tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-89189336936814501052024-02-21T15:01:10.574+05:30Life is beautiful - Enjoy it to the fullest. :-) :-) Have a nice day!Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-63684793269184533942021-12-10T05:54:00.000+05:302021-12-10T05:54:46.348+05:30Katrina got married! <p><span style="color: red;"> </span></p><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">From last few days, I have been getting quite a few calls from family and friends letting me know that Katrina Kaif is getting married. I started wondering why everyone is calling me. I was not her only fan. I might get a few more calls after this blog but who cares. </span></p><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Let me get the facts straight that once upon a time, I was indeed quite a big fan of her. After-all, watching Namastey London more than 100 times is not a small feat when I might not have watched any other movie even 10 times in my entire life. Akshay Kumar rightly said in the movie - '<i>Tumhe pehli baar dekhte hi mujhe tumse pyaar ho gaya tha!</i>' My laptop used to have a large collection of her wallpapers. My friends in college even got ice-cream treats on her birthday. Those times were crazy. I was a little obsessed over her.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I still remember the premiere of Race in Select City Walk, Delhi where we got to see her live. Seeing her walk at just 2 feet distance was like a dream. She was just mesmerizing in that silvery white dress. I did not go to theatre that often but I would always go for her movies. Ali Zafar described her pretty well in Mere Brother ki Dulhan - '<i>Ye hoti hai asli ladki. Chutki me Bipasha, chutki me Madhubala!</i>' And yes, I did mention her in couple of my poems/blogs.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">But things change with time. My fandom declined and only 2 Puneites are aware of that as they didn't tease me this time. By the way, let me share a pun fact. Katrina is 2 years older than me and Vicky Kaushal is 2 years younger. So, I will always be between them! Jokes apart, as she rightly said in Namastey London - '<i>Ishq di mere mitra pehchaan ki. Mit jaaye jadon jid apnan di</i>' <br></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: red;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDPZZjYMlQ3eXA4EWON2kUE9OtOYnIT2xm0zRaGb3X6oDOceuw0NCh_Kd8oYWCImqheLXWPDAvoP9Bucf6Kat0tXRTJx-4HRB-hUnnsJXbhvQD6Y2RCtXGmC7X9C6rFWFNOAIF6lvWi0/s2019/331962_254096124642101_700451350_o.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1244" data-original-width="2019" height="394" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZDPZZjYMlQ3eXA4EWON2kUE9OtOYnIT2xm0zRaGb3X6oDOceuw0NCh_Kd8oYWCImqheLXWPDAvoP9Bucf6Kat0tXRTJx-4HRB-hUnnsJXbhvQD6Y2RCtXGmC7X9C6rFWFNOAIF6lvWi0/w640-h394/331962_254096124642101_700451350_o.jpg" width="640"></a></div><br></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div><span style="color: red;"> </span></div>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-38960007536608180002021-11-27T06:04:00.002+05:302021-11-27T07:22:38.437+05:30A flight to forget! <div style="text-align: justify;"><br /></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Sometimes, you have soooooo simple expectations from life but then Murphy's law takes over and ruins all your plans.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">The day started quite well. It was Vivek's birthday, so I already had a smile. I was travelling from Pune. At the security check, the person read the caption on my t-shirt and asked me 'is your name Rakesh?' I replied yes with a smile and he said - 'Cool caption' and even gave me a fist-bump with a trail. I was delighted and had an ear to ear smile on my face.</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-0F4Y5OPmbN3AEM41_LJ6QZr1A1QrMpRMoeYEn6f5rnxYjeOkD1DHWevg-MD3pWN3VSpp0HxonB7x_vFnnjIIslw8gHd7HPUihn_qi0m_et-8hyk41zW5CAWidSgvtblyU_l73xw5j4/s748/Untitled.png" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="748" data-original-width="598" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjt-0F4Y5OPmbN3AEM41_LJ6QZr1A1QrMpRMoeYEn6f5rnxYjeOkD1DHWevg-MD3pWN3VSpp0HxonB7x_vFnnjIIslw8gHd7HPUihn_qi0m_et-8hyk41zW5CAWidSgvtblyU_l73xw5j4/s320/Untitled.png" width="256" /></a></div></span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Unfortunately, I didn't know that this would be the only good thing happening that day. I don't want to name blame any airline, so let's call it chilliJet. At first, the flight got delayed from 11am by 1 hour. When I boarded the plane, I got the shock of my life. Never had I ever expected such a scene ever in my life. It looked like I had entered some old delapidated bus. The seats were so old and worn out that I didn't even dare take photo fearing I may ruin it further by exposing it to my mobile's flash light.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">After the plane took off from Pune, the pilot realised mid way that the fuel was low. I think Maruti should start designing planes too - 'inka to petrol hi khatam ho jata hai'. Now instead of landing at Nagpur or Bhopal which would be on route, the pilot decided to go back to Mumbai to refuel. I am quite sure his girlfriend was waiting for him in Mumbai that we went in opposite direction. It was so hot and even the AC was not working.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">It was already 2pm, when I should have already landed at my destination, but I was stuck in Mumbai with hundreds of angry and hungry passengers. I have faced flight delays before too but this was pathetic #chilliJetSucks. Forget food, they didn't even distribute water till we had reached halfway after flying from Mumbai. It was only after almost half the people threatened to take over the plane that they distributed fruit juice just before landing. And at 5pm, when I should have reached my home, I was still a 100km away contemplating whether to take train or cab and all my plans to surprise everyone at home was already ruined.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">At last, I just have 1 simple advice for all the airlines - 'Please please don't keep such people as pilots who have been used to fill their bikes with petrol worth Rs.100 only for their whole life.' </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-80840291998822100032020-10-21T16:18:00.000+05:302020-10-21T16:18:42.839+05:30Chaos in my flat<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">It was a fine sunday morning in July. I had stayed up late watching a korean series whole night. The sun was about to rise and I thought to sleep before there was light in the room. I watered my window plants and went back to bed. I normally don't take much time to sleep when I lie down, but it had been 10-15 minutes and I was still awake, eyes closed. My eyes were turning heavy when I heard a voice - 'Is he asleep now?' The voice came from beneath me. </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I thought I was already asleep and was perhaps in a dream when I heard another hushed voice beside me - 'Lower your voice, he is above you, you idiot!' I am sure I was still awake but my eyes were too drowsy to see who were talking. I tried to concentrate on the conversation. 'I don't care, I can't take it anymore!' - the voice below me shouted. 'Enough is enough now. He has not moved an inch in the last 4 months. How long am I supposed to carry his weight over me? He sleeps, he watches tv, he works, he eats and all of these are being done over me. Earlier he used to watch tv in the hall, went to office and came to me only for sleeping but seems like I am his world now. He does not leave me alone even for a second. This is too much. I want my space! Can someone please lock him out of the flat when he goes to throw the garbage. At least, I will get some breathing time and a little fun!' - the voice below me ranted when I realized it was the bed talking! </span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I was fully awake now but decided to play asleep and listen to this conversation. The fan jumped in from above -' You will never understand what I am going through. At least he leaves you when he goes to cook, but I have been running nonstop for the last 124 days 22 hours now. Earlier, half of the weekdays, even weekends, he would not be at home. Now, he goes nowhere. I will burn out soon at this rate. I am starting to feel sick of rotating round and round and round for so long. When will this lockdown end and when will he leave us alone!'</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">'I totally get you my friend but you have no idea what I have gone through in recent times' - The hushed voice from earlier chipped in. It was my tv speaking - 'Do you have any idea how lavishly I have lived my whole life in the big hall with my voice echoing through the spaces. Now, I am cramped up in a corner with an almirah on one side and a big bed in front of me. I feel like suffocating in this little space. Above that, I used to speak in so many different languages - Hindi, English, Telugu, Korean, Japanese, French, Punjabi, Marathi and Malayalam. Nowadays, I am stuck with only 1 - Korean! I don't get his over infatuation with Korean movies and series these days. Are the rest of the languages banned now? I have to blabber nonstop Korean which he doesn't even understand without subtitles! Someone please tell him to at least learn Korean if he is so interested.'</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">'You all just think about yourselves. Who cares about others in this selfish world these days!' - My bicycle shouted from outside. It has been parked in the balcony for quite sometime now. It continued - 'You all are crying that you are being over utilized. Think about me for a second. I have been sitting idle in the balcony for an year now. Forget about riding me, he does not even throw a glance towards me ever. Seems like I am non-existent in his life...' ' But I am so happy in this lockdown' - the bicycle was interrupted by someone from inside.</span></p>
<p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">My fridge could not hear more rants and broke in between - 'I am so happy that this lockdown happened. I used to think that my sole purpose was to produce ice out of thin air. Earlier, I used to be kept mostly half-empty but these days, I am filled up completely. And the variety of fruits and vegetables being placed in, I must say, I feel blessed for the lockdown.' I woke up laughing out loud. I was on the verge of falling off the bed when I got hold of myself. What a chaotic weird dream it was!</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></p>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-71420456831209653352020-09-29T22:46:00.005+05:302020-09-29T22:46:48.370+05:30My first hindi blog!<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">A few days ago, I was going through my blog and realised that all of them were in English. I felt guilty for not writing anything in Hindi ever. Seems like I am feeling guilty for a lot many things lately but let's not get distracted from the topic in hand. I thought about it that when I have not liked speaking in English right from my school days, why do I always write in English. School days, I must say, what great days those were. I would not kill to go back but if I could go relive those even for a day, it would be a bliss!</span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"></span></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><p style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Day-dreaming with eyes wide open and fingers typing rapidly. I guess I don't have anything else to do today. My inner sarcastic self pops a question - 'why do you have to guess about yourself??' well, that's a figure of speech, silly. By the way, I dreamt of going on a trip today. May be it was motivated by the pics my friend has been sharing of her outings in Paris. But she does not realise that we, in India, still have a long distance to cover before we can roam around that freely. On a separate note, lots of birthday parties are pending from these last 7 months. Barbeque Nation - I miss you so much! We shall overcome, sorry, come over very soon!</span><span style="color: red;"></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">I think I jumped ship again, right? If I could document all my thoughts I have in a day, what a garbage collection of hopping over thousands of topics it would be. I think that's why it takes me months to write a single blog. I checked and found 7 half written blogs in my phone. Now, that's a big number. I even miss reading novels. There was a time when I used to read at least 1 novel per month and now, I hardly read a novel in a year. What's wrong with me? How can I change so much? May be change is inevitable. But I remember Thanos saying he was inevitable! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">My dreams are getting quite fascinating every day. Couple of days ago, I had a dream of living in a mansion by the beach. Next day, I had a dog living with me in remote mountains. I really miss the mountains. One day, I was skiing in Utah and the other, I was trekking on Everest. I think some of these may be inspired by the movies or series I am watching these days. Nevertheless, Everest seems to sneak into my thoughts every once in a while. I had given up on Everest base camp trek after my accident but Everest does not seem to give up on me yet. May be I need to rethink about going for that trek. I hope this time I get leave from my office, fingers crossed!</span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">By the way, I realised that I had to write in Hindi. May be the writer inside me thinks in English. May be I don't realize it but English comes naturally to me. Whatever be the reason, unfortunately, I could not write in Hindi. May be some other day, some other blog. See you soon! </span></div><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: red;"> </span></div>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-48279340980674116192020-09-28T13:29:00.002+05:302020-09-29T22:41:42.183+05:30A day of Real Problems during lockdown!<div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: red;">Subah 11 baje so k utha, jab suraj already sir pe chadh chuka tha, mujhe pehla thought aya ki bed se utha jaye ya nahi</span><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Socha uth hi gaye hain to 5 min instagram check kiya jaye. 10 min instagram check kiya, 15 min news padha, 5 min dekha ki koi nayi movie aayi kya download karne k liye. Aadhe ghante baad jab ye sab kar k bed se utha, to 2 baj chuke the</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Aadha ghanta tehelte hue socha ki ab kya khana banaya jaye. Aakhir bhookh to lag hi rahi thi. Fir 2 apple kaate, lassi banaya aur movie chala k tv k aage baith gaya</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Movie khatam hone k baad bore hone laga to socha kuchh exciting kiya jaye. Tabhi dhyaan gaya ki kal se bartan rakhe hain dhone k liye. Rote dhote unko bhi dhoya. </span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Kafi time ho gaya tha, to aaj cake banaya. Thoda doodh bach gaya tha to 5 min socha ki chai banayi jaye ya coffee. Fir yaad aya ki main to dono hi nahi peeta. </span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Dinner karne k baad poori raat bachi thi. To ek korean series start kar di. Afterall, aur ghar pe kya hi hai karne ko! </span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">Raat k 3 baj chuke. Aaj ka din kafi achchha hi nikal gaya. Chalo, aaj k liye good night 😊</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-36261128227651519832020-08-09T03:44:00.002+05:302021-11-27T06:14:17.464+05:30Diary of a motorcycle - page 2<div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><span style="color: red;">'<i>Hello fraands, chai pee lo!!</i>' </span><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Sorry, sorry, sorry! My sincere apologies for that. I would have done '<i>uthak-baithak</i>' but unfortunately, my body doesn't provide that scope. This was probably due to wrong influence of Rocky's one friend. '<i>Ye Dilli wale na, aise hi hote hain</i>' It has been two years since my last journal, my wonderful trip to Bangalore. Its not like I have been through nothing in this period. But these days, I am getting a lot of free time to reflect.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">After I returned from Bengaluru, I was busy in Rocky's monotonous life of office to home and back for a while. At times, I would get frustrated '<i>Jab yahi karna tha, to pulsar kya buri thi</i>'! Then that fateful accident happened. Rocky endured the whole impact (even my weight), broke his leg and I survived with just a broken mirror. I felt sorry and grateful to him. After 2 months, I saw him for the first time after the accident. He was walking with the support of a walker but I was delighted to see him. '<i>I will definitely treat him better next time we go out!</i>' </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">3 more months passed and I waited patiently. One beautiful evening, Rocky came and I knew exactly what his ear to ear smile meant. '<i>Yaay, here we roll once again!</i>' We went for a short spin near by. In no time, he was back on his usual routine. Time and I were rolling smoothly until a couple of months ago. That evening, something just didn't feel right. People were running mad as if they had ghost in their flats. I heard someone talk about some lockdown on his phone. May be he forgot to lock his vehicle. '<i>Phew, unlike last time, I was locked safe and sound!</i>'</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">In the following days, I got to know that there was some virus outbreak and going out was prohibited for a couple of weeks. '<i>I hope it doesn't end up like the zombie movies Rocky enjoys. Anyways, Gotham endured Bane's 5 months lockdown. I can definitely stand back for few weeks. No issues!</i>' 5 weeks passed and Rocky didn't even come to take a look at me once. '<i>aisa koi karta hai kya, batao jara? Yahi dosti, yahi pyaar, ek virus ne daal di beech me deewar!</i>' </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">Let me tell you a fun fact - '<b><i>The sky looks square from my parking!</i></b>' Being stationary, I tried looking at the horizon but all I could see was the square sky. I never noticed this before but have started to like it now. All the bikes and cars near by have become my friends now. With nowhere to go, all of us would have been so depressed if we were not parked close by. We are like an old age home, abandoned by our families but there for each other. We share stories of the happy times we used to spend on road and now, all of us have a thick layer of dust over us. '<i>Man, I need a bath so bad</i>' </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">'<i>Don't be alarmed, but I heard from someone that people, when they don't eat, they die!</i>' I have not had my diet for 2 months now, but I don't feel hungry. I guess I am not people. Out of the blue, Rocky came to visit me one day. I thanked my lucky stars. Most probably everyone's prayers of '<i>Go corona, Corona go!</i>' were finally answered. '<i>But wait a minute! He does not have any cloth with him. How am I going to get cleaned?</i>' He started my engine, kept it on for 2-3 minutes, switched off and left. For the first time in my life, I felt so much anger towards him. '<i>Dost dost na raha, pyaar pyaar na raha . . .</i>' </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;">There was too much excitement in the group that afternoon. A new shiny one had come to our neighbourhood. '<i>Aaila kya soorat thi, wo kya kehte hain . . .</i>' Its looks and colour made all the heads turn. We all were eager to talk but the newbie had too much attitude. Being new, extra care was taken and soon it got an extra layer of clothing. Even its cover was more colourful than our dust covered bodies. '<i>Ghamandi me attitude hai to kya, ja to wo bhi kahin nahi rahi iss lockdown me!</i>' </span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">Seeing people do morning walks, I
feel jealous every day. I need some stretching of my tires too. Rocky
has been coming every month just to check on my battery. '<i>He doesn't love me anymore!</i>' </span>Its been 5 months now, standing still at the same place. Even Gotham was saved by Batman after 5 months but there is no sign of our saviour yet. I have become theist now, praying regularly - '<i>Hey <b>Royal Enfield</b> bhagwan, oh my <b>Harley Davidson</b> god! Its been enough torture now. Ab life me thoda excitement chahiye. Long drives na sahi, kam se kam Rocky apne friends se hi milne le jaaye! I will be happy in that.</i>' Hope my prayers are answered soon!!! </span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">We shall over come</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">We shall over come</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">We shall come over to your house</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">O Souvik and Gaurav</span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: red;">I do believe, that we shall meet somewhere very soon!!!</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div><div><span style="color: red;">PS. Happy b'day Rocky! 😊</span></div><div><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></div>Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-53568816047822035402019-08-11T10:40:00.001+05:302021-11-27T06:19:48.780+05:30An ode to Life!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: red;"><br />Dear life,<br />Why are you so complicated?<br />Did someone break your heart<br />Or have you never even dated!<br />Did someone forget your birthday<br />My apologies, wish you belated!<br />What is the problem in your life<br />Open up, don't be so gated.<br />I am sure we will understand<br />You will definitely not be hated!<br /><br />Dear life,<br />Let's play some other time<br />Today, don't really have the mood.<br />How are you so mischievous always<br />Sometimes, I unknowingly brood.<br />You seem to always spoil our plans<br />We don't even have any family feud!<br />What's so special about you anyways<br />Why the hell do you have to be so rude,<br />You will always win, there is no such rule<br />You are not a Bollywood hero dude! <br /><br />Dear life,<br />You frighten us, you brighten us<br />You make us laugh and give hope,<br />Challenges are to make us tough<br />I know your job is hard to cope.<br />There are both good and bad times<br />We fools focus down the slope,<br />Why don't you stop our stupidity<br />Those times, you feel so dope!<br />You might laugh your hearts out<br />Hearing - 'Engineering kar lo, bahut hai scope!'<br />Please promise to take care of me<br />My part, I can't. I'm not the pope! <br /><br />PS. Life is beautiful! Enjoy it to the fullest!!! Have a nice day! :-)</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Two species come close together<br />
Fall in love, lock their horn<br />
The nature takes its own course<br />
Holy moly, a life is born!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Happiness and love everyone showers<br />
All trying to impress the child a bit<br />
But the new kid has a nose too high<br />
All these efforts, he doesn't give a shit!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life has become more beautiful nowadays<br />
Has a new meaning and feels so sublime<br />
To think of any such hopeless thoughts<br />
The boss baby won't give you any time!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sleepless nights for this tiny bundle<br />
Smelly poopy diapers to change<br />
Sleeping and crying is all he does<br />
Terrorises the world with this little range!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">When recognises and laughs back at you<br />
Vanishes immediately the sleep deprivation<br />
Playing and laughing along with him<br />
Gives you a new energised motivation!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The clothes grow short every month<br />
Number of diapers raise the hair<br />
The pram, stroller, kid chair, walker,<br />
Ooops, its a damn too costly affair!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Your whole life revolves around him<br />
There is no time for yourself anymore<br />
Kid becomes the new apple of your eye<br />
Your older lifestyle is just a folklore!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I wish him all the happiness in life<br />
Hope he does not give you much fuss<br />
Blooms with health & wisdom together<br />
May your kid have friends like us!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="color: red;">
PS. Dedicated to all my dear friends who have had a kid recently . . . </span></span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-1840815542998079712019-04-27T19:17:00.001+05:302021-11-27T06:26:34.691+05:30The time I almost had brain hemorrhage!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">It happened on a fine December morning<br />
It was late than usual when I left the office<br />
Was driving back to my home on the highway<br />
A raging truck carried me, I did not have a say!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Something from the truck stuck to my mirror<br />
Next moment, I had fallen down on the road<br />
My brave right knee embraced the whole impact<br />
The new helmet had no scratches, my heroic act!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My right leg was stuck beneath the bike<br />
People on the bus stop rushed to my help<br />
Had to be carried over to the road side<br />
I thought to take 5 min break before I ride!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Had to call Sachin when I could not stand<br />
Limping and hopping, I went to the hospital<br />
Guessed it was minor, I would soon get away<br />
Until the doctor came with my leg's x-ray! </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I had multiple fractures below the right knee<br />
Needed operation to fix a plate in the bone<br />
It took 3 months to walk again, 4.5 before I ran<br />
And that is how, dear friends, I became Iron-man! </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Operation was equally entertaining, all the way<br />
Being awake whole time had its perks, I must say<br />
Had a curtain, I could not witness everything<br />
Got scolded for peeking, saw the nurses flirting! </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My bike is in perfect condition, thanks to my knee<br />
Just the rear tail light got broken in the fall<br />
After a long and boring home sitting, WFH spree<br />
Was asked in my office to 'Bend the knee!' </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">For those of you wondering about hemorrhage<br />
Didn't you hear people having brains in the knee<br />
My brains would have shattered if I was that kind<br />
Fortunately, I am not - which is my latest find!</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-32164489569182770092019-04-12T14:10:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:18:40.729+05:30From “Wow, Again!” to “Not Again!”<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">“Propose me in a way no one, who knows you, would expect from you” –
she said. Wow, that’s a tough one but as Barney would say – “Challenge
accepted!” I had only managed to say that I liked her a lot and chuckled inside
that her wanting a proposal meant ‘Yes’. Now, I just had to think out of my
box. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Sandhya, or Sandy was my ex-colleague. She was a chirpy,<span style="font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-family: "Segoe UI Emoji";">
</span>bubbly girl in my office. Her being the only one my age in the team made
us bond easily. We were the little sparrows in the world of friendly hens and
harsh cuckoos. We had lunches together and those were quite fun times. The
tiffins and views we shared were extremely different. She was frank, rather too
outspoken while I was the reserved kind. She prepared well-cooked meal while I
would bring half-cooked vegetables (I was still learning at that time) or
rather have thali in the canteen. I loved biking all around the city while she
liked relaxing at home on the weekends. You would say opposites should have
attracted but I was completely absorbed in my own one-sided romance, oblivious
from rest of the world. </span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">There is not much value given to the newbies in an organization. One
afternoon, she came to my desk and cried. Everyone sitting around was gazing sharply
at me. I was feeling awkward with the judgemental eyes staring on me. I took
her outside and there were more prying eyes. She kept sobbing and telling the
discussion with her manager and I stood there silently listening to her. I
wanted to hug her and say everything would be fine, but I did not. Sometimes, I
regret that I could not even console her when she needed. After half an hour,
she was calm again. The next day, she resigned. For the first time, I felt her
presence in my life and realized soon there would be absence. She got a job
soon and on her last day in office, I wrote couple of lines for her in my blog
– “Jab baat dil me koi nahi”</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Soon after, my first one-sided affair became two-sided when both of us
started ignoring each other. Couple of months later, I got a friend request
from Sandhya on facebook. There was an instant connect with her after this long
gap. For a long time, we discussed each other’s life through calls and
messages. After a year, we decided to meet. We met for the first-time outside office
and spent four hours in that coffee shop. I regret not knowing more about her
during our lunches. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">After my last heart-ache, I had never thought even in my dreams that
my heart would flutter again. Her calls made my heart content and meeting her
was a bliss. I always was my own self with her which I might only be with my
close friends. I had a very surreal feeling with her, something very magical
and different. May be the feeling was mutual as she also loved to hang out with
me. May be that is why it felt so real. I might be falling in love all over
again. Wow, all over again!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I even wrote a poem, but I did not give her. I had a feeling I was not
ready yet -</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Unfortunately, I can’t!</b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Today, I had
this thought</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Suddenly,
just out of the blue</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Oh girl, I
like you a lot</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Unfortunately,
I can’t tell you!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Our views
and tiffins were so different</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I miss those
fun times at lunch</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">It was hard
to see, spread your wings</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">And fly so
distant from our bunch.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Nowadays,
when we talk</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I lose track
of the time</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">You make my
heart skip a beat</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">It’s a
feeling so sublime.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I wish to
talk to you every day</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I have so
many things to pour</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I want to
listen to you endlessly</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I want our
relationship to soar.</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I know some
dreams are dreams</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The above is
just my rant</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I wish I
could help myself</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Unfortunately,
I can’t!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Couple of months ago, she was shopping for her cousin’s wedding and
one dress she tried made my mouth open, but I did not have words to compliment
her. When she asked for the second time how she looked, I broke from my sense
of dreaminess and said – “I like you!” Now, her mouth was open, and she had
nothing to say. She quietly went back, changed and we came out of the shop. For
few minutes, we did not say anything. Then she said let’s talk over lunch. I
was relieved that she wanted to talk. We went inside a less populated
restaurant and she asked what I just did. Now, I had not planned anything - it
was on the go, at the spur of the moment. I told her that I had started to have
some feelings for her which were blurted out today. She smiled, just a little,
for the first time in last half an hour. Then she put the condition to propose
in a different way, in a way out of my character. It was my turn to smile, a
big one though.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Coming back to the present day, 2 months have passed since she asked
for the proposal and nothing has clicked in my rusty, little brain. All the
proposal ideas on youtube or the Korean movies I watch are not proving of any
help either. She had put a condition that she would only meet me on the day I
was ready to propose. The number of calls and messages we shared have declined
too. Yesterday was her birthday and she did not meet me. She has not picked up
any of my calls from today morning. Feels like <a href="https://rakeshmoody.blogspot.com/2017/02/one-night-deja-vu.html">Déjà vu</a> all over again! Oh
please, not again!!!</span></div>
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<br /></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-6937287740609187062019-03-31T20:20:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:20:43.281+05:30Diary of a motorcycle<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">Hello everyone, I am new to this
world and am still learning its maneuvers and honking and gliding between the
traffic and many more such adventure tricks. My life started a month ago with
this cool kinda guy. He never rode me anywhere else apart from home to office
and back until the day I got some numbers on my bum. The next day, he rode me
all through the city painting his face like a clown. It looked like everyone on
the street was in same mood flying</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> </span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;">colours</span><span lang="EN-US"> through the air, but he made sure I was safe from all those</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> colourful</span><span lang="EN-US">
hazards. "<i>I like him!</i>"</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">That day I heard him say to
someone that we were going on a bike trip to Daman and may be</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> Rann</span><span lang="EN-US"> of
Kutch if everything goes well. I don't know much about those places, but this
should be fun, and I was excited - "<i>Yay, my first road trip!</i>" What
more can a bike dream of! Servicing - check, shiny</span><span lang="EN-GB" style="mso-ansi-language: EN-GB;"> teflon</span><span lang="EN-US"> coating on my
body - check, petrol tank full - check - "<i>Yup, I am ready to roll!</i>" The
next morning, Rocky came wearing bandana, helmet, goggles, jacket, gloves,
boots and what not. “<i>Man, I envy him. So many accessories for the trip and just
a fancy key chain for me!</i>” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">He started my engine and we
started our trip but wait . . . “<i>Hey, hey, hey! Mumbai is on the opposite direction!
Where are we going? I think he might have to buy something for the journey.</i>” We
have been on the highway for last 2 hours and I don’t think he is going to turn
towards Mumbai ever. “<i>Am I stuck with an idiot or something?</i>” Although I am enjoying
the wind on my shield and my tires burning on the highway, it does not feel
like a fun trip. I am in complete blind for what our destination is. We are
just driving endlessly on the Pune-Bangalore highway. “<i>Maybe we are going to
Bangalore!</i>” My realization of the destination was short lived when we took a
sudden right turn from Karad. “<i>You just can’t have any expectations from this
guy!</i>”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">Now we have left the highway and are
going through narrow roads in remote villages. He was not slowing down even on
those kachcha-pakka roads. I was having butterflies in my engine on those
sudden twists and turns with chicken and dogs running loose aimlessly on the
road. Suddenly, I came to a halt. “<i>OMG, there is no road ahead!</i>” He checked for
an alternate route on the map but there was none. He felt sorry for me but
started to go ahead. “<i>Hey mister, I am not going on this disastrous, broken
path full of rocks and stones . . . Ouch Ouch ouch OUCH!!!</i>” Well, that continued for a
long 2-3 kilometers. Let me tell you all something – he might have travelled on
far worse paths while travelling to Hyderabad, but this was no fun for me
either. I felt pity for that old pulsar of his. I can’t imagine what that poor
old thing might have felt with two of the mankind riding over it for 70 long
torturous kilometers. After riding for an hour or two through those villages,
we finally hit the main road again. I think I know where we are heading as we
are riding on the Kolhapur-Ratnagiri highway. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">The sun is on our heads now but
moving in the shade of tall trees on both sides of the road protected us for
quite a long time. A little while later, ghat section started and I had some
beautiful views of the villages from the top. “<i>I am loving it. This trip is
going great!</i>” An hour later, we finally reached Ratnagiri and had a little rest
in our hotel. In the evening, we went to the Gateway of Ratnagiri on the Mandavi
beach. He spent an hour on the beach and another half exploring the main market
which was on the way to our hotel. Finally, we called it a day and retired. “<i>Hey!
Where are you going, leaving me unlocked? I just can’t believe how careless
this person is!</i>” </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">I could not sleep for the whole
night, worried dead of what might happen if someone else comes to know that I
am unlocked. He realized his mistake in the morning but fortunately, I had been
safe. My only solace was the police jeep parked next to me who kept telling me
to keep calm and not to worry due to its presence. We started off with no
destination in mind. Rocky just wanted to see the harbor and we rode wherever
the paths led us. We reached the harbor soon and turned towards a narrow trail
with sea on one side and coconut trees on the other for as far as I could see.
It was a lovely path to ride on until we reached some village and started to
get nasty stares. We thought it was time to turn back. Next, we went to the
Ratnadurg fort. The view of sea from the heights of the fort was cool when
Rocky spotted a harbor he had to go at any cost. “<i>This person is obsessed with
things I understand very little.</i>”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">This harbor of his might be a new
one as it was not showing on the maps. Rocky was driving based on his intuition
and with the proximity to the fort. We drove through some fishermen’s village
and we both had to stop our breaths for a while. He was able to find the harbor
within some time. “<i>Yaay, here we come. O O not again, there is no road ahead. You
can go alone if you want to. Please please please, I don’t want to go!</i>” None of
my pleads were heard this time too and we reached his deserted harbor. Though
the view was beautiful, the solitude rather desertion of the place did not
appeal to my taste. Then, we returned to our hotel and rested for a while. In
the evening we went to Bhatye beach and he enjoyed the beach, the crowd and
sea-side delicacies. It was time to retire as tomorrow was a big day.</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">The next morning, we rode to
Ganpatipule. The weather was pleasant and the roads empty. The ghats had a
lovely view and Rocky stopped at a couple of points from the top of ghats to
take my photo with the sea in the background. “<i>I have started to like this guy.
He has been taking only my photos during the whole journey.</i>” Rocky visited the
Ganpatipule temple and did quad-biking on the sea-shore. It was quite a clean
and calm beach. For our return journey, Rocky had already made a mental note of
couple of points where we could ride till the shore. We rode till the sea side
at Aare view point. At Aare Ware beach, he went for a walk along the shore.
This was a very long empty beach with crystal clear water. Finally, he decided
to return but, on the way, saw a hoarding of Harsha Scuba Diving and I was turned
towards the diving site. “<i>This guy is very impulsive for adventure.</i>”</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">He left me in the sun for doing
scuba diving and I decided to make the most of it. I stretched my tires and had
a great sun bath, lying on the shore, waiting for my idiot companion to return
from having a fun dive. I later realized it was a good decision on his part
that he didn’t take me for diving as god knows what might have happened if
water went inside my lungs, sorry engine. I take my words back. He might not be
that idiot after all. We returned to our hotel in the evening. “<i>This trip is going
great. I am loving it!</i>”</span></span></div>
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before dawn bidding goodbye to Ratnagiri. For an hour, the decision felt like a
wrong one as the dense fog made visibility low and difficult to ride. With the
sun, we came back to the highway on our way to Bangalore. The long endless
stretch of highway, the wind on my face, light sun, vast fields on both sides
of the road – all of these felt like a dream run. It felt awesome till noon
when the sun started to compete and my whole viewpoint changed. It started to
look like long endless stretch of road, large barren lands on both sides, sun
glaring at its peak and no dhabas or petrol pumps on the highway making it boring
and tiresome. </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">On the way, we were stopped by few
people in white dress in some fancy vehicle with a red siren for speeding.
Rocky initially tried to convince them otherwise but gave up after a little
while. They were asking for some fine from him, but Rocky told he did not want
any red mark on my character yet as I was a new bike. “<i>I think I am falling in love
with this guy!</i>” One uncle with a big belly sitting inside the red siren vehicle
laughed and let us go. By the evening, I covered 750 long kilometers to
Bangalore and I was exhausted. We somehow reached Rocky’s brother’s place after
lots of mis-directions by Google aunty. “<i>Ab aur koi adventure nahi chahiye
babaji. Boring bana do ji iss trip ko!</i>” I was famished to my core to even think
of anything. All of us decided to rest and make further plans after that. I had
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<span style="color: red;"><span lang="EN-US">P.S. I am not sharing my pics from the trip here coz I
don’t want any human interference in my private life. I have shared them on
RoadBook (like your FaceBook) with my bike friends. I think I am taking after
Rocky, ie, I am not getting the right feeling and mood to write the rest of the
trip. May be someday! “<i>Tab tak ke liye main aapse vida chahunga deviyon aur
sajjano. Aap log padhte rahiye ye adbhut blog jiska naam hai rakeshmoody.blogspot.com.
aadab, shabba khair, shubh ratri . . . </i>“</span></span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-11681261885115531022017-05-30T16:37:00.001+05:302021-11-27T06:20:55.807+05:30A solo ride to Pondicherry<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">For the last 2 years, we were planning and postponing the road trip from
Chennai to Pondicherry on the famous East Coast Road which runs
parallel to the sea coast. This year, we had finalized but I cancelled
in August. Suddenly one day an idea struck me to go alone and it struck
me too hard to resist. I didn't tell anyone and booked the flight to
Chennai and rented an avenger. Sorry Vivek, Gaurav and Rahul for leaving you out on this
trip. One day, I told Gaurav by mistake and I had to literally beg him
to let me go alone this time. <br /><br />So on 3rd September 2016, I left
from office, parked my bike at the airport and flew off to say Vanakkam
Chennai. I received a setback when I got to know that the avenger I had
booked met with an accident and was not available and had to settle with
the next best alternative, Yamaha FZ. The best thing about this bike
was the colour, my favorite, Red. Finally, I was taking a bike on a long
ride after one looooong year after Leh. Hello ECR, here I come!<br />
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installed the newly bought mobile mount on my wrist and started
recording my journey. The climate was a little on the hot side that day
but only after 10-15 minutes on the ECR, I felt a cool breeze on my face
lifting my spirit. Beach was in the vicinity and could catch its
glimpses from the road in regular intervals. At one place, I saw that
little off-roading could lead the bike to the shore. I made a mental
note to do this while returning as I wanted to reach Pondicherry first.
Finally, after 3 hours of riding in the sun and getting all tanned
before even reaching Pondicherry, I took a stop at Serenity beach on the
way. It was calm and beautiful as the name suggests. 20 minutes of more
riding and I was at my hotel, thanks to Bing maps.<br /><br />I had my
lunch and took a much needed short nap of 2 hours. After waking up, I
went straight to the rocky beach near my hotel. The french architecture
could be seen all over the place. The beach was too crowded but still
the air was quiet and soothing. I walked across the whole beach seeing
all the monuments on the way - French war memorial, Gandhi statue, old
light house and Kargil war memorial. The only cafe on the beach, Le
Cafe, was bustling with customers where I could not get a seat even
after waiting 15 minutes. As the evening progressed, I started roaming
towards the city to have some food and some music pulled me towards it.
There was a live performance going on at a restaurant and I immediately
went inside. Although the singer was singing mostly regional songs which
I didn't understand a bit, the ambience and mushrooms were delightful.
After my stomach was full, I spent few more hours on the beach,
listening to the waves colliding on the rocks before calling it a day.<br /><br />Next
morning, I had a long list of places to visit. Being on the east coast,
I had planned to see sunrise on the beach but the sun played spoil
sport and even after waiting from 6-8am, I only got disappointment.
After an awesome complementary breakfast at my hotel, I started my
journey to cover the city. My first stop was Basilica of Sacred Heart of Jesus near to my hotel.
Next, I just rode where roads led me (while keeping the count of lefts
and right I was turning) and reached Uppalam Harbour beach. It was
beautiful but the sight at the other end was even better. Right across
the ocean, there was a beautiful harbor but no way to reach there. I
started the maps and saw an alternate route of 20km to reach there. </span><br />
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finding the Veerampattinam harbor, I reached the most beautiful Paradise beach. This had
very few people and a long coastline as far as I could see. People love
to become photographers these days. You give them your phone to click
one photo and they will click 3-4 in different poses. I finally found my
Veerampattinam beach after a lot of struggle with Bing maps and help of a few local
residents. The harbor I was finding was near by. It was simply amazing and had a better view as seen from the
other end of the ocean, worth all the trouble I went through to find
this. It was a pretty secluded beach with only a couple of kids playing
in some distance. There were big tetrapod stones( just like on the marine drive)
kept over one another to form a long stretch of harbor. I tried
climbing over these to get a glimpse of the ocean from its top. "Khudi
Ko kar buland itna, chadha main jaise taise, aur fir khud se hi bola,
bhaisaab ab uturunga kaise?" On reaching the top, the view was marvelous
but now it seemed like big gaps between these rocks and a slight fear
ran of how I would get down. Now, even the kids I had seen earlier were
not present there that I could call for help. I called Souvik and we
laughed together - "Ye idhar udhar chadhne ki aadat nahi jaegi". After
sitting and relaxing there for some time, I somehow managed to get down
without falling in between those rocks. <br /><br />It had been a tiring
long day and on reaching my hotel, I took a shower and slept the whole
evening. On waking up, I strolled along the near by market but could not
find anything interesting to buy when I accidently bumped into Akshay
Kanoria. We had lived in the same house in Kota, had kept in touch after
that but it was a nice surprise catching up there in Pondicherry. On
riding back to the rocky beach, I saw a long line at cafe Xtasi and found
they specialized in wood fried pizza. I stopped there to try it and had
to wait an hour in queue before ordering a medium size exotic pizza. The
minute my pizza made an entry, the smell made me forget the wait. The
pizza really looked exotic (full of mushrooms) and it was deliciously
mindblowing. Then I spent a couple of hours at the rocky beach.
Traveling the whole day, I didn't miss anyone but sitting alone on the
beach made me feel lonely and yes, as you had warned, I did miss you
Gaurav. As the night progressed, there were fewer people on the
beach and a couple sitting next to me started kissing. Soon, they were
center of attraction of everyone passing by. Couple of minutes later,
few policemen came and took them away. I started back towards my hotel
when a light shower started to fall.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;"><br />Next morning, I checked out
from my hotel and started my journey back to Chennai. On my way back, I
remembered the place where I had to drift down from the road to the
beach. It was risky but there was no one to change my mind. So, I did it
and am glad I did that. Riding the bike alongside the waves is
certainly a good memory. I stopped at Mahabalipuram in between and
visited the light house and Mahishamardini mandapa, a large cave and temple carved out of a single stone. Mahabalipuram had a very crowded beach where I rode a horse and tried
my hands at balloon shooting after a very long time. Finally, I reached
Chennai but it was already late for my flight. I took an auto which got
stuck on traffic. Then, on his suggestion, I took the local train and reached
airport just in time for my flight. Mission accomplished - riding on the
East Coast road and a solo trip. Let me sleep over this new feat in my
flight back to Pune. </span><br />
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-10763217201797252992017-02-28T17:33:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:18:28.499+05:30One night @ Deja Vu<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life is not about making choices; it’s about going down the path we have chosen for us and I had made my choice before the choice even came before me. When the whole world was engulfed in celebrating the new year, I was already out in the memory lane traversing irregular paths, jumping one lane to another, seeing faces of all my loved ones – mom, dad, bro, sis, friends, that special smile while falling freely down my 13th floor apartment.</span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Now, allow me to start from the very beginning. The person falling at an acceleration of ‘g’ is me, and people who know me would not believe that I would ever do such a stupid thing but this story starts from a date few months ago. It was the most special day of the year - my birthday. I was awake early and was being impatient for the most awaited call of the day. She didn't keep me waiting for long and that sweetest Good Morning made my day. We had plans to spend the whole day together and have fun. We went for a small hike, spent the evening watching movie and playing games in the mall and had a lavish dinner. Finally, the day was over and I went to drop her at her society. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It has been 2 years and I don't even know when Riya became an integral part of my life. My life would start with her sweet good mornings and my day would end with her good nights. Every day I would long only for seeing her beautiful smile. Office hours seemed like eternity without her and evenings were a bliss when we would be together. It sometimes feels strange how time flies by so fast. "Where are you really taking me mister?" - her voice brought me back to reality and I realized I had crossed her apartment a couple of minutes ago while being lost in my chain of thoughts. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I made a U turn and returned back to her society. We hugged to say goodbye and it was a little longer than usual. The time was 12:01, my birthday was over. I asked her if she was ok and as suspected, she was not. Her face had no emotions and I knew I was about to hear something serious which I dreaded not to hear. She said her parents were finding a match for her . . . "but you don't even smoke, what would you do with a match???" I cut her sentence in between, there was a moment of shock in her face and the next moment I received a solid punch on my shoulders. She continued that she was not ready for marriage yet, not even with me(and neither was I). I consoled her that our parents think like that only and we will figure a way out. I could not sleep the whole night and even thought deeply about this whole marriage affair. I finally concluded that marriage was not on my list yet, not even in my wildest dreams. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Next 4 months were the hardest to cross. Every other week, her parents would make her meet someone and she was able to dodge them cleverly(we planned too many ways to do this). Finally, we decided to let our parents know about our relationship. My parents reluctantly accepted it but her parents didn't even want to hear her out. Tension of our parents passed on to us and even we had occasional riots over this issue. Nothing was going our way and we were completely helpless in our situation. It felt like having a ton of pressure on us and our brain and heart had stopped functioning. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">It was New year's eve and she had gone to her hometown for the week. I had no plans and was sleeping peacefully in my apartment when my phone rang. I picked up my phone to see Riya calling. The time was 9 PM and there still were 3 hours before the calls would start to flood in. Her hello lacked the usual cheerfulness and had too much gravity in it. I jokingly asked - "Why so serious, teri shaadi set ho gayi kya?" She didn't reply for a moment before breaking into tears. I realized the bad timing of my joke and apologized numerous times but it was too late. After 15-20 minutes, she became a little normal and said "It is all over now and it is better to end our relationship with the year. Let the new year be for new beginnings, whether we like them or not. Forget me and move on . . ." I knew she switched to English only when she was not comfortable in speaking something but her abrupt ending of the call was too much to handle for me. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I called her non-stop for the next 2 hours but she didn't take any of my calls. None of my messages were proving of any use. I was unable to understand the situation that why she was avoiding me like this. It was killing and frustrating me at the same time. Whatever was between us, be it friendship or love, we could at least talk about our situation. Even if she wanted to break up, we could discuss it sensibly. I think our relationship had that level of maturity, but something or rather she changed in a day and I was unable to accept this. </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">In these 2 hours, my frustration and her avoidance led me to anger. My anger and helplessness to do anything to make her talk to me led me to depression. All of our 2 years started to flash in front of my eyes. My depression combined with these memories made me anxious and may be this anxiety killed my rationality. It was 5 minutes to midnight and I was walking furiously, thinking unstably in my balcony. I called her one last time and she didn't pick up. At that moment, I lost everything, I lost even me. Next moment, I was standing on the edge of the balcony. Rockets started to fly in the sky, there were noises(must have been merries) from all parts of the building and I felt weightlessness. Physics says it would take me less than 3 seconds to hit the ground but the speed of thoughts is much faster than light. I saw millions of memories flash by in that little time when my phone rang . . . </span></span><br /><br /><span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I was holding my phone too tightly and it was ringing. I was still delusional if I was still in my dream or had woken up. The time was 9 PM, it was still 31st December and I was still alive. I chuckled a little on this new sensation. I finally paid attention to my phone call - it was displaying Riya calling. I cheerfully attended the call but her hello had too much gravity in it. I was starting to feel deja vu when my natural instinct asked her - Why so serious, teri shaadi set ho gayi kya . . .</span></span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-5784639564032998332016-07-31T14:22:00.000+05:302016-07-31T14:22:57.332+05:30Out of this world!!!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">What a different feeling it is when you feel out of this world! When you feel above your capabilities, when it is difficult to explain whether you are feeling good or bad, when the whole world is revolving around you and you can't think straight, you get out of this world feeling. Why the hell are these lights flickering so much, a pain in the ass, sorry eyes. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">I have been socially awkward my whole life, right from my childhood. I always felt out of place when I had to go to a marriage or someone's home for a function. The only social gathering I ever loved during my school days were birthday celebrations. I even felt out of place when friends would gather together for new year celebration and dance till the countdown began. Those were the times when I didn't like the company of even those close friends with whom I lived and enjoyed every day. I never would have thought that this social anxiety would not leave me even after college. Why the hell are all these people jumping and hopping so much. What the hell is the occassion to dance so much, its just the company's annual party. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The matters became even worse after college. Earlier it was awkward in front of friends I knew, now it was with people I didn't even know that well. May be this society does not belong to me or I don't belong to this society. Funny thing is everytime I promise myself I won't get into this situation again but yaay, here I am, again! Why the hell are these people trying to pull me to the crowd. How many times do I have to remind them of the song - "Rakesh can't dance saala!", perhaps the only thing I can't do. Manchanda, are you listening, Rakesh can't do everything. </span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">The floor is really dancing, I think that's why it is called the dance floor. Ohh, now the room has also started spinning. DJ wale babu, mujhe dance floor se utarne do, dance floor se utarne do, dance floor se utarne do. Where the hell has my sofa gone where I was peacefully enjoying the cheeseballs. Why the hell am I writing all this, hey wait, why the hell am I saying 'hell' so many times. Am I drunk? No way, I don't drink. I am just feeling out of this world!!!</span><br />
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-19579860426058050602016-02-08T02:02:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:18:22.135+05:30Story of a stalker<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;"><br />Everyone's minds have some deep secrets hidden deep inside several locks. Today, I open my gates for everyone. Hello common folks, you are most welcome inside my brain. Let me show you some deep hidden rooms of my gorgeous mind-villa. <br /><br />It all started with her. She was standing next to the History section in Crossword, browsing through some ancient stuff. It was not 'love at first sight', rather I totally ignored her but she had this killer smile which caught my attention for the first time. Next day, I saw her again in the mall standing in the next line of movie tickets engrossed deeply in her mobile. I couldn't take my gaze away from her innocent face. She looked up, her kohl lined eyes met mine and she gave her mesmerizing smile. A week later, I ran into her in my building's lift. Both of us smiled and acknowledged our 3 encounters within a week. The serenity in her face suited her name - Reena. <br /><br />Her friend lived in the flat next to mine and I have lost track of how many times I would have thanked her friend in my mind for being sick. She had typhoid and was in bed rest for 2 weeks. Reena used to visit her friend daily at 7pm after her office and I made sure that I run into her in the lift. I was not in love, I just liked her company and i didn't want to miss that smile. A month later, I saw her at the coffee shop right across my office. I couldn't resist myself and sat on the next table. She was waiting for her friend and I was waiting for mine(that's what I told her). Our friends didn't show up and we ended up chatting for an hour sitting on different tables. <br /><br />Next weekend, we went on a shopping date as her friends were out of town. It was a lovely July morning with a little drizzling making it awesome for being out of the rooms. We went to Phoenix mall, did some shopping, had lunch, watched a movie and enjoyed bowling without realizing how the day passed. I think I had started to love her. Next weekend, I gave her a small teddy which said 'I Love You' and her smile made me think the feeling was mutual. I was on cloud nine. <br /> </span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><span style="font-family: Times,"Times New Roman",serif;">Let me tell you somethings which happened within this last one month. She used to leave her building exactly at 8 am. I followed her from her building to the coffee shop near my office. Here, she would have her daily cup of coffee. Occasionally, I would also join her. Then, she would walk to her office and I never missed an opportunity to give her company in these leisure walks after coffee. In the evening too, I would wait outside her office and follow her to her building. My flexible office timings and her fixed routine gave me many chances of interactions with her and eventually, we became good friends. I always remained online on gmail, facebook and whatsapp, she would ping me and then we had our long conversations. After a couple of months, I even shifted to a building right next to her. On the weekends, I would wait the whole night to see her beautiful face in the morning holding a cup of coffee in her balcony. I think these might be my first little baby steps in the world of stalking. <br /><br />2 months later, I got the terrible news - she got transferred to Delhi. The day she was going from Pune, I proposed her on the railway station. She said long distance relationship won't work. The weight of rejection was heavy but I still managed - "Ja Simran ja, jee le apni jindagi. See you again in nayi Dilli." 3 months, 2 days and a dozen received and unreceived calls later, I was in sapno ke seher, Dilli, to meet the queen of my dreams on the Christmas eve. Ye IT wale bhi bade namune hote hain, Holi, Diwali ki 1 din ki chhutti dene me nani yaad aati hai but Christmas, New year ki hafte bhar ki dete hain. <br /><br />She was stunned on knowing my presence in Delhi but Jab We Met, we had a beautiful Christmas together. It was just like reliving Pune. We met everyday, roamed around various parts of the city and had a blast - there really was something magical between us. She was still new to Delhi and I showed her all the places I had visited during my school and college trips. I stayed everyday at a different friend's place and asked everyone not to tag me on facebook. So, I met many but no one had the slightest idea for how long I stayed in Delhi and friends seldom talk these days to spill my secret. <br /><br />It was 31st December. I spent the whole day with her roaming around the isolation of Qutb Minar. In the evening, we went to Select CityWalk, Saket to have the New Year blast. As the countdown of the new year started, I proposed her. She was stunned. Everyone started wishing Happy New Year and I was still waiting for her reply. Although I knew the answer by seeing her startled face, the optimist inside me kept the hope alive. She didn't say anything and I dropped her back to her place without even a Happy New Year wish. <br /><br />In the morning, she didn't pick my calls but sent a message that we should not meet. It was a crazily deadly start to a new day or rather new year. I went to her place and messaged her I would wait outside her building till she came out to meet me. Now let me tell you something - you will never understand the pain of hopelessly waiting for 6 hours for just a glimpse of someone or the happiness of meeting her/him after that wait, if you have not done it yourself. Finally, she came out only to say that this would be the last time we ever meet. I was heartbroken. I bid goodbye to her and returned back to Pune. <br /><br />One month and 8 days have passed and we have not contacted each other since then. I still remain online everywhere in the hope that someday she will ping me to ask how I am. But I can't just wait for her. So, I have taken transfer to Delhi and hell yeah, am currently aboard a flight ✈ to the city of my lady. Wait a minute, are you calling me a stalker after roaming inside my mind-villa and going through my beautiful secret. Stalker, Me? No way! I'm just boundary challenged!!! </span></span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-63961541307710707832016-01-01T02:03:00.000+05:302022-01-25T00:28:15.890+05:30Leh Calling !<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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then Leh is unarguably the paradise for bikers. Every biker on this planet
dreams of driving on the beautiful terrain of Ladakh at least once in his
lifetime. I am no different at this. It was October 2014, we were discussing
about Leh and Gaurav told that we don't know where we all might be next year,
who might get married and not be able to go. So, this is the final chance we
have and we made a deal that whatever happens, we will complete our bike trip
to Leh next year. At the start of the biking season in June 2015, only 4 of us
were left to go (and lets not discuss about how our friends ditched us at the
end as always) so, we joined 'Ride of my Life' group for our trip. I had read
about Gaurav Jani, the founder of this group and his passion towards biking and
Leh attracted me to join him for my adventure</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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about the next 10 days and were provided our Royal Enfield 500cc bikes for
roaming/shopping around Manali. The view of the valley from our hotel, the
first look of our bikes, the roaring of all the 16 Enfields at a time, the
excitement and happiness on our faces - I knew I was going to love and cherish
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Manali to get to know what shall we expect in the coming days and get
accustomed to our bikes. We started early morning, the weather was good, the
roads were narrow but fine, sometimes the gravel was loose but we were still
managing well until there came wet mud on the road and all the hell broke
loose. Our bikes started skidding; sometimes we got stuck in the middle of one
feet mud lying over the whole road. Once I put my feet down to balance the
bike, my shoes got stuck in the mud and damn those heavy Woodland shoes, I had
a high time just lifting my feet up. Some riders couldn't handle and even fell
down. Every step in the mud felt like crossing a mile. At the end of just
70-80km of the total trip, we all were exhausted with the worst driving terrain
experience ever. Whether it was the worst road ever or not, now we were
mentally prepared for whatever might come in our way to Leh</span>.</span></span></span><br />
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morning from Manali with our road captains Manish and Sachin. Soon, we reached
Rohtang pass and it was one of the most beautiful valleys I have ever seen.
Though we were only able to have glimpses of the valley due to the heavy fog,
it was an awesome start to our closeness with the Himalayas. We stopped at the
top of Rohtang pass for photo break as fog had cleared with the sun and the
view was amazing. We easily reached our destination Keylong in the evening. We
were warmly greeted with Jullay by the hotel staff. We left our bags in the
hotel and explored this small town on foot, even tried momos and 'thukpa' there
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thukpa effect and had to rest in the carriage vehicle for the day. We were told
that we might face a few water streams today. The first stream we encountered
was over 1 foot deep with water flowing at a high speed from the mountain with
valley on the other side. Although water at freezing temperature entered our
boots, we all crossed it safe and sound. We faced 2-3 more water streams on the
day but managed to cross all with ease. We came across Baralacha pass on this
day and the snow covered peaks in the background made the view mesmerizing. I
guess that's why we call it 'The majestic Himalayas' coz you are spell bound by
the beauty of the mountain ranges and the valley. We reached Sarchu after lunch
where the Swiss tents were waiting for us</span>. </span></span></span></div>
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and some of us were feeling altitude sickness here. Souvik and I took a stroll
to see the surroundings and it started to rain. We made a dash to our tents and
Imran bhai stopped us saying it is better to get drenched than wasting our
energy and we should save our breadth at this altitude. In the evening, I even
went down the valley to the river and then climbing that mere 100 ft at that
altitude felt very exhaustive. This was our first day in Kashmir and our phones
had only one use left now – clicking pics. We also got the terrible news that
there was a cloud-burst before Leh, the roads were washed away and we might
have to cut short the trip and return back to Manali. We had to wait till the
morning to get this confirmation but I was confident of going forward: “Nothing
will spoil my Sunday”. We might be in tents but the stay was warm and cozy and
food was delicious. May be that’s the beauty of travelling – you tend to love
almost everything that comes in your way. Even the night sky was so clear at
Sarchu which we don’t see in cities; the only problem was it was too cold to be
outside our tents in the night</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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would see if the roads clear by the time we reach there. My bro was fine now
after a day’s rest and he was ready to drive. We encountered Gata loops early
in the morning, a succession of 21 loops in the valley which immediately
elevated us from around 15000 ft to 17000 ft. We crossed Nakeela and Lachungla
to reach a path where there were trucks with supplies from both sides and the
roads had only space for one vehicle but hats off to everyone’s coordination.
Then we reached Moore plains which is a beautiful area between the valleys.
High mountains on both side and the absolutely straight roads for the entire
distance our eyes could see – it was a lovely view and a speed ride. My bike
even crossed 120kph and I enjoyed it to my core. Next we reached Tanglang la
which was the third highest pass of our trip at 17582 ft. After riding 60-70 km
more, we were on the checkpost before Leh and we got the news that the roads
were cleared and we would reach Leh. While crossing Thiksey, we saw loads of
mud dumped on either side of road which might have been washed out from the
mountains by the cloudburst and blocked the roads but it had been cleared and
we got our passage. Finally, we reached our hotel Leh-Chen where we had a nice
steam bath and the much needed rest after our 250 km ride of the day</span>.</span></span></span></div>
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day’s rest in Leh which was necessary as some people in the group were having
health issues from Sarchu. After a good and long sleep, we moved out of the
hotel to visit the Leh city. We went to the Leh Palace which was not as lavish
or big as we see the palaces in Rajasthan but considering the altitude where we
were, it was a unique architecture in itself. The view of the whole Leh city
and the surrounding mountains was amazing from the palace. Then we strolled
around the streets of the city and did some shopping. In the evening, we went
to the Sanchi stoop which was near to our hotel. The setting sun made the Leh
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<![endif]--><span lang="EN" style="font-size: 11pt; line-height: 115%;">Day 7 – August 9 – Sunday – The big day had arrived.
We had to ride to the top of the highest motorable path to reach Khardung la at
18380 ft and the best thing was it was my birthday. This was one of our reasons
to choose Ride of My Life group to celebrate my birthday in a memorable way, at
the top of the highest motorable road. We had bought the cake the earlier day
to be cut at Khardung la top. We were given local Leh bikes in the morning as
bikes from other regions were not permitted in Ladakh for tourism and these
were no match to the bikes which we had driven from Manali to Leh. We set out
from the hotel and the roads were a disaster. Sorry, did I say roads. There
were absolutely no roads after the checkpost for Khardung la, just rocks and
gravel which made it too difficult to handle the bike throughout to the top. Finally,
we reached our destination Khardung la which has its own importance as the
roads connect to the Siachen glacier. I celebrated my birthday at Khardung la top
and everyone took loads of photos. Finally, we decided to move back from there
before altitude sickness could take its toll. We reached Thiksey in the evening,
a small town 30 km from Leh, where we had our second encounter with the swiss
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from the rough terrain we had traversed in the day but our spirits were still
high. The tents were comfortable and had all the basic amenities. After dinner,
we made a bonfire and everyone gathered around it. We played ‘Antakshari’ for
quite a long time; my brother showed his poetry book and shared some of his poetry.
We cracked jokes, pulled each other’s legs and shared some of our experiences. Finally,
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towards Pangong Lake. On the way, we crossed the second highest pass of our journey,
Chang la at 17688 ft. We also crossed an army base on our way which reminded us
of the dedication of the Indian army to serve the country at any place,
altitude and climate. The roads were mostly good today and we had a smooth
ride. We knew that there were few wooden cottages and more swiss tents at
Pangong and we were pretty much done with the tents and no longer wanted them.
So, we rushed ahead to reach first at our camp site where Manish told us that
cottages would be occupied by the couples and rest of us would take the tents.
Now we were thinking why the hell did we drove crazily to reach early. Anyways,
we kept our bags in the tents and rode towards the spot of the lake where the
shooting of ‘3 Idiots’ had been done. The view surrounding the lake was
mesmerizing. We could see the sunlight throwing all its beauty over the
mountains and every peak was a shade different. The rainbow in the distance was
like our childhood painting where we used to draw the rainbow spread above the
mountains. The water of the lake was crystal clear and the breeze was making
waves in the lake. It was too calm and soothing and our hearts were overwhelmed
with the beauty of nature. We even rode our bikes to the lake side which was
tough in the sand. After spending some peaceful time near the lake, we decided
to head back to the camp before sun would leave us and descend behind the
mountains. There was again a bonfire in the night but with fewer people than
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showing its effect and we were getting a little restless to end our journey.
This was our final ride before leaving Leh. Gaurav had some pain in his hands
and hence, Souvik rode with me on the last day. Now, I realized that riding
solo was a lot easier. Hats-off to all the riders with pillion on this tough track. On reaching back to Leh-Chen hotel, everyone started
their packing for the return. The time had come for the adventure to end and go
back to our normal routine life. Thanks to the Ride of My Life team - Sachin,
Manish, Imran, Dorjee and all the fellow riders, I had a great riding
experience in Ladakh. The adventure seeking person inside me was satisfied but
had a yearning to ride once more. Let’s see what’s in the store of our future –
Be it trek to Everest Base camp or Europe backpacking tour. A New Year has come;
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<span style="color: red;">Late 20s is a very difficult age for all the youngsters in India. We are working for a while now and are either settled in our jobs or are looking for others options in life. This is the age of proving our self, achieving our goals, gaining absolute freedom, adventures, new beginnings and heartaches. But then, a more powerful weapon exists in the world. Out of nowhere, all of a sudden, a sword is hanging above you - <b>the sword of Marriage!</b> </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">You spend a few years out of college and your parents start to tell you - "This is the right age for marriage. So many matches are coming, why don't you, at least, start looking." Your parents, brothers, sisters, relatives, neighbors, neighbor's relatives, your married friends, your unmarried friends, your friend's friends, office colleagues, your landlord, basically, the whole world has just one question for you - "When are you planning to get married?" I just don't understand the whole world's obsession with marriage. Sab hath dho ke meri shaadi ke peechhe kyun pade ho yaar? Just chill, have fun in your life and let me have my share.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I agree marriages are a fun time in India. This is the time when your friends start getting married, you attend their marriage and make sure that they regret their decision. You have a reunion in marriages and enjoy life far from all other tensions remembering the good old days and ogling at pretty girls. You also hear the news of marriages of your exes and crushes and have heartbreaks. With the fun, you also get to hear the taunts from your parents - "ab to tere iss dost ki bhi shadi ho gayi, tu bhi kyun nahi kar leta." I just don't get their worry or hurry. May be this is the so called 'generation gap'.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">So, what do I really want. Bas thodi aazaadi aur chahiye, thoda adventure aur karna hai, thodi door aur akele chalna hai, thoda aur khud se rubaroo hona hai, fir shayad I will allow someone to enter my life. To gaon walon, thoda intejar aur karo. You never know kab main apni Basanti ke liye tanki pe chadh jaunga. Till then, I am happily single and not yet ready to mingle!!!</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-67103089568638309532015-03-23T01:20:00.000+05:302015-03-23T01:20:56.259+05:30Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">Dreams are something which we see while sleeping. Sometimes, we remember our dreams after waking, while most of the times, we don't. Sometimes our dreams are pleasant and a few times, we wake in up in the middle of the night horrified by our own imagination. Some people see their loved ones in their dreams, some see the opposite and avenge their counterparts in their dreams. A few special ones see their past or future in their dreams. Some very talented ones mould their dreams to win a lottery(Just kidding, took a stupid example from a movie). A few of us even day-dream of becoming a millionaire from just a pack of eggs. Whatever be the case, there is definitely a little significance in our dreams.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">I had a very interesting concept about dreams in my childhood which might be true(at least for me) - 'We dream what we want to be or do in our lives and what our conscious knows we can never ever do in real'. In my school days(may be inspired my some movie), I would dream of being a hero beating the bad guys, saving the world almost everyday. When I grew up a little, I started dreaming about roaming around the world, visiting exotic locations driving my red Ferrari. This might be the reason I still love going to new places and my childhood crush for Ferrari and love for red colour is not hidden from anyone. A few years earlier, I would dream often of sitting with someone on a beach, sipping coffee, watching out the ocean and enjoying the calmness around us although I could never make out who I was sitting with as I always saw this from behind. Then, I stopped seeing any dream since last 3-4 years.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">सपने और हकीकत में सिर्फ पलक खुलने और बंद होने का फर्क होता है . . . पलक बंद तो सपना, खुली तो हकीकत। Dreams definitely have a greater significance. They allow us to believe in ourself and to go for what we want in life. We have to dream before our dreams can come true. A wise man once said that a man makes his own luck but the greatness starts with a small dream. You strive hard to fulfill your dreams, face all the roadblocks with confidence, stumble but don't give up, you fight back with all your might and finally reach your ultimate destination. As rightly said by my idol, Dr. A. P. J. Abdul Kalam - 'Dream is not that what you see in sleep. Dream is the thing which doesn't allow you to sleep.'</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-77306785476845693612014-09-28T23:56:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:21:26.131+05:30What is Life ???<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">Life is finding happiness in happiness of your near and dear ones.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is going to your sister's home from the other end of the city with a cake to wish a surprise birthday at 12 am, find a lock hanging on the door and then having a great laugh at yourself.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is when that one stupid friend of yours always asks you - "Bhabhiji kaisi hain ?" even when he knows that you are single.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is playing Uno with your sister, 20 years younger to you, and watching that laugh on her face after giving you a +4.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is watching 'Namaste London' or 'Jab We Met' uncountable number of times.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is riding your bike on the highway with your friends at 2 am.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is when you listen to a song and remember someone, a smile comes to your face, the next second, you are sad and moments later, you mature !!!</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is when you plan a bike trip to Sinhagad fort but go to Kaas plateau instead with your friends.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is seeing your parents feel proud of you in tiniest of your achievements.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">Life is in having 'tikki-chaat' outside your school after several years.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is in forgiving and forgetting old grudges and moving on. Its never too late!!!</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is when your friends refer Lamborghini Gallardo as your car.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is being compared to one of your favorite authors.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is doing all those crazy stuff you are afraid to do but you still do coz your heart wants to do it with the song on your mind - </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">'khud pe bharosa hai, khud pe yakeen hai, </span><br />
<span style="color: red;">kar lenge kaam chahe jitna sangeen hai'.</span><br />
<span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">Life is when people trust you and look forward to you for anything.</span><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><br />
<span style="color: red;">Life is when you have 2 reservations in the train but you keep all the luggage in one and adjust in one seat with your friend coz you are used to it and love it.</span><br />
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<span style="color: red;">Life is when you have that one friend who plays NFS Most Wanted way better than you but when you defeat him in a race by some luck, you go Gung Ho about it for a week.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Life is not about big wonders, but its about happiness in all those little things which you love and care about and the stupid, crazy things you do with your family and friends.</span><br />
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-4686424790162641322014-07-22T09:13:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:25:20.760+05:30दुनिया<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">दुनिया ये हो गयी है बड़ी ही गजब,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">पैसे की भूख में फिरते हैं दर-बदर,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">आज की खुशियों का राह रोक कर खड़ी,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">बड़ी-बड़ी चीजों के पीछे </span><span style="color: red;">सब </span><span style="color: red;">भागे,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">दिन में सोते और रात में जागे,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">टूटे पत्तों सी बिखरी जिंदगी,</span><br />
<span style="color: red;">जाने किसकी है ये बंदगी,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">खुद की नहीं, दुनिया की करें फ़िकर,</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-33115059223638828132014-07-14T01:08:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:18:00.828+05:30I Love You . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">3 magical words which can change your life completely. It brings a new found energy, motivation and happiness to your life. Your whole view-point of life changes. Life itself seems to have flipped in an instant seeking new dimentions. I love you means that you have high importance in my life. I love you means no one can take your place ever. I love you means you are too special for me. Thats it and as the saying goes - " <b>Love makes Life Beautiful !</b> "</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">3 magical words which can even leave a person's life entirely empty. You start thinking about your 'love' 24 x 7, you link everything with your 'love' even when you know it won't lead you anywhere. I love you doesn't mean that I want to interfere in your life. I love you doesn't mean that you owe me anything. I love you doesn't mean you have to love me back. I am not a salesman to convince you for loving me. I love you simply means I love you. </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"><b>टेंशन नहीं है. </b></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">There is love in every relationship - parents, brother, sister, uncle, aunt and friendship too. You love your near and dear ones - that's why that relationship exists. There is love in those arguements, there is love in those small fights, there is love in family gatherings, there is love in festivals, there is love in those unnecessary parties, there is love in making fun of each other, there is love in just sitting close by, there is love in those warm hugs, there is love in the worries, there is love in the future planning, there is love in the pranks and the list is just endless. There is love in almost everything in this world, we just need the eyes to see them as is rightly said - "Beauty lies in the eyes of the beholder". </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I love you might be the smallest phrase to have so much hidden meaning inside it. </span><span style="color: red;">So, go on - spread love and happiness around you. The world needs it. Above all, you need it !!!</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-37247477763093016832014-06-18T18:37:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:17:54.800+05:30A new story . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">Every story has a beginning</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">and a magical end,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I am stuck on chapter one,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">unable to proceed, my friend</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Every now and then I see</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">a part of you I have never seen,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Your thoughts take me somewhere</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">far away, I have never been.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Your smile is worth zillions,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">your kohled eyes speak lot more,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">The beauty lies in your heart,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">now, how can anyone ignore.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I try to talk to you but I can't</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">coz my soul turns to steel,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">This happens every now and then</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">when I try to tell you how I feel.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I should have brought you a rose</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">instead of chocolates from my stipend,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">but I was afraid in my little heart</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">there is no substitute for you, my friend.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Rains come and go, showering me</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">with a few memories and yearning,</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">holding your hand, on a long road</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">on a new journey, distances burning.</span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Every story has a beginning </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;"> and a magical end . . .</span></div>
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-6696071625614730022014-03-25T01:36:00.001+05:302022-01-25T00:28:23.628+05:30A bike trip to remember . . .<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">Pune --> 600 km highway + 2 poha + 4 cups tea +
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that is called a long bike trip which we were yearning for quite a long time. So,
as planned, we started our journey on Friday – 21<sup>st</sup> February at 4:30am
to avoid traffic and reach early. It was still dark outside and the road was
mostly empty apart from a few occasional trucks. We started on the
Pune-Sholapur highway and soon reached 75-80kmph on the city roads where we
just dream of crossing 60. After crossing the city limits and the 1<sup>st</sup>
Toll-plaza, we cruised on full throttle with 95-105kmph with occasional 110+
speed and easily reached Sholapur (260km) in one stretch at 7:30am. Even the weather was pleasant during the ride - seemed like everything was in our favour.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sholapur, we took our first break and had poha + tea + half an hour break. Now,
Gaurav took control of the bike and we cruised further. We were going steady
with the traffic which had increased significantly now. After around 80-90km,
we entered Karnataka and the journey almost flipped from being smooth to
disaster. The road – sorry, was there any road? The situation was literally – ‘Sadak
pe gaddhe nahi the, gaddhon pe sadak bana rakhi hai’. Now, we were moving at
the snail’s speed trying to avoid the bumps and save our ‘bums’. And suppose
that was not enough, people were coming all over from the other side leaving us
literally no space to be on whatever little road we had. A couple of times, we
had to leave the road and go into the farms and bushes to avoid the trucks and
jeeps coming from other side. Suddenly, I was in air. There was a big pit over
which the bike had jumped and my ‘bum’ had lost touch with the seat. After
almost skipping a heartbeat, when I finally landed back, I could sing just one
line - ‘Bum ki to lag gayi’. This disaster followed for about 70-80km, the
whole way we were in Karnataka. ‘Kaun kehta hai ki Karnataka ke roads achchhe
hain, Gaya-Patna road bhi isse achchha hua karta tha even 10 saal pehle.’ <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took our second break after crossing the Karnataka border, had tea and gave
rest to our aching bodies. It took us nearly 3 hours to cross that small patch
in Karnataka. We were just hoping that Andhra didn’t have any more surprises
for us. Thankfully, the roads were good with less traffic and we drove freely. The
time was 2 pm and we were almost on the city limits of Hyderabad and were
feeling hungry. We stopped at a dhaba and thought of trying something different
and ‘tada’ – we had Jowar roti. I think it would be my first and last triumph
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we started after lunch, I was driving and Gaurav was navigating with the help
of his Nexus. After going parallel to the Hitech-city expressway endlessly for
quite a long and frustrating time, we reached Wipro circle. Next, we crossed
Microsoft, Infosys and were standing at Gachibowli circle which seemed like a
familiar territory. Pretty soon, we were outside café Nandini at Madhopur
without any difficulty and by 4pm, we were lying down on cozy beds which felt
like heaven.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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relaxing for 2 hours, we thought to explore the city on foot as both of us were
in no mood of biking. So, we started right away and Gaurav suggested discovering
the ‘Durgam Cheruvu secret lake’. Then started our series of calls to friends
in Hyderabad – some we were able to talk, some we could not. By the time we got
to the lake, it was already dark and the lake appeared to be totally deserted
and smelly. Google maps showed we were near Inorbit mall and we didn’t have
anywhere else to go at this time anyways. Next we went to Delhi-39 in Hitech
City with the Hyderabadites(old Puneites) for dinner and made plans of visiting
Ramoji film city, NTR Garden, etc for the next day. I thought it was end of a
long day but Gaurav had some more plans. We went to meet some of his college
friends at Infosys. With the dinner, college chats, simultaneous messaging and
walking in that awesome weather in night, time just flew by and before we could
realize, it was 3am – time to retire.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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day, we woke up to rush to watch ‘Highway’. A day ago, we had watched it live
and today, we were going to a mall for the movie. Seems like a deviation from
yesterday’s plan of visiting Ramoji. Next, we enjoyed bike races and bowling at
Inorbit mall, followed with lunch (and it was 5pm already) which felt like
Hyderabadites are not interested in showing us anywhere in Hyderabad. Then we
went to NTR Garden (just crossed it from outside), followed by Lumbini park (we
just had pani-puris outside it, didn’t go inside this too :D) and finally
reached Birla Temple (and we didn’t go inside the main temple too :P). We just
sat outside the temple enjoying the night view of the dazzling necklace road
around the Hussain Sagar Lake from the top. By the time we returned to Hitech
City, it was already late and we called it a day.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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was our 3<sup>rd</sup> day in Hyderabad and we had to return back to Pune that
day. Gaurav wished to have Hyderabadi biryani before going back and we went to Paradise
restaurant for the same. It might be famous for its biryani, but at least that
day, it was not worth anything. Next, we went to Menchies for having frozen
yogurt and that was the treat to this trip. Making our own combination of
yogurts with our own choice of toppings was fun and was an equally yummy and delightful
experience. This marked the end of our stay at Hyderabad and it was time to
leave for Pune as we wished to cross the bad patch of Karnataka before dusk.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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time was 4pm and my bike was refusing to start. After numerous kicks, when it
finally started, Gaurav feared whether it will survive till Pune or not but I
had confidence on it. After this short disturbance, we bid farewell to Hyderabad
and started our journey from Hitech City. By the time we reached Karnataka, it
was starting to be dark and our ride had started becoming bumpy again. Then, I noticed
that front-left indicator was hanging down from the bike. At first I thought
someone had broken it in Hyderabad but we found that its screw had become loose
and fallen-off. We fixed it temporarily with a twig and carried on with our
journey. It had become dark and the headlights of the trucks coming from the
other side were making it too difficult to drive on that pit-full road. Gaurav took
charge and drove carefully and we were almost near Sholapur by 9pm.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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took a long break, had our dinner and started at 10:30pm from there. Roads were
better now but the pits had made the condition of bike weak with us. The handle
was a little loose and we joked whether it will come out in our hands. Even
after reaching Sholapur-Pune highway, we went at normal speed to avoid any
further load on the bike. We took 2 more tea-breaks on the way and made it
smooth and safe to Hadapsar. Just before reaching Hadapsar bus-stand, Gaurav
told that something hit his legs and fell. We stopped and saw that the side
panel of the bike was missing. I went back to fetch it and just before my eyes,
3 trucks crossed over it. I had lost hope but on picking it, I found that it
was still in good condition with just a few scratches (Jai ho Bajaj walon ki). Finally, we reached
Magarpatta at 4am, thanked the bike for delivering us back safely and that’s how
we ended our great bike trip with loads of memories.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">P.S.
– Well, I had promised someone that I would come to Hyderabad before March and
here I was, and little did the person imagine that I would come ‘Dhoom’ style. There
was a time when this trip was almost cancelled on Thursday night and still I
was thinking of making it, even alone. Gaurav, after hearing that I would be
going alone anyway, was ready to accompany me. We slept just 1-2 hours that
night and were still undecided to take 2 bikes or 1. Finally, just before our
start, Gaurav told me to go on my bike which was a great decision. On the
lighter side, we did a rough calculation on the way that if he had brought his
bike, the amount of fuel consumption would have made the air-travel cheap. At
the end, I just want to add that Gaurav was the inspiration in the trip. Had he
been not there with me, I don’t think I would have been able to make it. Thanks
a lot Gaurav for making this happen.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;">Society
– Our human conglomerations, where we live, grow up and build relationships
with other people around us. As rightly said by Aristotle – “Man is by nature a
social animal”. Society and man complement each other – existence of both is
not possible without the other. People of different customs and creed come
together, become friends, live in harmony, share their happiness and grief,
have differences yet find peace in co-existence. I think that is the reason why
social science is considered as a very important science and social networking
sites generate so huge revenue.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red;"><br /></span><span style="color: red;">Coming
back to me, there was a time; I was quite a social person. Friends, parties,
adventure were my life and I used to go to any extent to satisfy
myself, fulfill my desires and still urge for more. There was a never
ending triumph for FUN in my life. And then<i>, </i></span></span><span style="color: red; font-family: 'Monotype Corsiva'; font-size: 19px; line-height: 21px; text-align: -webkit-center;">jane kis ki hamein lag gayi hai najar, is sheher me na apna thikana raha.</span><i style="color: red; font-family: inherit;"> </i><span style="color: red; font-family: inherit;">There was a
complete flip in my life – I lost interest in adventure, rarely contact
friends, stopped recharging sms packs, left facebook, even forgot a few
birthdays(now, this is completely opposite of my nature) – in short, as some of
my friends have even started telling me, I have almost gone out of this
world.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;"><span style="color: red; line-height: 18px;"><span style="font-size: small;">There is nothing wrong with me. I am not hiding from or avoiding anyone. I am just trying to check my limit of loneliness by trying to stay away from everyone as much as possible – I hope this would look like quite a justifiable and logical thing for a person of my nature and caliber but</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><i>afsos</i><span style="font-size: small;">, even which is not the case. I am not sure but maybe I am a changed person now and I just don’t have an aptitude to mingle with others anymore. Or a more probable answer which I could think of is that I want a break from all the chaos around me to bring my heart and mind at peace and then someday, I will again be my normal self – adventure loving, fun seeking friend you all know. I just hope with my fingers crossed that till that day, I am still in your heart and not ‘poof, gone out of your lives!’</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>I don’t know where I might be and to whom I would still have contact in the future but till then, I would like to quote the song ‘Boulevard of broken dreams’ by ‘Green Days’ for my present life –</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">I walk a lonely road<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">The only one that I have ever known<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">But its home to me and I walk alone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">On the Boulevard of broken dreams<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">And I'm the only one and I walk alone<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">I walk alone, I walk
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">My shadow’s the only
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<span style="font-family: "Monotype Corsiva"; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="color: red;">Sometimes I wish
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Rakesh Kumarhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02660854267797474159noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8918933693681450105.post-53297798111510081892013-08-26T16:01:00.000+05:302021-11-27T06:22:01.216+05:30Life vs Death<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: red;">Life and Death - what a deadly combo!!!</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Recently, one of my friends told me that he wanted to do suicide and
finish his torturous, almost hell like life as he couldn't bear the
frustrations anymore. Although I know that he didn't have the slightest guts to
do that but it made me wonder that how could anyone be so hopeless from himself
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<span style="color: red;">This made me wonder that why do people even think of ending their
life. May be bcoz we humans have this tendency of giving importance to negative
thoughts more than the positive ones. Whatever be the situation, we spend more
time searching for flaws and their solution rather than focusing on the merits
and it might be that people think dying is a lot easier and quicker solution to
their misfortune but I am still unable to understand that how can we justify
death as a solution to end all our miseries. Are we really so helpless that we
can’t handle our situation and its over-mounting stress.</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;">I tried to figure out the reasons of people doing suicide. The first
reason coming to my mind is when people(you might have read about farmers of
many states in India) have absolutely no hope of improving their situation and
can't bear to see their loved ones' pain, they choose to end their life rather
than seeing their family suffer. Rightly said by <b>Friedrich Nietzsche</b> -
"<i>Hope in reality is the worst of all evils because it prolongs the
torments of man.</i>" One case is when students commit suicide after failing
in exams. This is one of the most avoidable situations. Youth should not be
pressurized so much for performing out of their scope that they lose their
self-confidence and choose the path of utmost failure and hopelessness. Failure
is not the end of the world. Rather, it should be the stepping stone of a new
beginning. We should give them hope of a beautiful tomorrow coz "<i>Hope is
tomorrow's veneer over today's disappointment.</i>" Hope is important because
it can make the present moment less difficult to bear. </span><o:p></o:p></div>
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<span style="color: red;">Then, one of the reasons of suicide is failure in love. I think
it is the most stupid and irresponsible decisions made by people who have
absolutely no sense of logic. Does life stop due to departure of anyone from
our life? My suggestion to such people would be to be logical and stop living
in their past. Once you realize the past is only a story, it has no power over
you and you can move forward to a new future. Let me share 4 lines of someone
close t</span><span style="color: red;">o my heart – <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">har dil me kisi ke liye dua hoti hai हर दिल में किसी के लिए दुआ होती है </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">har dard me koi chhupa baitha hai हर दर्द में कोई छुपा बैठा है </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">dil ka dard karein bayaan kaise दिल का दर्द करें बयान कैसे </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">jab dard se hi ishq hone laga hai जब दर्द से ही इश्क होने लगा है </span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">My dear
friends, it might look poetic and be your own situation but believe me, its
absolute filmy bullshit and although it might not feel that easy, but the path
to happiness is quit</span><span style="color: red;">e simple - "Just forget the past and move
on". Let me quote a few lines from one of my own blogs - </span><span style="color: red;">"<b><span style="background-color: #fff3db; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial;"><a href="http://rakeshmoody.blogspot.co.uk/2010/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html" target="_blank">Life</a></span></b><span style="background-color: #fff3db;"><a href="http://rakeshmoody.blogspot.com/2010/11/normal-0-false-false-false-en-us-x-none.html" target="_blank"> is not about crying – it is about living eachday as a new beginning, giving your best shot, enjoying each & every momentfully and celebrating & sharing your happiness with your near & dear ones. It is important what you want in life, but it is more important what you have in life.Your life is in your hands. Lead it, don't follow it</a>."</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: red;">At the end, I just want to say what is written on the top of this
blog and what I believe from the bottom of my heart - "<b><i>Life is very
beautiful. Enjoy it to the fullest and Have a nice day! :-)</i></b>"</span><o:p></o:p></div>
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