My Pennies worth of thoughts on a Saturday

Have you ever spent a saturday getting up realizing that you re in the wrong place? Thats not the place i live in? What was i doing last night?

I have had this! DOnt get to any conclusions about friday night. I was lost, lost in the fact that i was in the wrong bed, at the wrong place in time and having no recollection of being there. It was a tiny jolt that i saw my mates in the house and realized that i was in a place i made my home but would never be my home.

To all the other readers (who read, and survived till here to read further no guarantees weather any more further would make sense better still wishing you BON YOVAGE ) i am a student, in a place far far away from my nest. I have unwillingly become a part of a society far different from what i have lived in. The related distance between where i come and me becoming a part of something is not poles apart, its just that the instruction book is just printed in an another language! Its says the same things, it tells me to live the way i have lived and to continue living in that same way. Why am i unable to read them? and come to terms with it?

Well thats me throwing my questions to the infinite void filled with the same questions thrown by each and everyone of us in our lives. Why do we get lost in our own backyards and act as strangers to the people we know. Who are we trying to hide from? and to whom are we projecting ourselves to?
Could i find these answers, i surely hope so! I am in the hunt for them. I would return to this place when i find my answers. Good night and good bye!

Moon Landing 40 years on

"A small step for man a giant leap for mankind" unquote. The very words that were said by this heroic team when they had their first ever EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity) on the surface of the moon . Well i have spoiled the ending , it is on honor of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing by two individuals of the human race named Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

Humankind did achieve Kennedy's dream of landing a man on the moon, I might be wrong here i always was under the impression that Kennedy wanted to achieve something other than fighting with the Soviets( hope i am being politically correct in terming them that).

Leaving politics behind , we did achieve a lot of things can we see an another moon landing can we see a martian landing? we would at-least maybe not in my lifetime. Space is indeed the final frontier for mankind , it vast uncharted spaces to be discovered and explored, and the final question being answered Are we alone?

I wonder what Houston control room might be feeling , they were the brilliant minds who developed these systems , they gambled and fought with the skeptics and the unbelievers that they could put a man on the moon and bring him back. They must have been tensed about the astronauts, wondering was their decision right? until they heard these words Quote "Houston , tranquility base here the eagle has landed " Unquote Neil Armstrong commander Apollo 11. Would there have been a scream of delight , someone thumping the backs saying that we did it , WE DID IT!!! WE DID IT WE SENT A MAN TO THE MOON !! They would have been worried that were the astronauts ok, a lot of things might have kept them occupied to have a short lived celebration.

Once again kudos to those scientists who dreamed that they can put a person in space , on the moon and in outer space. Kudos to those brave men who dreamt that they will be the first people in space. Kudos to those people who served the space program in every possible way.

Mott the Hoople and the Game of Life. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Andy Kaufman in the wrestling match. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Monopoly, twenty one, checkers, and chess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Fred Blassie in a breakfast mess. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Let's play Twister, let's play Risk. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
See you in heaven if you make the list. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Moses went walking with the staff of wood. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Newton got beaned by the apple good. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Egypt was troubled by the horrible asp. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Charles Darwin had the gall to ask. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are you having fun?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

Here's a little agit for the never-believer. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a little ghost for the offering. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Here's a truck stop instead of Saint Peter's. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah
Mister Andy Kaufman's gone wrestling (wrestling bears). Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah

Hey Andy, did you hear about this one? Tell me, are you locked in the punch?
Hey Andy, are you goofing on Elvis? Hey baby, are we losing touch?
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool
If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon
If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool

By REM Man on the moon !!!!

To Mom's

The rivers lead me away from you,
Yet i still bask in the warm glory of your love.
I am far from home in my wondering ,
Lead me home so i can bask in your love again

i forgot the pain that i put you in
when i wanted to fly on my own
I forgot the pain that i put you through
when i wanted to stay somewhere far though

The rivers lead me away from you,
Yet i still bask in the warm glory of your love
I am far from home in my wondering ,
Lead me home so i can bask in your love again

You still cried for me when i wanted to leave the nest
you still cared when i stopped writing
you cared whether i ate in the night
yet you stayed awake and cried for me
wondering when i would return to the nest again

I will always be your sunshine
and your little lamb
who struggled with his first steps.

I so miss you mom , wish you were here sharing this feeling with me.
A mother cannot be described by a foolish poem ,
It can only described by her,
Belated Mothers Day Mom ,
Love ,
your son

Post 26th november !

i was just following what happened in mumbai , the blasts he killing , the insanity !
i am not physically in bombay but my heart was with her . Anxious about the news , sad about the deaths ! Triumphant at the victory . So many emotions in a span of three days !

Post the trauma now what ! will we forget this and go back to our grind ?
Would we cuss the security again and again ?
will we ever think about the events in the past ? Would we ever learn?
Would we live for the living all dead inside?
smile outwardly and be all sad inside fearing for what happens next ?
fearing for our lives every second ?

Would we ever think about the people who risked their lives? would we ever think that they signed a blank cheques for the rest of their lives for the honour and integrity !
what would we tell their famileis ? Thanks but your children / Husband saved my life sorry he is dead Damn !
would we ever honour their memories ?
Would we still be grumbling when we pay the taxes again?

Damn ! i thought that we are human beings not animals ! Prove me that i am not an animal ...prove to me that i can call my self a human being with capability to listen to my heart and brain ~ Prove me that i am wrong ! Prove to me that we are still human beings Why are we killing our own people like predators!
for what tell me that i am not an animal with instincts to kill and to survive!
tell me that i am not only evolved with a sense of responsiblity to the nation , to the community and most importantly my people !
Wake up people ! we are not animals any more lets grow emotionally too ! and work for something new not war again
we fight over lines made on land ! there is only 23 % of land in this planet and we fight for something lees than half a percent to stake claim to!
The land aint ours its the planets ! Earth is not for mankind alone ! it is shared by others too remeber that !

Seven Years On

Seven years On !


Why do we fight , why do we fight we do wage wars on parcels of land that still will be there , we will never be there. We will wither with dust and settle on the land, and still our children will be fighting over it.
What are we leaving to the other children , what .... the art of War , the ways to massacre innocent people , blame each other .
Wake up people , what did we gain from this , what did we achieve , we discovered innovative ways to kill one another rather than save the world! save humanity. Achieve greater thing , achieve life's hidden meaning Couldn't we have? maybe we could have !
Yes people were massacred , innocent people . People who just wanted to go back home to their families . To their friends places , have a beer . Go out on friday nights ...live life !
They were not meant to be massacred , but they were ! Who is responsible , who?
We ourselves . NOOO our petty minds , our corrupt thought , are not we animals?
What makes so different from them? our brain which can conjure up ways to destroy ourselves!
Why are we bent on destroying ourselves ? our greatest asset invent new ways to destroy ourselves!
What did we achieve , could we get them back! could we have turned back time , could we undo our actions . Could we give life ! what gives us the right to take one ! who are we are ? bunch of savages? are we god?

Let us honor the living , and try our level best to save humanity , Let us achieve our potential by going beyond race , revenge , and maintain Life !

Mumbai ---------

MMRDA's mumbai development fund. The fund is in principle towards the upkeep and to establish an infrastructure to the beloved city of Mumbai. It also states that additional revenue could be collected.

I as a citizen would like to bring to your notice, firstly thanks to the center for granting such a fund. As a citizen i would like to know why in the sweet merciful lords name should we pay more taxes to use our city's roads. We as bombayites (please forgive i cannot say mumbaikar) pay for what we use , does Delhi having so fine roads and fine amenities pay that heavily in taxes?? Please help no they don't. They don't need to cause our esteemed leaders whom we elected them to parliament sit in their official bungalows and cordoned of in their security zones with an additional police from our police service to protect them when they grace our city.

Why should we pay when we pay the highest taxes any city pays, what do we get in return?? now we had just one rake delivered to us at the cost of 32 crores for the city burdened suburban railways after my what 3 years in the making. The mayor of London decided to test our services from bandra. What if he had traveled from borivali? What if? We pay the highest taxes and still have to pay more for a decent life? try an ordinary citizen pays only Rs 13 in first class service like the delhi metro . If the same service was in mumbai , we would have to shell about Rs 40 for the same service. Everyone argues mumbai cannot control its inflow, traffic, the human traffic.

I say we tell the babus to travel in our trains, travel in our roads where there is absolutely no security for the citizens in any disaster, no security for its women. What in heavens name is happening to this city we call home , What happened to the mumbaikars who pride that they can overcome any disaster and work, where are they , when your rights are being usurped, where are they?

Why do we stay silent pay more taxes, grumble when we work, grumble when we get our pay checks, grumble when we go to the petrol pump , grumble when we get no taxis or auto's in the morning, grumble early in the morning in the name of travelling. People in this city leave the house at 7 for meeting at 10.Its like George of the jungle swinging in his wines so as to reach on time without destroying his clothe. Translations catch the 8 o'clock local from borivali, hope it’s a fast, and hope that there is a way you could get a seat. This city has been suffering too much every monsoon when the flood's hit us. The same thing happened in bihar or any other city its a big debacle with money being poured, but come to mumbai why don't we shift siddhi vinayak temple out of mumbai? that way we could save on the traffic a novel way it seems correct or wait 5 years for an advanced radar systems or simple why dont we wait another 20 years for new pumping stations to be added. People wake up and smell the decay outside your house!

So for own comfort we pay? When we pay our taxes we don’t expect anything in return to us as civic amenities, as cleanliness, as roads, as better transport? What oh what mandarins of power are you doing? You have already made the companies walk out of this city, what else do you want to do, sell all the open spaces in mumbai?? Sell arrey colony??? For what more shanties to be built and be toothless when they are occupying your land.

“Democracy is for the people, by the people".We have lost the democracy, the right to live and become an autocracy.

An aggrieved citizen,

PS Please pass it on to all bombayites.

travelling

tRANSPORT , mans greatest boon that he could travel from one place to an another . Being in mumbai i find that the best way to travel is in your head . Tust me on that issue . The crowds in the transport system !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! The clogged strrts and the life in a metro aint it too cool you say !