Reign (rain) over me

Rain rain come again...that’s what we used to sing when we were kids.


The best thing God ever made.
The sweet smell of the wet land; the freshness of grass and plants all around, lovely atmosphere, hot coffee.
Those splashes from your friend...those paper boats...nothing artificial about it....everything is so pure...so natural...God's own world.....Ah!!!...this whole combination just drives me crazy
Oh!!! It’s all so romantic and fresh all around...rains are without any doubt amazingly amazing!!!


You get a chance to quit whatever you are doing (you need a bahana ( excuse) to quit studies/work)...and head straight out...just to feel the drops on you...to get drenched...and then when you have friends around...to take a walk in the pool of water around…without bothering about your clothes...and then...garam pakodas, hot tea or ice cream!!!!

And if you are not out in the rains; the next great thing is watching the
rains over a long chat ( which may be a silent one ) with a dear one and a
cup of hot coffee!!!!!!

And yea it can make u forget almost everything...
I love rains for it’s the 'me' in me which comes to the forefront...

And yea the rains in this part of the country (Mumbai) are awesome (freedom of speech and expression)

Now you all maybe wondering whats so different about Mumbai’s rains

Grey-black clouds, overcast dark afternoons spent idling, being able to see farther than usual as the air gets clearer after the rains; especially the dark violet-green mountains.
Some birds getting wet in the rains as if they don’t give a damn; street kids playing on water-logged roads, washing dirty feet after coming home, wading through water, lighting a half-wet sutta (cigarette) under a tree taking care that maachis (matchstick) does not get wet and sharing it with friends, accepting the futility of trying to keep yourself dry, climbing slippery slopes for a better view (Yeoor hills me too!), cycling through splashing water, having to borrow umbrellas from friends to go to lectures after losing your own chaatha (umbrella), shivering wet in the wind, traffic police in funny raincoats....love them all

Crossing Vashi bridge, best done in the monsoon, while standing at the door of a local train compartment. Raindrops lashing across your face while you struggle to keep your eyes open.
It magically seems clean, wide, and empty. It would be drizzling and there was the sea, heaving peacefully like the chest of a sleeping child. One of those rare things that constitute ‘scenery’ in Bombay.
Be it Marine Drive or Bandstand, Worli Sea-face or Gateway; Butta (corn) in one hand and the other shielding you from the sudden splashes of water of the sea makes it more…..AWESOME!!!!!!!


I love them like anything
It’s a great respite from heat ...in a city like Mumbai ...so it’s always welcome
The cool air soothes the nerves


There is no city in the world that comes so alive in the rain. Rain in Mumbai brings out its best
From rain slicked roads to hot drinks in roadside chawls…I have myself never seen too heavy rainfall but seen enough to totally indulge myself in playing football with raging thunderstorms!!!!!!!
Rains and friends make for a memorable time.
Truly enjoy the rain and the city which comes to its true color with it

Tell me one city in the world where you can receive 944mm of rainfall in one day???????
It is said that 6" of rain in 24 hours in London can create untold havoc in London. We received 36" in 24 hours.
Here it does not rain just enough for the crops to grow... or to refill our wells...it pours here cats and dogs and elephants like there is no tomorrow.

Don't u just love those treks when the chilled, moist air kisses your cheeks, the mossy green rocks are all you have for support over the flowing waterfalls; the lush green color of the valleys and then it pours like there is no tomorrow ................ don’t u just LOVE them?????????......

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Girl Next door

She always used to be bubbly
She always used to happy
You could pass hours with her without speaking. She’ll always have something to talk about
There have been times when I used to wonder how she does it!
She does things which normal girls don’t.
I have seen people who used go to her with their problems and she always had a solution for them
Life was going great for her…till the next bend
And when it came; her world comes crashing down
One moment everything looks fine….the second instant nothings left
She looks for someone….finds none
Friends try to give hope…she gets none
She’s got nowhere to go
She wants to cry….but tears go dry
She needs a shoulder….none to find

And then she took a drastic step…ignores it
It was too huge a burden to carry…no one to share it
She looked around for someone again…saw something blurred
She goes and takes a look
And lo sees what…a reflection….a persona of her
She realizes what to do....
She carries the burden all along
People think she has overcome it
I thought she came over it

But deep down inside she knows nothing has changed
She still carries the burden…waiting for someone to lessen it
Expecting him…he’ll come
GOD knows when…but he shall come
She goes back to be the same old person
The one whom people knew…could relate with
But nothing has changed


I have seen her going through things which I cant’ even think about
She has faced things in her life which you never think of
Even after all these things she has come out of it undeterred

The day will come when she can cry her heart out…
The person will come who will get her out
I hope it happens soon
I know it will happen soon
I am expecting it to happen soon

Inspired by two important persons in my life

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Zindagi Rox

When your destination is miles apart,
When you don't know where to start,
When all you see around is pain,
When your hard work is in vain,
Tell yourself - Go on, THIS IS LIFE !!!


I learnt a few things in my life that they happen for a reason.

Nobody takes your crap as much as your parents do! Do have respect for yourself
You are perfect coz' GOD.. makes no mistakes
Box self-pity aside.... .don't chase happiness ,it'll elude u.
Love is a life long process(n not around d trees); marry someone who loves you more than you love that person
It's better to take things with a pinch of salt
Change is permanent.....
Books ,music n money are your best friends..it's stupid to be prejudiced.....we all live in glass houses...........


Life...according to me is a game..You win some...you lose some!!!

The person who sees a half filled glass enjoys the life to the fullest; accepts all the defeats with a smile and accepts all challenges with huge integrity to compete.

Life makes you learn everything...but with the passage of time !!!There's nothing to regret in life, just to learn it as lessons (another prospect of an optimist).

Life is the way you take it ....... be optimistic !!!
Life is a lesson in progress....always offering something and taking something else in return.
It is the deals one eventually makes that matters.
TRUST EVERYONE. Believe me its the only way to get out of this mess we think we got into by trusting SOMEONE. Lead your life like an open book, no being afraid of anyone and with an undiluted spirit.

Life rocks ... never sucks !!!!

Edited and formatted by a very good friend - Gauri Parkar

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Fate

While the fate permit, live happily; life speeds on with hurried step, and with winged days the wheel of the headlong year is turned.

We are all destined to become someone somewhere but end up as someone else somewhere else. Life is nothing but an interplay of destiny and fate in a real environment of opportunities and impediments. Thanks to the accumulated karma from our foregone lives and the spill over of extra-ordinary karma from those of our parents, all of us are born with pre-determined destinies in each life. But only a miniscule number among us live up to these ‘blueprints of life’ in toto, while most others deviate from it due to reasons known and unknown.
Each player must accept the cards life deals him or her. But once they are in hand, he or she alone must decide how to play the cards in order to win the game
A scene in "The Matrix" goes like this...."
Morpheus:Do you believe in fate, Neo?
Neo: No.
Morpheus: Why not?
Neo: Because I don't like the idea that I'm not in control of my life."
There is no need 2 see the movie 2 understand this conversation

Fate or Destiny, there are just two factors that govern it.
They are

• Time
• Space

If one masters the knowledge of time and space we would know our fate or destiny.Its a pure science, not physics but metaphysics....Changing themm to our positives is another art...

Though a person's fortune may be largely determined from birth, one can always change it by altering his circumstances. Sincere effort and hard work can also change a person's fortune, both in terms of his material as well as his spiritual standing. The Psalmist alluded to this when he sang, "A Song of Ascents. Happy [are you,] every one who fears God and walks in His ways. You shall eat the fruit of your effort. Happy are you, and goodness [is reserved] for you" (Psalms 128:1-2). "Happy are you" -- in this world, and "goodness is reserved for you" -- in the World to Come

To put it briefly, it is not only enough to be born with a good destiny; to become a good man it is also necessary

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Gone are the days!

Gone are the days
When the school reopened in June,
And we settled in our new desks and benches .

Gone are the days
When we queued up in book depot,
And got our new books and notes.

Gone are the days
When we wanted two Sundays and no Mondays, yet
Managed to line up daily for the morning prayers.

Gone are the days
We learnt writing with slates and pencils, and
Progressed To fountain pens and ball pens and then
Micro tips.

Gone are the days
We began drawing with crayons and evolved to
Colour pencils and finally sketch pens.

Gone are the days
We started calculating first with tables and then with
Clarke's tables and advanced to calculators and
computers.

Gone are the days
When we chased one another in the corridors in
Intervals, and returned to the classrooms
Drenched in sweat.

Gone are the days
When we had lunch in classrooms, corridors,
Playgrounds, under the trees and even in cycle sheds.

Gone are the days
When all the colors in the world,
Decorated the campus on the Second Saturdays.

Gone are the days
When a single P.T. period in the week's Time Table,
Was awaited more eagerly than the monsoons.

Gone are the days
When cricket was played with writing pads as bats,
And Neckties and socks rolled into balls.

Gone are the days
When few played "kabadi" and "Kho-Kho" in scorching sun,
While others simply played "book cricket" in the
Confines of classroom.

Gone are the days
Of fights but no conspiracies,
Of Competitions but seldom jealousy.

Gone are the days
When we used to watch Live Cricket telecast,
In the opposite house in Intervals and Lunch breaks.

Gone are the days
When few rushed at 3:45 to
"Conquer" window seats in our School bus.

Gone are the days
While few others had "Big Fun", "vada pav",
"kulfi", "chana " and "pepsi !" at 4o Clock.

Gone are the days Of Sports Day,
and the annual School Day ,
And the one-month long preparations for them.

Gone are the days Of the stressful Quarterly,
Half Yearly and Annual Exams, And the most enjoyed
holidays after them.

Gone are the days
Of tenth and twelfth standards, when we
Spent almost the whole year writing revision tests.

Gone are the days
We learnt, we enjoyed, we played, we won, we lost,
We laughed, we cried, we fought, we thought.

Gone are the days
With so much fun in them, so many friends,
So much experience, all this and more.

Gone are the days when we used to talk for hours with our friends.
Now we don't have time to say a HI.

Gone are the days when we played games on the road.
Now we code on the road with laptop.
Gone are the days when we saw stars shining at night.
Now we see stars when our code doesn't work.

Gone are the days when we sat to chat with friends on grounds.
Now we chat in chat rooms.....
Gone are the days where we studied just to pass.
Now we study to save our job

Gone are the days where we had no money in our pockets and fun filled on our hearts
Now we have the atm as well as credit card but with an empty heart
Gone are the days where we shouted on the road.
Now we dont shout even at home
Gone are the days where we got lectures from all.

Gone are the days
But not the memories, which will be
Lingering in our hearts for ever and ever and
Ever and ever and Ever .....

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