REFLECTIONS

This number ‘one’ does not leave you untill you grow old enough to  understand the meaning of ‘one’ you’ll see how…. As soon as you are born, You are the first baby of your parents There comes the first ‘one’, And now the list is endless… Your first smile is so precious! Oh!!, I forgot the first cry, that is so important!! Your first grip onto your mother’s finger You steal her heart that instant! Your first expression is so awited for.  Your first crawl makes you so happy, Your first walk is then just around the corner!! Though, Your first word does not come before your first BIRTHDAY, But it is your first party!!! And you don’t mind at all With so much else to enjoy!! Wish you a very happy FIRST BIRTHDAY!!!!!!! -written for the first birthday of my nephew Adwait.

Wishing all Indians a very Happy Republic Day! The 61st republic day .   Honorable President, Mr Lee Myung bak, thank you for joining us for this year's parade. We hope you enjoyed every moment of our celebration and appreciated the effort put into every performance. The fog factor can be left to nature's mercy. Yes, it was the first republic day in many years that was greeted with dense mist on and around the Rajpath.            Sir,                  Like every year, the 2010 parade exhibited the discipline, passion and valor of Indian soldiers. From BSF to NCC students all paid respect to the Indian Tricolour in the proud memory of the enforcement of our constitution. The day commemorates the transformation of India into a People's nation. The eye-catching processions of different states depicting their culture, major products and characteristics amused and awed our Korean visitors....

Its seed is slowly sown by imagination It flourishes in the nourished womb Of creativity and bursts out of bosom. Confused? ‘Art’ is the clarification Through the mother it receives the grace And a beauty which is unseen Through the father it snatches the base With a path to follow perfection. It’s personality is enhanced by expression And flourished by a desire to acquire But spoilt by the spirit to win Disastrously burnt out by boredom. Art is a passion, may be... A personification of imagination Rather a mirror image of creativity With a slight tinge of rhythm.

Hi everyone! Its been long since I have posted a poem but I wish to share some funny and tickling Christmas related incidences before I resume to poetry.                Being from a Parsi school (Fravashi Academy, Nashik) I have always been a part of all kinds of festive celebrations. Our school has always encouraged exchange of good will during festival seasons, be it pertaining to any religion. We have seen our teachers bring a Ganpati idol and install it in school accompanied by 'dhol' and shouting 'Ganpati Bappa Moraya' during Ganesh Utsav. We have also seen them decorate christmas trees, wrap gifts, dress up as Santa for the primary kids, distribute sweets and sing Christmas carols during Christmas. We have had holidays on Pateti as well as Eid and we have learnt the significance of  the phrase 'Vaheguruji da Khalsa te Vaheguruji di Fateh'. We have in short experienced secularism in our school. This is the reason why all religions are...

Pirates, was the Mood-I theme this year. And to highlight the same there were skulls and skeletons hanging all around the IIT campus. About 100 meters from the main gate at the end of a narrow turning, at a height of a lamp post were hung 4 skeletons with tattered clothes almost falling off them.The lane to which the turn led had green street lights. To make things worse that was the lane which led to our room! Fortunately I have never been so terrorized by the concept of ghosts so I managed to remain sane throughout the stay. There were skeletons all over the SOM (management building). The most intriguing spectacle was the 'rangoli' depicting the poster of the movie 'Pirates of the Caribbean' made to fit the floor of a room! It was flawless. All this set the mood of the event.             The event was a roller-coaster ride which took us through the innumerable activities taking place all around the campus.The first two days were witness to eliminati...

First thing I said to Mihir, once inside his car, was “I am hungry. I have had nothing since breakfast.” “Yup”,he said, “Same here. But let’s see Mumbai first. We cannot miss the sunset at Marine Drive.”So the next destination was Marine drive. A journey of an hour was awaiting us. Mihir and I were meeting after 6 months and there was so much to catch up! We kept talking! On our way Mihir kept me acquainted with the road and the important landmarks and distinct places. I was making a map of Mumbai in my head! But in my case the brain stops working as soon as I enter geography into it. It just refrains from registering the data. So later I gave up and stopped badgering it. Out of the many places that he showed me I distinctly remember a few. One is Mukesh Ambani’s 27 storeyed building! It is grand but seemed asymmetrical to me. I mean, when I had read about it I had imagined a well designed stunning structure which would awe me. But leave aside the awe factor, it didn’t even ca...

We reached Mumbai by 1.30pm. Their check-in had to start at 2. So all of us were waiting for them to start the check in counter on the 'IIT Powai Roads', which means, inside campus but on the road. We finally got accommodation at 5 in the evening but...    Meanwhile :     I had informed a friend -Mihir who stays in Mumbai- that i was coming. He called up, "Hey where are you? Have you reached Mumbai?" By this time I was exhausted. "Yes,but they haven't provided accommodation yet. I'll give you a call when we get a room.", I said. It was 2.30 that time. At 3, our ACL (assistant contingent leader) came out shouting "Hey guys relax! Sit down on the road. We are not getting accommodation for atleast an hour from now! Their procedure is too slow." "Hey Neha, wait a minute!", I called out to her. Usually we call her 'Sardesai' but I was too tired that time to use that long name. "Is it ok if I go out of campus and come back...

Once in the evil world When it struggles to survive, Father tells him the trick To fly out of the hive. Let its wings strengthen It shall crave to learn to hunt. And yet again his father, Will oblige and teach the stunt. But, while he aces the tact He will develop the ability to decide. And then will not approach his father, To select in whom the prey should reside.

This poem "The Sign of Water", relates to me in many ways. One which is very evident is I am an Aquarian, which is the sign of water. Ironically, I am very often repelled by water.The biggest and I think the only phobia in my life has been swimming! I went to the swimming tank everday, for a year when I was 10 and yet managed not to learn swimming. Isn't that incredible?            Aquarius as a sunsign has always intrigued me. I have always been very proud to be an aquarian and I think all the fellow aquarians will agree that our sunsign is one of the finest! But when I gave it a thought I realized that everyone of us have 'water' inside us. We are born with it. We have the energy, the transparency and the flow which manifest the traits of water. As kids we let it flow sporadically. We are not cognizant of  the strength and abilities in it. Then as we grow, we realize that unless we dam up this water inside us and direct it to the...

Hello again! Before i go ahead with the sign of water and its connections with me i have to tell you about the highly eventful engineering exams this semister. Normally engineering exams are quite dull and redundant (both in matter and result). But this semister was host to so many extraordinary happenings that i have to narrate them. The Usual Scenario : Engineering students hardly know what their books contain until the PLs (preparatory leaves) begin. That is essentially 15 days before exams. Then there is this 'books to be bought' information transferred from one batch to next, based on questions generally asked in exams and books that cover all those answers. If not strictly followed these so called engineering textbooks can make your heart pump twice as fast, one day prior to exams. I experienced something of that sort during these exams! here you go... 15th Nov 2009 and onwards : PLs begin for us although college closed down on 1st. That is presumably obvious. So...