That's Why...Pukarta Chala Hoon Main !!!

Some people may find it difficult to digest, but I was a very shy guy when I was in school. My classmates, teachers - everyone knew about it. And you know, every teacher, in an arrangement or free period wants to get kids engaged in some kind of activity. To keep the period free, there used to be only one demand, "Who will sing the song?" And there were times when I became the target. There was a time, when everyone was singing one by one. In those tough times, my mind used to switch to super-sonic mode to figure out which song I should sing. That's why...

During my college days, even after being forced so many times to sing, I never sung any song in public, though they heard me singing me lot of times at night when I used to shout at around 3 AM :). But in the last semester, some of my friends made a circle around me in free lab, and said - "It's almost over now, the degree. Come on...sing a song!" At first, I tried to change the topic, but then I had to. That's why...

Persistent was all-n-all a different affair. I sung too many songs, that some people had to stop me after my 10th...or may be 20th...or probably 30th...song got over! But then, one of close friends used to dislike my singing too much! And then, I took up the challenge to prove that I don't sing too badly :). That's why...

That's why...I always like this song, "Pukarta Chala Hoon Main". This song has rescued me on every occasion. Whether it's school, college or office...I always used it to great effect to save my day. Because, when you sing this song, you are actually doing nothing...it's the song that creates MAGIC !!! That's why, I love this track...

Sung by Rafi Sahab with such excellence, that sometimes, it makes me wonder how can someone sing so beautifully. An extremely sweet and simple song, it touches my heart every time I hear it !!! Hats off to the greatest singer of the century !!!

Here goes the video...

Learned From Mistake...

It was January 2007 and I was in Seattle. The power went down in the whole city because of some heavy winds. I was in my room at that time and was busy working on my laptop. I kept working, thinking the power will be back in some time, just as it happens in India ;). But that did not happen. I thought that let me continue work and enjoy songs till the battery allows. As soon as the battery vanished, the machine went down into hibernation.

Next morning, there was still no restoration of power. I thought to go to closest Microsoft building, charge the laptop and check up my mails. There were very few points in which power was available and most of the people were sitting there. I put the plug in socket and booted the machine. Because it was in hibernation, it resumed its saved state.

Suddenly, I said..."Damn!" The songs were still running at highest volume. And Himesh's Dil Vich Lagya Ve was all over the place. That song has such high beats that the whole floor was shivering! I tried shutting down the machine; I tried to login; I tried by closing the lid of the laptop - but to no effect. It went on and on and on...because there were so many applications running on it, it took long time to allow me to login. A girl sitting there started dancing on the beats; others were staring at me. Somehow, I was able to login and stop it. I wrapped up my work as soon as possible and left from there! That was actually very embarrasing!! Only relief - atleast one girl enjoyed it!

Last Saturday, I had an appointment with someone. I was carrying my laptop and was supposed to show him few things on it. I sent a message from the reception and was waiting outside. I don't know how, but the thought crossed my mind, "Damn!! Laptop is in hibernation mode and I have not switched off the songs." Immediately, I took it out from the bag, plugged in the headphone and then switched it on. While it was booting, I was called in. Because it's a better config machine now, so it came up in a 6-7 seconds. I immediately closed the Winamp and saved myself from another embarrasment - though its implications could have been more serious than just embarrasment!!!

I came out from the meeting and said, "Thank God! I am gonna switch off the music before hibernation, EVERYTIME from now onwards." :)

Taking Out Time For Mohit Batra !!!

I have been busy, though office work is not too much from past some time. But there are loads of tasks on my Hit List, as always. And these days, I feel I am short of hours in a day. I wish I get 48 hours in a day to wrap off my activities. I give time to family, friends, work, study, planning, action, television, traffic jams, laptop and to everyone and everything.

Today is Holi and it's 1:55 AM right now, and I am in office. There are some critical things in process and I am just keeping an eye on it. No one else is around. I had a plan in the morning to wrap off few tasks from the list. But I decided to keep everything aside after I entered the office.

I decided to take out time for Mohit Batra, after a long time. I decided to stay quietly with him. Do things that are of no use and do nothing as well. We surfed net unnecessarily; watched loads of laughter challenge videos; wrote a part of code that we always wanted to write - in which we saw our computer crashing 9 times and showing Blue Screen of Death; have Pepsi with us; we are listening to songs and now we are blogging :)

Though I do these things regularly but there is something or the other that don't allow me to dedicate complete time to him. And this day belongs to Mohit Batra! We enjoyed it a lot :)

Main Shayar To Nahin...

Hai Kadam Is Zameen Par, Hai Nigaah Us Phalak Par !!!
Har Nazar Jhukti Jaaye, Apni Ek Jhalak Par !!!

This was my status message on gtalk today. Reading this, one of my colleagues asked me, "How do you put such sahi status messages on your gtalk?" And I said, "Bas aise hi :-)", trying to be modest :-). Thank God, I turned my face away, otherwise he would have seen me blushing. And I was on cloud 9 :-D.

Actually I meant - Thodi creativity, thodi chori-chakari :)

Atleast My Shayari (mixed with shers from here and there ;)) is of some use, I can put status messages on gtalk that are sahi...

Rafi Sahab At His Best - My All Time Favorite Song !!!

Sarfaroshi Ki Tamanna Ab Hamare Dil Mein Hai!
Dekhna Hai Zor Kitna Baazu-e-Kaatil Mein Hai!!!

This has always been my favorite song and will always be...a track on my hero - Shaheed Bhagat Singh, from my favorite movie - Shaheed, from my favorite singer - Rafi Sahab!!! Undoubtedly, THE BEST EVER!!!

Keep Reading And Posting :)

I have this habit of reading the blogs daily, written by people I know. There is simply a lot of variety. Though not many people do blogging, but its still a very good activity. You get to know about a person a lot - habits, behavior, activities and above all - human nature and its working (Please! This is no philosophy. Try it out and you will get to know :))

I was going through my older posts few days back and that is where I realized how my behavior and posts on this blog changed with my changing mood. It was very interesting to go through some great moments and made me recollect my thoughts which I keyed down from time to time :)

You may find it strange but sometimes I go through previous posts of my friends as well. There are lot of things to remember and that sometimes is a good source of happiness :)

Though its a bit sad that some don't go through my blog these days, but I still love to write. It is the best place to be. So, keep reading and posting :). I am waiting for posts on your blog and your comments on mine. Thank You :)

A Great Sweep For Six :)

Today, after such a long time...I played Cricket! I must tell you that it was an amazing feeling to be back playing one of my favorite games! And those things happened that were bound to happen. Here they are...

The most certain of all is this. I got a big jerk in my knee! I had to keep a runner for last two deliveries of match. And I hate keeping a runner! But I still managed to bowl in all macthes. Oh! In case you are getting confused, I must tell you that we don't play any 50 over matches. We play some 10-10 over matches, but in big ground ofcourse, with players count somewhere near 6 per team :) For the rest of the day, I was in my bed with this excuse ;)

I bowled OK OK. Not to potential I can! Because now, I have lost all my pace. Hey, but I have not lost the swing, which was still working today :D. And I managed to pick up couple of wickets in each of 3 games we played.

But I batted well. Few fours went through my bat as well, because I play ground shots mostly! The thing that made my day was a sweep shot that went for six, the same way Tendulkar used to hit Kasprowicz. Mast shot tha yaar... :D

I met many school pals of cricket ground! It was great to play with them again, the same way we used to do during school days!!! And, I enjoyed a lot! It was a terrific day...And I hope by tomorrow morning, I would be walking fine as well :)

Bas Itna Sa Khwaab Hai...

A Little Sweet, A Little Sour...
A Little Close, Not Too Far!!!
All I Need, All I Need...
All I Need Is To Be Free....................................