Varanasi : My home from my eye

I am from Varanasi, which is one of the oldest cities on earth. People came to live here in 1200 BC. The city gets its name from two rivers, Varuna and Asi, which pass through the city and meet the Ganga. People know my city with several names - Kashi, Benares or Banaras - depending on where they come from.

The name Varanasi has its origin possibly from the names of the two rivers Varuna and Assi, for the old city lies in the north shores of the Ganga bounded by its two tributaries, the Varuna and the Asi, with the Ganges being to its south. Another speculation about the origin of the name is that the river Varuna itself was called Varanasi in olden times, from which the city got its name. This is generally disregarded by historians, though there may be some earlier texts suggesting it to be so.

Through the ages, Varanasi was variously known as Avimuktaka, Anandakanana, Mahasmasana, Surandhana, Brahma Vardha, Sudarsana, Ramya, and Kasi.

In the Rigveda, the city was referred to as Kasi or Kashi, "the luminous one" as an allusion to the city's historical status as a centre of learning, literature, and culture.Kasikhanda described the glory of the city in 15, 000 verses in the Skanda Purana. In one verse, God Shiva says,

The three worlds form one city of mine, and Kasi is my royal palace therein.

Some call it City of Temples has nearly 100 ghat, for we have thousands of them, and some the City of Learning, as Varanasi apparently has great place to study. I simply call Varanasi my Home.

According to legend, the city was founded by the Hindu deity Lord Shiva, several thousand years ago,thus making it one of the most important pilgrimage destinations in the country. It is also a general belief that it stands on the weapon "The Trishool" of Lord Shiva. It is one of the seven sacred cities of the Hindus. Many Hindu scriptures, including the Rigveda, Skanda Purana, the Ramayana, and the Mahabharata, mention the city.

There is an area in Varanasi named Gadholia, a place so noisy, you need to put cotton balls in your ears while roaming there, but with all so crowded a 'Banarasi' will get place to park his vehicle or move comfortably in the area. Gadholia , a place where numbers of ox in road will always challenge the number of pedestrians roaming. This Place is heart of Varanasi Shopping, well situated near to Banks of river Ganga. So if the crowds of Gadholia becomes too much to take, you can run to the ghats and sit by Ganga and watch the temples, boats and holy river, it will give you a lot of energy to get back to that place and find a move for you.

Varanasi's "Old City, " the quarter near the banks of the Ganges, has crowded narrow winding lanes that are flanked by road-side shops and scores of Hindu temples. As atmospheric as it is confusing, Varanasi's labyrinthine Old City is rich with culture, and a deservedly popular destination for travelers and tourists. The main residential areas of Varanasi (especially for the middle and upper classes) are situated in regions far from the ghats; they are more spacious and less polluted.

Varanasi is full of opportunities for every age groups. Better schooling for children, IT( to be IIT), IMS (BHU ) (are one of best institutes in India for engineering and medical respectively) for young students, lots of rotary and cultural group for art loving group, more than thousands of temples for devotees and old age and fortunately or unfortunately famous for after death also, which is Manikarnika Ghat ,it is one of the oldest and most sacred Ghats in Benaras. According to the Hindu mythology, being burned here provides an instant gateway to liberation from the cycle of births and rebirths. Lying at the center of the five tirthas, Manikarnika Ghat symbolizes both creation and destruction. At Manikarnika Ghat, the mortal remains are consigned to flames with the prayers that the souls rest in eternal peace. There is a sacred well at the Manikarnika Ghat, called the Manikarnika Kund. Manikarnika Kund is said to be dug by Lord Vishnu at the time of creation while the hot ashes of the burnt bodies makes one remember the inevitable destruction of everything in the world. So as a summary there is a lot for a human being from birth to death in Varanasi.

From a long time Varanasi is well known for its spiritual highs, but the younger generation coming out of shell are making good impact on every sectors like as engineering, medicals , cultural, spirituality etc, making this heritage city to add more gem in its name.

Some call my city beautiful, holy and spiritual- especially when we have to introduce it to foreign tourist. Also many call it filthy and a dump,but i don't think my city is dirty, It is the people who make it dirty.

Geographically my home is placed between DLW (Diesel Locomotive Works , a place well known for its locomotive engineering work, is a well organized and clean ,totally opposite to outside campus ) and BHU ( Banaras Hindu University, a place which is knowledge hub of Varanasi with its elegant and brilliant architecture, and one and only peaceful area in Varanasi ). So in total it is well suited for peaceful life.

The city has been a cultural and religious centre in North India for several thousand years. The Benares Gharana form of the Indian classical music developed in Varanasi, and many prominent Indian philosophers, poets, writers, and musicians resided or reside in Varanasi. Gautama Buddha gave his first sermon at Sarnath located near Varanasi (Kashi). Apart from cultural heritage Varanasi is home to four universities: Banaras Hindu University, Mahatma Gandhi Kashi Vidyapeeth, Central Institute of Higher Tibetan Studies and Sampurnanand Sanskrit University.

Varanasi is one of the holiest cities and targets of pilgrimage for Hindus. As the place where Siddhārtha Gautama gave his first sermon to his disciples, Varanasi is the city where Buddhism was founded. It is the birthplace of Suparshvanath, Shreyansanath, and Parshva, who are respectively the seventh, eleventh, and twenty-third Jain Tirthankars and as such Varanasi is a holy city for Jains. Guru Nanak Dev visited Varanasi for Shivratri in 1507 and had an encounter which with other events forms the basis for the story of the founding of Sikhism. The city has a sizeable native Muslim population, it hosts the Roman Catholic Diocese of Varanasi, and has a significant Jewish expatriate community. Varanasi is home to numerous tribal faiths which are not easily classified and many denominations of the religions which are present.

Source : Revolution 2020, Wiki and My Lovely Memories for My Home My VARANASI :)

Some Important Lessons For LIFE...

Unlike from my usual posts where i used to write something on my life with all tenses ( dnt get panic , i was telling about Past, Present, Future), but as i was reading some articles, i felt i should share these article over here.

so i am posting some stories on life lessons.

So as i wrote the warning (i.e. post on life lessons), so the user who wanna stay out of this can avoid this post. :p 

here i go....::

1. The Law of the Garbage Truck

One day, I hopped into a taxi and took off for the airport . We were driving in the right lane when suddenly, a black car, jumped out of a parking space right in front of us. My taxi driver slammed the brakes, skidded, and missed the other car by just inches!

The driver of the other car whipped his head around and started yelling at us. My taxi driver just smiled and waved at the guy. I mean, was really friendly.

So I asked, "Why did you just do that? This guy almost ruined your car and sent us to the hospital!" This is when my taxi driver taught me what I now call, 'The Law of the Garbage Truck'

He explained, "Many people are like garbage trucks. They run around full of garbage, full of frustration, full of anger, and full of disappointment. As their garbage piles up, they need a place to dump it and sometimes they'll dump it on you. NEVER take it personally. Just smile, wave, wish them well, and move on with the routine life." Don't take their garbage and spread it to other people at work, at home or on the streets.

The bottom line is that successful people do not let garbage trucks take over their day. Life's too short to wake up in the morning with regrets, so...... 'Love the people who treat you right.. Pray for the ones who don't.'

A very rightly said quote: Life is 10% what you make and 90% how you take!

2. Pencil and the Eraser

Pencil: I'm sorry

Eraser: For what? You didn't do anything wrong.

Pencil: I'm sorry because you get hurt because of me. Whenever I made a mistake, you're always there to erase it. But as you make my mistakes vanish, you lose a part of yourself. You get smaller and smaller each time.

Eraser: That's true. But I don't really mind. You see, I was made to do this. I was made to help you whenever you do something wrong. Even though one day, I know I'll be gone and you'll replace me with a new one, I'm actually happy with my job. So please, stop worrying. I hate seeing you sad.

I found this conversation between the pencil and the eraser very inspirational.

Parents are like the eraser whereas their children are the pencil. They're always there for their children, cleaning up their mistakes. Sometimes along the way, they get hurt, and become smaller / older, and eventually pass on. Though their children will eventually find someone new (spouse), but parents are still happy with what they do for their children, and will always hate seeing their precious ones worrying, or sad.

All my life, I've been the pencil. And it pains me to see the eraser that is my parents getting smaller and smaller each day. For I know that one day, all that I'm left with would be eraser shavings and memories of what I used to have .

3.  God Help Me. 

An eye witness account from New York City , on a cold day in December, some years ago: 

A little boy, about 10-years-old, was standing before a shoe store on the roadway, barefooted, peering through the window, and shivering with cold.

A lady approached the young boy and said, 'My, but you're in such deep thought staring in that window!'

'I was asking God to give me a pair of shoes,' was the boy's reply.

The lady took him by the hand, went into the store, and asked the clerk to get half a dozen pairs of socks for the boy. She then asked if he could give her a basin of water and a towel. He quickly brought them to her.

She took the little fellow to the back part of the store and, removing her gloves, knelt down, washed his little feet, and dried them with the towel.

By this time, the clerk had returned with the socks. Placing a pair upon the boy's feet, she purchased him a pair of shoes.

She tied up the remaining pairs of socks and gave them to him.. She patted him on the head and said, 'No doubt, you will be more comfortable now.'

As she turned to go, the astonished kid caught her by the hand, and looking up into her face, with tears in his eyes, asked her, 'Are you God's wife?'

4. Managing Stress

A lecturer when explaining stress management to an audience, Raised a glass of water and asked "How heavy is this glass of water?"

Answers called out ranged from 20g to 500g.

The lecturer replied, "The absolute weight doesn't matter. It depends on how long you try to hold it.

If I hold it for a minute, that's not a problem.

If I hold it for an hour, I'll have an ache in my right arm.

If I hold it for a day, you'll have to call an ambulance.

In each case, it's the same weight, but the longer I hold it, the heavier it becomes."

He continued,

"And that's the way it is with stress management. If we carry our burdens all the time, sooner or later, As the burden becomes increasingly heavy, We won't be able to carry on."

"So, before you return home tonight, put the burden of work down.

Don't carry it home.

You can pick it up tomorrow.

Whatever burdens you're carrying now,

Let them down for a moment if you can."

So, my friend, Put down anything that may be a burden to you right now. Don't pick it up again until after you've rested a while.

5. Azim Premji, Chairman and Managing Director of Wipro Limited, shares his perspective on success and effective living with teenagers.

The funny thing about life is that you realize the value of something only when it begins to leave you. As my hair turned from black, to salt and pepper to finally salt without pepper, I have begun to realize the importance of youth. At the same time, I have begun to truly appreciate some of the lessons I have learnt along the way. I hope you will find them useful when you plan your career and life.

The first thing I have learnt is that we must always begin with our strengths. From the earliest years of our schooling, everyone focuses on what is wrong with us. There is an imaginary story of a rabbit. The rabbit was enrolled in a rabbit school.

Like all rabbits, it could hop very well but could not swim. At the end of the year, the rabbit got high marks in hopping but failed in swimming. The parents were concerned. They said, "Forget about hopping, you are good at it anyway. Concentrate on swimming". They sent the rabbit for tuition's in swimming.

And guess what happened? The rabbit forgot how to hop. As for swimming, have you ever seen a rabbit swim? While it is important for us to know what we are not good at, we must also cherish what is good in us.

That is because; it is only our strengths that can give us the energy to correct our weaknesses. The second lesson I have learnt is that a Rupee earned is of far more value than FIVE found. My friend was sharing with me the story of his eight year old niece, she would always complain about breakfast. The cook tried everything possible, but the child remained unhappy. Finally my friend took the child to a supermarket and bought one of those ready-to-cook packets. The child had to cut the packet and pour the water in the dish. After that, it took two minutes in the microwave to be ready. The child found the food to be absolutely delicious.

The difference was that she had cooked it! In my own life, I have found that nothing gives as much satisfaction as earning our rewards. In fact, what is gifted or inherited follows the old rule of come easy, go easy. I guess we know the value of what we have if we have to struggle to earn it.

The third lesson I have learned is that no one bats a hundred every time. Life has many challenges. You win some and lose some. You must enjoy winning. But do not let it go to the head. The moment it does, you are already on your way to failure.

And if you encounter failure along the way, treat it as an equally natural phenomenon. Don't beat yourself for it or anyone for that matter! Accept it, look at your own share of the problem, learn from it and move on. The important thing is, when you lose do not lose the lesson.

The fourth lesson I have learnt is the importance of humility. Sometimes, when you get so much in life, you really start wondering whether you really deserve all of it! This brings me to the value of gratitude. We have so much to be grateful

for. Our parents, our teachers and our seniors have done so much for us that we can never repay them. Many people focus on the shortcomings, because obviously, no one can be perfect. But it is important to first acknowledge what we have received. Nothing in life is permanent but when a relationship ends, rather than becoming bitter, we must learn to savor the memory of the good things while they lasted.

The fifth lesson is that we must always strive for excellence. One way of achieving excellence is by looking at those better than ourselves. Keep learning what they do differently. Emulate it. But excellence cannot be imposed from outside. We must also feel the need from within. It must become an obsession. It must involve not only our mind but also our heart and soul.

Excellence is not an act but a habit. I remember the inspiring lines of a poem, which says that your reach must always exceed your grasp. That is heaven on earth. Ultimately, your only competition is yourself.

The sixth lesson I have learnt is never give up in adversity. It comes on you suddenly without warning. One can either succumb to self-pity, wring your hands in despair or decide to deal with the situation with courage and dignity. Always keep in mind that it is only the test of fire that makes us find steel. A friend of mine shared this incident with me.

His eight-year-old daughter was struggling away at a jigsaw puzzle. She kept at it for hours but could not succeed. Finally, it went beyond her bedtime. My friend told her, "Look, why don't you just give up? I don't think you will complete it tonight. Look at it another day."

The daughter looked with a strange look in her eyes, "But, Dad, why should I give up? All the pieces are there! I have just got to put them together!"

If we persevere long enough, we can put any problem in perspective.

The seventh lesson I have learnt is that while you must be open to change, do not compromise on your values. Mahatma Gandhi often said that you must open the windows of your mind, but you must not be swept off your feet by the breeze.

You must define what your core values are and what you stand for. And these values are not so difficult to define. Values like honesty, integrity, consideration and sensitivity have survived for generations. Values are not in the words

used to describe them, as much as in simple acts. A wise man once said, "You do not have to change the world to make a difference. If on the way to your house, you can bring a smile on the face of a crying child, you have done your bit".

At the end of the day, it is values that define a person more than the achievements. Because it is the means of achievement that decide how long the achievements will sustain. Do not be tempted by short cuts. The short cut can make

you lose your way and end up becoming the longest way to the destination.

And the final lesson I learnt is that we must have faith in our own ideas even if everyone tells us that we are wrong. There was once a newspaper vendor who had a rude customer.

Every morning, the customer would walk by, refusing to return the greeting, grab the paper off the self and throw the money at the vendor. The vendor would pick up the money, smile politely and say "Thank you, Sir." One day the Vendor's assistant asked him, "Why are you always polite with him when he is so rude to you? Why don't you throw the newspaper at him when he comes back tomorrow?" The Vendor smiled and replied, "he can't help being rude and I can't help being polite. Why should I let his rude behavior dictate my politeness?"

So it is, my young friends, with all of us. In my youth, I thought of myself as a rebel and was any times, a rebel without a cause. Today, I realize that my rebellion was another kind of conformity. We defied our elders to fall in line with our peers! Ultimately, we must learn to respond instead of reacting. When we respond, we evaluate with a calm mind and do whatever is most appropriate. We are in control of our actions. When we react, we are still doing what the other

person wants us to do.

I wish you all the best in your life and career. I hope you achieve success in whatever way you define it and what gives you the maximum in life. Remember those who win are those who believe they can.

6. Being a Human ( My fav) 

A nurse took the tired, anxious serviceman to the bedside.

"Your son is here," she said to the old man.

She had to repeat the words several times before the patient's eyes opened.

Heavily sedated because of the pain of his heart attack, he dimly saw the young uniformed

Marine standing outside the oxygen tent. He reached out his hand. The Marine wrapped his toughened fingers around the old man's limp ones, squeezing a message of love and encouragement.

The nurse brought a chair so that the Marine could sit beside the bed. All through the night the

young Marine sat there in the poorly lighted ward, holding the old man's hand and offering him words of love and strength. Occasionally, the nurse suggested that the Marine move away and rest awhile.

He refused. Whenever the nurse came into the ward, the Marine was oblivious of her and of the night noises of the hospital - the clanking of the oxygen tank, the laughter of the night staff members exchanging greetings, the cries and moans of the other patients.

Now and then she heard him say a few gentle words. The dying man said nothing, only held tightly to his son all through the night.

Along towards dawn, the old man died. The Marine released the now lifeless hand he had been holding and went to tell the nurse. While she did what she had to do, he waited.

Finally, she returned. She started to offer words of sympathy, but the Marine interrupted her.

"Who was that man?" he asked.

The nurse was startled, "He was your father," she answered.

"No, he wasn't," the Marine, replied. "I never saw him before in my life."

"Then why didn't you say something when I took you to him?"

"I knew right away there had been a mistake, but I also knew he needed his son, and his son just

wasn't here. When I realized that he was too sick to tell whether or not I was his son, knowing how much he needed me, I stayed."

The next time someone needs you ... just be there. Stay.

WE ARE NOT HUMAN BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY SPIRITUAL EXPERIENCE.

WE ARE SPIRITUAL BEINGS GOING THROUGH A TEMPORARY HUMAN EXPERIENCE.

My Life @ VIET - A friends pardise for me., phase-1

Moment i thought of writing about my experience in my undergrad college, all memory becomes so fresh as all that happened yesterday itself. but life's goes on, it about 3rd year  back when i left my undergrad college.

i dnt know exactly what all things to skip while writing about my golden days with my friends.but  some unfolded are here.

(VIET) Victory,Innovation,Excellence & Training........Ghanta.......  Friends Forever ( that's the truth )...

Well dnt get carried away with the motto of my B.Tech College named VIET .. the only thing i earned from my graduation is my best friends, u can call it friends for life.

Unlike from college's mission and vision , i had my own vision and mission for life and to excel in life.Things are very difficult for me when i reached VIET for the first time, the thoughts which all was eating my head that time was " Damn, how to pass these 4 year ", and some like this "its a most crucial and important time in you life, you future mould according to your behaviour here...and blah blah.." . but i was having my own strange plan to tackle the situation.

the scenario there was totally different and difficult from which i was grown up.

As normal human being i was having the feeling of a normal school kid ,who coming to college and faces so many problems, but somehow adopt to tackle the situation, luckily i am not at all different in this respect.

Usually we get transformation, like from the school captain to the college nobody; it’s been quite a transformation, hasn’t it? The first year in an engineering college. Sounds very fancy and maybe at a certain level it is. For most people it is the first time they leave the safe confinements of home and enter a world strange and vague. To leave your cushioned life and reestablish yourself can be quite a herculean task.

but apart from my family drama , it was joyful first day in college, i seriously dnt know to whom all i meet on my first day of college ( as ragging was on peak, and u cant differentiate between two first year, they all look alike). but there are some faces i remember. later the days passes , we were learning hard for our first lesson of being a professional i.e. " senior kitni bhi maare , chup-chaap marwa lo, wahi aapki bhavishya k liye acha hai ".

But as i was getting used to of ragging, and i find it very interesting, funny, daring. ya i object about unhealthy ragging, but i feel i am blessed that the seniors with whom i certainly meet were best of the bunch, they all are superb, and i missed them a lot when they started moving out of college as their course ends.... okey okey.. i got carried away... act i enjoyed my first year a lot with my senior than my batch mates, my senior were my first friend out from my confined school life.

anyways, it was a brilliant session of ragging, i had done almost everything, likes as proposed a senior mam, proposed a faculty ( as my seniors told me that she is in 4th year , although she scolded me and asked who told you to do this, the moment i turned back, not even dust of them was there, but it was a cool experience) , proposed a tree, proposed the bus, saluted tree, catches invisible hen, played cricket without its basic requirement( i.e. bat,ball,wicket), completed gay marriage ( i was  priest on that ceremony ), cracked lot of jokes on which senior were not laughing, have to listen lot of jokes (veg, but mostly non-veg) without laughing, singing a song for senior mam.. oh my god.. this list is endless.

i single sentence " it was best ".

as the days of ragging and fresher party was completed ,the days were near when every "to be engg" cries.. i.e. Sessionals. Damn they came so early, i was just getting adopted to college life..anyways as i gave first College sessional of my life i got to that , there are lot come, dnt worry now.. :p ....soon our intervention started with faculty and i was their fav to get scolded but it was kool.

then lots of new faces comes in my life like as , Jitendra Singh Bhadoriya (bhado,crow,kauwa ) , Sumit Jindal ( Chu*), Naman ( guruji), Aakash tomer (moti), Saurav Vishwakarma (senti bhai ).. like many more..
the best thing in my college life was that almost every guy or gal knows me with due respect and with their own objection about me.
My First Year passed by going to home in each weekend and doing assignments and all studious stuff.Soon i got a setback in my first attempt then after i realized that do what ever you want but do it wholeheartedly. This was the first lesson of my life. After that i  had always tried to live up my life.

somehow i managed to pass my first year and moved for more specialised branch subject but the story i was thinking to write on my life book was totally different, which is very strange, pathetic and full of arrogance and attitude.

My Second Year was more exciting,now i learned to live in college and my frequent visit to my home was now occasionally. Got a new bunch of friends,who still lives on my nerves. A period of full masti and dhamaal, never looked back after that.We had created a memories in each of our hearts.Was fully indulged on creating rumors, pranks, movie party, abusing warden,late night hostel fun and many more it was year of fun and masti. i still remember that  when we ( me and Sharad ) was playing NFS Most wanted in joint mode with help of gaurav  ( in nirto dept ) all of 5 were sitting and watching the game as it was IND Vs PAK world cup final, i still remember once we won the race, the after effect was no less than IND Vs PAK match.
O one sec... let me introduce my best mates (we call our self  as FAB-8 [Fabulous 8] )

Vikas Dubey - oooo... wat a person.. i admire him lot, great human being, best in him is that he cares about his friends a lot and i dnt find any person till date who dnt have any good thoughts about him, " par saala ek no ka H hai ". he knows how to handle bad situations.Best thing was  that he was my roomy in 2nd year. we meet accidentally and become good friends willingly.love him alot.


Priyesh singh - ji thakur Saheb , wat a person, he wrote once in his orkut profile that he is bit short tempered, ( although he is more than wat he think about himself ). the macho man of our group, half of time ,we spent to settle the issue which arises due to his "short temper". but he is a gem person. our friendship is very different from others , we had lot of differences but we know that we are very lucky to have each other in our life. luckily his nickname is also LUCKY ( yup its mine also ) and  he was my 3rd room partner in double seater.we were well known as good gay partner, although we pretend as we were.:P..sometime its good to be gay , at least people thinks that you are best friends, even a girl can't break ur friendship...:P:P:P:P


Syed shammem : well well, kanpuria, we have one common feature which is " RAI BAHADURI ". yup u got me write, we both have opinion and suggestion available for any damn topic on earth. he is a wonderful person.he had lot of fun till date and a single blog is not enough to write about all 8 of us.


Pawan Mishra : oooo MiShra.... ok i will reveal it ,that we used  call him PORN mishra ( although he is not a fan of it, but as it rhyme from his original name).. he is another gem. although a gem which is covered with lots of dust ( as he hate water on his body ), but a true friend. die hard fan of all of us.


Anup Kumar Yadav : anu or jaanu or beta or tannu.. like there are many nicknames for him. he is a full packet of dynamite. he dnt care about time and imp things. his philosophy in life , " time is like a cycle , if u miss any thing in its first go dnt worry it will come again , as time is like a cycle... in desi words " any samy ko apne l*** pe le kar chalta hai '....very sport less, very energy less,very innovative, head eater but his an important part of our team.


Sharad Pratap singh : We call him SP.. he  knows wat he wants and wat he want to do. he used to listen everyone but had done whatever he feels.that cool.he is good bWOY....:P


Kumar gaurav Singh Raghuvanshi : as the name suggest he is a tall guy ,very sportive, not a calm person , another shot tempered in our group. good guy.i still dnt forget the tears in his eyes when we are about to depart from each other. good by nature.


with all differences we still love each other a lot.
anyways lets move back to our track....


My Third Year was the beginning of my new Mantra in life i.e. ENJOY life at most. great times in classes although we never use to attend classes.
Starting of my Gaming session as i was apart from my 2nd year friends in hostel ,since they left hostel and become day scholars..:P..
so gaming become my new friend,it was my loneliness partner. Gone through with several setbacks but those deadlocks make me more stronger. A special thanks to them.
there are some special people who came to me in this time who  are very precious to me (  i  will tell about them in next blog write up ) but these guys and gals have great impact on my life.


My Fourth Year  was awesome,i forgot the word "MARKS","care about marks". A per my plan i had blast throughout in my final year of graduation.I just enjoyed whole era with friends, Games,and me.lot of masti and i feel proud that i dnt regret my activity in last year.
you will wonder i wrote so much about my rest 3 year and very less about 4th year , but someone said it correct " good time passes very fast " so as the same, my 4th year passed so fast that even i dnt have track of it.....


see how life change, in beginning i was thinking to pass these 4 upcoming year, and as they passed i felt like i get these 4 years again in my life.


In life when sit for a while we look back , what we had done , what we had missed, what we were willing to do, for answer of all these question you need to make your present lively, so live each moment of life, so that u dnt have to ask everyone HAVE I MADE IT LARGE.....:P


one beautiful saying from a beautiful friend " if u dnt want to miss ur dear friend, just adopt his best habit in u, u will never miss him ".. very true, at least for me.


Miss u all alot ...

snap courtesy : RN.

Mujhe Samay Chahiye....

" Samundar ka kinara ho... bole to island ho aur koi na ho..sirf main....

taaki sochu saku ki kya ho raha hai hai...
... aur k kar raha hun...

 

kaafi kch haath se nikal gaya hai bhagam bhaag me...

kaafi sanjoye hue moti chhut gaye hai hath se mere...

unhe pirone ka samay chahiye...
unhe sanjone ka smay chahiye...

har waqt har lmha jise smbhala kiya karte the...
kab haath se chhut gaya wo moti use jaan ne ka samay chahiye...

mausam badal gaye... raste badal  gaye,
par in dur hue jajbaato ko smjhne ka samay chahiye...

raah me rafeek mile kayi,
 par us chhute hue humsafar ko smjhne ka samay chahiye...
muje wo sanjoye hue moti ko pirone ka samay chahiye....

hai khata ki humne kayi is safar me...
hai wafa ki humne kayi is pyar ...
bas us chhute hue humraahi ko pass laane ka samay chahiye...

mujhe bas chand lmho ka sath chahiye.....
mujhe bas samay chahiye..."

 

- Abhishek Tiwari (AbT) 

Kaafi waqt nikal gaya

Kaafi wqt nikal gaya

par palkon ki nami aaj bhi waise hi hai

lamhe to beet gye

par unki yaadein aaj bhi waise hi hain

Jaise kal ki baat ho....

wo sbh ki chai aur mogre ki khushbu

jagah badli aur subh bhi

par uss chai ki chahat aaj bhi waise hi hai

Sadkon k kinaare dhundte the kch sawalon k jawab

kch mile kch reh bhi gye.....

bas vishwas banta gya k

jawab ho na ho, hum hmesha saath hain

sadken bhi hain aur unk wo kinaare bhi

hum saath to nai par sawal aaj  bhi waise hi hain

Inn pahadon se dhuen udhte hain

to kch puraani yaadein satah par aane lgti hain

saath bitaaye wo pal yaad aane lgte hain

wo pyaar ki kasmein...

bina kahe hazar waade kr dena

par dhuen ko bhi khn pata hota hai

kb wo dheere dheere khtm ho jata hai

jaise pyaar........

par shaant khadi inn waadiyon mein

uth te wo aaj bhi waise hi hain.

 

- by R.N. 

Chalta Chala

"" Yun chalta chala main to kisi ne na jana mjhe....
takra k gira to kisi ne na pehchana mjhe....
socha logo ne pilaya hai saaki ne jaam ise khoob,
ya khoya hua hai yaadon me soch kar jammen ko apna mehboob...
kch ne u kaha ki lagta hai ye juda hai jameen se khoob....""

""Is raah me, humsafr milte hai bichudte hain....
par safar kar sake sath me humrahi hai kam...
Par jab aaj tum ek madhosh si nisha le kar aaye ho...
sochte hain tumko dkh kar aarzu hai khoob par dil me dhadkane hai kam...
thaam lun ye pal,thamm lun ye sama..
palchin bhi na ho juda o mere mehboob...""


-Abhishek Tiwari ( AbT)

Tanha Tanha

Kuch Kosise Meri, Kuch Tumhari hai yun tanha tanha.............


"kosise kch aisi thi humari tanha tanha.....
aaraju bhi daamn thaami thi  tanha tanha......

hai gar hota meri chahto ko to na hoti yun tanha tanha... "

"hai ye tamanaa meri kch khamosh si,
 kch bebas si, behkti hui, chehkti hui...
par suna hai ise maine shaam baithe tanha tanha....""

""unki chahat aur humari aarzu ka naata aisa purana..
kabhi gumsum khawaboo me aate tha wo....
hai shikwa nahi hume kisi gile se..
bas smjh sake wo humari aarzu aur chahat ...
 gumsum,begana, anjana afasana humara...
to na chodhte wo hume yun tanha tanha .......""


-Abhishek Tiwari (AbT)

Poems of Movie Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara

1-

Ik baat honton tak hai jo aayi nahin
Bas ankhon say hai jhaankti
Tumse kabhi, mujhse kabhi
Kuch lafz hain woh maangti
Jinko pehanke honton tak aa jaaye woh
…Aawaaz ki baahon mein baahein daalke ithlaye woh
Lekin jo yeh ik baat hai
Ahsas hi ahsas hai

Khushboo si hai jaise hawa mein tairti
Khushboo jo be-aawaaz hai
Jiska pata tumko bhi hai
Jiski khabar mujhko bhi hai
Duniya se bhi chupta nahin
Yeh jaane kaisa raaz hai

There is a matter that has almost come to my lips
This is evident in my eyes
Sometimes from you, sometimes from me
They ask for words
To take their shape and come to my lips
And to be embraced by my voice
But this matter
Is a feeling…only a feeling
Floating in air like fragrance
Fragrance becomes its voice
That you know of
That i know of
It’s not hidden from the world
Don’t know what kind of secret is this

2 -
Jab jab dard ka baadal chaya
Jab ghum ka saya lehraya
Jab aansoo palkon tak aya
Jab yeh tanha dil ghabraya

Humne dil ko yeh samjhaya
…Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai
Duniya mein yunhi hota hai

Yeh jo gehre sannate hain
Waqt ne sabko hi baante hain
Thoda ghum hai sabka qissa
Thodi dhoop hai sabka hissa
Aankh teri bekaar hi nam hai
Har pal ek naya mausam hai
Kyun tu aise pal khota hai
Dil aakhir tu kyun rota hai

Every time the cloud of pain loomed
A tear filled my eyes
When this lonely heart was scared
I told my heart ‘Why do you cry for such reason? This happens everywhere in this world’

These dark lonely times, time has distributed them to all.
Some sadness is part of everyone’s story,
Some sunshine is a part of everyone’s life
Your eyes are damp for no reason
Every second is a new season
Why do you waste your time over such matters
Why do you cry I asked my heart

3 -
Pighlay neelam sa behta hua yeh samaan
Neeli neeli si khamoshiyaan
Na kahin hai zameen
Na kahin aasmaan
Sarsaraati huyi tehniyaan, pattiyaan
Keh rahi hain ki bas ek tum ho yahaan
Sirf main hoon meri saansein hain aur meri dhadkanein
Aisi gehraiyaan
Aisi tanhaiyaan
Aur main sirf main
Apne honay pe mujhko yaqeen aa gaya

The moment flows by like molten sapphire
Deep Blue silences
No Earth below
No Sky above
The rustling branches and leaves
Saying that only you are here
Only me
My breath
My heartbeat
Such Depth like this
Such Loneliness like this
And me only me
I now believe I exist
Credit:Sudha
 

4-
Dilon mein tum apni
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Nazar mein khwabon ki
Bijliyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Hawa ke jhokon ke jaise
Aazad rehno sikho
Tum ek dariya ke jaise
Lehron mein behna sikho
Har ek lamhe se tum milo
Khole apni bhaayein
Har ek pal ek naya samha
Dekhen yeh nigahaein
Jo apni aankhon mein
Hairaniyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum
Dilon mein tum apni
Betaabiyan leke chal rahe ho
Toh zinda ho tum

If you carry impatience in your heart then you are alive
If you carry dreams in your eyes then you are alive
Learn to live like the free waves of wind
Learn to flow like the sea does as waves
Receive every moment in life with open arms
Every moment is a new beginning seeing with your eyes
If you carry surprise in your eyes then you are alive
If you carry impatience in your heart then you are alive

kyunki Zindagi Na Milegi Dobara!.. jee lo har pal.. jee lo har wo sama....

Internet @ Bangalore

After I moved to Bangalore in June ’11, and I had shifted in to my PG , the first thing I wanted here was a decent internet connection (basic necessities for living these days are roti, kapda, makaan & broadband). Unfortunately enough, that was the last thing I could get (from the huge list I had, including all the house furniture).
I started my analysis of available options(BSNL,TATA WiMax, Tata Indicom Broadband, Airtel & Sify) and shortlisted two of them, BSNL & Airtel. My colleagues guided me to go for Airtel as BSNL guys might take a long time to install it.
Chapter 1: Airtel
I applied for an Airtel connection over their helpline. They promised to get back to me within 3 working days. That did happen. they called me again and again after every hour only to get a new phone number to connect on, not for . Luckily that new field incharge who told me that Airtel had not yet laid lines in my area (Jayanagar 1st Block). I decided to move on and try my luck with the then new isp named YoU broadband.
Chapter 2: You BroadBand
After I applied for a connection (to a third party, the new-connections department is outsourced) over the phone. same days an executive from department visited my rented house for the installation. I thought this was my lucky day (I was wrong).  Unfortunately for me, he dont have wire laid -on my area. Next destinatation BSNL broadband.
Chapter 3: B.S.N.L. (best hai mere liye… its their tag line)
I applied for the BSNL connection on 23rd Jun 2007. They clearly told me that I’d get the landline phone after one week and the broadband after another one week ATLEAST.   .
Chapter 5: Sify Broadband
In the meanwhile, i thought of applying for Sify Broadband. I knew that that the service would be pathetic, but as they say, beggars are not choosers. Now, Sify has outsourced the management and distribution of their service to local cable operators(computer/network education is not an eligibility criteria). The cable operator told me that i have to spend 1000/- for service installation and 2800/- for the wiring that he had to extend(@70/- per meter). [As they say, beggars are not choosers]. its better to look for some thing else.
Chapter 6: B.S.N.L. again and Now.
Finally i thought of moving to Data Cards or 3G data cards.i have limited choice of plenty providers, my choice is limited to BSNL and AIRTEL and Reliance. but as going to review from retailer itself to skip idea of going for reliance, I purchased the BSNL 3G, 7.2 MBPS Data Card from a retailer (for 2500/-) and all is going fine now.

 i hope this is end of finding a good Internet connection 

A Journey Inspired By Life

Pragyan Brahma.....
(Inspired By Life)
This line is very rare in anyone's life.Usually people don't come across to this type of words and motive behind this phrase.People think how anyone can be inspired by life, but its your enthusiasm and your sacred put you to a different level.

But as far i was never interested in this type of phrases and motive behind it.But when i reached MANIPAL(well this place is also known as Education Hub of India, near to Temple City Udupi) my whole idea toward life changes.

But before my story rolls over in Manipal, there are some belief i had,mostly every north Indian have for south India.people in north find south very different due to many reasons like as, language, they feel south is less corrupted (but they are not), totally different attitude toward life,reserve nature, not fun loving. but as i landed here in manipal in mere one week all my belief goes into vain as i find this place very different.
Once i left my home town Varanasi,and for me its always hard to leave home as my mother eyes is asking me question every minute "when you are coming back", and it makes feel helpless to answer ,as i don't know what i am going to do, will i get time to come back home to meet my parents at least in festivals, i consolidated her that its just a matter of few days, i will come back soon, but in deep i know its not possible to meet my parents so often. that was the first day when i had tears in my eyes (in public), when i was going for security check i was feeling very bad for me,i was very angry on me , as my parent wanted me to do this course in IT-BHU, but due to some reason i was not able to take admission.i am kind of home sick person as i love my family very much.
but times moves on so i have to take hard step forward.

Moment i reached  manipal i had this thought that "from UG college everybody to the PG college's nobody; it’s been quite a transformation, hasn’t it?" The first year in an PG course where you know no one. Sounds very fancy and maybe at a certain level it is. For most people like me it is the not first time they leave the safe confinements of home and enter a world strange and vague. To leave your cushioned life and reestablish yourself can be quite a herculean task.but still it is not a easy bite of cake.

As i was fun loving and playful every time but when student reach to next level i.e. higher education they are supposed to behave maturely and in highly disciplined manner But i have totally different idea, i don't want to make it dull and forgettable 2 years, i want to make it rememberer 2 years.
It was full raining when i reached manipal , i didn't had umbrella with me as i was not expecting weather to be like this in manipal, i was fully wet and holding my bag and walking in rain, although it was awesome but i prefer to be wet when i don't have any luggage with me. then i went to cheif warden office i found a SARDAR as chief warden here in MIT,usually people have opinion that sardar are always a joke material but they are very good in nature. i got Double seater room, from that time only i started thinking about that unknown roomy but i found totally different, he was a B.E 3rd year student with very good nature.
The day finally came commencement of class esp orientation , i was looking forward to see all my new classmates. usually people have belief that only aged student go for M.Tech, but i am happy what i saw while entering class changes all my mind set.

first person i meet here in class was Dhaval and Rajkumar as i already chatted with them in Late Orkut earlier, i found dhaval very into technical geek and full of facts, and rajkumar is totally different, he was home boy and seems that he is just moved to out of his home first time, later i meet all my class mates and i felt i got the bestest .now i will tell about everyone, starting from

before this , one of my good friend told me that, " if you want that someone special ,some of your best friend will always be with you , just buy all his good habits in you , you are not going to miss them anymore." and i am looking forward to this and started implementing ,
ok now back to topic, first guy is

Varun : i meet him in orkut after taking admission here,he is an awesome guy, i share same past company profile but his experience is in year and mine is months..i feel he is best Malyali i ever meet, very straight forward and fun loving, he is having very different kind of instant humor which i like most about him. very good with nature, always put this step forward to help someone.he is another geek. very good in studies. he is like a tube light, firstly he sparks for while and when it is needed the most he lights more than continuous bulb.he is blog person, very awesome writer. well there is lot to learn from him.And more about him is explained by his own description on facebook ..
"I am my own experiments…my own work of art...the CEO of my life! For my parents I am still an innocent bairn, for my teachers an obedient student, for God a faithful follower, for my sister a protective brother, for my neighborhood a good neighbor, for friends a reliable friend, for my ex-girlfriend some kind of an as**ole(eh...!she can't be blamed either...!).
Yea what more... jus another engineered mallu freak..!""
so i think this is all possible info about him.
good luck bro for future..

Dhaval: ohh...jai gujrat.. he is one of the best fellas with whom i spend my most of time. we both are great time killers, seriously i had very good time with dhaval. we had fun in class ,outside, food court,damn every place. we just have fun for every one out here, i pulled his leg a lot, now its my turn for him.his is short tempered so we need extra care to deal with him.he is a great learner and always ready to give fact about any damn shit. but very vital knowledge he endeavor .he is die-hard gujrat and modi fan and we all have lot of fun over that.but this i what i like about him.
he is very great human being, person who is not having phenomenon explained in 3 Idiots.he enjoy his friends achievements that i liked this attitude very much. thankfully we both got internship in same city i.e. Bengaluru, now god save bengaluru.
i wish him a great success in his life.

Rajkumar : well first think about rajkumar is that i gave him nickname "Chotu", i find him very nice person with very different attitude toward life, always ready for tour and travels, he is an sleep-o-maniac, he is very good with nature. i spend a lot of time with him.dhaval, rajkumar and myself make kind of northy group in our class, i feel very good when he is there to back me.We use to call him Maggi Maggi Maggi.. for his love toward maggi...he eats 2 packets of maggi daily in night and only 1 packet as morning breakfast.
Mostly we pull his leg for his Rape on English language, but he takes it very lightly, he is very straight forward to answer , which is the trademark for him.the basic characterstic of him is that he can confuse anyone anytime anywhere.....
chotu is always loves to eat food and stare girls.recently he gone through to his first interview of life and he done perfectly well and i am very happy about him.
And i am looking forward for great corporate and professional life with him .
i wish u buddy a great future..

Vikas J : well well....he is totally different what he looks, by looks you can find him a nerd (although he is, but not every time) and boring but he damn kool ..awesome man, helps every one in deed or in need.due to his hard work we (me,dhaval,rajkumar) cleared our first sem with good marks, we all are very thankful to him.he is very good nature and always on .we used to pull his leg a lot but he takes it very sportly. he is hell of knowledge about every damn topic. he is an Atheist and die hard fan of classical and black metal which is i think the one of in trillion likes. we call him MACHINE but he is kool with that.
in the beginning i merely use to talk to him but once we came across each other i found him superb.
i know he will get whatever he wants as he work very hard. wish him to get as soon as possible.

Melroy : "saaudis in aaudis" search this on you tube., this is what i felt wen first time saw melroy.he is totally different from others. a guy with full flirt attitude, must say a NITTE ian.
 he is very cool guy and talking , chatting , gossips...haha..and very good student overall , he knows how to handle the situation and he is party man, a person you want to be in your group.
melroy is well known to us as Mr. Yalla (an arabi word which means come lets go) and for faculties he is known as Alston,M. d'souza and many more. he is very perfect in every aspect.thankfully we got him in our class.
i wish him to reach accent in life.
yalla yalla.....


Vinay : Mr. Garipelli is a good person having full AP(andhra) characteristics, big tummy like having 8 month baby in it but he is very kool and awesome he is mixture of a party man and religious person. i found him very sporty and he is very good with studies.oops he is another nerd of our class, damn we have competition in our class for top position in between 3 V and 1 A.. i.e. Vikas, Viany , Varun and Aparna. and he is one of the leader in that. vinay loves to watch movies a lot and he is another sleep-o-maniac. i like his attitude toward his life.his a great human being.unlike me he knows what is next for him, and thats is good in him.we used to call him another machine named OTA.
i wish mr. Garipelli for his best future and happy pregnancy...:-P

Praveen YS: we call him shastriji...he is best example of how to become a optimistic and this the feature which makes him different from others .a perfect Brahmin, totally dedicated to religion and best part in him is that he don't have any bad thought about any bad things. but a great human being who can never let you go. usually we used to call him cantilever,nityanandi which he usually take very sporty almost every time.he share same feature with me as he is another multi linguistic. i am very happy about his current selection as intern in Whizchip, as i always prayed for his good life.
i had prayed for chotu and praveen to get selected in this company, and thankfully i get him again as a co-worker or colleague in this company.
i wish him good luck for future....

Vikash Kumar : well he is our bihari..he have so many name such as ATM (any time maruti), gutka King,collection King and desi raja. he is perfect material for joyful life.although he don't like to go out, but for us he went to kappu beach, he is another person here in manipal whom i like and adore, he know his shortcomings and whenever he work hard for anything he get sure shot success. he is BP king of desi videos..hehe..i know after reading he will kill me but he is one of my best buddy .he used to pull my leg a lot , but i never mind his leg pulling. once i done a mock interview for whizchip to him, for which i regretted so much but god grace he is now selected as BP-o-intern in Honeywell...he is great person with full dedication..he just need a spark for anything..

Pradeep : well he is still too young for such a practical life but too mature to handle situation.we use call him GUDI (which means SPY) , he excel in field of spying. he do this job marvelously good.pradeep is very innocent which makes him standing apart from other but i feel sometime people can use him due to this innocence,,,so dude don't make yourself vulnerable.he learn from bad lessons very quickly and try hard to work better after that.after 1 st semester i found him more onto studies and i am happy he got internship to get it maximum. i wish him all the success in field of spying and studies and professional life.




Sravan : oh he always complain to me that  i changed his name  Sravan to Sarvan..but that was mistake dude. he is good with nature but very vulnerable, he is a good human being but need to learn so many life lessons , my god he got 97 % in 12th.. damn what you  had done that time.i feel he had affair with principle's daughter.heheh...but he is very sporty and loves to mix up with friends although people find him little careless but he is not, i know he tries a lot to handle situtaion according to him but mostly it goes in wrong side.but i found him a good friend thats why what ever be the issue i straightly told him without hesitation because i know a person need to know what wrong he doing , so that he can correct it if he wants.
 i wish a good and lively life afterwards.cheer up buddy, god gave teeth to show while smiling,not always for eating.

As year passes i wish all to get success in life and will never forget him.
Hope i fully conveyed my words which are some how synchronized with the feelings i have for my dear friends.


These are some moments which is very special to me.
wow.. this photo we clicked after our first sessional.we gone nuts and went to end -point and done every damn non-sense there.it was a great time out with you guys.
L to R : sanjeet(guruji),dhaval, me, shrey, dipesh (saheb)...and photographer chotu (rajkumar)

Thanks a lot to be a part of my life.