"mathuradhipater akhilam madhuram"

सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

2009-04-15T13:36:00.000-07:00

सुन ले तू दिल की सदा, प्यार से प्यार सजा
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

मेरी आवाज़ का तीर, जायेगा दिल को भी जीर
खोये नफ़रत, लाये उलफत
ये असर है मेहरबान
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

प्यार जिस दिल में जवान, समझो भगवान् वहां
प्यार जिस दिल में जवान
मान ले तू और समझ ले, धडकनों की ये जुबां
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

प्यार दुश्मन से बध्हा, तब है जीने का मज़ा
प्यार दुश्मन से बध्हा,
यह  ज़मीन भी तू बना दे एक मिलन का आसमान
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

हाय गुस्से की झलक, लूटे  सुख चैन तलक
सबसे हिल मिल ए मेरे दिल, ऐसी महफिल फिर कहाँ
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

दो दिलों की यह लगन, जाने धरती और गगन
तू जहां है में वहां हूँ, जिस्म दो है एक जान
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा, प्यार से प्यार सजा

प्यार रास्ता है मेरा, ऐसा राही हूँ तेरा
न रहूँ मैं, न रहे तू
पर रहेगी दास्ताँ
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

आज तक जो भी हुआ, झूठे झगडों ने किया
आज तक जो भी हुआ
प्यार होता तो कुछ न होता, न उजड़ते आशियाँ
सुन ले तू दिल की सदा

2009-02-18T23:08:00.001-08:00

Here's a song from ABBA, from my childhood days, straight from my heart

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ad9U3h2UmcA

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream

I have a dream, a fantasy
To help me through reality
And my destination makes it worth the while
Pushing through the darkness still another mile
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream

I have a dream, a song to sing
To help me cope with anything
If you see the wonder of a fairy tale
You can take the future even if you fail
I believe in angels
Something good in everything I see
I believe in angels
When I know the time is right for me
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream
I'll cross the stream - I have a dream

V Day becoming We Day

2009-02-15T10:29:00.001-08:00

Feeling connected is the key to any relationship. Once a connection develops, the relationship is transformed into a higher plane and it is insulated from the day-to-day ups and downs. We need to have absolute trust.

We might have seen many sufferings in our past, which makes us skeptical about everything. This is what is called 'Samskaras' i.e, memories which wake up emotions in us, sometimes positive, but mostly negative, and take us away from the present. We tend to distrust everything to begin with, until a trust develops. No person is perfect and if all words and actions are scanned at a microscopic level to find irregularities, there are not many reasons for any relationship to survive. Though we give our fullest to the relationship, until there is a feeling of connectedness and absolute trust, the relationship will ride up and down along with the world, giving immense pain and sufferings.

Once there is a connection, there is a change which follows. Change is a divine energy which has to be respected and trusted. Ordinary people have been transformed into enlightened masters because they could feel connected with the divine. When we resist change, there will be problems. Every relationship needs to contiuously evolve and flow like a river, and not be stagnant like a pond which ultimately decays. Keeping the mind in the present is different from saying "now or never".  It is true for thoughts and actions but not for relationships.  A relationship is a living entity, it has to grow and mature.  Just as it takes time for a seed to develop into a tree, it takes time for a relationship to grow. We have to be a patient and tolerant and most importantly, not lose trust, until it can take care of itself. We will face many hurdles in the way, but it is exactly these hurdles that make the relationship stronger, when we understand things better. Once we have the connection and the trust in the change that follows, we can see the beautiful flowering of the relationship.

Mere Status ka Maamla Hai

2008-09-06T21:57:00.000-07:00

Here are a few 'Status Messages' that I had put on my Yahoo Messenger and G-talk. Most of these were sudden thoughts that descended on me while riding my bike (the much talked about YD125 which has a double cradle chassis like the RX135 and the engine of the Enticer) to office at speeds excess of 70 Kmph. A few of them are my reactions to situations which I strongly felt for, like "kya hum itne paraye ho gaye??" was because 'a very close friend' had not invited me to a party in his house etc.

pitcher perfect
que sera sera
maaya !
nange ninna mele manas aite
kya hum itne paraye ho gaye??
everything in life is an adjustment
banangula
bisilmale
people who know no
san fransCISCO
knowledge is not anyone's property
and maaya is attachment
i've come a long way
everyday is a start and beginning of things
hen nodi haalade kanro
sleep is rebooting the brain
haiyya ho !
www.sankethi.org
love and lust are like the two L's of the hell
when character becomes chapter
the house that the pappu's built
har ghadi badal rahi hai time
har cheez bikavu hai.bas apne keemat pe
like a fish outa water
ca or ka ? "gotilla" ?!
united we stand...divided we fall
i have no beginning and hence no end
very smart eh ! just wait n see dude
love can only be declared but not defined
me happy but not gay
drink moota rum for long life
true...i live in a different domain
dina idli vada tindu tindu bai yenaagabeku ?!
how i wish life was in slow motion !
u no i know
gulmohar
nanna hudugiyannu yaarunu nodlebaaradu
does everything have a reason !?
a heartful of wishes, a mindful of ideas
biggest paradox: how i wish i were a child that the enjoys present
so what ?
do i own my land till centre of the earth ?
void this_is_the_brain(){ this_is_the_brain();}
no i cant say no
why did that bird sit on the road?
you'll get back what you've done
my struggle to be normal
behind everything there is a human mind
are you the absolute or the relative
arent you afraid of your true self ?
when i come, many leave
an exclusive club of broadminded people
all my searches end in me
are you the absolute or the relative
are you at,below or above C level ?
thanks but no thanks
"i'm unique like everybody else"
i'm a different person with my eyes closed
a new life...a new leaf
after 60 came at 100
can you surprise yourself ??
"you live in a shell man"...sh(a)bash
listen to your internal voice
pyaar ka jaam na peena
dhoti phaadke rumaal ho gaya
naanondu tira...neenondu tira
misinterpret but dont misunderstand me
my roomies are gay and i'm happy
"chick" hudugiyaranna nodabaarada ?!
do wht u like or better like wht u do
we're afraid of the delta
do away with the mask
choose a different path
had traffic and jam for breakfast
new cubicle...new attitude
for everything else there's the hand
ek fool do mawaali
new ear to listen to the new year
when you stop expecting and start accepting
silence dosen't mean weakness
can you show me your other face ??
there's one in all and all in one
ski's the limit
i'm happy when you're happy...even otherwise
everyone left...only i'm right
the walf of life is to be done alone
isnt this you enn eye que you eee ?
weekday is a weak day for activities
love's a catalyst that precipitates feelings at heart's bottom
i cant quantize my feelings as love/friend/(...)
i'm surprised at myself !
trying to blow and extinguish the fire
you have to be totally similar or totally dissimilar to truly appreciate someone
dont impose your happiness on others
isnt 'for no reason' a reason ?
convert ur discrete time goals into continuous time enjoyment
sat chit aananda
consider it done boss
know god to say no god
surrounded by mirrors !
entangled in threads
i o u
happiness is a random event
i mistook attention for love !
from mind to no mind to dont mind
"now here or nowhere"
do{....}while(open(mind));
whts ur part in today's drama ?
today's best may be tomorro's worst
mind is like the tongue of the brain
is there a limit for the limit
afraid of life,afraid of death !
sound of silence echoes
doing once in a while is do{...}while(1111);
mera bit .. tera byte
its not in my jeans to be formal
she like wine..i like whine
MS: Master of Sins
amAZing desert
if you try and fail in the first attempt, make sure you erase all signs that you tried
a fair affair
to fall or spring in love ?
shine on you lazy diamond
i want to break; free( );
when i build a house, it'll be ground breaking news first
talent is latent
back to crAZiness
turn the futility into utility
the bloody heart
she said jaan e man, i said jaan e woman
frankly my dear... i do give a damn
dare to dream beyond the dreams
logic gives a false sense of security
God gives freedom to be in bondage; ski gives bonds to be in freedom
wish Gates and Windows were open
ranger in the mirror, shoots at you !
i said honey, she said money
if u give me a choke, i'll give u a capacitor
live life king size, die on a king size bed too
Col.Linux
If our brain was simple to understand, we wouldnt have been smart enough to understand it
skiattle

Being John Malkovich, literally

2008-07-17T20:59:00.000-07:00

Recently I watched 'Being John Malkovich' (BJM) and one scene which intrigued me the most was when JM enters into his own mind through his own portal. Presto .. he sees himself in everything, including the people, the talks, the menu.. Malkovich, Malkovich, Malkovich everywhere.

In CS terms, we can model this as an infinite recursion with the non-existance of a terminating point. Of course this results in stack overflow and hence no further 'function calls' are possible. At this point, we can assume that the OS takes over control and then what ? Is the OS the well discussed 'soul' thing of Hindu philosophy ? According to Vedas, one can achieve enlightenment (freedom from bondage) in two ways: (1). Moving towards emptiness- by disintegrating the mind (techniques such as Vipassana meditation) & (2). Moving towards fullness- by integrating the mind with the all pervading cosmic continum. The above scene in the movie looks closer to the second technique.

Anyways, I was thinking of a method to simulate this scene and here it goes. Assume a person sitting in front of a big, big screen (which is so big and is 3-dimensional such that the person cannot see anything else but the screen). Now assuming we are in the hold of Maya (a.k.a Matrix)this is the situation most of are in: believing the world as we see it (actually there is another explanation for the world as we see it- according to the Vedas, we see what we want; lets leave that for another post). So now coming back to our setup, there is a person in front of a real-life screen as above. Now if there is a camera capturing this scene and projecting this scene itself onto the giant screen in front of the person, we can simulate entering one's own portal. On this giant screen, the person will see himself looking at the screen; and in this 'inside' screen, the person is looking at the same thing and so on...

Heart Lines Pvt Ultd

2008-06-13T21:40:00.000-07:00

As dawn sinks into dusk, my heart writhes with every turn
Thinking of those pearls of time we spent together
Where art the musk of those moments of laughter and fun

The times of fights and make-ups, and pranks and praise
For which i'm thankful to the divine grace
Forever I had the comfort of your solace
Where sorry and thanks had no place

The mere remembrance of you that springs cheer in my face
The mere absence of you that brings tear in my eyes
The mere thought of you that rings bell in my heart
The mere act of you that flings air in my breath

If you could only feel what i feel for you
That you're a meal for a wailing shrew
If you could only delve for how you dwell in me
That you're a petal in my destiny

With your depart i land into an abyssal gloom
But there's a hope that starts to bloom
That you'll get back to me and save my doom
We shall weave our love with the loom
And make our love into a plume

i long for you, i belong to you
i call to you, i fall to you
Dont ever leave me 'coz i revere the presence of you
My life's incomplete without the essence of you ...

The Road Trip

2008-05-29T19:18:00.000-07:00

When the five of us met at my sisters pet-

Madison is its name which has given us all the fame

Add to it a graduation so unique that it makes others look so meek

We drove thru the rain with ameet at the rein

Never were we down, be it noon or dawn

OH what a state it is to see

The birthplace of aviation that flies high on sea

The lake with wave which makes oceans seem naive

The maid of the mist about which its hard to put in a jist

A tryst with nature that we’ll never forget, be it life or death

The American falls along with its Bride

Complimenting the Horseshoe with their pride

Being amidst families was a delight for a loner like me

That give their love and warmth like a cuppa hot tea

NY gets everyone’s envy for being the Big Apple

Where the twin towers still stand tall though reduced to a rubble

As the gaieties of a fortnight come to a close

It’s the time when we get morose

Amidst such feelings there is a thought which I reap

That I have miles to go before I sleep...

wasnt train-ed for this

2008-03-29T12:39:00.000-07:00

"..dhadak dhadak,dhadak dhadak, dhua udaaye re ..

shit ! what a pain ...can't they keep an extra handle to hold here. i almost fell while inside the 'western-style' toilet in the speeding Udyan express. Somehow managed to flush and came out. Phew.. what a relief. Started to stretch and looked at my new Titan, it was 7.20 AM on a bright Sunday morning and the train was in the middle-of-somewhere in the rocky deccan plateau. Thought of getting some fresh air and headed for the nearest door.

"Che che .. what a fool I have been" he muttered for the second consequetive time. Startled, i looked at the man beside me..was pretty decent looking with a day-old stub on the chin, a light blue shirt with a reddish ochre scarf. "I cant believe this could happen" said he, dangerously leaning out of the door. i got curious and looked at him again. He gave me a stare with those cold black eyes which soon decided to reveal me the miseries.

man- "I have been a fool all this while !"

me- "is there a something amiss ?"

man - "look at that mountain, can you see that temple on top?"

i looked at a passing mountain but couldn't find the temple he was referring to. Pretending to be interested i asked, "ya i see it..what about it ?"

man - "I missed my destination"

me- "oh .. where were you supposed to get down ??"

man- "about 10 mins ago"

me- "hmm....dont worry, you can get down at the next one. its gonna take another 20 mins"

man- "yes thats why I'm standing here you see"

me -"i see...maybe you could relax a bit, a cuppa coffee would definitely soothe your anxiety ?"

man- "can you spot that bull there ?"

me- "what ??? i mean ..?". Some kinda wierdo this guy was turning out to be.

man- "someone stole my car and I lost my baggage too"

me- "oh poor you. is there anyway i can be of help ?"

He said something and the engine had to blow its horn at that moment. "sorry i couldnt hear you". He was keenly staring at something over my head and i turned back to look. All i could find was something written on the train. "No Smoking. Penalty upto.." bah.

This conversation was heading nowhere and moreover i started feeling sleepy. Thought of heading back to my seat. "Ok mister, take care, and good luck on finding your destination, car and your baggage". Yawn. What a bore.

man- "oh I found all of them"
me- "what ??"

The next morning paper had my photo. The head was split in half because of hitting the adjacent track with a large momentum. The man had come for my soul.

..dhadak dhadak,dhadak dhadak, mujhe bulaye re .."

Genesis !

2008-03-27T10:52:00.000-07:00

...and the divine light dawned on me !

Yes folks, s k i finally joins the blogdom. Another brick in the wall, another writing on the wall, another shop in the mall, another tring in the call. Always wanted to start bloggin but wasnt coming up with a good name for it, but now there's no looking back....guess I found my best match ;-)

Its been a while since I did any sort of non-technical writing, the fever has become so fervent that there have to be atleast a minumum of (M/m)x(N/n) area of technical words in a screen of NxM pixels (speaking this way, maybe could have added 'another argument in the function call' above ?) .....omigod there it goes again ! Well well, relax, its not gonna be anything like this henceforth and its the beginning of the end.

The end. Let my first blog be as-light-as-possible and as-bright-as-impossible...