Miss you

Miss you..
On a rainy day,
On a lonely night,
On a cold windy evening.

Miss you..
'cause you brighten my life,
'cause you lighten my day,
'cause you warm me up, whenever in sight.

But you know ..
too much of you, I can't handle,
too much of you, and I'll go blind,
too less of you, and I will be.. no more than ashes.

I try ..
to keep my distance,
to take a peek when I can,
to bathe in your warm love once a while.

Everyone has seen..
You turn a little pale,
You frown in anger,
You blush, and that is when I love you the most.

I know..
you will always be there for me,
you are generous, and yet
you can be dangerous.

Oh dear star,
they call you sun,
but they should rather call you Father
 

passive v/s active

ऐ खुदा के बन्दे, इस दुनिया को देख कर, तू अब रो ना |
माना यह खेल है उसका पर, खड़े हो कर, तू बस देख ना |
तू भी एक किरदार है, किरदार है ऐ खुदा के बन्दे |
राह है तेरी नेकी की, और नेकी तू हर दिल में जगा दे |

इस मोह-माया की नगरी में, उम्मीद है बस तेरी ही,
तेरे कर्म की, तेरे धर्म की, और बस एक मिसाल की |
राह तेरी तकता है आज, हर एक बन्दा वोह,
डरता है इस कहानी, इस माया, के अंत से जो |

बस चला चल, चला चल, ऐ खुदा के बन्दे क्यूंकि,
तेरी मंजिल तो पाक है, और वो यह है नही |


For the devanagari handicapped, here is the english transliteration:

Ae khuda ke bande, iss duniya ko dekh kar tu ab ro naa.
Mana yeh khel hai uska par, khade ho kar tu bass dekh naa.
Tu bhi ek kirdaar hai, kirdaar hai, ae khuda ke bande.
Rah hai teri neki ki, aur neki tu har dil mein jaga de.


Iss moh-maya ki nagari mein, ummeed hai bass teri hi,
tere karm ki, tere dharm ki, aur bass ek misaal ki.
Rah teri takta hai aaj har ek banda woh,
darta hai iss kahani ke, iss maya ke ant se jo.


Bass chala-chal, chala-chal ae khuda ke bande kyunki,
teri manzil to paak hai, aur wo yeh hai nahi.

Just Another Conversation

Him: 287654! You're next. 

30562871! Here, be happy. 

1885991284! Tu bhi aa jaa. 

73822! Yeh lo. 

882000341! There you go. 

....

....

.....
Sarbjot: Hey Bhagwaan! Mera number kab aayega??

Let's Do It

Yea, you've had my back and I yours but,
we've been stuck for a while now.
Yea, it is time for me and you to
tear down the wall that we put together.

Let's make a run for it.
Let's head out in the same direction.
Let's get outta here.
Let's go and do what we do best.

You take the left and I'll take the right.
But how about the middle path?
Oh you think we can share?
ummm... I guess, we have to!
So, let's make a run for it.

Let's head out in the same direction.
Let's get outta here.
Let's go and do what we do best.
Let's do it and do it our own way!
 

डर लगता है

ऐ खुदा, बिन मांगे तू ये ख़ुशी क्यूँ देता है?
कल जब इसका नशा उतरेगा तो बताओ क्या,
इस दर्द-ऐ-दिल का इलाज कोई करता है ?
तुमहारी क़सम, मन में लड्डू तो इतने फूंत रहे है पर,
कम्बखत इस चने के झाड से गिरने का डर लगता है

for the Devnagari handicapped:

Ae khuda, bin maange tu ye khushi kyun deta hai?
Kal jab iska nasha utrega toh batao kya,
iss dard-e-dil ka ilaaj koi karta hai?
Tumhari kasam mann mein laddu toh itne phoot rahe hai par,
kambhakhat iss chane ke jhaad se girne ka darr lagta hai!
 

The Perks of being a Nice Guy

This blog is in response to the Ode to the Nice Guy rant. Which is true to a very good extent.
But being nice has it perks too. I have told this story many a times, and here it goes again because this here an example of those perks.


Well, it is about this homesick guy who was to fly back home for Diwali after almost a year. He had booked a standard economy class ticket for a Friday evening, packed his bags almost 3 days before the trip, and was so excited that he couldn't even sleep the night before Friday. Sleepless, he goes to office along with his luggage as he was to leave for airport from there itself, and works on a couple of teas till the lunch hour.
The flight timing was 6:30pm and as per government rules he was to check-in before 6:00pm. Our dude tracked back the time as he usually does in such cases - keeping the travel time for a 15 km journey at 1.5hr at maximum, taking half an hour as spare time, and decided to leave office at 4pm. But as soon as he finished his lunch, at about 2pm, it started pouring down heavily, and he had to start the calculations again. He gave the rain some consideration and pre-poned his departure by half an hour.
He then continued his work for some time. He had his eyes on the weather and mind at his homeplace and impatience growing inside of him. At 3pm he finally gave in, logging off his terminal, he picked his bags and left, assuring himself that leaving early from work was necessary for reaching the airport on time. As he waited outside the office to catch an auto-rickshaw under the heavy rains, the umbrella did little to protect him. Our dude caught the first empty auto he saw and didn't even attempt to bargain with the driver, chucked the luggage inside, and jumped in telling the auto guy to take off.
Inside the auto he made some calls to his school friends and relatives and told them that he will be home soon and should catch up. The dude was so excited that he didn't even care that he was almost all wet in the 5 minutes that he waited, and would probably catch a cold/fever in the auto/flight. Instead, he was hopeful that he will get air-dry in the auto by the time he reached airport. As the time passed, he realized that he wasn't getting any breeze for air-dry. The auto was almost at a stand-still and moved a Km in next hour. Being an optimist he still thought that he would make it on time for the flight as there was still more than an hour and a half to reach the airport. The next hour, the auto moved another Km and the traffic jam seemed to extend for miles. As if the fear of missing the flight was not enough for the home sick guy, the auto-driver started demanding for more money for being stuck in a jam with his motor running. He ignored the driver for a while, and called up the airlines at the airport and explained that he might not make it on time, thanks to the rain. For a change, the airlines which is known for a pathetic customer service assured him that they will accommodate him on the next flight out without any issues, but he should still try to make it for the current flight. With one thing off his mind, and the festival spirit in his heart, he quit arguing/ignoring the driver and told him that he should just get him to airport and he will pay 100 bucks more than what he had asked for.
Finally, upon reaching the airline desk he checks the time. It was 6:45pm and he glanced at the schedule screen which said that his flight got delayed by an hour and would depart at 7:30. He cross-checked with the person at the counter if he could still make it on the current flight, and got a positive response, and the person asked him to go to next counter to check-in. While he was taking out his ticket, two people from behind came out charging at the counter saying that they missed the previous flight and asking if it was possible for them to make it on this one. The dude laughed inside at the fact that at least these two people were worse than him at planning the travel. Knowing that he already had a ticket and that it was Diwali time and everybody wanted to go home early, and due to the fact that the out of the two people one was a good looking girl, he let them pass him in the line to the check-in counter. In return he got a smile and a thank you, which was enough to erase all the pain of the fight against mother nature, and auto-wala that he had to go through in the last 3 hours.
As he reached the counter and provided his ticket, the lady at the counter checked it and asked him to wait a minute, went out to discuss the situation with another airline personnel, and returned to inform him that his ticket was offered to someone else and now the flight was full, but they were happy to offer him one of the empty business class seats without any extra charge.
It turns out that the flight crew got delayed because of the bad traffic in such heavy rains, and because he had called the airline and informed that he will be late, his flight ticket was offered to someone else, and because he had offered the two people to pass him in the line, all the flight tickets in economy class were booked.
After a torrential rain and agonizing wait in the auto, this 'nice guy' got to fly home eating one of the best butter chicken and kadai paneer that he had ever had and enjoying the flight time, catching up on the lost sleep.