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What a Gadget says...


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 (Flashback) Drowned in a trance I can feel the bliss around me. Room’s fan not working in the scorching heat and yet my testy profile is calm. Eyes are closed but the darkness is eloquent to delineate my need. Fingers tapping as fast as they can and eyes frozen in amazement for the picture in front; or my ears diluted with the jazz, rock, pop and other music flavours- it’s all part of the dream I used to see then and there.
                         Well the trance was located on a wooden chair, to be precise, inside my mind. And although the sun-torture period had passed, the sweat capable heat was still reluctant to leave Allahabad. I can remember those moments in which I left myself for my assortment of dreams inside the hostel room. Jealous enough of all those around me but still with a controlled temperament, I never uttered about it to them. My friends had brought a teenager’s most awaited gadget of life- their new laptops, all equipped with stylish colours and boasting specs. The rounds that I used to take in the corridors were skilled enough to poke me hard in my stomach as I used to watch them busy with their cool gadgets. “Sigh!” was all that I puked in those days. But the desire, the dream was still alive and all dancing in front of me every second. (Flashback)

The nostalgia is still so fresh that I had to mention about it before proceeding into the realms of the underlined topic. I never had a gadget since my childhood days of my own. The first one that came to our home was a mobile phone- Nokia 2600. It was a lot cool for me to play with but not cool enough to have my attention for long. Finally when I stepped in the college I was able to emerge from the disciplined confines of a school and it was then I was the owner of my first gadget- Nokia 3110c (...still in love with me). But the changes tuning my lifestyle were bold enough to make me yearn for my next one- a laptop. Needs??? Yes, there were numerous for going to the next one- starting with studies on the horizon and 3D games in the sky the list is still being fed in the present. My father was appeasing enough to fulfil my longings but I wanted to make this one special. He offered me to buy one during the 1st year but everything you get just for granted doesn’t fulfil your lust, isn’t it? I picked the ‘road less travelled’ method and decided to study hard enough to procure the merit scholarship to buy one myself. The farrago of thoughts were deep enough to shatter my faith in the course of preparation but still I kept  working on the posts and the pillars of my dream.

The results were out and my hard work paid off for me. Frayed enough by the time of preparation my mind was now ready to live in leisure. “Yes I am gonna be an owner of my first lappi J”- smile were all the way on my face then. The number of competitors had grown considerably and as a result there stood a pronounced gap between performance and style. With branded names laid huge price tags rendering only doubts and little sorrow for picking the right choice. Simplicity at its best and descriptive tersely-“Beautifully Intelligent” was sure enough my taste during the tech search although to find one falling in the row was tough. You can’t just pick any rank in the chosen price line; you’ll surely seek all the gaps to look for the one that makes you say “awesomeness redefinedJ”.

I won’t blurt but my enigma did receive shock when I heard about the new ranges of Dell Inspiron Laptops. They had updated the looks a little earlier by that time but the new update luckily came quite fast and worthy enough to develop love for. It was like a resonating image of mine whispering in my ears “Improve yourself in every way you can, never imagining that their lives a hindrance” and its reflection I found in the new Dell Ispiron series. So it blocked my search and got me released from the tiring doubts. Finally a call was made and in a week I saw myself as a proud owner of Dell Inspiron N4010. It’s not at all boastful but yet rendering all and everything I want. Be it writing my   E-diary entries or testing new linux distros; from acting as a US soldier in COD- Black Ops to chatting for numerous hours on online social network- the gadget is now a part of my life. The thoughts that lure my imagination now can be tested with it, the art that fanaticises my rough paper now find enough room to rest peacefully with Photoshop. Now I have my lappi and it lives with my traits. Going for the black colour is questionable but being simple is lot more inspiring, isn’t it? And that suffices enough my choice J



Baahhh L but the new upgrade that has been done in the looks is lot more erratic to drool on. It will surely coerce one’s sanity if he/she thinks of another brand in the same range. Yes I do envy anyone holding it, for now the simplicity of black colour has been superseded with hope to progress forward. And change is always better to go for, as they say                       Experience Change; after all to live happily with your own gadget is an unguarded moment to be in. In life their lies scales of interests one wanna pursue and it’s a gadget, most of the time, of them that helps to embrace the same. Everyone sees a big picture and wants to make it even bigger and I am not devoid of the same. ‘My Lappi’ makes me belief that the big-change is easy to go for, that I will be the movement one day and not a mere moving person.


I wrote in such a long length for this is how I remember my lappi when I am away from it. Go on and look deep for your love in your gadget. The above blogpost is to decribe Change IS Easy, a contest by IndiBlogger. Here’s the link if you think we share the same logo on our laptops:













I Will Dad, I will...


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                It was 9:40 pm, paa on bed and maa sitting beside me on the armchair taking the dinner. We all were watching ‘Desh k Dhurandar’ a show at NDTV India. The show was trying to probe into the lives of the famous Indian cricketers- Sachin, Yuvraj, Dhoni etc. Basically the ambition was to forecast the zoom in version of the piercing pebbles that were laid on the path to success of these cricket heroes. From the way they looked in their diapers to the way they look holding the golden cup in their powerful hands- the reporters prepared a whole bunch well to shake the young Indian youths.

A perfect documentary presenting a museum of pictures, Dhoni hitting a six as Sachin lifting his bat high in the air- all enough to paint a smile on every Indian’s face. The show offered a gist of biographies of all 3 of them. The way their talent erupted and well fed from the initial stage- all with the help of relatives and yes their magic wand: a cricket bat. It was an inspiring story session that every Indian boy, who love cricket in any form, wants to be in.

The show then threw some light on their ground realities bringing out what Sachin dreamt about and how he is breathing cricket every second since his childhood days. And it was then when my father asked me “Gaurav beta, what you dream about?” with a smile on his face and lots of expectation gleaming in his eyes. Although my eyes met his for a fraction of second but that was enough to feel the blaze. That was all enough to remind me that I have to be mature now and have to accomplish what I don’t look at. That I am growing up, that I shouldn’t waste time anymore, that now I should breathe my goal.

Such moments force you to ponder in length and they help you to be on the right side of the court too. They are not to bring tears in your eyes but they are to poke you so that you stop dreaming, so that you can trigger your actions well before time to achieve those dreams and so that you wake up to run amidst the realms.

I smiled coyly but tried to talk to him by telepathy, to assure him, to say just one thing-
I will DAD, I will...”





A Child's View


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         His  face  was painted well, by the dirty hands which had 2hrs long bath in the muddy water on the wayside. But, who cares? Still 2hrs more to go before the germ free Lifebuoy can perform its job on those muddy hands. The mirthful expression never dies in those gleaming eyes. And smile, is locked constantly on his lips. Mukul, the boy in his green shirt, which was without a single pocket and merely two buttons for use, walks with full pride. Bare feet and allowing the stones on the road to hurt more, the young ambassador of India pulls his half pant so that his private accessories could be hidden well from the outside world. He walks or rather wavers, due to the curse of  disease ‘polio’, alone in lonesome without any bonhomie beside him to prop for him in need. ‘Lack of awareness’ the very common reason his parents gave, but now all in vain.
He has already enjoyed the game of splashing the dirty rain water, that got stuck in a crater on the outskirts of the city. Mukul comes daily to enjoy, being an ‘escapist’ to forget about his punctured life, to have a talk with the Almighty, to laugh at street puppies who often response well to him. A place where he is free to wear his antics without anyone around to scold him, where his disrepair can be buried deep at least for a while. He has a feeble voice, so no appeal can be made to the meddlers, who often distract him from his job for those 2 hours. As he moves down the line he often frowns on catching the glimpse of what he sees around him.
'Sab Padhen Sab Badhen', the quote squeaks the line Right to Education of our constitution. The bold characters, in Hindi, were simple enough for Mukul to brood on. He quickly fishes for something inside his pant pockets and grins. No chalk, no pencils and his young self deserted to live in the slum. His eyes filled with fire but the clumsy reality that he his gonna be the same throughout his life, calms his soul down. The four golden words were still there on the advertisement board, staring right into his eyes. The young blood finally decided to move on.
The thin spokes shone cleverly attracting his small eyes. Spokes that were bound to circulate, kidnapped well between the rims of the cycle. Mukul thought, "Can I ride the 'Concorde' ever in my life?" and removed his small eyes, finally. The burnout dangling in his mind was enough to add the adjective 'timid' to his self. Few more difficult steps and there came the big roar: the pseudo bigwig of the city Mr. Kapil Sharma, the delegate representing BJP and begging for votes exploiting the innocent audience. By the time his Mahindra Commander passed by the market Mukul sat beneath a tree to watch the drama. After 1min, he laughed and urged his legs to reload the power so that he can move further. But why he smiled? Coz the young ambassador could foresee the future of his village: JUST THE SAME AS IT IS NOW.
Well the main reason of his sudden mirthful reaction was that he did not wanted to be accused of giving a 'headshot' to the chum of India's dirty politics. The famished boy now had another appalling view to applaud for. Many villagers in their red/green torn shirts, well bathed with sweat, had organized a long queue to get the money as promised by 'Prime Minister’s Rozgar Yojana'. "Are they gonna get it today?"  Mukul thought and his genie, too fast to answer, replied "no". Many saw them, with great sympathy, for his leg, as he progressed further. But Mukul had the right action to perform: he jibbed over their concerned look, which was intrusive enough for him.
He did not wanted to deprive his stomach for what it deserves. So he hurried, now enjoying his jocose part of the return journey back to home. Finally at the door step Kamla – Mukul's mother, grabbed her son tightly in her arms. Giving the reward to the champ for his derring-do (after all he returned home safely). The sweet hug was enough to inveigle tears from Mukul's eyes but he did not show them. She washed his hands and made him sit on a plastic sack to place the dinner for his hungry self. 'White rice with coconut water' the daily night show on banana leaf stood in front of him, but it failed to disturb Mukul's composure once again. He liked to blow away the candle light, which was placed in the corner of the room and so he did before landing his body besides his mother for the daily night dream. With one hand on Mukul's forehead Kamla slept early, but the sad athelete had his eyes still open. The farrago of thoughts, titled as: Future India whipped in his brain nerves. Gleaming skyscrapers would continue to touch the sky but inside the core of the nation the 'poverty bacteria' will continue to spread its reign more deeply inside the nerves and leaving many like him to only think on the lousy Indian Nervous System.
Finally putting his one hand on his mother's body, the young fellow closed his eyes.





A Missing Night


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I saw the water-drops, crawling
down the panes of window
and I guess it was raining,
like tears shed from the eyes of a widow.


Dogs were barking out on the road,
it was merely the dark silence everywhere that glowed.
But, moon felt proud
as it raged against a cloud.


Have you seen a bat ?
Well, they were sprinting out there;
and the angry wind was howling,
describing itself bizarre.


The clock ticked and tucked
asking me to give
the FIEND SILENCE a hug.


The warmth that I got, out of it,
scorched my healthy skin.
My arm chair propped up in time
thereby helping me
to lean.


I called a search,
for the thought that was
disturbing me.
But was hard to trap it, as it was
dangling around like a bee.


Was petrified and terrified
by the sounds I heard.
It were rather my friends' memories
who were coaxing me to give
them a Rebirth.


So they were the ones
who made me fear
and freaky.
I was delighted to know,
that it was so tricky.


My college vaccctions were ON,
a cause of my drop at the house,
and the masti time, all gone
like separation occuring between
two spouse.


Well I enjoyed
the taste
and the love,
I got at home.
But soon the monotony,
the bitter one,
had grown.


I remembered
how we used to study late
in the night
after having, in our canteen,
a delicious bite.


I admired the thoughts,
which were speaking of my dance.
That I used to did,
on some birthdays, by chance.


Only this much ?
Oh no !
Without having any shame
my thoughts told me
more :


How we cheated the studious ones
by photocopying their notes
and then studying just before the exams
to achieve our goals.
Only in our underwear
the way we marched
in the night
and then under the water shower
called a beautiful fight.


How we hooted in the class
on the girls with our bad intents
but only on the ones who were smart
as they slog to pretend.
And the way we played Counter-Strike
with our minds trapped in craze
abusing the opponents
in the most hideous ways.


So 'the thought' painted a smile
on my face,
and my body fainted for a while
& dropped on the bed
with a grace.


In this way my mind
won the dark night
and I, on the bed, tried to
sleep with all might.


Next day, my mother asked me
"Son, is their any problem inside ?"
to which I, politely, replied,
"Nothing maa, I merely had A Missing Night."





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