Running away is not an option, dear

The title might make you scratch your head and look deep into your memories of some 80’s film dialogues. Did you hear it somewhere, some when? Is it one of them? Yeah! Maybe it is. But I am damn sure that you never got the essence of it. Very few do. Let’s see what’s in it for you…

I came across this random fact some day and built up a quote for it – “God has given you a certain small tilt in your walk, so if you ever try to run away in a desert you will most probably end up in the same place”. These lines mean more than just a guide in a desert and great people – be it Martin Luther King or Swami Paramhansa Yogananda, always use a metaphor or an analogy to explain things. It is the same with this quote. So let’s look at life as a desert – certainly a long journey to learn from. If you ever try to run away from a situation – yeah, God has given you a tilt in your walk… The faster you try to run away from it, the faster would you complete the circle and look at what you just ran away from!

This is the solution for most of the problems we face in life…The first reflex we have to problems is - we try to run away from it and later do we actually gather courage to stand up to it and face it and finally come to a conclusion that we, as a person are bigger than all the problems summed up together.

So let’s adopt this ideology and develop the courage to face each and every situation life presents to us! And yeah I called it “Presents” to us …because all that life gives you, love and loss, are all “Gifts”

-Hardik Katyarmal

One Experience

I was celebrating my b’day when i met you first time,

Honestly speaking i had no intention to make you mine.
Yeah But i felt something strange with you,
so i began writing ‘My love is new’.
I didn’t know how my words began to rhyme.
they transformed themselves in poetry after some time.
I was confused about what is this thing crawling inside me?
is this the snake of lust or the beautiful love tree?

 

So i decided to think about it very deeply with all my brain on it,
But my brain replaced these thought with that beautiful picture of you.
My heart followed the order and made a special place for it,
I realized that this is not an ordinary feeling this is something new.

 

I didn’t know what am i experience next,
I didn’t knew that is it gonna change my life for the worst or the best?

- Dhruv Joshi

An attempted tribute to graduating seniors

वो जाते जाते वादियों को चूमता जा रहा था |
वो सारी फिजूल सांसें जो उसने कल तक खर्च किये थे ;
आज रात उसका हिसाब हो जायेगा ||
कुछ बुनियादी -बेबुनियादी रिश्ते 
जो लोगों ने उसके दीवार पर टांग दिए थे 
अब उनका क्या होगा ? वो शायद ना रहे |
एक नया दौड़ आएगा , नए पेंट चढ़ जाएंगे ||

शेल्फ के एक कोने में 
जो सारे कैश मेमो पड़े  थे ;
सीसीडी, park , flavours , शिवानी 
हर पल एक नयी कहानी |
अब इनका क्या होगा ? ये शायद अब ना रहे ||

खैर 
packed  बैग के साथ 
यादों  के भी तो कुछ कच्चे चिठ्ठे जाएंगे ,
कुछ अल्फ़ाज़ जो कभी भुलाये ,भूले ना जा सके; 
कुछ "रिग्रेट्स" जो मिटाये मिट ना सके ;
कुछ मुहब्बत , जो कभी मुहब्बत बन ना सके ;
ये सारे साथ जाएंगे |
और जब कभी यही बसंत लौटेगा; 
जवाँ पे पुराना जायका लौटेगा ;
यादों का एक हूक दिल के दरवाजे को दस्तक देगा 
शायद...शायद...शायद...
 किसी मोड़  पे फिर मिलेंगे ...........................................................


-Anupam Kumar

Third year undergraduate

Why am I the One to Die?

I went to a party Mom,
I remembered what you said.
U told me not to drink,
Mom, So I drank soda instead.

I really felt proud inside, Mom,

The way you said I would.

I didn't drink and drive, Mom,

Even though the others said I should.

I know I did the right thing, Mom,

I know you are always right.

Now the party is finally ending, Mom,
As everyone is driving out of sight.

As I got into my car, Mom,
I knew I'd get home in one piece.
Because of the way you raised me,
So responsible and sweet.

I started to drive away, Mom,
But as I pulled out into the road,
The other car didn't see me, Mom,
And hit me like a load.:(

As I lay there on the pavement, Mom,
I hear the policeman say,
"The other guy is drunk," Mom,
And now I'm the one who will pay.

I'm lying here dying, Mom....
I wish you'd get here soon.
How could this happen to me, Mom?
My life just burst like a balloon.

There is blood all around me, Mom,
And most of it is mine.
I hear the medic say, Mom,
I'll die in a short time.

I just wanted to tell you, Mom,
I swear I didn't drink.
It was the others, Mom.
The others didn't think.

He was probably at the same party as I.
The only difference is, he drank

And I will die.

Why do people drink, Mom?

It can ruin your whole life.
I'm feeling sharp pains now.
Pains just like a knife.
The guy who hit me is walking, Mom,

And I don't think it's fair.
I'm lying here dying
And all he can do is stare.

Tell my brother not to cry, Mom.
Tell Daddy to be brave.
And when I go to heaven, Mom,
Put "GOOD BOY " on my grave.

Someone should have told him, Mom,
Not to drink and drive. :'(
If only they had told him, Mom,
I would still be alive.
My breath is getting shorter, Mom.

I'm becoming very scared.
Please don't cry for me, Mom.
When I needed you, you were always there.

I have one last question, Mom.

Before I say good bye.

I didn't drink and drive,

So why am I the one to die?

-Kartik Pal

2nd Year Undergraduate Student
Department of Geology and Geophysics

As a child

A dark side of mine and many others childhood.

Is parents beating their children abuse?

What is abuse?

Abuse is when they lose control.

Get extremely angry.

Show it on their helpless kid.

I am a little ashamed to admit it but,

I still shiver at the feeling i get when i remember my dad taking out his belt to beat me and  my mother stopping him.

I try to push those memories away.Bury them somewhere inside ,lost.

Because all is well now.I don't get beaten.Not obviously.I'm 19.

Because i know they love me.

But i still have a doubt.

Abuse is also when they claim they love you still lose control.

Was my perception changed unknowingly? Do i know now? I do not know.

So was i abused as a child? Was i?

कश्ती के किनारे से

कश्ती के किनारे से,
असीमित सागर की ओर,
या अंतहीन अंबर की ओर,
देखने की कोशिश करता हूँ,
कुछ ढूँढने की कोशिश करता हूँ,
सब कुछ नज़र आता हैं,
बस वो ही नहीं हैं|
उसका वो आख़िरी ख़त ज़रूर है,
और जो नज़्म लिखी थी उसके लिए,
वो आख़िरी फोन कॉल,
उसकी दबी दबी सी आवाज़,
ख्वाहिश है फिर वो आवाज़ सुनने की,
एक आख़िरी बार,
गिले-शिकवे भूलकर,
फिर से दोस्त बन जाने की |
कश्ती के किनारे से,
असीमित सागर की ओर,
अब भी कुछ ढूँढ रहा हूँ|

-Lokesh Deshmukh

I'm proud of my nation

Look at my nation, so proud it stands

And the fate of its future lies in such great hands.

Having the power of billions in Swizz Bank

And anyone earning 37 rupees is no less than a rich man.

Since that midnight strike of freedom, we have moved ahead;

No poverty creeps upon us, every stomach gets its bread.

No man or woman witnesses hell on this earth,

No discrimination begins right at the birth.

Where the toilets count falls behind that of mobiles in hands;

That's the progress we made which makes our nation grand.

The best kept promises are the ones our leader make,

Corruption is zero, our economy is great.

Such great is my nation, I bow to it with pride;

And there is no anger hidden in me inside.

-Devavrat Walinjkar

  Sophomore Undergraduate Student,

  Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering