The best things about night

Thanks Geetanjali for the tag... 

Well for me every night is new to me each day. I have my own set of things which i love doing in night. Its the most peaceful time of 24 hours. Being a dark soul and a writer, i have no qualms in whatsoever in admitting that i am a 3 am person. Its difficult to point out one thing which is favourite about night. The night is for passion. It’s for fanaticism, romance and trouble. I belong to the night and night loves me back with equal fervour. It’s for wild hearts and unconcerned minds.It’s when the lonely seek comfort. As the saying goes "All true animals always comes out at night."

Though my soul may set in darkness,
it will rise in perfect light.
I have loved the stars too fondly
to be fearful of the night.

- From "The Old Astronomer (To His Pupil)" by Sarah Williams

Lying underneath an open sky was one of my favorite leisure activity during my childhood days (er... nights!). It was rejuvenating. I used to think a lot during late night hours just staring at the sky. A meteorite here, a satellite there. A few planets from out Solar System. And a steady stream of stars - floating ever so gently to the west. All part of a cosmic dance. Swaying, slowly. Yet, as a student of science, now I know they are anything but slow.

Have you met 3am? Have you heard the songs it sings and the nightmare it brings, when all you hear is death and stillness? Can you see the ghosts flying in the air? You look outside the window, and it's your past that you stare. There's a thunderstorm, blazing your mind, as you roam in the darkness to escape the grind. Have you felt the horrors of your existence, the past knocking on your window? You must applaud its persistence. And there's nothing to that moment that will hold you tight. And you realise that nothing in your life is either wrong or right. You realise that your life is nothing but a path of barren solitudeness. You realise that you've lost yourself in the sands of time, at this mirage of life, at the stillness of the night.

The silence where even a drop of needle can be heard. The refreshing chill and the absence of morning heat. The delight of city lights, the poetic thought chains, the fact that day is over and all bustles that come with it, the solitude, the sound of crickets, beats of music they produce, the twinkling stars, the racing thoughts during 3am, i bet none can beat that.

Starlit skies adorned with the coyly beaming moon, silver sheen of night is just mesmerising. Well frankly i do not understand mornings. I do not understand waking up early. I am procrastinator by birth. My mind starts functioning only after midnight. There is something magical about the night, something that makes me feel I am, after all a human. It convinces me that I am equally worthy of forgiveness for my past. It reassures me that I have hope for myself tomorrow. The possibilities, are endless. Tomorrow is yet, away.

A man does not lie at 3 am.

I learn to make peace with myself. The stars engulf me with a sense of wonder. All my loved ones are blissfully asleep. My foes have laid down their weapons and retired too. Everything is at a standstill, except for the rotating planet, twinkling stars and my thoughts. Yes my thoughts and they are so true and make me retrospect. My thoughts swim through the skies as a vagabond searching for validation. Oh, how weird and precious they can be. This is the hour when every song seems to be sung in my honor. This is the hour when I unfurl and become myself. This is the hour for reminiscence. This is the hour for stolen kisses and frantic reassurances in unlit corridors. This is the hour for dangerous texts, to dangerous souls and waiting for replies that never reach deep enough to heal us. 

The night, in its envelope of darkness eludes me. It makes me question my existence, and then answer it too.... 

Always remember... Quintessential art takes birth only in the loneliness,isolated surrounding...!!! (words of experience... :D)

your mind goes on in harmony with your HEARTBEATS...!!! <3

you can feel your each Breath...!!!

Night provides you another to get ahead of world...

when you look back, you never remember the nights you had plenty of sleep... !!!

and the last one...

and the aurora of optimism comes only after the gloomy night... :)

The Big Bang Trip.....

Conversations are still left between you and me, stories are still hanging by the thread, to be plucked off the trees.

Trees under which we lie hand in hand, listening to what has never been uttered, saying what always begged to be said.

I pick moments from your lips, and paint my days with them, I pick stars from the sky and decorate your darkness with them. 

I repeat my words in your ears, as you shift aside the food lying on the table. 

It's about time you ate my poems and anecdotes, it's about time I drank the mysteries kept hidden in your kohl smeared eyes. 

I play with your fingers, writing codes on your wrists, can you read what I wrote, can you feel the kisses am yet to plant all over body. Can you guess the patterns my fingertips will draw on your back, and can you feel the warmth of my breath on your breasts. 

The conversations are continuing you see, just that the words are replaced with a silence smeared with ecstacy, and I push you against the walls. 

Can you hear the walls whisper l tales of love we once made, as I make love to you in this moment. It's a tale beyond ages, as I turn your pages, ruffle your leaves, I roll up my sleeves and you laugh. You take off my shirt instead, and starting reciting your rhymes. 
Wind chimes, they keep playing the tunes , as we move in unison, matching our rhythms with ones that created this world. 

Just like the world we create, through our conversations, where I listen to each of your silences.

#thebigbangtrip

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Something all guys want girls should know.... Pls don't get offended :P

Somethings guys want all girls to know.....

1)Stop commenting on your friend's facebook pics like hottiee, hwaaaaaaaattt, too many kissy smilies in a series then luv u muah..muah..muah. In person I have never seen indian girls hugging or kissing(neither girls and boys toh bhul hi jao) each other when they meet, do they?:P 

2) Don't be in a relationship with a boy if at the end you are planning to be a sweet daughter of your papa (dad) and have no guts to at least stand for him.

3) Stop watching SAS-BAHU, Pyar ki ek kahani, Sasural simar ka, Diya aur Bati Hum type of serials. Not gonna take you anywhere

4) Smartness of a boy is not all about his dressing style or looks.

5) You could talk friendly with other boys too even if you are committed to someone. Your boyfriend isn't breaking up with you for that (some perverts exist)

6) If you get a proposal from a boy tell him clearly if you are not interested, don't tell him blah..blah..blah Its irritating and never keep him as an option between your yes and no.
7) Don't get jealous with other girls.

8) Don't blindly obey your parents and go for arrange marriage soon at age of 22/24 if you have more dreams.

9) Girls can also approach first, there is no universal rule that boy should come to you and propose you. 

10) You could also watch and understand Interstellar. But you will have to watch with full attention. Conditions apply

11) Mathematics isn't that difficult and we all live in a 3D world.

12) That boy isn't bad just because he drinks.
13) Don't be judgmental about shy boys, unless you know him in person. Do not use words like loser, f**k they are not cool. They don't make you smart.

14) Not all cool guys play guitar and have spiky hair. Salman khan isn't the best bollywood actor.

15) That girl in your group who talks to boys and is open minded, isn't an easy girl.

16) Don't expect your boyfriend to be Hrithik Roshan if you aren't Priyanka Chopra.

Pls dont take offense.. :P

ONE DAY MATRAM .... :(

YOU PICKED ME OFF THE STREET
SMEARED ME ACROSS YOUR CHEEKS
PINNED ME ON YOUR SHIRT
A DAY LATER, I WAS TORN AND FORGOTTEN


----  THE TRICOLOUR

Yeah this post by Terribly Tiny Tales made me inspired to write about Independence Day.
We have gained freedom from the so called British Raj but what have we done with our independence? It has been 69 years since we have gained independence. We are a free nation now. But still after so many years, the question remains the same. 
""ARE WE REALLY INDEPENDENT??""
Are we free to do and support what is right? 
Are we independent to voice ourselves against the politicians or wrong doers without being threatened? 
Are our children free from our super imposed expectations? 
Are the labourers free to send their children to schools? 
Are the Indian women independent to walk around in the park at night? 

Wouldn’t you all agree when I say that these are all rhetorical questions?

Independence Day nowadays is no less than a one day festival like diwali or holi where we celebrate that very day and forget everything the next day and follow our old normal routine.
Like take example of Diwali or Ganesh Chaturthi where we bring one or more Gods into limelight, with all habiliments around it and performed ceremonies which apparently showed our devotion. So then, I would wonder, what about the other 364 days? 
Same is followed with Independence day where we just sing one or two songs, show respect to our national flag and anthem, pay tribute to our national fighters and then again next day life would go back to its previous old pace with no communal sense.
We would just go to our school or colleges, be a part of a patriotic program, watch the flag being hoisted by principal or director and then come home to a day filled with back to back patriotic movies, enjoy munchies and Coke and probably an afternoon nap too!  This is just bullshit. Showing to the world your patriotism just for one day wont lead you anywhere. 
We have advanced and developed more than many other countries freed from colonial masters during the same time as us. We proudly claim that we are independent from a foreign rule but we are still not free from jealousy, intolerance and hatred towards our fellow countrymen. We are full of bitterness towards other religions, traditions and always try to suppress the growth of the other. We often tend to forget that independence is not only making yourself free but making others also live freely as they desire.

We are tied in boundaries of religion, casteism, communal violence, corruption, false ideologies, class, safety and harmony, hindered development and what not. The list is endless. Safety has become a utopian word today for us. Cases and violation of women’s rights are seen in the newspaper every day. Not a single day passes without the news of a crime against women. The irony is that the country which respects itself portraying it as a woman, Bharat Mata (Mother India), is the one where the women is not safe. Living in harmony is another distant dream. Communal riots and brutal crimes have uprooted the concept of living in harmony. India is independent, yet its citizens are not independent to fly like a free bird. It has become a place where you cannot trust your neighbour. And if you are living in a metro city, I doubt if you even know who your neighbours are!
No doubt we are independent but monetarily paralyzed. We do not think independently, we often think what others make us think.

At every turn, our capabilities as a nation are being questioned. We are facing roadblocks. Not at the higher level, but at the grass root level itself. From problems like lack of proper infrastructure and our inability to move the concerned authorities, to safety of our daughters. When we think of all the bad things that have happened, they outnumber the good. Our belief that we are ‘one’, is at stake. Our forefathers who led us, often mentioned the need for us to walk together. Catch hold of the brothers who have been left behind and bring them forward. But today we have become so self centered. A high degree of superiority complex runs in our blood. My family, me and our happiness. Is this how a society exists? We fail to understand that it is the Indian humility that sets us apart. But where is it gone today?

All this really makes one think that are we really independent? Are we a free nation? Are we worthy of any praise?

These are haunting questions which we may hesitate to answer but they are standing in our way of success and have to be answered as soon as possible. A unified India should come together to answer these questions as this is not a job of one individual but the whole nation.

It would be unfair to say that that we cannot do anything because when we Indians decide to do something then nothing is impossible for us. It is just a momentary laziness and lack of encouragement that has led to such a situation. So I call upon all the people especially the youth of the nation, on this Independence Day, to come forward and break all the shackles to make the country truly independent and free.

Everyone should pledge to work towards the development of India in a true sense and make India – a place full of love and happiness and mark it as a successful nation on the world map. Only then, will we be independent in true sense of the term.

"When none of the poor children sell flags on the roads on independence day, then proudly say that you are independent."

My 1st day of class in Kota :)

Major throwback. Well back in Kota i never got time to write blog coz I was well too busy there. So now remembering good old days and thought of writing my experience of 1^st day of class. Well here it goes. Hitesh and Navin you both surely can relate to this :)

"No broda, IIT Delhi is better than Kharagpur. There are many side perks if you are in IIT Delhi. Behind you have AIIMS and its girl hostel is just beside IIT campus. IIT boys easily get hot girls of AIIMS. But dude its not at all easy, you have to be within AIR-100 to get there."

"That's folderol, Kanpur is the best one if anyone wants to go for research. And its campus is damn big"

"I am following ML Khanna, its the best book for Mathematics this deals with conceptual things and also teachers recommend this one, then for Physics HCV and Irodov if you really want to learn actual Physics. For Chemistry, I only follow Comprehensive and NCERT"

I was actually part of the above usual IIT aspirants boring conversation during coaching hours ,until I felt 'that' for the very first time.

“Motion” was my alma mater.

That was the first day, we (me and my 2 friends) reached our coaching class pretty early and sat down on second bench hoping to start the session very seriously.

But whom were we kidding? As soon as girls started coming inside that big hall of around 300 students capacity room,

It kind of started filling with colourful lights and we were being taken away from the concept of our hard work, determination and punctuality that we just decided.

Despite everything going on we didn't realize that we were in the vicinity of serious studious guys who started talking high stuff about cracking JEE advanced and me sitting there who scored only 88 in JEE mains and that too 7 in Physics :P. Ya it kinda scared me and at the same time bored me but we had no choice but to listen to them and involve in their conversation.

Suddenly, there was changeover in mood, environment and perhaps the world for me in about fraction of seconds.

My eyes went onto noticing a 'five foot something' girl with soft silky dark brown hair fallen over her right shoulder down to chest.

Her face being carved with utmost skills and wearing sleeveless yellowish 'kurti' with white 'duppata' on it. She was coming through door right towards me. (I thought so as every boy thinks:p) But trust me she seems morning sunrise to me. She was just beautiful and shining and glowing.

The moment got more enlightened when she sat just beside me but on different bench. During that five seconds I felt something inside me.

Heart pounding more than normal, eyes wide open without a single blink, intense and immediate sweating etc. I didn't know what that was but it was for the first time and felt really nice.

I could not took my eyes off her mesmerizing eyes. They look like water in the sunshine. Her smile was so dazzling and lively. She looked like an middle eastern exotic princess. Her hair was a rich shade of mahogany. It flowed in waves to adorn her glowing porcelain like skin. Her face made me forget all the worries of JEE. LOL

Everything around me was lost- the conversation, the class. Infact, the other way, i was lost. She was the one behind all this 'lost' magic going on. She was so stunning that my reflexes stopped working. My eyeballs got stuck on her. I couldn't listen any sound. This pleasant feeling was halted by our chemistry teacher.

There is always this thing, 'when you like something you want it more'. Same was the case with me.

The laws of Themodynamics and organic reactions couldn't tempt me for long and I got lost again in her charm. I was fully mesmerized by her.

At middle of the lecture, AC of our classroom went off due to power cut. Everyone started feeling uncomfortable and sweating like pig. I looked at her and was astonished. What is she? Made of crystals!!! She was not sweating. I know it's gross to talk about a girl's sweat but I couldn't help but notice that. Maybe my mind got there because the whole surrounding was sweaty. Anyway power came and AC was on again. Everyone got to what they were doing. I also got to my infinite syllabus subject, which was getting lost in her charm.

At very next moment I got both nervous and excited. She looked at me and our eyes met. Although it was for very few seconds but that was the best feeling of life. I always wonder what is there in girl's eyes that makes any average guy go crazy.

Class was about to end but i had not wanted it to. I wished to sit there and continuously look at her beautiful face.

I stood at corner of corridor outside the class to have a last glance of her. I didn't want her to go. I did not want to have a stop on my amazing feeling which she ignited. Now, she is going without even bothering for it. Why girls do that always? I kept looking till she was out of my sight. I was little bit cheerless but was also delightful as she gave a feeling which no girl had given me yet. I decided to preserve it for my whole life as it was my first sight stranger love.

Why so serious? she will come again tomorrow. My rate of reaction which became slow again started. I took a deep sigh and again thought of studying.  LMAO         

But the thing is she never came again. I even searched for her many a times but never saw her again in Motion. She was just a flow of wind which took my breathe away for once. I can never forget her face  

Love Happens!!!

Poets, authors, artists, philosophers, scientists and anthropologists have tried to define love for centuries. Love is one of the few subjects that has troubled, intrigued and fascinated everyone.

Lisa Hoffman put it beautifully "Love is like pi natural, irrational and very important." 

Bob Marley said : "Only once in your life, I truly believe you find someone who can completely turn your world around. You tell them things that you have never shared with another soul and they absorb everything you say and actually want to hear more. You share hopes for the future, dreams that will never true, goals that were never achieved and the many disappointments that life has thrown at you. When something wonderful happens, you can't wait to tell them about it, knowing they will share in your excitement. Never do they hurt your feelings or make you feel like you are not good enough, but rather they build you up and show you the things about yourself that make you special and even beautiful. You can be yourself and not worry about what they will think of you because they love you for who you are."

Well for me, lets start off with what love isn't.

What Is Love? It Definitely Isn't...

• Manipulation. "If you loved me, then you would..." isn't love, but rather infatuation.
• Compromising who you are. If someone asks you to do or say  something that isn't in your nature, that isn't true love. Although love  does involve compromises between partners, someone who is in love with  you will never ask you to change who you are in order to be loved.
• Violent. Passions can definitely become inflamed with someone  you love, but a relationship with physical or emotional violence isn't  true love.
• Just lust. Yes, chemistry and physical attraction are important, but true love also includes commitment, trust and respect.

So what true love is:

• true love is attached
• true love is caring
• true love is commitment
• true love is attractive
• true love is intimate
• true love is pure ecstasy

Love is ecstasy and agony, freedom and imprisonment, belonging and loneliness. Love is what holds you together when life tears you apart. Love is amongst the few things in the world that makes life worth living. It is one of the most strongest emotion that a human being is capable of feeling. Love is when other person's happiness, other person's dreams, other person's aspirations, other person's problems become your own. There is no separation between you and the other person. Love is when you see someone's face and instantly know what they are feeling. There is this telepathic connection that binds all the people that are in love. Love is the foundation of any happy relationship. 

• Love is walking hand in hands.
• Love is messing up someone's hair.
• Love is being happy knowing that she is happy.
• Love is tickling.
• Love is hating to say goodbye.
• Love is passing notes back and forth in school.

I think Robert Heinlein put it beautifully “Love is that condition in which the happiness of another person is essential to your own.” 

It seems to be only rational thing left in the universe. True love is attachment without the need of possession. Love is that special feeling in your gut, love is when you can feel your own heart beating on the sight of your lover. Love is when you spend all you time thinking about that person. Love is when you will travel all over the globe just to get a glimpse of the person you love. Love is when you stare at your smartphone all day long hoping that the person that you love will send a message that says that the person is doing okay. True love is always selfless and does not demand reciprocation from the other person.

Life seems completely different, exciting and worthwhile. Your only hope and security is in knowing that that they are a part of your life. Fall in love and experience it.....

Imagine only u and me

Imagine you & me around
And the whole world's gone
Then would you follow me,
When the world comes crashing down?

Imagine a blue sky
With not a person nearby
Then would you stay with me
As the years pass us by?

Imagine a pretty place
And a smile on your face
Then would you be with me
When I'm left behind in this maze?

Imagine each and every thought
Even those that you forgot
Then would you dream with me
And let your mind be distraught?

...You are the one I always sought
Yes, you are the one I always sought