"Join the US Army now !! Uncle SAM needs you..Do it for your country,ur motherland..."
Now,do it for yourself...The US army seems seriously short of recruits for their war against terror in Afghanistan and Iraq-They are promising recruits facelifts,breast implants,etc free of cost !!
Jeez,thank GOD I'm not an american !! Or better,the way it appears in the asterix comics-"These Americans are crazy !!"

ritz

The last blog mentioned a poem that my friend had written...A little too irresistable for me to not post on my site too...With hajaar thanks to Sudeep Bhai and Virdee miyan....


Mai jab khud se mila..

Ek subah ghar se chala samandar se baatein karne ko
Duniya kitni aage nikal chuki hai ye samajhne ko
Zindagi ki aapadhapi me khud ko hi bhool gaya hoon
Arson baad Waqt nikala tha us roz khud se milne ko.

Apne saath aakhiri baar kab baitha tha ye yaad nahi
kya khud ko pehchan paoonga bhay tha is baat ka bhi
Khair himmat ki aage badha, khud ki teraf haath badhaya
Ek awaz suni ye meri tenhai me khalal dene kaun aaya.

Maine kaha mai apni kuchh uljhane door karne aaya hoon
Zindagi se kya chahta mai kuchh sawal karne aaya hoon
Kab se chal raha hoon ab to waqt ka bhi andaza nahi
Thak chuka hoon bhut thoda aaram karne aaya hoon.

Phir wohi awaz suni main to hamesha tere saath hi tha
Tum hi mashruf the bahut mujhe to tera intezaar tha
kuchh waqt hai tumare paas ki kuchh waqt nikal pao
Jaruri ye ki baate kare ham thodi der duniya bhool jao.

Mai baith gaya geeli ret pe saamne khud bhi baitha tha
Sab kuchh bhool gaya tha mai mahaul hi kuchh aisa tha
Khud ne kaha chalna jeevan ka naam hai bas chalte raho
Par kya ilm hai apni manzil ka aakhir kahan ja rahe ho?

Meri manzil aur mera thikana to logon ne mukarrar kiya hai
Raaste banaye duniya ne jin pe maine bas safar kiya hai
Khud ki baat suni hai kab, sun ke bhi kabhi samja nahi
Jo chahta tha wo kar paoonga aisa raha kabhi hausla nahi.

Der se hi sahi par baat samajh me aa gayi
Meri zindagi bas meri hai kisi aur ki nahi
Kyon sunu kisi aur ki baat khud ka kaha sunun
Khud ne jo bataya ab usi raaste pe chalun.

Ho sakta hai shuru me thoda bhatakna pade
Par khushi hogi ki mai chala wo raah jo khud ne chuni
Haan haan wo raah jo maine khud chuni.

A very good friend of mine has also started to blog...An interesting type of personality...check it out at :
www.bvirdee.blogspot.com
Now,this chap is sharing a room with another(sudeep,by name) who is probably the only guy in class that i sincerely respected as someone who is eveloved in thinking,way beyond what i can even hope to reach someday.And guess what,he wrote a poem....in hindi of course...availale on virdee's site for those interested it captures the essence of what we(people in this age group) are going thru rite now..confusion,clarity,lack of focus...I could identify very easily with this cos I have been in this phase without having moved on for the last one year..Simple things like Doing what you want to and feeling happy about it..
Isnt it being fatalistic when i say that whatever was destined is what is happening to us...When I had the enthu to start something on my own,why didnt I have the guts to refuse placements and concentrate on it ?? When I  sincerely loved the girl and felt some postitive vibes from her too,why didnt I chose to just go ahead and tell her ??So many occassions when simple answers notwithstanding,I have made it unnecessarily uncomplicated for myself...
This poem has given me a sense of direction now...Atleast it means that I am not alone in being confused and part of  a goal-less existence...
I yearn for the beach in besantnagar and its silence so that I can get some answers to the questions that bother me today..I did it twice while in IITM and got answers that have worked even to this day...

ritz