Gulzarish-II

Some more...

1. Unka hum-safar ban saku..
aisi kismat kaha..

Mere hum-safar bane...
itne wo bad-kismat nahi!

2. Rishto ko Panapne ka mauka to do..
Jazbaaton ko apne...
kabhi aawaj deke to dekho...

Mohabbat Itni bhi buri cheez nahi
Iske aagosh mein aake to dekho.

3. Baatein us se na jaane kitni hoti hai
aur na jaane kab se hoti aa rahi hai..

Par fer bhi kabhi...
Jee bhar ke baatein nahi ho paati us se

4. Use umeed bhi thi...
aur intzaar bhi..
Ke guftgu karunga main jaroor...

Aur shayad...aisi hi koi umeed is taraf bhi thi.

5. Sab kuch waise hi hai..
jaisa roz hota hai...
par shayad sab kuch waisa nahi..

darasal...kuch khafa si hai aaj wo.

6. Kaise dikhaye mohabbat ki inteha hoi...
jazbaat hai ye...koi numaish ka samaan to nahi

7. Kuch khaalipan sa tha din mein...
ek adhoorepan ka ehsaas liye...

tujhse guftgu na ho to...din mukkamal nahi lagta

8. Kabhi Socha na tha ke itni mohabbat hogi kisi se...
kasoor mera...ya khoobi teri kahu ise..

9. Aati to hai unhe bhi humari yaad...
Humse guftgu ka mann to unka bhi karta hai...

farq sirf ye hai ki..
unhe kuch chupana bhi bakhoobi aata hai.

10. Zindagi se koi khaas mohabbat nahi mujhe...
...armaa bas itna hai ke tere aagosh mein dum nikale

kamas-kam wo maut to sukoon ki hogi..


To b contd...

Chak De India...

Vinay very rightly said that by Sunday morning, there will be a post on my blog regarding Chak de India. He was my roomie for more than 12 months or so, n hence he knows very much about certain aspects of me...and how I digest a movie is one of such aspects.

Today afternoon..saw Chak De India. Good n clean movie. I am not a SRK fan, but he deserves a applause for his role here. I rarely like SRK movies...Swades was the first one, and Chak De is the second entry in that list.

Around 30-40 minutes back, I visited the official site of Chak De, and therein the Synopsis page contained following lines

"...it is not that we cant win. Its just that we have never believed we can."

and I believe, nothing best can describe the essence of this movie, better than this sentence. It's all about believing in yourself...and when one believes in something, then it becomes his/hers passion. Passion, which is hardly to be seen anywhere around us...at least I havent seen such a thing in past year or so. People seem to be doing something, more or less for the sake of it...Its like playing hockey...to get a government flat under sports quota! But, in reality...it has to be about holding that stick...and experiencing the rush of blood inside you. The passion..which comes from the fact..that you are playing for India...you are representing India.

I have been a decent sportsman in last 22 years of my life...of cos, havent played any game @ the big stage. But I do know, what it feels to win...and win against all odds. I indeed had that passion about my game...passion which made me believe...that yes..we can do it! And seeing this movie..I was reminded of our cricket tournament victory in MBA. That was something special. That bunch of 14 players was special...indeed everything associated with that team was special.

Will recommend this to everyone..who has been passionate about something in their lives. May be it'll motivate you to chase that dream...chase that passion.

Vinay...you know me so very well!

Slovakian Serenity

Landed in Bratislava late on wednesday night.. And the Slovak Police did its best to keep us away from bratislava(capital of slovakia), as long as possible! We had to wait for close to 1 hour for the immigration clearence...and at that time I was really having second thoughts about visiting this country for a 2nd time. Anyhow, we finally entered Bratislava. Its pretty much contraty to its neighbouring capital Prague. While Prague is a typical cosmopolitan..beautiful...full of people...lots of hustle bustle...Bratislava is instead a quite, but nonetheless pretty beautiful city. Life moves at a easy(but definitely not lethargic) pace here. Had a couple of good meetings, before the weekend finally set in. Over this weekend, we travelled to High Tatra mountain ranges... one of the most famous in this part of europe. Its about 4 hours drive from Bratislava. And its just awesome..simply breathtaking natural splendour. I mean.. i really dont have words. Will soon be sharing the pics of this trip..and it'll become more clear then. Infact not only the High Tatra's...the whole 4 hour travel across Slovakia, presented some beautiful views. Large grasslands spread along with the highway...very very beautiful indeed. It was indeed a welcome break frm the frenzied pace of activities, to which we are getting used to.

The trip is in its last leg. We'll be boarding the flight back to prague on tuesday evening..and then have a flight from Prague to Delhi(with stopover in Amsterdam) on 29th morning. In all probabilites, will be reaching delhi around 1 or 2 o'clock in the morning on 30th. The trip has been a mix of varied experiences..both on personal as well as professional front. The best word, which I could find as of now to describe my experience is : Learning. Its indeed been a good learning experience...hopefully it realizes into something materialistic as well...

Probably my last post before I am back in India.
Till then..cau(means bye in Slovak)

Welcome to Prague: The land of Budwiser...Skoda..and Beautiful women

Had a pretty relaxed sunday...got the room @ 2:00 p.m. Unpacked.. freshed up...had a brief nap... and then went on explore little bit of prague. And I must say, I fell in love with the city @ first sight..

Famous things about Czech..Skoda..pretty much evident on the roads...Budwiser...(for the records a can of Budwiser or Pilsner costs you 30 crowns(Czech Currency), while water costs you 35 crowns!! )..and then short skirts!! Well Delhi has its share of modern/happening people...and some of them are indeed bold enough to sport some short skirts..but boy..here it seems like as if short skirts are the national dress for women! However this fact should not undermine the beauty of Czech ladies... simply beyond comparison... ofcos second only to the elegance of their indian counterparts....

The first meeting today, went on pretty decently...lets see how the remaining part of trip shapes up...

Meanwhile, as promised..some glimpses of Prague...

The Journey so far...

Writing this from the hotel lobby in Prague(Czech Republic). Reached prague around at 9:00 a.m... managed to get out of the airport in another 10-15 mintues.. Must say Prague is a beautiful place...infact beautiful looks a little small word to describe the beauty(watever I have seen in my travel frm the airport to the hotel...and I m sure with some sightseeing n all, this belief will get further strengthed. )

How was the Journey?? well...decent..thats it! The Delhi-Amsterdam flight of KLM hardly had nything when it comes to in-flight entertainment. Some real oldies as air-hostesses(no offences meant to the elderly ladies...but i m sure, an airline of KLM's status can look @ little more younger when it comes to their cabin crew!...between, we thought that only Air-India or Indian Airlines has those elderly airhosteses.). Amsterdam-Prague was much better...although it was a short flight, of jst 1 hr. The plane had a good leg space..very much comfortable... and indeed... some lovely ladies ;) .
need to spend some time here n there, to b precies till 2 p.m.; since only then we'll get our room. Plan to go for a couple of drink with our business partner, and then a light lunch. Will rest in the later part of the day.... and hopefully some work in evening...
Have some good snaps clicked..will upload them soon...

As of now..bbye!!

Another first...

The last 14-1 5 months have witnessed many firsts in my life. My first day @ office...my first salary...my first +ve response from a customer...my first year @ office...my first promotion...
And if all goes well...sunday(19th aug) morning at 00:52 a.m., there will be another first in my life-My first foreign travel...my first travel by plane!!

So, how am I feeling ? To be frank, havent actually got time to feel anything. Things have happened thick n fast. And once it was decided that yeah I'll be going...then it was all onto fixing appointments, getting the visa done, getting the tickets done...and all those logisctical things...Nonetheless, many of those associated with me are indeed happy. Namely my parents...some of my close frnds...

Have done some decent hard work for this trip...lets hope..its successful!

For the time being...bbye India!!

Monsoons date with Delhi...

This is what one night of rain resulted into....

It usually takes me anywhere between 45 minutes to 1 hour to reach office.... This day it took me 3 hours 30 minutes.... who says that only mumbai suffers in rains..delhi also gets its share!