Jane kahan gaye wo din....

Childhood is said to be the best stage of a human life cycle. Today when I was listening a famous song of Jagjeet Singh- “Wo Kagaz ki kashti, wo barish ka paani”, I just wanted to remember and capture all the memorable moments and golden days of my childhood. When I was a kid, I always used to think of earning and enjoying like  other elders of the family. Today I am earning and enjoying but still I am missing those feelings which I use to carry in childhood. This is probably due to the fact that every enjoying moments today is followed by some kind of tension but as a kid I never had a post enjoyment worries. 

When we were kid, dining tables, bed and sofas were used to be our hills for trekking, boundary walls were the best place for rappelling and kitchen was always used for eye spy game.  Whenever it was raining, we used to run with our paper boats keeping one big ant in that (as a seller). Study room was always full of books, toys and some hidden games. Playing video games whole night with my elder brother without mummy-papa noticing, was one of the special adventures for both of us. Playing with a stone on the road considering it a football and every 4^th or 5th month demanding a pair of new school shoes was something for which I always used to get a dose of loud but sweet voice of my father. Every morning when mummy was proved to be a savior helping me to get ready for school, the same time papa used to help me preparing the knot of my school tie and instructing me to avoid fighting and controlling my anger. 

But the moment which I can never forget is naming our school teacher after the famous bollywood villains and the some of the most popular names among them were Prem Chopra, Ranjit, Kalia and Gabbar.  Finishing others Tiffin box before lunch break, copying home work before entry of KALIA and asking him for a favor in person reminding him about my fatherJ (he was student of my father in graduation and post graduation) were something which still bring a cute smile on my face.  Sharing a ride on LML VESPA with papa-mummy was more thrilling and exciting than travelling with them in our car today.  

Today I just try doing all the things that I use to do for fun, MASTI and recapture of my youth. But still age is coming in faster than we wish. We were the angels with pure heart then. There were no places for unhealthy competition among friends, blaming others for any kind of loss and no disappointing comments especially when friends used to share the same seat with a pretty girl:). Sometimes it really sounds strange when you try something out of box like a kid and somebody comments- “dude, grow up, you are not a kid but a mature person”.  Is age really a factor to restrict your masti and fun full of innocence?  If yes, I would be more than happy to be called an immature.

कड़ी  धूप में अपने  घर  से  निकलना  |

वो  चिड़िया  वो  बुलबुल  वो  तितली  पकड़ना  ||

वो  गुडिया  की  शादी  में  लड़ना  झगड़ना  |

वो  झूलों  से  गिरना  वो  गिर  के  संभालना  ||

वो  पीतल  के  छल्लों  के  प्यारे  से  तोहफे  |

वो  टूटी  हुई  चूड़ियों  की  निशानी  ||

ये  दौलत  भी  ले  लो , ये  शोहरत  भी  ले  लो  |

भले  छीन  लो  मुझसे  मेरी  जवानी  ||

मगर  मुझको  लौटा  दो  बचपन  का  सावन  |

वो  कागज़  की  कश्ती , वो  बारिश  का  पानी  ||

Public, Politician, Corruption and Connection.

Today, the whole India is celebrating victory of democracy, victory of a common man. Sri Anna Hazare, the man behind this victory has shown the power of a common man and non violence. Without CHAKKA JAAM  and RAIL ROKO ABHIYAN, he and his supports have compelled the government of India to think about Indians rather than about their alliance parties and ministers. When LOKPAL BILL has got a positive nod today from our respected prime minister, every Indian is feeling it as a starting of new era for India.

But still I have a doubt. Is Anna fighting against the government or corruption? The answer is pretty much obvious- corruption. But why are we celebrating it as a victory against this government only? Everybody especially youths are congratulating each other about surrender of the government and Anna’s effort to pass the LOKPAL bill. Will this bill/law be enough to free India from corruption? Is our duty as Indians done by giving an oral support to Anna throughout these 5 days?  I am sure that everybody will accept the answer as a big NO.  

Let us take an example of a motorbike. There are two wheels in a motorbike. If you try to have a front or rear view of this bike, you will be able to see only one wheel of it completely and not its better half at all. If we consider our Indian system as this bike, the two wheels of this bike are Public and corruption. Both are driving our country in the backward direction. Looking at the public, you will never be able to see a corruption behind it and vice versa is also true. So where are the politicians in this system? They are just the accelerators who speed up or down the pace of the bike. Is a smooth accelerator enough to ride a bike with puncture wheels? We need to think about it. 

LOKPAL bill will fight against those who are taking bribes and commissions and accelerating the corruption pace. What about those who are giving birth to different kind of corruption daily? Who are those? Those are none other than us. We are the one who believes in offering bribes to get our work done easily and fast, to get our kid’s admission in a premiere institution, to prepare fake bills to avoid taxes etc.  When this is the case, is there any possibility that Sri Anna’s effort will change our mindset too? May be yes and may not be. It totally depends on an individual and his conscience. But this is a golden opportunity and a perfect time to analyze, realize and execute the change in our own thoughts and actions.

A quote from SAMSKRUTA SHUBHASHITAS affirms the philosophy of a healthy society and its effort to bring a positive change.

उद्यमेनैव सिध्यन्ति कार्याणि न मनोरथै: ।
न हि सुप्तस्य सिंहस्य प्रविशन्ति मुखे मृगा: ॥

udyamenaiva sidhyanti karyaaNi na manorathaiH
na hi suptasya simhasya pravisanti mukhe mRRigaaH

Translation of the above sloka is like this- “Only with industry and effort, works are done. Animals never themselves enter lion's mouth”.

Since independence was not a Cadbury chocolate the Englishmen offered us, it is the right time to wake up and save our independence against our own black Englishmen who are threat to this.  

Lanka Dahan

लंका दहन 

आसमान में नया सवेरा, खुशियों का मंजर लाया है

पूरी दुनिया में भारत का, आज परचम जो लहराया है |

इंतज़ार बरसों का देखो, ख़त्म हो गया है यारों

जज़्बात के आंसूँ आँखों में और जोश नया अब छाया है |

विजय रथ की गाथा भारत की, आने वाला युग भी गायेगा

धोनी के रणबाकुरों का जज्बा, अब प्रेरणा स्रोत बन जायेगा |

गिरे उठे पर थके नहीं, आलोचनाओं पर न ध्यान दिया

इस खेल के प्रभु को आखिर में, उसके भक्तों ने ही वरदान दिया |   

शिवाजी की पावन नगरी में, लंका दहन जैसे ही हुआ

भारत माँ की जय के नारों से, अरबों के दिल को गर्व हुआ |

खेल से ऊपर धर्म है जो, उसके दीवानों से पूछो

कोई साधारण विजय नहीं, एक नए युग का है आरंभ हुआ |

                                                            - रूद्र

Mohali Yudhh Jeet Lo

मोहाली युद्ध जीत लो 

जगो, उठो, लड़े चलो, विजय पथ पे तुम डटे चलो 

मुश्किलों को चीरते, तुम निडर चले चलो |

आन बान शान का, युद्ध बुद्धवार को

जीतना अवश्य है, बढ़े चलो बढ़े चलो |

शत्रु नया नहीं है वो, जिसने पीठ पे किये हैं वार

अतीत के हर युद्ध में, उसने सदैव पाई है हार |

आज कंगारूओं का कर शिकार, दुनिया को ये बताया है

जब भी हैं भारतीय एकजुट, शत्रु ना हमसे जीत पाया है |

कुरुक्षेत्र की महाभारत समान, धर्मयुद्ध की ये बात है

कृष्ण थे यदि पांडव संग, तो सचिन तुम्हारे साथ है |

धोनी के रणबांकुरों, है तुमको भारत माँ का वास्ता

मोहाली युद्ध को जीत लो, अब ये देश है पुकारता, ये देश है पुकारता |

  

                                                        -रूद्र

 

WAFA

वफ़ा   

तन्हाइयों मे बैठें हैं, ये तकदीर का फसाना है, 

तुम्हारी बेवफ़ाई ही, तुम्हे याद करने का बहाना है| 

सोचता हूँ ऐ दिल, चल किसी और का दामन थाम लूँ, 

मगर तुमसे किया वफ़ा का वादा भी निभाना है| 

कहा था हमसे कि ज़िंदगी के हर मोड़ पर साथ चलेंगे, 

हँसी नही बन सके तो क्या, अश्क बन कर रहेंगे| 

ज़ुल्फो के अंधेरो में, कभी हमारा दर्द समेटने वाले, 

सहर से शाम तलक, हम तेरा इंतज़ार करेंगे| 

तेरी तस्वीर के दीदार से ही, सारा मंज़र थम जाता है, 

तेरे संग बिताया हर एक लम्हा याद आता है| 

गर छोड़ना था हमें, तो अपना वादा ही निभाते, 

खुदा की उस दुनिया मे हमें भी साथ ले जाते| 

आज अपनी वफ़ा का आख़िरी वादा भी हमने निभाया है, 

बहते हुए इन अश्कों को अपनी आँखों मे सजाया है| 

शहीद-ए-इश्क़ कहलाना कभी मंज़ूर ना था हमको, 

सो मिसाले-ए-इश्क़ बनकर दुनिया को दिखाया है| 

Love Vs. Arranged Marraige

Hi friends, today when the most awaited Hindi movie “Tanu weds manu” is released; I am dedicating my blog to this movie:). The debate over above subject does not have any end. In this post, I am neither supporting nor opposing any particular marriage style. But I am trying to bring and highlight some humor (with respect to my understanding) hidden in this debate.  

I always think that why people call it “love marriage” (so called)? Does arranged marriage (so called) not have a love factor in it? In fact when partners arrange their marriage and not the parents, it is called love marriage and when parents arrange a marriage for their children, it is called arranged marriage. Now when both the type has an “arrangement” regarding marriage style, who will decide that, which marriage style contains love and which does not? Even I am not sure about the best nomenclature for the so called love marriage:). 

In today’s world, both the generations find this debate as the easiest way to decide anybody’s mentality and attitude. New generation thinks that those, who support arranged marriage, have a narrow mentality and they don’t want to grow up with the society. For them, arranged marriage is like a fairness cream, imposed by parents, to bring some glow on the child’s face. It hardly gives a quick result but if it suits it may add and maintain some glow to their face but if it does not, reaction on the skin (Life, in this context) will be the worst ever. So it contains more risk factor. At the same time vice versa is also true when it comes to the evaluation of love marriage by our older generation. They think that love marriage is more like a foundation cream on your face which can give a quick glow but does not last longer. After sometime the glow disappears from your face and your skin tone (Life, in this context) looks darker than original. So it has more attraction in starting but no stability factor in long run.

Being an IT guy, I always try to relate computer science fundamentals to the real world processes and hence to both the marriage style also. After listening to many discussions and experiences, I find love marriage as a project where you define and implement your business functions in advance without any requirement gathering and documentation. These functions may be love letter writing, talking on phone, movies show etc. But when you execute your program (marriage), suddenly you come to know that client’s (partner’s) requirements and expectations are changing with time. Since you have implemented many functions already, changing any functionality can break the whole program and your system (life) may crash. In fact this is a project where you yourself are the analyst, architect, manager and developer all in one but not a tester. The testers are your partner and your family members. Since testers and developers relations are world famous so I need not to give stress on the testing effort by these experienced testers. This kind of project surely contains many challenges, less opportunity to explore but has lot of excitements in terms of team work (which is mostly single handled).

On the other hand, arranged marriage is the project which is well written, documented and executed after following a software development model. Right from requirement gathering till user acceptance testing, this project follows each step very consciously.  In this, client requirements are clearly mentioned. Before taking any decision you check the feasibility of the project, then prepare architecture, define some functions and start following and implementing those. Your role is limited to a developer who can do some limited unit testing also. Managers, architects and testers are your family members. But since you have a focused role now, chances of less faulty functions and hence a stable product is higher. This project has lot of opportunities to explore but it seems less challenging and less exciting in terms of team work. 

Since it is a sensitive topic and I also don’t want my mentality to be judged, I am leaving it for my readers to summarize it:). Surely I have focused only one part of both the marriages but it does not mean that second part does not exist. It does exist and I will be more than happy to see those in the comments:). In fact, logics do not exist in the marriages. It is all about mutual understanding, adjustments and trust. So whatever will be the type, if these things exist in your life, any kind of marriage will be a success.

Change

Hi friends. After following many blogs, I thought of following and struggling with my own thoughts J. Since I am writing a blog for the first time, you can expect many mistakes. But your valuable feedback will certainly motivate me to improve in the required areas (except thoughtsJ). So here is my first blog: Change.

The flavor of the season and the most talked about topic is “change” in the system.  CWG, 2G spectrum, ISRO’s bandwidth allocation, land and properties scams, blind faith over religious gurus and blah blah blah again have raised a question about our system and its players. We always blame our system for any kind of problem in our society. Now days, it is the hottest and the most lovable topic for graduate people like us to discuss everyday during the lunch at cafeteria. Cursing the system and its sub-systems, we always show that we are graduated. But limiting it to the discussion and not execution, we in fact prove that we are probably graduated but still not educated. 

I always ask a question from myself- “do we really need a change in the system”? May be, but the biggest question is that are we really prepared for this change? May be not because I think there are many other related concerns which need some positive change first like voting on the basis of cast and religion, opposing the migrations from other states and our national language, misuse of democratic rights, being more theoretical rather than practical etc. In fact, we concentrate more on the analysis of a cricketer’s career record to select a dream world cup team rather than analyzing career records and eligibility of the diplomats who are supposed to lead our country and this is one of the reasons leading our country to a dummy and corrupt system. If you notice, you will find that system is always defined. If something is not defined then it is the individual part (us) which together makes a system perfect. So we need a change in our beliefs and thought process first and not in the system.
 

But change is not a sprint. It is a slow and gradual process. We need to initiate, stop and initiate again. In other words, it is essential to maintain a momentum to reflect any change. To bring a positive change, we need to keep the momentum going. To keep the momentum going means we need to refine our own beliefs all the time. But unfortunately momentum itself is missing from the frame. In fact, by setting our own thoughts and actions in the right direction at least we can speed up the momentum which seems inactive. To grow and to bring a revolution, focus should be our beliefs. By choosing the right actions, we will be able to always accelerate our progress by overcoming obstacles, without any resistance.

A quote from SAMSKRUTA SHUBHASHITAS affirms the philosophy of a healthy society to keep the momentum going.

yathA hi ekena chakreNa na rathasya gatiH bhavet | 

evaM puruShakAreNa vinA daivaM na sidhyati || 

Translation of the above sloka is like this- “Just as a chariot cannot move with only one wheel, even so fate not come to fruition without human actions”.

Embracing change is often the most difficult. But refining our own mindset will allow us to fully specialize and then we will experience that change presents the most opportunities, with untold joys. We can always improve and refine our mindset. If we do so, it will give benefits to the society, country and the level of success we achieve in life.