and they should complement each other. Similarly, you have family, friends and etc etc to create your tune of life.

When all these things are sync, life runs smoothly but even a little mismatch of these notes will disturb that. So, keep an eye on this.

So, what is the song of your life? I would like to know.

Started Late..

Hi, I am writing a post for my own blog. I was thinking to start it, but "time nahi aya tha". Today I thought that, I should start expressing my thoughts. Start something new in this year. And so here I am with something that is coming through my heart.

Why "Life is Music"??. I think we are all playing with our lives as a musical instrument. Everybody is specialized in playing different strokes and they are unique. Like every note in music is different with some kind of speaciality. If you play with your life in a very educated manner then the sound of that symphony will enlighten your soul and you will feel good. But remember, if your play a wrong note that can ruin the melody.