Every one has a heart too !!

"Where are you lost?" said Diana, Raj's team mate at her usual coffee time discussion at office

"Ohh nothing serious" - Actually I was reading Chetan Bhagat's new book Revolution 2020 and I was struck by these lines

"She (Aarti - a girl in the story) could never understand that losers(aka Gopal - himself who states this line), even if they do not have a brain, have a heart."

"So?" asked Diana

Nothing much! But its a humbling statement for me some how..
We lost patience over so many circumstances, people - a few of them our own very close and a few of them unknown..

"Example?" Diana asked again

"We some times feel some one has not done some piece of work up to a mark especially at work place  and so does someone else some times feels about you too..

But the catch is..
In a bracket of short time frame it feels as if some one is a loser but the question is do you or some one else thinks enough before reacting
Shouldn't we think a hundred times on how some one should be reacted
i.e. with due respect to the person..
Don't we have to remember that everyone has a heart too..?

This is one example..
"The wierd ways Parents react when you do mistakes, before you react you have to remember they have a heart too..
Ditto for your child too, you need to remember that it has got a heart which might get hurt!
So on and so forth for your friends, few of those Skeptical relatives or even your closest loved one.. ;-)"

"Got it!!Makes lot of sense!!"
"Cheers man.. "

Rangoli & Cubicle Decoration Competition in Office :-)

After a long long time this was a participation attempt at some competition - This time it was Rangoli...
With a sub-cousious ney arising out of laziness grown out of getting into organizing events every time at work place. On one side being crazy about event organizing & also having organized close to dozen+ full fleged 1-2 days cultural events consisting of popular competitions (viz. Dance, Singing, Plays etc..) had put up an impression on my mind that participation isnt that interesting.. How ever I was wrong :-D....

"1 missed call !" - Oops who called?
Ohh Manish Babel - my team mate, I recalled he and Ashwini had gone to get Rangoli for the competition and seems like they are back... I went to the location with an idea of helping a bit and coming back as early as I can...

How ever with four of us from the same team (me, Manish, Ashwini & Keerti) it went on...

till it was

With Legs still aching next day but very content at heart with this small accomplishment admist considerable teasing (for our software lingo usage and disbelief in our creativity perhaps due to our Geeky or Nerdy image :-P), constant advising (on how the rangoli could get better) and appreciation (that it looks good!! :-) :-))

This design was brain-child of Sachin who gave us not only this idea but a detailed design on the National Integration Theme.

Parrellely there was Cubile Decoration going on as well,

As we moved taking pics of the mesmerising themes & decoration...
They are as follows :

As we moved on feasting on the awesome decoration, witnessing traditionally dressed friends representing different cultural traditions made us silently proud to be home to such beautiful values and wonder at who creates issues :-D

Happy Deepawali & a Prosperous New Year!!

Yaadein

यादों में बसे अफसाने खास होते हैं
बे वक्त आके इनको जो हसाने होते हैं
पलकों के पीछे छुपे होकर
ख़ुशी के आंसू रुलाने होते हैं

वक़्त के देहलीज़ से परे कुछ यादें होते हैं
दूर होकर भी पास रहना इनके फसाने होते हैं
सिमट न पाए अल्फाजो में ये यादें
गुजरे लम्हों के बसी कुछ तराने इनमे खास होते हैं

स्कूल का आखरी दिन और वोह मुस्कुराते चेहरे
 अंकों में नमी और एक लम्बे अरसे की यादें
कुछ छोटी जीत और कुछ बड़ी हार की यादें
कुछ न भूल पाने दोस्तो  के वादे

कॉलेज का पहेला दिन  और वोह क्लास बंक्स की यादें
वोह सेम टू सेम अससाईंन्मेंट और कॉपी की गयी प्रोग्राम्स आधे
वोह कलचरल  फेस्ट और वोह स्टेज के नज़रे
वोह लम्बी ड्रायीव और वोह छोटी मोती झगड़ो  की यादें

ऑफिस का पहेला दिने और वोह चमकते चेहरे
दिल की ख़ुशी चेहरे पे चाई रहती थी हमारी
वोह ट्रेनी  दोस्त और वोह बेन्चर्स की गग
वोह चेहल पहल और वोह अनकही दोस्ती की यादें

पर अब क्यों कम दिखती हैं वो दोस्ती के वादें
वक़्त के साथ मनो कम होते वोह नज़रे
प्लास्टिक हसी बस मिलती हैं अब
मिलने पर भी बातें काम की होती हैं अब

घडी के काटो की तरह भागते रहते हैं अब
रोज़ मर्रा की दौड़ से दोस्तों को फुर्सत न हैं अब
अब तो यादों के माँइने बदल चुके हैं सबके शायद  
या बडे होते होते मीटी यादों के लिए मेमोरी हो गयी हैं फुल ??

- किरण हेगड़े