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Shival

When you live wipe tears from every eye
when you live, share truths in each lie
When you live, resist all tears
when you live, reveal no fears
So when you stand up in the crowd
all your people are simply proud
And when you have to die
All the world would cry
When you live…

When you live, make a habit of success
When you live, be light in darkness
When you live, make friends who live for you
When you live, these friends will remain a few
So when you try to leave them
your mind tries to believe them
That even when you have to die
All the world would cry
When you live…

Yesterday, I and some of my friends were just roaming. We’ve had a reunion and one of our friends had returned after long time. So it was a day which demanded treat. And it had to be nothing less than ice-cream. So we went to a good shop to grab our chocolate cones. As we parked our vehicles, a small boy, around five or so years old came and demanded money. Yes, he did not beg, he did not request and he did not ask – he straightaway demanded: one rupee. Nothing more than that.

We had no spare change so we shooed him. It was no use talking to these beggars. But later some other came and we gave him something and he went away. When we were going back that small boy jumped and grabbed my friend’s scooter (in which I was at the pillion). We asked him what did he want. He still needed only a rupee. We tried to shoo him away again. Get lost, get away, forgive us – what not did we say. But still he was adamant and still stuck to the scooter’s back. We moved on and he had to leave.

I was only wondering that in one place there are people like us. And in one place there are people like them.

People like us work hard all the time, from studying to earning. We face the aftermath of economic recession, we fear the war, we face the challenges from the government. We want a change!

And people like them don’t want a change, they just want spare change.

Today I woke up with every inch of my body pulsating with new determination. Everything seemed new and all mistakes seemed rectifiable. The answer to every question was “I can do it!” rather than “Can I do it?”.

Life is like that. Time which has passed will never return again so you can not play games with it. But time which has to come is fresh, untouched and virgin. It is like clay and you can mould it in anyway.

The final product’s beauty is in your delicate hands.
If you are nervous, then it may fall and break…

So cast your 2009 like never before!

1. John Abraham : “I’ll wear my underwear properly this year.”

2. Katrina Kaif : “I’ll take Hindi classes to be a hindi movie heroine.”

3. Himesh Reshammiya : “I’ll act in another movie for suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure.”

4. George W. Bush : “I’ll prefer Nike shoes.”

5. Barack Obama : “I’ll watch some black and white movies.”

6. Abhinav Bindra: “After my country, I’ll make some brands proud.”

7.Shah Rukh Khan : “I’ll avoid fighting with other Khans.”

8. Aamir Khan : “I’ll try to remember more than 15 minutes.”

9. Farhan Akhtar : “I’ll search for my laundry bill and the half read novel.”

One is the cute, nice, well written, well made story of a man called Surinder Sahni (Shah Rukh Khan) in Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi and other is the well directed, well written, fierce and violent revenge story of a man called Sanjay Singhania (Aamir Khan) in Ghajini.

Music of both the movies was too good, really exquisite and mind blowing. But one song from each of the movies made a place in my heart. The songs are Haule Haule from RNBDJ and Kaise Mujhe Tum mil gayi from Ghajini. Haule Haule is a Salim-Sulaiman song sung by Sukhwinder Singh and the latter is a typical slow Rahman track sung by Benny Dayal.

The story of both the movies is well written. Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi is written by Aditya Chopra and Ghajini is written by A.R. Murugadoss. But as far as the story is concern, I think Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi stole the show. My reasons are also fair as Rab Ne… is new, and Ghajini is a remake of a Tamil movie Ghajini which is also a remake of a hollywood movie Memento.

Heroines. The female central character had an equal and important role in both the movies. Anushka Sharma played Taani in RNBDJ and did fair justice to her role, but here Asin Thottumkal who played Kalpana in Ghajini, I felt was better. Asin’s acting was also nice. SRK and Anushka looked a nice pair on screen but Aamir looked older than Asin in most parts of the movie.

Direction of Ghajini was better than RNBDJ. No more comments.

Now comes the big question…Aamir or Shah Rukh. Well, to say the truth, I am speechless. Surinder Sahni was really humble and a common man while Sanjay Singhania was quite a flamboyant. No offence, but Ghajini seemed like a total South movie. Everything was there at the correct time and correct place when their characters were in need. RNBDJ had new humour and a good storyline and Ghajini had great action and a good story line. The love story of Asin and Aamir was also better. But it seemed like Aamir only did serious frowning and raw action in the movie, while Shah Rukh was incredible with his role split. SRK’s better.

Ghajini Vs Rab Ne Bana Di Jodi.

And the award goes to…

I am very happy to announce that inspite of so many rises and falls in my stats graph, this blog has already come under the 500 visits club. Thanks, my readers.

And the else is quite a pain already. Exams are about to come and I won’t be blogging too much.

Exams are enroute.

Head, Set, Go!

Have a very merry christmas and a happy new year. Well, since this happens to be my blog I would like to tell what all happened to me in this highly momentful year 2008. 

January was a headache and so was February and March. Always, exams consume that time. 

April, I entered my tenth board class. I was very much excited.  It was a challenge for me which I had to win. I got my own study room in April too. And I showered it with posters and all. Bookshelves were installed and lot of other things were done. 

May and June, were quite uneasy for me. I was studying like mad in holidays. In May, my cousins came and in June I went to my cousins place.  I had an enjoyable summer vacation. 

July, school reopens. Hmmm. And something more happened. I started writing my second book A Tenth Board Story – Where Edges Meet (ATBS). Also somewhere near 6 July, I also went for the Bal Shree locals to Bhopal. I was qualified. 

August, ATBS was in progress and I was enjoying writing it. It was during that time that I made out that writing is not my hobby, it’s my passion. 

September, was quite quiet except for the fact that I had qualified for Bal Shree Zonals. I went to Bhopal again and had a nice time there. Though like the last time the domination was still of Hindi over English but the numbers of writers in English had increased. Last time there was only one writer in English, yours truly. When I returned, one of the best things in my life took place. ATBS was completed. In barely two months. 

October was quite jovial and happening. Diwali and Dussherra were there to be celebrated and a lot of birthdays in my family also fall in October so it was well. Also ATBS was read through and through and was now ready for publishing. It was sent to various publishing houses. Also I was waiting for my Bal Shree results. To be honest, I wasn’t sure that I will qualify. 

November, on its first day only I got the good news. I had qualified for the National Level Bal Shree Camp in New Delhi. Wow! Later was just a wait for them to begin. Also I started blogging, which has now become my cup of tea. 

December, the last month of the year gave me my most prized experience.  My tour of Delhi for the National Camp of Bal Shree awards was a great time. I made a lot of friends throughout the length and breadth of India. For details check out the travelogue I wrote in the travelogue category. 

And now, today is 23nd December. Eight days for my best year to end. It’s not every year that you finish a book, reach nationals of a competition and give your class tenth. I’ll remember everything of this year. Discovering my passion, visiting Delhi and learning to enjoy every second of life. 

I’ll celebrate this new year like never before as a tribute to 2008 and I’ll welcome 2009 with the rest of the world. 

Tell me how your year was. Keep rocking.

Well, my dear Biology is a great subject. I have a deep respect to bio and it is so deep that sometimes I cannot even find it. Yes, biology can be sometimes boring as it is not such applied as physics, chemistry and mathematics. But it is a core subject. I used to think that people who are weak in maths always took bio but now I know, from my interaction with some new friends that people weak in bio also take maths. Some people love bio too. Bio gaves is biotech, biochem, pharma, medicine, cures, vaccination and LIFE. 

Principles of bio can do what the principles of PCM can never do. It can save and give a life. 

So people, respect biology as a subject. 

Aww, forget it. Maybe I got carried away. I hate bio. 

Lol!