YEH JO HAI ZINDAGI

YEH JO HAI ZINDAGI!!!!!! Waha ki DHUP bhi achi lagti thi Yaha ki AC me bhi aaram nahi hai Waha GHAAS pe baithna bhi acha lagta tha Yaha CHAIRS pe bhi chain nahi hai Waha ke SAMOSHE bhi swadisht the Yaha ke BURGER me bhi swad nahi hai Waha ki CHAI bhi meethi lagti thi Yaha ki CAPACHINO me bhi mithas nahi hai Wo BLUE UNIFORM aur JEANS me ek confidence tha Aaj FORMAL me bhi comfort nahi hai Wo BLACK SHOES me jo baat tha Woh aaj ADIDDAS aur NIKE me nahi hai COLLEGE BUS ki aakhri seat pe baith ke Gaaye hue Gaano ki jaise ab Dhun bhi yaad nahi hai Ab bas saamne ek Computer Screen hai aur hasne layak koi mazak nahi hai Faculty se ladte waqt ye pata bhi nahi tha ki Manager ke samne kuch bol bhi nahi paenge Ab to ye bhi nahi pata hota ki huxm wapas Ghar kab jaenge Ek Jhuthi Muskurahat liye hum jaise jee rahe hai Zindagi ka koi bhi Ghum ho Office ke kaam ke saath pee rahe hai Subah ka ek Message: “Aaj nahi chalte yaar” Ab: “Its 9.30 where are u??” me badal gaya hai Pehle jiss hasti ko lagbhag pura College janta tha Aaj wo ek CUBICAL me simat ke reh gaya hai Pehle ek dusre ki party me jaise bill badhane jate the Aaj ki Partiyo me thodi si Khusiya paane jate hai Pehle Best Friend B’day pe cake na laye to gali galoch ho jate the Aaj to Best Friend se B’day pe mil bhi nahi pate hai Woh College group ki ladaiya jo agle din hi bhul jaate the Aaj Manager aur Subordinate ki jung me tabdeel ho gayi hai Exam hall ki “ek line bata de yaar” Wo ek line ab Google pe bhi nahi mil rahi hai Pehle jinhe ghanto baith ke hasate the Aaj unse jee bhar ke baat karne ka bhi time nahi hai Pehle jinse mile bina din nhi kat.ta tha Aj unke bina zindagi kat rahi hai Wo Mid-Sem me ek shabd bhi na likhne ki azadi Aaj jaise badi badi Excel sheet update karne ki majburi me tabdeel ho gayi hai “Tune kitna padha plz mujhe bhi padha de yaar” yaha koi nahi sunta “I have done my work please review it” hi hamari favorite line ban gayi hai Dil kehta saari bandishe tod ke wapas chala jaau…. Ek baar fir apne school / college me wapas laut jaau..!!

Cherish All Moments

I've seen castles made out of sand,
Met people who believe destiny is engraved on the palm of their hands,

I've seen people change their faith,
Experienced love change into hate,

I've seen people grow younger with age,
And a bird who wouldn't fly out of an open cage,

I've seen love sold for money,
People who are devastated inside but outside they're smiling,

I've seen the unicorn fall in love with the toad,
People who owned half the city have now hit the road,

I've learned to expect the unexpected,
Perfection doesn't exist, we're all defected,

Everyone cries,some just hide their tears,
They say coal turns diamond over a thousand years,

Someone may believe you are one in a million,
For others you are just another nobody in the billion.

So live life with all that you have, cherish all your moments Happy or Sad!

Reality bites ... enjoy

Late night with friends and late night coffee always makes u wonder

25-30 is not a nice age for a man
Your ex-Girlfriend is getting married
Your career has just started
Elders treat you as unproven theorems
College guys feel that you are too old to have in their group
You seem to enjoy both cartoon and news
You can no longer eat whatever you wish without putting on weight
You look like an ape if you don’t shave daily
You are not invited for weekend cricket matches
Every silly Aunty you meet ask “Shaadi kab kar rahe ho beta?
Every unknown Uncle asks “Career ka kya socha hai beta…”

When the reality is that you are just riding the wave and going with the flow
You have all the confidence in the world but little achievements to show
You already have the first hand experience of the life
You know whatever you have been taught about the world in schools has been sheer waste of time You can be denied a job even after passing the test
And you could be given a job if you know someone placed high enough
Politics till now was a dirty word but now you feel it everywhere
You know now love is not that blind and that friendship has its terms and conditions
You know there is nothing for granted and free lunches are not free
Your overconfidence is now making way for a humble conscience

. . You now know it is not exactly what we thought it would be…

My role.....

Someone asked me what is the Role of a Landscape Architect and how does he contribute... was thinking for so many days and the nearest I came is..........


"Jab tum paida hua, jiss jhule mein lori suri woh banaya meri lakdi se

Sambhal ke chalna sekhe woh scooter tha meri lakdi se

Paathshale mein padne baithe woh bench bana meri lakdi se

Bade hue aur khelna seekha woh gulli dunda tha meri lakdi se

Bhagkar run banaye woh balla tha meri lakdi se

Shaadi ke raat jo phool pehlaye woh palang bana meri lakdi se

Zindagi gusre, chaddhi hath mein hai woh bana meri lakdi se

Aaj tume lete ho chita par use dhak hua hai meri lakdi se.....

Asthiya visarjan karne ja rahe ho woh nav bani hai meri lakdi se"..............

LIFE.... Smile always....

After all the turmoil and hiccups in life
I had fully settled don’t know if it was still called life?
Lived every day to its fullest
Laughed , giggled and made most of the time

One fine day LIFE walked in
Changed the way I lived life as in
Spending time became the mantra of life
Was wondering till now did I have a life?

Waiting from morning to evening
Time was moving so slowly and I was wondering
When time was less to do work and always asked for extensions
How did I manage time with life every day be it day or night

My call bills and sms shot up
Sometimes blank sms said so much
A smily or a giggle made my day
Was wondering did I have a life till date?

Something went wrong somewhere
People around create more mess and stress
Spoiling someone’s relation is the easiest thing to do
but did they get what they wanted to?

I miss my LIFE so much
I always hope it is smiling and happy
Life yells at me sometimes
I still smile and say it’s a misunderstanding which will resolve one day

Don’t know when the day will come
I hope life will understand me someday
Realising that what happened was because of someone
Who actually wanted to create scenes just for fun

God only knows who stole my share of sms’s
Wiping my tear and telling god you enjoy playing this life and death game so much
I am back to square one
Trying to fully settle don’t know if it is still called LIFE

Objectives

We go to a restaurant. We are presented a feedback form. We visit a webpage. We are encouraged to post our comments about it. We listen to a song and we can rate that song and express our views on it. We watch a serial and our opinions are presented as a valuable tool to make a difference in the participant’s life.

Unknowingly, it has become our need to give a feedback (good or bad) on things, people and events. We have made it the major shareholder of the mind, emotions and intelligence.

We can no more enjoy a flower for it is a flower, now we need to judge its beauty in comparison to the one we saw last. Most of us have lost the ability to simply enjoy a paani puri; we compare it with the one place where we relish the taste. We make sure everyone present hears our expert opinion. As much as we have developed a craving to give a feedback, we have also become over sensitive to the opinion of others.

Now our confidence level depends largely on others around us. We just need to overhear a negative comment about us, and we crumble down or we get angry and decide to prove a point.

Our peace, our happiness largely depends on what others do to us and say about us. Even worst, the decisions of our life depend on that
In this huge complex web of opinions, what keeps us stable, focussed, and cantered is the awareness of our Objectives.

When we are clear about our objectives, honest feedbacks help us to grow; baseless comments or bad behaviour does not affect us much. Setbacks do not stop us.

Negative comments, beliefs and behaviour have a bearing on us but POSITIVELY for we are clear about our objectives. Our excitement and enthusiasm is no more at the mercy of others. We are strong because focus is on our objectives.

You plan to go on a drive with your loved ones because you want to be with them. The plan changes and it is decided to go for a dinner. When you remember the objective was not the drive but time with your loved one, the dinner is enjoyed to the hilt. Otherwise, there will be sadness in the air even if the dinner is brilliantly tasty. When my objective is to inspire my loved ones, I do not indulge in activities that will give opposite results.

When my objective is to be in the right company to have a meaningful life, I have to drop a few relationships that pull me emotionally and socially down even when it means I am out of ‘the group’.

When my objective is to have good health, nothing in the world can push me towards an unhealthy lifestyle even when people are sarcastic.

When my objective is to be peaceful, I do not nurture painful memories, but, focus on the learnings from those experiences and live a wiser life.

When I am clear about the objective of my life, decision-making no more remains challenging. Even the biggest of decisions are easy to take.

Wise people have said, ‘When our eyes are on the sun, we can no longer see the shadow’. When my objectives are clear I no more blame, complain or give excuses when faced with failures / obstacles.

MY LIFE

I get up and think today is the day,
something will go my way
Soon the day ends
And I realize I am back to where I had begun

Many things have happened in recent past
which are very close to my heart
I wish the dream comes true
and I have a smiling face like all others do

But I guess god realised that I am bold and strong
Who can take all the pain and still go on
I try not to but sometime the tears touch my cheeks
I say to god “Don’t do this please”

He smiles at me and said
you always said “You are an angel”
Angels don’t have feelings
I say God I lied but please give me back “ MY LIFE”