Saturday, December 12, 2009
8 million i.e. 80 lakhs farmers changed their occupation from the period 1991-2001
1,82,000 farmers committed suicide since 1997
That brings the figure to 1 farmer every 30 minutes
Agriculture and Labour sector in India constitutes 70% of India, where no Television media channel has Agriculture or Labour cprrespondant. Thus, 70% of India goes unreported.
512 journalists cover Lakme Fashion Week when 6 journalists cover farmer suicides
says P. Sainath, the journalist who watches India like no media does!!
Saturday, October 24, 2009
One of the Nine Lives
Many embrace us, but no one protects us...
If I were to tell you our life story beneath a tree,
the leaves will start falling like tears...
(Dunno if I can unquote here)
- A Devdasi to William Dalrymple, an author of Nine Lives-Encounters with the Holy in Modern India
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
I want to climb on it, he saw me attempting the high jump..
I was embarressed and he smiled
He was in his white shirt and a pair of jeans, his hair were unsettled, one of the fringes just above his right eye...
I frowned. His smaile faded. He looked behind,I stood there, embarrassment now turning anger
He moved his eyes away and turned back.
I frowned even more...
He tooks too steps ahead and looked behind
"I'm...I'm sorry,
I din mean to..."
After that he did not turn, he walked and kept walking ahead
I reached the entrance of my cottage., looked in the mirror and saw a twig near my ear hidden in between the hair...I stared at it and let it be there
and I went to the room all smiling
I peeped out of the window, saw him walking far away..
Mom asked me to take a shower, but I paid no heed,
I should've asked his name,,,sheaa :(
His body was quite blurry then...
'Beena, utho beta..'
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After coming here,so many things have changed
ACJ called me and my life was painted yet again.
I told Arpita, Maagha, Priti and Purvhih...Maagha was super-excited,
Priti was also 'too thrilled' knowing how much I wanted to go,
Arpita..hah she was sad, not for me but the distance did that...she was just getting closer to me and...
God loves to do this :)
Purvhih also gave her sister-hug over the phone...
That evening, I remember , there were few guests in the hall, Mati-Pappa were busy talking to them..I was laughing and smiling and gulping oxygen...the name on my sweet old monitor screen made me fall in love with my PC again..
I ran out...Mom hugged me as I showed her my name on the screen,
Dad was happy...and one more thought in his mind, quite not visible...
I messaged Amey.., he of course congratulated
My professional life was now fixed for a year
Sunnysh knew, that I didn't get what I didn't want...
But the fact of leaving him was more than everything, the last bachelor days of his life, then... probably my rapport with him might change., or not ??
Dunno...let that be
that will change in some way..will it ??!!
ahh...
I told Amey what I felt for him those two n a half years :O
that's what I did at eventide 8.30, when my train was scheduled for 11
Isn't that too much time wasted on one person like more than 2 years of figment, maagha-priti told me to forget him...
but it's not easy right ??
It should be easy but it's not
and then, the mail conversation...arrghh lets not get into that
The point is, am I asking for too much? Even Burday has a smart one(sorry no offence if yu get to know, I'm sure she won't find it is her even if she reaches this blog)
But that's how it makes me feel
Am I even allowed to..like that feeling again coated the way I want...or is Varun right ?!!
I hate that part, I hate that part
(yes it's twice)
after coming here..I had many many hopes..from him.., Amey, of crse
still I have (though now less hopes and more expectations)
Albeit, they won't affect ma mind now..I surreptiously reduce the opacity of that feeling ;)
Oh..forget him (
I'm trying to tell myself)
Mati was apprehensive of me leaving away from her,
But Ma...no worries
Pappa..I got what yu thought about me going away..I realised that when sunnysh and Mati told me about the Airport :)
This post was one of it's kinds !!
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
The Shaadi-house
The game had begun long back. It’s only now that the hulla-boo has started ringing into Ma-Pa’s ears and lately it has wrapped Sunny and me too. They’ve bought innumerous sarees, the golden fat neckpiece, earrings, all possible jewellery, the wedding cards got printed, the native house is all furnished and dazzling, the luminous preparations for ‘the evening’, the Horsie for the Dulha has been decided…and all of this…
was OVER and done before I reached Home :(
I only missed everything to do for my brother’s wedding preparations.
It was this that I was yearning for, for the past two years, the card selection, Mati’s Sarees, her necklace, anklets; Pappa’s suit, his sherwani, Sunny’s Sherwani, his Reception Suit and so much more to add to the list…
This remained a surprise for me. I too shopped (for like 3 days). The scurry of crowding near the most beautiful dresses and chaniya cholis was not enough for my legs. They were leaping in the air-conditioned shops. The body didn’t ache after more or less ten to twelve trials in each shop. The couture had just begun, let alone the accessories.
Nevertheless the feeling to be in a shaadi-house was enthralling. Papa was too busy shopping for us to buy him anything we recommended.
The late night chats didn’t even bother to sap my strength after the long hours of trials and shopping.
Even after I returned to Chennai, the shaadi syndrome is still on…
Why just the four days of bait. They were over like this (I’m snapping my fingers with a lull on my face with a wrinkled brow).
But alright, am waiting for the wait for 19th November to get over.
Sunday, August 16, 2009
So much to read and yet it hardly gets a start
Is the mind empty or filled with other stuff..
And hey, the stuff is not rubbish..I know that
Entangled it maybe but it's there
Should I explore what's in already or
is it the more I fill it, the better it gets unentangled and adjusted in the corner up there ??
Thursday, July 2, 2009
It seems a task ahead,as we wish to challenge ourselves,with the hidden fact
that we are the borrowers from the kind lenders' den,
The shadows emerge larger day by day and we assume of our profits
and sleep peacefully,
And the day you open your eyes to find your disappered shadow, the fate is met with a frown.
And so it takes an awakened me to walk on the road alone without the shadow, smilingly to meet the fate of death.
Monetised Value
Pay for friends,
Pay for a house,
Pay for entertainment,
Pay to watch nature and animals,
Pay for earning,
Pay to bring up our own child,
Pay for grief,
Pay to sleep,
Pay for Parents to stay,
Pay to jog,
Pay to read and write,
Pay for Love,
Pay for others to live after dying,
If you always believe in taking things from others, you ought to pay a price higher than what you value.
Friday, June 19, 2009
It's just a thought
which is kind of scrambled
trying to figure out
what it holds inside in that corner
intangiblity of it refrains me from counting,
but I need the count,
the number of scrmables I ought to possess
If yu know or understand,
hand over the Mantra
to hold affirm the countless scrambles
onto my heart but drain away
from shoals of uncertainty
Monday, June 15, 2009
Only the Voice is Mute
Only the voice is mute..
I can hear your scream though, when you threw the ball to me,
I was lying there and stared at your knee.
You jumped down from that wall
and I came running to your call,
you untied the neat curtains
as soon as I placidly tied them.
My scream was not loud enough
for you to get to the shower,
but still yesterday managed
to coax you to have you to uncover.
There you spilled the water,
less on yourself and more on me.
You listened to none of my many talks,
while I had to hear all of yours.
Tidy uniform you don't let be
with the school tie never to the neck
so I leave it to the heck.
The doctors said no but I kept you alive,
for yu to leave me at an age of ten-1 so naive.
You jumped on the chair and refused to wear your shorts,
On turning around you disappeared to tease me lots.
Again my eyes saw you, none believed me,
but i rushed in the salon calling your Pa to see
On returning the creepers hid you,
but I knew was there, my Kid you !!
They proved me wrong,
but I combed your hair
which you quiffed and let them for me to care.
Oiling them was never a chance,
but I nurtured it when you dance
to the tune
of the cartoon of France.
After all the convince, your Pa was in surmise,
but all jsu believed your demise.
You held my hand when I lay on the bed,
why on the wall did you climb which , all say, led you dead.
But I still watch you 'Bye-ing' me today.
For all those mischiefs, I wouldn't whine,
come again the next day fine.
For today I surreptiously see you in the drawer
your infant face framed so cute,
Right now...Only the Voice is mute !!
Thursday, March 19, 2009
Yaaron Chalo...
Tab Badlega, Jab Badlenge..
Kuch Dekha hai, Kuch Dekhenge..
Kuch Likkha hai, Kuch likh denge... (2)
Yaaron chalo...Yaaron chalo...
Badalne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Yaaron chalo...
Savarne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Badalne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Savarne ki ruth hai...
(Sway)
Hawa...Keh rahi tu thaherna nahi..
Gagan...Keh raha tu bikhrna nahi..
Zameen keh rahi mujhko chhooke toh dekh,
Arre aankhen mila...Sach se darna nahi..
Yaaron chalo...Yaaron chalo...
Badalne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Yaaron chalo...
Savarne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Badalne ki ruth hai...
Yaaron chalo...Savarne ki ruth hai...!!
Lyricist-
Prasoon Joshi
it stared so blackishly at me (yea, it's black)
I wondered if it could tell me,
"Stop sticking to me,
and allow not your cheek to kiss me all the time,
It's irritating, don't you realise your sweat after a time pierces into my ears??
My body trembles whenever someone thinks of talking to you,
and half of the time you plug that wire to my head just for ur entertainment,
Do you even realise how bothering it is, if not you at least me..
My throat pains when I have to sing those rocky and melodious songs just to please your ears,
Stop poking and pressing me here and there all over my body all the time, even when not needed,
It hurts okay!
My asterisk toe has now swollen to the core now..
and just when I think to take rest and ask my heart to lie 'low'
you plug me sideways into yet another wire to keep me awake.
and if at all my heart stops working, I'm sure you'll remove it n put my mind to another body with your man-gifted technological power,
I overheard when in your suffocating cover and then the all the more suffocating butt-pocket, your friend saying what he did to his cell phone
For once I know, you have no concern for my heart,
it's just my brain card that you manipulate all day and use me.
But Yes, One thing for sure..I would want to thank you to Enlighten me when I buzz and tremble"
Oh the cell phone buzzed-
'Will it get poked and pinched again',
Whatt ?!
How did I even wonder that
But my cell screamed,
Enlighten me - I wanna see - how this could be the age of reason
won't you tell me - can't you tell me -Cause I need to know - It's in my head it's in my soul
-The fire burns and my heart is sold-
I poked again.. but it got enlightened
To the melody and the music - yeah...
"Hallo..
Hi..Watsup !!"
: "what took you so long to pick up the phone??"
"Nothing, Just some Masterplan" /)
''NO Poll-U-Shun''
The Poll-U-Shun has resulted to the evil evince of the filthy & abject environment
The toxic and more toxic gases marauding everywhere to muck this MotherLand of ours,
Do not shrug when the blame-pole(poll) drops by ur way,
Walk towards it, pay heed rather than being a cavelier,
Shoot out by disseminating the good..
Though the e(a)ffluents strolling afloat near the shoals
have had their selfish share,
Give not a chance to deceit and poison the sea and land as always,
Go to have your share, the share which is maybe for us and definitely our future still unborn,
The 'bad' mandarin is better than the 'worse'
So lift your butt, unfuel your cars and ride on the bicycle towards the poll shelter to shelter the
dreaded Future Generations
Its alarmingly reaching above high levels
Hence, this urge :
say
''NO POLL-YOU-SHUN''
'to make a better place for you and for me and the entire Human race...
(Go on singing.. ;)
Monday, March 16, 2009
Path-ed ACT
and we'r made to act, act on what we want
and the action does the reading.
The action directs that path, the path on which the words stay
longer than we think and higher than one can imagine,
Yet we act knowing it has to meet the end,
unknown but written.
People ask us to dream,
some of us dream and move towards its 'act', moving on hopping to another dream,
few of us dream and keep the 'act' hopping on the same dream aiming to reach heights,
and the rest dream and keep dreaming, to let the dream act
But hey...
the dream's a dream - It gives you a path to 'act' and not the 'act' to your path
Monday, February 16, 2009
Serendipity propelled
I FALL to the brim and hold it tight to stay there forever.
The word helps to keep the critics away...
But they're needed, hence the line's extended
because they read it all,
to see where I fall..
Bothered when they yell, I keep my legs safe above
when they cry to pull me down
and I'm headed to the China town
(It rhymes doesn't it..??) Oho.. I behaved like a clown)
Hope your face which is a little brown, has a smile and no frown ;)
Oh! now I go the rubbish-way
But we should see our future wearing a crown !!
Suddenly it's a worry,
not so intentional but yes, I did refrain from its proximity
It would've amused me but I chose to remain me,
unbothered to give it a shot.
And how could I, it doesn't even fit in the frame
One - which I wanted to frame and the next -wanting to be framed.
Wanting to be framed was easier and nearer,
But I was adamant on the former...
Hence it goes to the book,.. - FOUND & LOST
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Published in a Hurrah in the (Be)Times of India!!
a seemingly distant dream...
I may not be the only one,
but my presence keeps alive my grin,
The newspapers' now saying it too
and am all hurraying it without a clue,
of how grand a day it made for me...
Watching myself all hands in the air
and the not so visible bend in the knee.
We chaosed and yelled,
cos' thats what the photographer was in need.
And we smiled and laughed and cheered
to only show the affinity in us filled with greed.
For more of those sessions beside,
the engines metaphored us,
rather vice-versa.
For we being the pioneers
of the many entrepreneurial bogies, followed by our peers...
Many more of these awaited...
and so I wish many of such tracks,
to hold my many feet wishing cheers.. !!
Wednesday, January 21, 2009
the harder it hit, the droller and quainter it got
amidst the evening, stepped in the dawn, giving a vision to a brighter day and a healthier dusk
sustaining the darkness, to let it prevail
I cajoled my feet to step ahead and further..
along the clammy foot-steps of none before,
ear-to-ear I smiled for I found the path untraveled, unvoyaged and downy
there the trespassers of the future stood...
while I walked here waving at them, my head turned to grin
for the pride settled in me drove the vanity
and they followed the foot-steps, NOW traveled, voyaged and still downy
Each Day counts...each hour assessed...each minute anaysed...each second evaluated...
nothing can be sure,
nothing expected but yet...a reason to be present,
somewhere in the middle to notice soemthing,to get noticed,
the need of every second,minute,hour, every day.
Discreetly everyday, I watched them, being with them,
see them and open myself,
I tried harder...
to change, me, him and her and them
Tuesday, January 13, 2009
My Moving Yatra..
vague an idea,
but the meet, the interaction and knowledge gain
was the key criteria.
The short time to travel the thread so long
meet my friends, the reincarnated strangers.
Life and living, it was all here..seemed another planet for a trip to stay.
The family so away, but missing them none
Cos' here's one,
which has had my hearts won,
believably the parents came too,
in the form of Shashankji, Revati and Raj'u'
Never to seem nothing impossible
-is what they taught, something so impeccable.
Due is the work, for WE CAN change
and hence we bind, by the adage,
learn from thyself, the heroes will assist,
and Unlearn few to accept new
cos' WE CAN DO is the mantra,
that we sang
throughout this Jagriti Yatra.
To give more than what can exist
peek through the train moving
and that makes you digest that the life too is churning.
So keep it moving and moving..
for the good.. for the better
Work more, live more..
Cos' the Former will be followed by the Latter !!
Jai Hind..