never got a chance to meet and know this great person ..... but somehow felt like wording this down ... ..
guess just another guy from a decent school with parents in service .... simple home .... with all the dreams and aspirations for the future - all this just like u n me ... But the last few mins of his life ... and his 'life' as is stands today gives a new meaning to 'life' ......
He's gone far away ... never to return ...a definate irreplaceable personal loss for his family..... but northwithstanding that ,... wat we as average Individual can look at is that ... ' here is an Indian ... with more or less a similar background like u n me .... ' but has achieved so much in life by entering this new phase of his life .....
Obviously the 1 Bio of us cannot one fine day decide to join the forces and make a difference by paying the ultimate sacrifice .... thats not the point !!! but surely ... if we do look around ,.... there's a lotsa wrongs within our reach wherein corrections can be initiated by our own very actions ....Be aware of the surroundings .... of how YOU n ME can make a differenece ... ( no matter however small it is !!) .... our dear elected reps ( whether the honest ones or the dishonest ) seriously have lotsa 'issues' to think about ( issues can be anythin depending on wich is the tribe they owe their allegiance to!!! ) .... and hence quite likely that something that WE can change upon will be easily missed for the want of an initiator!!! Lets not do that ..... Lets become the change agents for the change that we want to see ....
Guess by doing this ... if nothin else ... atleast Sandeep in his new life can look back at us here and feel that his sacrifice has been worth it ... !!! WE owe this to him .. dont we ?? :) ... after all he's jumped in to answer the call of duty to save people he hardly knew .... bore the bullets from the someone whom also he hardly had a personal problem with ....and showed the way for a new generation of people that would be, in the times to come, the strongest pillars forming unbreakable edifice called I-N-D-I-A !!!!
sandeep has completed a job really well done !!!! its upto us to follow the route shown by him and 'his like ' .... as their roles our over now ... its us in the line of fire ... and WE all know that if we really do get down to it .... WE can make the difference !!!
Sunday, November 30, 2008
Saturday, November 29, 2008
Where does MUMBAI go from here?..
Come monday and the day will start once again..
would we hav forgotten all the pain….
once life gets back to the all too familiar lane
Where we lose all of life’s morals.. for nothing but a bit of monetary gain !!!
The 8.20 local would become life’s supreme goal
And we would go back to the place ready to pay the toll
Life will return to the mechanical melancholic mode
And the lessons from the 26th would be discarded just like all other things old!!!
Much as nobody likes to be proven wrong
I hope we all get together by the throngs
And be united in our action and thought
So that the above words of inertia never leads to our minds getting clot!!!
All this with forever a single minded aim
To believe that to win in this bloody game
We have to be willing to take upon ourselves the blame
And action our words so as to put the challengers of peace to shame !!
would we hav forgotten all the pain….
once life gets back to the all too familiar lane
Where we lose all of life’s morals.. for nothing but a bit of monetary gain !!!
The 8.20 local would become life’s supreme goal
And we would go back to the place ready to pay the toll
Life will return to the mechanical melancholic mode
And the lessons from the 26th would be discarded just like all other things old!!!
Much as nobody likes to be proven wrong
I hope we all get together by the throngs
And be united in our action and thought
So that the above words of inertia never leads to our minds getting clot!!!
All this with forever a single minded aim
To believe that to win in this bloody game
We have to be willing to take upon ourselves the blame
And action our words so as to put the challengers of peace to shame !!
Monday, October 02, 2006
The Un-invited Guest
This is the story of an omnipresent soul
Someone who enters when you lose ur control
He’s always a guest be it joy or sorrow
We all want to lend him even if nobody wants to borrow
He’s alive in everyone of us – be it young or old
He affects the weak as much as the bold
Be it the bright sunny day or cold chilly night
This visitor always troubles you till no end in sight
All of us try our level best to avoid him
But he invariable succeeds in getting our joys trim
At times he also pays a visit during happiness and success
Thus he is always present when emotions are in excess.
This guest never comes in one at a time
Once he enters he is like a sprinter in his prime
One after the other he and his friends keep coming and going
Your neighbours fear – will there ever be an end to this flowing
He is never a quiet or easy person to host.
“I never let him affect me” a lot of u may boast
but no matter how many raises to happiness and luck u may toast
None of us can really escape a visit from this visible ghost
All said & done, no matter how much he puts u into trouble
Life’d not b d same without this tiny water bubble
Experiences have shown that if treated with respect and if well cared
He can be the sole agent to get all ur problems repaired
Even though I have cursed him a lot in this account
Please remember that when troubles r on d mount
And when u r all alone shivering with all kind of fears
The only person who’ll stop by 2 b wit u will b ur poor old
"TEARS"
- Arun Menon
Relations...
RELATIONS
This one’s about a mystery called relations
Something that’s stumped many for generations
Some look at it as nothing but stops during a journey
Where u take a pause only to move on in search of more money.
Some others look at it as the roots of the tree
Which one cannot, no matter where u reach, bury.
Some use it as cards to be played
When life’s problems are to be fade.
Some others look at it as life, none less
Always working out a way to clear each other’s mess.
Some use it as a thrash can to fill the dirt
From the dangers with which man always likes to flirt.
Some others look at it as a partner in life’s trip
To ensure that ups and downs are firmly held in grip.
Some use it as a trial room to try out ever changing taste
Forgetting the fact that such a practice is none but a colossal waste.
Some others look at it as a two-way pact
With the concept of giving, as well as taking, a firm fact.
Some look at it as none but a mechanical device
To be switched on during times of greed and malice.
The problem for today’s generation is there to see
And once this fact is realized, life’d be all glee
It is that while the sum of some are aplenty
The sum of some others hardly make up a twenty
Relations are the covers that binds the book of life
Not the chapters that are to read and recollected only during strife.
A new one only complements an existing one
Understand this, and life would forever be fun.
- Arun Menon
This one’s about a mystery called relations
Something that’s stumped many for generations
Some look at it as nothing but stops during a journey
Where u take a pause only to move on in search of more money.
Some others look at it as the roots of the tree
Which one cannot, no matter where u reach, bury.
Some use it as cards to be played
When life’s problems are to be fade.
Some others look at it as life, none less
Always working out a way to clear each other’s mess.
Some use it as a thrash can to fill the dirt
From the dangers with which man always likes to flirt.
Some others look at it as a partner in life’s trip
To ensure that ups and downs are firmly held in grip.
Some use it as a trial room to try out ever changing taste
Forgetting the fact that such a practice is none but a colossal waste.
Some others look at it as a two-way pact
With the concept of giving, as well as taking, a firm fact.
Some look at it as none but a mechanical device
To be switched on during times of greed and malice.
The problem for today’s generation is there to see
And once this fact is realized, life’d be all glee
It is that while the sum of some are aplenty
The sum of some others hardly make up a twenty
Relations are the covers that binds the book of life
Not the chapters that are to read and recollected only during strife.
A new one only complements an existing one
Understand this, and life would forever be fun.
- Arun Menon
Sunday, September 24, 2006
beautiful thot!!!!
hey... this is smthg i came across on d net....jus loved d thot.....
" I'm not very good
at this game called life
For i've not learned to see children crying
without feeling pain...
For i've not learned to watch animals destroyed
without wondering why...
for i've not yet met a king or celebrity
that i would bow down to...
or a man so insignificant
that i would use a stepping stone..
for i've not learned to be a "yes man"
to narrow minded bosses,
who quote rules without reason...
and i've not learned to manipulate
the feelings of othersto be used for my own advantage
then cast aside as i see fit...
NO!! i am not very good
at this game called life...
and if everything goes well
maybe i never will be!!!"
" I'm not very good
at this game called life
For i've not learned to see children crying
without feeling pain...
For i've not learned to watch animals destroyed
without wondering why...
for i've not yet met a king or celebrity
that i would bow down to...
or a man so insignificant
that i would use a stepping stone..
for i've not learned to be a "yes man"
to narrow minded bosses,
who quote rules without reason...
and i've not learned to manipulate
the feelings of othersto be used for my own advantage
then cast aside as i see fit...
NO!! i am not very good
at this game called life...
and if everything goes well
maybe i never will be!!!"
Tuesday, September 19, 2006
A poetic take on 2 yrs of MBA
DAYS OF OUR LIVES
T’was our first foray into the real world
Nothing was ever going to be like the old
Life’s cruel, party’s over we were told
We’d all have had to change to fit the mould
The initial days went as we had heard
“Am I ever going to like this” one often wondered
“will I never make a close friend” another feared
Nothing truly was like how it appeared
Sitting here today looking back at those days
I look at all of us stuck in a maze
Slogging and slogging to master the phase
But come what may always putting up a brave face.
As days flew by the mist started to clear
Slowly but surely everybody moved up a gear
Some started to move away while some came near
Thus, we all learned to co-exist as interdependent peers
Twas always an eternal race against time
Not just what and when but how, too was prime
All felt troubled at times for no reason or rhyme
But we lived on dreaming about the future dimes
Life has moved on for each and everyone of us today
Newer experiences and people have entered the fray
But one thought should for sure always stay
No matter where we reach and what we say,
The days of our lives absolutely shone
In the two years that our skills and traits were honed
No matter which role our future makes us adorn
All of us will forever hold fond memories of the days long gone.
T’was our first foray into the real world
Nothing was ever going to be like the old
Life’s cruel, party’s over we were told
We’d all have had to change to fit the mould
The initial days went as we had heard
“Am I ever going to like this” one often wondered
“will I never make a close friend” another feared
Nothing truly was like how it appeared
Sitting here today looking back at those days
I look at all of us stuck in a maze
Slogging and slogging to master the phase
But come what may always putting up a brave face.
As days flew by the mist started to clear
Slowly but surely everybody moved up a gear
Some started to move away while some came near
Thus, we all learned to co-exist as interdependent peers
Twas always an eternal race against time
Not just what and when but how, too was prime
All felt troubled at times for no reason or rhyme
But we lived on dreaming about the future dimes
Life has moved on for each and everyone of us today
Newer experiences and people have entered the fray
But one thought should for sure always stay
No matter where we reach and what we say,
The days of our lives absolutely shone
In the two years that our skills and traits were honed
No matter which role our future makes us adorn
Roberto Benigni influence !!!
Life is Beautiful
Life is beautiful, so people say
Tis a real joy be it night or day
There is a lot of darkness as well as light
Neither comes in without a real fight
The circle of life is filled with troubles
Worries and tensions make them double
This journey is bestowed with milestones and blocks
Each day a mightier challenge sometimes it clocks.
Every second counts in this mighty watch
Keeps a track of everything you do and don’t notch
There is but a thin line between success and failure
Both being firmly in the fray here.
This is the secret of this joyride
A lot of rules to follow, laws to abide
The situation the same whichever route you take
The problems getting thicker every move you make
This grim fact nevertheless I’ll say, if u may,
That life is beautiful so some people say
And till the earth sees night and day
The bigger fact is that this say will stay.
Arun Menon
The Hand of GOD
The day has well and truly begun
People are running around to catch the fun
Tis day for some, night for some others
Early to bed , Early to rise who bothers
We’ve reached a phase in our lives
Where we listen to nothing but our own cries
Jobs, Careers family and the buzzword pressure
Have made satisfaction smthg impossible to measure
Looking at the future and servicing self is the core
Ideas of serving the nation and mankind - a big bore
Money Money Money and more
Is the only thing man brings to the fore.
In between all this reaches out that hand
That makes life look all grand
Life get’s a new meaning a new zeal
Tis simply a real reassuring feel
With a smile so warm and a look so calm
Life goes on as if there never were any qualm
There are, but many ways for life’s problems to mendBut none can beat the joy of having a true friend.
The day has well and truly begun
People are running around to catch the fun
Tis day for some, night for some others
Early to bed , Early to rise who bothers
We’ve reached a phase in our lives
Where we listen to nothing but our own cries
Jobs, Careers family and the buzzword pressure
Have made satisfaction smthg impossible to measure
Looking at the future and servicing self is the core
Ideas of serving the nation and mankind - a big bore
Money Money Money and more
Is the only thing man brings to the fore.
In between all this reaches out that hand
That makes life look all grand
Life get’s a new meaning a new zeal
Tis simply a real reassuring feel
With a smile so warm and a look so calm
Life goes on as if there never were any qualm
There are, but many ways for life’s problems to mendBut none can beat the joy of having a true friend.
Friday, September 15, 2006
Gandhigiri .... poetry ishtyle!!!!
1. The SECRET OF SUCCESS
Life’s got a sure shot way giving u your due
It offers a lot of chances for the honest few
But is equally ruthless on the larger crew
Who oft make the folly of being untrue.
The virtue of truth is a real blessing
Some have it while in others tis missing
The benefits may not always be evident
But it always provides joy 2 d provident
At times solutions 2 some issues appear too easy
T is then that within you u hv 2 be quite queasy
A fair bit of grind and struggle is truly essential
To discover d man for all seasons, be it sunny or torrential.
There r no shortcuts in this long and winding voyage
U mite fall a lot more than others during a lean passage
But at the end of the day result is there for all to see
It is this grind tht gets all of life’s problems a free.
It is rightly said honesty is the best policy
To think otherwise would be a huge fallacy
This policy coupled with patience and perseverance
Can truly create the man to be held in high reverence
Whatever the situation, the ensuing benefits or the greed
One must never step away from one’s own creed
If life has to go on as smooth as a stroll on the meadow
It has to be led by a character embalmed with high credo.
Some times u find people winning all the mighty praise
U r made to believe that success is a synonym for their face
But the real secret of success in this marathon race
Is to becum the winner despite never losing ones grace
And to have a value system too profound for anyone to erase.
---Arun Menon
Life’s got a sure shot way giving u your due
It offers a lot of chances for the honest few
But is equally ruthless on the larger crew
Who oft make the folly of being untrue.
The virtue of truth is a real blessing
Some have it while in others tis missing
The benefits may not always be evident
But it always provides joy 2 d provident
At times solutions 2 some issues appear too easy
T is then that within you u hv 2 be quite queasy
A fair bit of grind and struggle is truly essential
To discover d man for all seasons, be it sunny or torrential.
There r no shortcuts in this long and winding voyage
U mite fall a lot more than others during a lean passage
But at the end of the day result is there for all to see
It is this grind tht gets all of life’s problems a free.
It is rightly said honesty is the best policy
To think otherwise would be a huge fallacy
This policy coupled with patience and perseverance
Can truly create the man to be held in high reverence
Whatever the situation, the ensuing benefits or the greed
One must never step away from one’s own creed
If life has to go on as smooth as a stroll on the meadow
It has to be led by a character embalmed with high credo.
Some times u find people winning all the mighty praise
U r made to believe that success is a synonym for their face
But the real secret of success in this marathon race
Is to becum the winner despite never losing ones grace
And to have a value system too profound for anyone to erase.
---Arun Menon
26th July 2005 revisited....
WHEN THE NATURE STRIKES
Sitting here in the middle of the night,
Can do nothing but sigh at man’s plight.
Man’s suddenly looking weak against HIS might
Troubles!! Just compounding with no respite in sight.
Man’s running helter skelter to find a path,
With no idea about loved ones very much his part,
Having none a clue on how to cope with this aftermath,
Puzzled on what did he do to incur such a wrath.
Man’s supremacy is being challenged to the core
Quakes, blasts, blizzards and floods galore
All these sights making his eye all the more sore
Wondering whether he truly could counter such a roar.
Finding the same faces everywhere, ones of utter dispair
The events leaving scars on some beyond repair
While others having to face with fact of being forever impaired
Left querying how could he have been better prepared
However man need’nt perceive it as troubles he cannot fend
Blessed with a mind that can make mighty peaks bend
No matter how horrible the situation, he can make it amend
After all, for everything in life, be it bad, there does come an….
END.
Sitting here in the middle of the night,
Can do nothing but sigh at man’s plight.
Man’s suddenly looking weak against HIS might
Troubles!! Just compounding with no respite in sight.
Man’s running helter skelter to find a path,
With no idea about loved ones very much his part,
Having none a clue on how to cope with this aftermath,
Puzzled on what did he do to incur such a wrath.
Man’s supremacy is being challenged to the core
Quakes, blasts, blizzards and floods galore
All these sights making his eye all the more sore
Wondering whether he truly could counter such a roar.
Finding the same faces everywhere, ones of utter dispair
The events leaving scars on some beyond repair
While others having to face with fact of being forever impaired
Left querying how could he have been better prepared
However man need’nt perceive it as troubles he cannot fend
Blessed with a mind that can make mighty peaks bend
No matter how horrible the situation, he can make it amend
After all, for everything in life, be it bad, there does come an….
END.
My experiments wit Rhymes....
THE ENIGMATIC YOUTH
Let me tell you about an enigma called youth
A little of brash, a little of brute
To live life kingsize is the goal
V all go thu it with heart and soul
The days give its highs and lows
With a burst of energy it really flows
To work hard and party harder are the goals
Thru which this roller coaster rolls.
Success and Failure, Enemies and Friends
Are all places where this road bends
The straights are few, curves aplenty
That’s how life is after twenty.
Today v r all stuck in this maze
Slogging and slogging to master this phase
Energy and opportunity are the steroids
That gets each and every person’s life buoyed.
Youth’s experiences and lessons r really vast
It teaches u that success and fame never comes fast
The events in life r in such a way cast
Tht it is YOU who decides how long u last.
- Arun Menon
Let me tell you about an enigma called youth
A little of brash, a little of brute
To live life kingsize is the goal
V all go thu it with heart and soul
The days give its highs and lows
With a burst of energy it really flows
To work hard and party harder are the goals
Thru which this roller coaster rolls.
Success and Failure, Enemies and Friends
Are all places where this road bends
The straights are few, curves aplenty
That’s how life is after twenty.
Today v r all stuck in this maze
Slogging and slogging to master this phase
Energy and opportunity are the steroids
That gets each and every person’s life buoyed.
Youth’s experiences and lessons r really vast
It teaches u that success and fame never comes fast
The events in life r in such a way cast
Tht it is YOU who decides how long u last.
- Arun Menon
THE ENIGMATIC YOUTH
Let me tell you about an enigma called youth
A little of brash, a little of brute
To live life kingsize is the goal
V all go thu it with heart and soul
The days give its highs and lows
With a burst of energy it really flows
To work hard and party harder are the goals
Thru which this roller coaster rolls.
Success and Failure, Enemies and Friends
Are all places where this road bends
The straights are few, curves aplenty
That’s how life is after twenty.
Today v r all stuck in this maze
Slogging and slogging to master this phase
Energy and opportunity are the steroids
That gets each and every person’s life buoyed.
Youth’s experiences and lessons r really vast
It teaches u that success and fame never comes fast
The events in life r in such a way cast
Tht it is YOU who decides how long u last.
- Arun Menon
Let me tell you about an enigma called youth
A little of brash, a little of brute
To live life kingsize is the goal
V all go thu it with heart and soul
The days give its highs and lows
With a burst of energy it really flows
To work hard and party harder are the goals
Thru which this roller coaster rolls.
Success and Failure, Enemies and Friends
Are all places where this road bends
The straights are few, curves aplenty
That’s how life is after twenty.
Today v r all stuck in this maze
Slogging and slogging to master this phase
Energy and opportunity are the steroids
That gets each and every person’s life buoyed.
Youth’s experiences and lessons r really vast
It teaches u that success and fame never comes fast
The events in life r in such a way cast
Tht it is YOU who decides how long u last.
- Arun Menon
strike 1....
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This is my post... never taken writin seriously ....lets c how far this goes....
watch ths space fr sm poems... n few writeups on music n sports............
This is my post... never taken writin seriously ....lets c how far this goes....
watch ths space fr sm poems... n few writeups on music n sports............
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