दर-पे-दर ज़िंदगी गुज़रती चली गयी रोज़ की भाग दौड़ मे,
ए-काश ठहर कर सोच लिया होता की चाईए क्या था|
दर-पे-दर ज़िंदगी गुज़रती चली गयी रोज़ की भाग दौड़ मे,
ए-काश ठहर कर सोच लिया होता की चाईए क्या था|
घड़ी घड़ी गुस्से में बोल दिया करते थे
की रिश्ता तोड़ देंगे,
जब एक दिन वो छोड़ कर चली गयी
तब समझ में आया की टूटना होता क्या है|
~~~
In the special corner of my heart
My Grandma you reside,
And you will always live there
Till my heart beats beside;
The blanket of your love
I feel blessed to grew up under,
Reason my childhood memories are so beautiful
Because you are the part of them I ponder;
Even though you lost your father
At such an early age of two,
But you still learned all the family values
And ingrained them in me too;
Grandma, I am yet to find
A calm, sensible and learned person as you are,
If I manage to inculcate just a bit of you
In life I would go really far;
You are so modern for your age
And understand the generation gaps so well,
Makes me wonder are you really that old
Or it’s just your wrinkled skin and gray hair create an illusionary tale;
I remember when every adult used to scold us kids
For making ruckus in the house and noise,
“Adults forget they used to do the same themselves”
You always whispered softly never once raising your voice;
When my school notes used to go missing as usual
Grandma, you were my friend in crime,
Helped me secretly in preparing my notes again
Always saved me from mommy’s time;
I loved my summer vacations more
Just because I could spend more time with you,
For learning, drawing, reading, writing
And sometimes flying kites too;
Listening invaluable life’s lessons
While sleeping in your lap,
I have learned so much from you
I can’t ever repay or even keep a tab;
Like, money is surely important in life
And one must earn in abundance,
But never take wrong short cuts for it
Just believe in your skills and keep your patience;
Like, this world is full of different characters
Everyone in their own way right,
Don’t burn yourself trying to keep everyone happy
Let some weird ones go and keep your close knit tight;
Grandma, can’t imagine my life without you
I feel dreaded to even think about anything wrong,
But I am sure your blessings will always shine on me
And in my smallest of success you will always sing your melodious song;
And I say again, in the special corner of my heart
My Grandma you reside,
And you will always live there
Till my heart beats beside;
~~~
i dial her number
and cancel before the bell rings
who knows
if she is doing the same
a great friendship lost
with some unsaid words
left both wondering
how we drifted away so far
a great friendship lost
and what remains is
few unsaid words
long silence
and
fading beautiful memories
a great friendship lost
and the reason knows
neither she
nor I
First the list of books I read in 2016:
Though my goal was to read 15 books in 2016, I missed my goal for two reasons:
First, my baby boy -Kiaan- arrived in this world, and for all the good reasons my entire attention shifted towards him. Second, I listened to lots and lots of podcasts in 2016, mostly from The Tim Ferriss Show.
Now, in 2017 my goal is to read at least 12 out of 16 books listed below (in no order):
Happy reading!
After making a mistake of coming back to US alone without Isha and Kiaan, I was sitting alone in my living room, three pints down, feeling lonely, missing my family… when Tyagi called.
“Dude, you back?”
“Yup.”
“What doing?”
“Getting bored, alone.”
“Why?”
“Isha and Kiaan will join after 3 weeks”
“Come over here.”
“What will we do there?”
“True, it’s kinda suburb. I should come over there then.”
“Cool, here we can have fun in NYC.”
“Hmm, let me check flights.”
“Awesome, but check with your wife and kids first.”
After few minutes…
“Okay, I am booking fights tickets for tomorrow.”
“Wow!”
“Will come back to family by 31st noon.”
“Awesome, man! Send me flight details, I’ll pick you up.”
“Sure. See you tomorrow, bro!”
“Whoa!!”
I picked him up from Newark airport on 28th Dec 10 am and dropped him back on 31st Dec 10 am. And we had all the boyzzzz fun you can wildly imagine. wink! wink!
I don’t have lot many friends but I am proud of the ones I have. They are not just for namesake. They actually care. And this is what true friends do. Thanks Tyagi for being one of them!
Happy New Year 2017!
In 2017, I want to focus on the same 7 things I focused in 2016 (list mentioned below). But this year I want to keep my goals measurable in order to track the progress more accurately.
~~List of my 2017 Goals~~
Career Goal:
Writing Goal:
Reading Goal:
Health Goal:
Gratitude Goal:
Family Goal:
Simplify life / Declutter goal: