An ocean, in a soliloquy!

I woke up as a new ray of hope caressed me all over. I saw a new star rising up in my sky, bright and smiling. Winds of change blew across, waves of passion rose up seeking to touch the heaven above, eventually crashing painfully into myself.

My joy knew no bounds, blushing in my innocence, as star of dream came closer. Alas! My dream left my world, as I streched my hands to charm my dream in a warm embrance, and a gloom of darkness filled my world.

My heart sank to depths unknown. I found a new serene world, free from the undercurrent of deceit and waves of tempest crashing into tears. As I slept in my new world of tranquil, a new dream was rising up in heavens above

Don't break my heart!

Break my thoughts, if you must
It makes me wiser
Break my way, if you must
It makes me stronger
But don't ever break my heart
'coz you are my heart

Learning to live wiser!

I learned about force of gravity!

I also learned that knowledge in itself does not make you wiser; to be wiser, knowledge must be enriched by experience!

I longed for experience, and I had a free fall!

Then, I truly experienced force of gravity, and I became wiser.

I learned to live being less wiser!!

Being the son of dharma!

Did you say, world hails me as a son of dharma? Did you say, world looks forward to me as righteousness personified?

Title is bestowed on me by the destiny, and not my claim!

Title weighs heavy on me as I struggle hard to live by wisdom of practical living, yet living a life of values, in a unique ashwamedha of my own.

It is not a title that I sought, nor I am seeking it now. I have no claims of being son of righteousness.

I am no god, I have no power of god. I am a simple man, acutely aware of my limitations

It is just that I try to be on the side of dharma. I do so because my conscience directs me to.

I seek the truth relentlessly, desperately. I seek the truth as my restless mind seeks.

I know, I am not good at playing dice but I played as the time played dice with me. I lost the gamble, and I lost all that I held dear to me.

Perhaps, that is destined. May be, long years of adversity and oblivion was destined. How else shall I describe the turn of events?

All that I was left with was my heart, my bleeding heart. I gambled as the game was played on. I saw my heart, all alone wailing as it was being stripped off its pride and dignity.

Advocates of social and human values stood as a mute witness to the disaster being unfolded.

Tell me, please, my mother. Tell me, please, my father. Tell me, please, my Gurus. Where did you vanish, leaving me alone? Why did I lose you on the other side of wall? You told me that dharma wins! You told me that truth alone wins!

Did you teach me wrong, or did I learn it wrong? or is it just a game of great illusion?

Hope of a bright, new day!

A past is laid to rest in archives
Leaving me all alone, all on my own
Searched for Me in my solitude
Searched for Me that I lost a long ago

Dark clouds thundered in my dreams
Wild storms gushed through my heart
Heaven broke down into tears
As waves of pain hit my shores

Far away, I saw your smile
A new ray of hope, lighting up my dreams
A hope of a new dawn, a new beginning
A bright, new day is born

Colors of my small world!

My mind was quiet
Time stood still
I was alone in my small world
I longed for a change

I saw you, I saw me
I saw the world in me
I saw the world in prism of my mind
I longed for a rainbow

Winds of change blew
Clouds filled my sky
Thunder and lighting made my day
World shook in pain

My heart broke
Tears dropped down my eyes
I made a kaleidoscope with my broken heart
I saw a rainbow

That is me!

You tell me a man does not cry
You tell me a man does not cheat
You tell me a man does not fall

Why give me tears if I should not cry
Why break my heart if I should not weep
Why agony, Why pain, Why bruises

Don't chain me with your rules
I break free of your endless rules
'coz I care for you but not your rules

I cry when it hurts hard
I cry when I see you cry
My heart breaks when I see your pain

I laugh when I am happy
I laugh when you laugh at me
I laugh at me, at my joke

I laugh at me for being a joke
A joke, not yet learned the art of living
A joke, not yet learned the art of deceiving

I laugh at my joke
A joke, that I made of the world
A joke, that I made myself to be

I cry because I am a man
I smile because I am a man
'coz I am what I am

I care not for name
I care not for fame
'coz it's all but a game

Hope of a new dawn!

Even as world is caught in drastic changes, it makes sense to reflect and wonder whether we are in the process of killing ourselves.

Even as we are caught in the rat race, it helps to pause, at times, and ponder whether we are missing the beauty of flowers at our feet in the haste to reach out to the moon.

Even as we strive for our goals in life, it pays to share our success and grow, because success sweeter when shared, because growth is easier when shared, because life is fun and life is also responsibility

Even as India is hailed as a world power, it would be a shame to bask in its glory while more than half of our brethren are left in the lurch, while Indian women are still dumped into wilderness of shame, apathy and misery

I am glad to note that fire of compassion and empathy in the hearts of Indian youth is not yet put out by the winds of change. I am happy to note that humanness has not yet been lost despite growing ambitions and aspirations of new India

It fills me with the hope of a new dawn of a whole new world.