Thursday, January 24, 2019

TRAIN-RAIN -12:00 MIDNIGHT - A STRANGER

''When is the next train to Lingampally?'' i inquired the person in the ticket counter.
''9:15 scheduled time of arrival,but it might get late" he answered brusquely,sounding as if i was asking his job.
''One ticket to Bharatnagar'' i demanded,fishing out for the change in my pocket.
The railway clock showed 21:15 and i was about to leave the counter.A voice came trembling from behind, asking for another ticket to Bharatnagar,i looked back and it was a girl in her mid 20's beautifully dressed and the rain makes it even better.
TBC

Tuesday, January 25, 2011

PART_2 ,THE WAY U CARED FOR ME (TO MY MOM)



    
        You are my first Teacher, who never flunked me
        You are my perrenial love river, which never perishes
        You taught me how to walk, by offering your helping hand, so that i dont fall
        You taught me how to run, by watching me from behind
        You have learnt me how to write, by working with my fingers
        You have learnt me how to draw , by spending endless hours with crayons
        You taught me how to compete, by enticing me with gifts
        You spend endless hours just to blend me into a good person
        You straightened me and put me on right track
        But where did you get that energy from mom?.................

PART-1 , THE DAY I WAS BORN(To my loving , adorable,gracious mother)


Mom, the day i was born
        You might have waited for me to open my eyes
        You might have looked into my unfathomable eyes, with boundless love
        You might have took me into your arms, while i am crying
        You might have felt my soft skin, while i am still crying
        You might have kissed me on my forehead,
        You might have wanted me to talk to you
        You might have wanted me to hold your finger
        You might have dreamt of me, to be out there in the real world, competing
        You might have wished me to grow,with love that will never die............

Saturday, October 9, 2010

A DAY THAT GOES BY AS A WARM MEMORY/ A DATE WITH SCHOOL FRIENDS:

It was 7:30 am in the morning and i opened my eyes,knowing it would be a day to remember as I was actually going to meet my friends with whom i have spent
5 yrs in school.
"I am sure three fourths of my schoolbuds would not even remember me,considering the fact that i haven't spoke to them for 5 yrs
(2 yrs of inter and first 3 yrs of engg).
But that didn't hurt me because i was the one to be blamed for that,which i consider taking," these were the thoughts that ran through my head.
That was the umpteenth time i was looking at the watch,it read 9 am and i asked my uncle to drop me at KPHB bus stop.
That day i had someother work to be done at VISU(GRE CONSULTANTS) HEAD OFFICE in ameerpet.
By 10 am i was there in ameerpet and to my surprise i couldn't find the office which i was looking for.
"VISU head office ekkada undi?" i asked a person standing infront of an ATM."seeda jaake left lelena," he replied in hindi
(Guess in hyderabad two languages work both "hindi" and "telugu" showing the diversity of the great city).
I have completed my work over there a bit early as thoughts of being late crept in my head.It was 11:15 am already and i left the office.
I gave a call to my friend PRASHANTH,and knew that everyone would be late except for VIKAS (the on time guy of our school).
From there I took a bus to secunderabad where i met PRASHANTH and B.GOUTHAM,the two guys out of 5 with whom i am in touch with.
Let me tell something about this guy PRASHANTH "the unofficial face of our batch,a bridge between boys and girls
(this is very important considering that in our school guys and girls seldom speak),
a person with whom every guy and girl are in contact with,literally he is like the COORDINATOR of this so called GETTOGETHER",
the other one GOUTHAM is a "silent , shy personality and has a typical sense of humour,which i always liked."
Later we took an auto to JAWAHARLAL NEHRU ZOOLOGICAL PARK our official venue for GET TOGETHER.
ZOO PARK PART:

As we got down from the auto,i could see those gritty and known faces,turning around.
"God see to it that everyone recognises me," i prayed,and soon i realised that god responded to my prayer,and everyone recognised me.
As I could recollect their names  one by one it was VIKAS,MURALI,UMAKANTH,VINOD,CH VENKATESH,KISHORE,ANUDEEP,SRAVAN,PRATHAP,UDAY..
"Ela vunnav?,SURYAPET eppudu vachav?INTHA LAVU ELA AYYAV?ROJU BEER TAGUTUTUNNAVA?"were the series of questions i was put to,
and answering and throwing the same banalties at them went on for some time".
But those of whom who liked me (i guess ) gave me some warm hugs as a gesture of getting together,which i liked actually.
And then in the backdrop i could see 4 girls(SRAVYA CHANDRIKA,SWATHI,SINDHUSHA,MADHULIKA as i could recollect),
"four of them, whom i have only seen at school never talked to (or rarely did i).i know it was stupidity not speaking to friends with whom u
have spent 5 years with,but i know i was the person to be completely blamed for that,Damn i was an introvert then."
 The same prayer entered my mind,and this time i guess god didn't act to it.I moved to them and greeted them with a "Hi" ,
and the reply was another "Hi",i wonder if they did recognise me at that point,because there was no other question ahead.
I came back to the our "MOB" of boys with whom i have had some "fun chat",especially the ones by SRAVAN,VINOD and ANUDEEP about my
weight and how did i add so much of mass.
I was very happy answering them by telling them that i had "HIT THE GYM" regularly since 3 months(as i always had a body complex ).
Later at about 2 pm we entered the ZOO park,"Velli Zoo mottam tirigudam,"Sindusha was yelling at the other three girls.
"I guess we are here for "GET TOGETHER" not for watching some animals which would always be here unlike us," i sneered.
"Kavalante velli discovery channel choosko" i replied her.
Then i guess everyone was hitting different directions in the zoo, and for the 1st one hour or so it felt more like a "GET AWAY" than "GET TOGETHER".
And then i spoke to CH VENKATESH,whom i remember as my bench leader.He was telling me that i have changed very much both physically and mentally
(guess he wasn't calling me retarded).
 Both of us were walking across the Rail track with VIKKI,who suddenly started throwing some jokes at us,which i guess were hardly worth laughing,
but its good that conversation continued as it reminds me that i am still in a GETTOGETHER.
Abruptly i guess by 3 am everyone realised that they were actually in a "GETTO" and started to fix everything.
Mean while i spoke to SRAVYA CHANDRIKA and SINDHUSHA who were investigating me if i could remember their initials,
i was half succeeded as i couldn't answer the later's initial.The one thing which struck my head talking to them was that
they could actually recollect my birthday.
"How the hell on earth did they remember that?"I was still in awe.The credit should be given to girl nature as they always remember
 those short and sweet moments,
unlike guys who go on a high for big moments.From then on i felt that i was the culprit,not remembering them rather ,they always remembered me.
Finally after various calls everyone assembled at a place,and started speaking to people whom we haven't spoke to yet like KARUNYA and other missed ones.
Then we thought of spending some quality time,only to end up playing India's Unofficial National Game "DUM CHARADES".
Most of that part was fun as i wasn't the person doing those dumb signs. Funniest part of it, as i recollect was of SRAVAN'S,and UDAY's
(the most energetic guys ,as i say he is my best opening Bat/Bowl for our school cricket team),
 The one of SRAVYACHANDRIKA which was to give gestures for some word like "MONKEY" i guess,i enjoyed it as she did it with ease.
 Then there were some very complicated names like "Oka Radha Iddaru Krishnulu" which were also done with ease.
At that point of time i felt "how should i be doing that?" and my mind started to black out.
It needs some other talent "DUDE" i told to myself.I feared that they would ask me do something as complicated as that was,
but as my turn came i signalled them i would speak,
and spoke of different things and about each and every person present there.
Starting with my "BEST BUDS" who always been special to me,ABHINAV,PRASHANTH,VIKAS,VINOD,GOUTHAM.
The next one was ANUDEEP whom i know from school was very matured kind of a guy,and had shown me something incredible in 9th class(sensored).
Next to him was PRATHAP,whom i always wanted to ask for a sorry.
Then it was UDAY the energetic persona.Next to him were KISHORE,KARUNYA,UMAKANTH who were all good friends of mine.
SRAVAN the counterattacker,who has got a nimble wit.Finally coming to girls"??????!!!!!",were the emoticons in my head.Sravya chandrika and swathi
 were two girls i have a grudge on,as they were the one's who pushed me to 2nd rank in 10th class,and 7th class respectively,
Madhulika whom i cannot decipher at all,or i could say i only know her superficially.
SINDHUSHA is as GUILELESS as ever.That was my dramatic speech.Then we had a Mandatory photo session,which was the only souvenir that we had.Then we had a never ending discussion on where to go next,and decided to go to a restaurant.

MISSING THE OTHERS PART:

We hired an auto from the ZOO,in which me,murali,vinod,karunya were there."What next?" said i to murali next to me.
I would like to pursue a technical course in animated games,was his terse reply.
I felt very proud that my friends are diversifying,rather than sticking to the engineering part.
Then i felt i was missing ABHI badly as he was the fun element in our class.
NIKHIL,MAHESH,RAHUL,DS GOUTHAM and all others should have come,i thought,immediately consoling myself.
I strongly felt there should be a souvenir,so that when we look back at it,it leaves some warm memories.
I have decided to get some white papers,and some sketch pens,and some covers.
RESTAURANT PART:

The thing which stuck my mind then was that i have actually promised my uncle that i would return by 8 pm,it was already 7:30 pm when we reached the restaurant.
I decided to make an excuse for that,making excuses was my part time hobby,i knew i woudn't go wrong at that part.
By 8 pm the menu stuffing,and ordering was completed.I was left with the souvenir thing.
Picking those papers i started to write the names of my friends present overthere.
Announcement was done to give their opinions.
I have started writing mine,and each time i have tried to remember an incident related to that person,succeeded in some of them failed in many.
After all the papers were filled with different colours,we packed them in an envelope and gave it to the respective persons.
For most part of the time in restaurant i could listen to PRASHANTH,VIKAS,ANUDEEP, Girls,KISHORE,UDAY yelling at one another .
My mind was completely blank then,wondering what excuse should i be making,because the occasion was important ,it was my aunt's birthday.
I tried to take my mind off that for a while,and there was some whispering going on that MURALI's birthday was on the day before,and KARUNYA's the next day.
The guys planned a cake cutting festive,which worked for me actually i was able to bring my mind back.
Had some very good time overthere.It was raining heavily outside,and the waiter had brought a bowl full of biryani ,which i almost munched 100 times every gulp,showing how reluctant i was at eating then.

GOOD BYE TIME:

The time had come to leave and probably for the first time i was reluctant to move(considering i have to leave my friends),but the other part of my mind reminds me of the promise made.The thing i felt missing among my friends was that they weren't open in expressing their views,may be i was wrong too ,may be i was the odd man for them.
I wish i could speak to each and every one of them once again,spend some quality time.
Time hits us hard when we least expect it,wish i could meet each and every one once again,felt that was a half GET TOGETHER
(partly may be because it wasn't planned early)
ALL IS WELL THAT ENDS WELL,but the part that i will relish upon when i remember of this is the "DUM CHARADES" part.
Half done,and its goodbye time,i have greeted every guy with a hug,and asked girls for an "ALVIDA(bye)."Off i went against them into the world like i did before, but with a gratificaton this time around.

EPILOGUE:

" SOME OF THEM ARE REALLY SPECIAL To ME".One fine day i wish "SOME" would be replaced by "ALL" .

"I MISSED EACH AND EVERY ONE OF THEM"-------WHOLE HEARTEDLY..!!!!

"MISS THOSE CRICKET BET MATCHES"

                                       -------DEDICATED TO ALL MY SCHOOLBUDS.
                                    
                                       -------WRITTEN BY RAKESH(my version of our get together).