MY DREAMS

On the floor
In my room
Away from the worldly garden
Where flowers of ambition bloom
In a silent and cozy corner
I sit and wonder
What crawls inside me?
On my skin and under
Does it have any meaning?
In the world sans my room
Where the thorny flowers
Of ambition seldom bloom??

I try to dig deeper
Inside my well lubricated cerebrum
And at times I even
Mount nostalgia's rostrum
Trying to find the answer
To a very simple question
When I utter thoughts
Will the world listen?

For I know that I
Am the most capable judge of my intensions
I also realize that
Only I can control my temptations.

In this fast paced
World of competition I wonder
Will my dreams come true?
Or will I too surrender?

The steps I take,
My thoughts, are they right??
Or is it flying in the wrong direction,
My life’s kite
For I don’t know
What awaits me
Tomorrow or even
The next January

Hence I am writing this poem tonight
A day before my first test, pre-board
Because the result,
I can’t decode
But whatever it might be
I promise thee
That I will move on
To achieve a blissful spree
And try to reach a state
In which I would make single dream come true daily!!

Are We Really Behaving Indian??

You!! Yes you!! The one reading this article! This is not going to be something you had expected. I bet this is going to be a whole lot more than you bargained for!! I must warn you before you start=this article isn’t for the chicken hearted as it is really very long! AND LISTEN--ARITHMETIC FIGURES MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE ARE NOT ACCURATE.


"India is the only country of the world where a mixture of contemporary culture and tradition and scientific knowledge is blooming flowers of economic and social development."
But i am not writing this article to inform you about this!
in this second article of mine I will attempt to show you the other side of India that, even Indians often seem to overlook, as they seem to be busy battling their lives out in this rat race for monetary pleasures.

Today India is the 2nd largest country in Asia in terms of population. And if the researchers are right we will overtake china in the coming decade! Today there is no such thing that u can’t find in India. If it is not there in India, then you better believe that its existence isn't even true!! Today an average India has every single facility that an average citizen of U.S. ,U.K., Germany, Japan or any other so called-"" DEVELOPED COUNTRY""- gets. Today Indians are excelling in every single field. We have plenty of great, highly skilled, Indian scientists, doctors, engineers and astronauts. Every single metropolitan city of India has more than five "7 star" hotels. An Indian has access to every single T.V. channel that is available through out the world. This is what we have achieved. There are millions of shops being setup every month throughout the country. I honestly admit that I have no personal hand in this development and i solemnly give the credit to the Indian government for these activities in which they have so far succeeded and congratulate them!

But this is not it!! This is not the end!! India doesn’t end here!! Every year a lot of money is wasted for buying idiotic minor explosives (that serve as means of temporary thrill!) on Diwali. You know what I am speaking about!! THEY ARE YOUR VERY OWN FIRECRACKERS!! Then a lot of money is also spent on buying colored powders and dyes on Holi!! but at the same time a
in a small roofless hut just nearby there is a family of four that is sitting and wondering how will they succeed in gaining access to their next meal!!
Almost Every India pays a lot of taxes regularly because he believes in the promises; made by the government especially the one that it would provide security and safety to him/her and his/her family. Still every second day you hear of hundreds of people received a one way ticket to heaven or hell last night, by falling prey to ruthless terrorism. On one side you hear of the nuclear deal India is signing with the US and its benefits and on the other hand you see the Indian markets tumbling down!! Then you hear of suicides related to this issue. Every month at least 10 Mercedes or Skoda cars are sold. But are you really able to enjoy the luxurious vehicle when you stop at a traffic signal and you see a skinny lady with a weak crippled child in her hand knock at your window in hope of receiving meager amount of currency so that she can at least be assured of her next meal??
Today there are millions of fully equipped hospitals throughout our country. Even then female infanticide continues to be a major problem in India.
What justification can you give for the illiteracy and lack of civic sense in many
Indians?? If you stand at a corner of a street for ten minutes, I am sure you will see an exotic car stopping and a man desperately stepping out of his vehicle and rushing to the end of the street to find a calm and cozy corner to answer his natures call.
Next time you come to India by air via Mumbai, watch out for the slums, adjacent to the runway, that are clearly visible from the windows of your Boeing.

IS THIS THE INDIA OUR FREEDOM FIGHTERS HAD ENVISAGED??

BUT I AM AFRAID THIS IS WHAT WE HAVE ACHIEVED AFTER MORE THAN SIXTY YEARS OF INDEPENDENCE!

This is OUR COUNTRY. I am sure you spend hours decorating your house on the day before Diwali, Eid or Christmas. I request to at least spend a few minutes every week for the nation.

THIS IS MY REQUEST TO EVERY INDIAN-
1> please don’t answer your natures call at the cozy corner of a long street. Wait till you get home!
2> Here comes the very common line- plant two trees before you cut one.
3>instead of spending thousands on your crackers next Diwali, donate some to an orphanage or an old age home or give some to the poverty you encounter on the footpaths.

4> be a human and an Indian not only by physique but also by mind, heart and soul.
This is no order!! If you feel you are a responsible patriotic Indian, please follow this.

I know this article is really long!! I am sorry about that and ill surely try limiting my feelings to 350 words maximum, next time.


I JUST HOPE YOU UNDERSTOOD WHAT YOU JUST READ!! If I have wasted your time I give you the liberty to curse me mentally!!

Thank you

Anupam Menon

MY FIRST ATTEMPT TO WRITE A POEM_ THE EMOTIONS OF A CHILD BY ANUPAM

EMOTIONS OF A CHILD



sitting in the fields
gazing in to the sky
a little girl often wondered
if she could fly
how will she change the world??

without a rifle
or a pistol
without a stick
or a whistle
how will she change the world??

sitting at home
where the suffer rate is low
or pacing down a steap hill
how will she do so?
how will she change the world??

she thought continuously
till her health started degrading
wasting her time and health
often thinking just one thing
how will she change the world??

then suddenly she heard footsteps
feeling the grass behind her in the steppes
shaking, trembling by an adult pressure
then my grand mothers voice with new soothing pleasure
struck her ear and explained to her
the one thing she never wanted to hear!

she rushed to her room
locked herself in the bathroom
felt the tap water on her face
it was cold and glacial
she punished herself
for thinking that she was different and special
she sat in the corner
weeping and weeping
and in between
repeating her grand mother's saying
"HONEY YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE WORLD
NO ONE CAN!!

IT CAN ALSO HAPPEN TO YOU MY FRIEND!!

It’s the vacation season presently and many schools have closed down for summer vacations in Jaipur. In Jaipur the vacations are from may to July. I was traveling to Doha via Muscat with my mother and my sister. We were going to first fly to Muscat by an Oman air flight and then wait at the airport for 12 hrs to catch another Oman air flight to Doha. It was going to be tiring journey. We had started packing from a week before. Our flight was at 6:05 am I.S.T. I woke up at 2 in the night and got ready. I was completely prepared for the trip and the airsickness that awaited me. But nothing happened as I predicted as the trip Came to an end even before it started. We had got our baggage checked and were at the check in counter checking in our luggage . That’s when the blooper took place. The person at the counter was quite friendly and even asked my sister her name and where she was traveling to! And then the next minute from his mouth came out some words that I had not even expected in my dreams! He looked up at my mother and said-“sorry madam, u cant travel”. At first all three paused for a second!! We were completely shocked and perplexed. Then he told us that there was a spelling mistake in my mother’s name on her Qatari visit visa. This was a mistake my mom had noticed as soon as she had got the visa and had even talked about it to the concerning officials in Qatar. But they said it wasn’t going to cause any problem. But now here we were at the check in counter of the Sanganer international air port of Jaipur with a man telling us to go back home!! We tried to argue with the person at the counter but he told us that there was no way he could let us travel. He said that he had got direct instructions from the Qatar embassy to not allow any person with the difference of even a single alphabet on his name to travel. And hence we were forced to go back home with gloomy faces!!

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