Wednesday, January 7, 2009

The moment of dawn

During the World Economic Forum at Davos, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Peace, Shimon Peres, told the following story.

A priest gathered his students and told them:

'How do we know the exact moment when night ends and day begins?'

'When it's light enough to tell a sheep from a dog,' said one boy.

Anothe student said, 'No, whent it's light enough to tell an olive tree from a fig tree.'

'No, that's not a good definition either.'

'Well, what's the right answer?' asked the boys.

And the priest said:
'When a stranger approaches, and we think he is our brother, and all conflicts disappear, that is the moment when night ends and day begins.'

As luck would have it...

The good luck continues minus my good luck charm... I guess the charm is not over yet.
Lets see how far it takes me...

Tuesday, December 2, 2008

Just a thought

Who am I?
What is death?
What will happen to me after I die?
What is an emotion?
What is friendship?
Why do I love? Why do I hate?
Why do I laugh? Why do I cry? Why do I miss my loved ones?
What is fate? Should I believe in destiny?
Why am I ambitious?
What is a belief? What is a thought?

What yaar! These and many more unanswered questions bog my mind down.

But still, life is beautiful!
What is beauty?

I think I am lost.
Let me google myself.

Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Joining the club



After dilly dallying for over a month, and a lot of prodding and encouragement from my friend and colleague Karthikeyan, here I am, writing the first post on my blog. Before I begin, I thank Amit Kushwaha for following my blog even when there was not a single post to read, Jay Chheda for reviewing my first post and Karthikeyan for driving me into blogging.

Choosing a topic worthy of being the first post is very difficult. There's always a doubt in your mind if a certain topic deserves to be the first post. I chose to write about dreaming big as this is the topic closest to my heart. Sometimes you meet people who influence you so much that you just start following them blindly, forgetting your own ambitions and passion. But when you part ways with them and you come back to square one, you realise that you have missed out on all your ambitions. People come and go but your passion remains with you, always. So I am writing this poem which I will read and reread over and over for myself to keep my passion ignited.



Chasing a dream!

All my life I've been chasing dreams big and small
So what if the chase was just a crawl
At times I've risen, at times I've had a fall
But mind you guys, that's not all

Life has given me all it could
I have been so very fortunate
But I am not afraid to give up the good
And try to go for the great

Now as I set out to achieve bigger dreams
Relying just on my luck won't suffice, it seems
In order to score that bigger goal
I've to put loads of ambition in my soul

I may fail badly in this game of make or break
But I can't make anything, if I can't make a mistake
Failure wont diminish my faith, my desire
With each fall, I promise to rise higher

The destination is clear, bumpy is the route
The goal is near, but I don't know how to shoot
Nonetheless, come what may, I'll find my way
N up in the sky, this idiot will shine brightly some day