Seven Angels of my life

Old story....but faded beautiful memories of past
that mesmerising touch, love and care for eternal last
She was my mother, it was no one other
Feeling my sign language and nurturing my feathers

Time wheel moved few years ahead, I am now ten
Learning different languages and pencil is replaced by a Pen.
She was my English teacher, and my favorite of all times
Appreciating my childish rhymes and dramatic chimes


Feeling as queen seventeen, seven more years are gone
Romance novels and classics is what I am keen on
They were all avid female writers whom I was reading
Thinking to walk on their paths and dreaming


Not destined to be an engineer, landed up there
Clueless and puzzled, missed my true self always here
She was a visiting faculty, who continued later on and became permanent
She guided me and showed the path of success, voicing my talent


Journey in the engineering college was dull and bore
Until I met her in the 2nd semester in the stationary store
She is one of the seven angels in my life till date
We are best of buddies and rest is in the hands of fate


Mumbai, second edition of my life just started
Totally homesick, in search of that single familiar thread
She came in my life as a ray of hope
We enjoyed 3 years together, no sadness in scope



I am a free bird now celebrated silver jubilee at twenty five
New dreams, new expectations and new hope to survive
She has been here all these days, helping,supporting giving high five
Wish if we could have been like this since the beginning and jive


This women’s day wanted to express my love for you all
Unable to find a suitable medium took this weird call
Though emotions are true and feeling are as strong as ever
I wanna thank god for today and wish u all to be in my life forever!!!

Awaking the (A)rtist soul !!!

Thursday evening……… 

I am returning back from my work, as usual I am plugging headphones into cell and tuning into some radio channel , so that I can enjoy my evening walk to my abode!!! These days radio channels put up so many events for their publicity, conduct contests ….. and give away several prizes. Previously I used to always send my entries to some or other contests……but it never worked for me….so I stopped eventually!!! Wait wait…..RJ Meera asking people to send some sms , if people are interested to perform with the “navy band “ !( Oh my god it’s the Indian Naval Band !!!) My hungry (A)rtist soul is too eager be a part of it “please please ..i want to participate I wanna sing” says (A )soul. “NO” a big disapproval from my typical particular (C)omplicated mind…… it scolded …..asked to shut up and calm down!!!! 20 minutes passed ….. still Meera is asking for entries….this time …my hand is not listening to my ‘C’ mind, prioritizing my ‘A’ soul… sends an sms “I realy sing well” ! My mobile beeps for an sms from 5888 thanking me for participating in the contest!!! Day Ends!!!

  Friday morning….. 

 I am working ……learning rocket science or the submarine theories!!!! While coding, testing and preparing some documents simultaneously…I am overloaded with as usual …but that doesn’t effect my loyalty to orkut/gmail/google search !!!!

 My phone is ringing…a Mumbai landline number blinks ….same old stuff “mam I am calling from ******** bank..is there is any requirement for loan?” NO No Nooooooo there is not !!! Am again back to work !!!! 

Twenty minutes later my phone is again glaring a landline number…..

I reply very annoyingly… “#%^%$@! HEELO” ……” 

She: “Hi Prerana I am kreetika from Radio mirchi"

Me: Radio Mirchi ???? Oh hi…. She:: you have sent a sms to meera yesterday?

 Me: (me ???OHHHH..so it worked) Yes yes I did !!!

 She: We are taking a live audition…would u like to sing now??? 

Me: (Now??? Is she mad or what?? I am core to the crust of debugging and now she wants me to sing ) Actually I am at my office gimme two minutes please! 

She: Sure take your time baby!!! 

I am heading towards the parking porch…..yes its relatively noisy..but nobosy is around as such !!! 

Me: Yes…Shall I sing now??

 She: Definitely I am waiting!!! 

Me: Ok…(lets play my best shot !!) 

Tinka tinka zara zara hai roshni se bhara …………!!!! 

She: Awesome. ….you are too good girl !!! Why don’t you try your luck in playback??? I declare u the winner of this contest honey …..!! 

Me: Thankyou thank you very much……!!! (So now what am I suppose to do!!) 

She: you will perform with the “Indian Naval Band” tomorrow at Bandra!!!

 Me: wow!!! Thanks!!!! 

 I am back to rocket science and submarine theories !!!! 

Day Ends!!!! 

  Saturday Evening…………………… 

 I am here at joggers’ Park Bandra….. (My goodnesss it’s a huge celebration. I am not dressed as per the occasion!!! Now what!!! Anyway where are these radio mirchi people…I have to serch them !!! ….!@$@##!@##!&&%...oh there is a girl wearing a yello radio mirchi T shirt!! ) 

Me:Excuse me.... Hi...... I am Prerana…… 

She : Oh ...Hi.. I am Prakriti…….Welcome….here is the band and here are u…..so now u can practice !! 

The band was huge…they seemed to be at their best ….. and here I am ….. forgotten all the rules of music…. Day by day becoming a unbearable singer from a bearable one …. It has been long I have performed somewhere….… my last performance was in Raipur !!! and that also 2 years back…. !! 

Nowadays. I just sing for myself, my family and some of my selected friends ……really I am scared!!!! By the way in 30 mins my performance would start!!! 

In the end it was not that bad ( ya...some crazy people shouted for once more !!!! is it a joke or what ??? )!!! 

People praised and I got a small recognition in this big city of dreams ……!!!! 

Thanks Mumbai….thanks Radio Mirchi…..Thanks the Naval Band…..for awakening my (A)soul !!! For helping me to find its true spirit !!! 

  (Now I promise myself I will never ever loose it, Go Away you (C) Soul its time for A(Soul) to shine ) Day Ends

This Diwali....

Few days back we had a cubicle decoration competition at our office, theme was Diwali …as usual I also participated in it along with my team. We chose to decorate our cubicle on a different theme “Celebrating Diwali with a cause” (as we didn’t had many things with us to decorate it the way we wanted and by the time we started planning things…….other teams were already done with their decoration) .That event was a great success and we won the competition in the best theme category. The main reason for winning was the smart work we did by choosing a wonderful theme, where the tag line mentioned was “let’s worship and celebrate humanity this Diwali”. The main focus of our theme was to celebrate Diwali in a subtle way this year, as we Indians have faced main disasters in past few months …be it the serial bomb blasts in various cities or the floods in Bihar, current downfall in the market or the high inflation rate, every where we faced many natural and circumstantial disasters. So we maintained the theme and this Idea clicked. We won the competition!
The very next day was Diwali!!!
For the first time in my life I was away from home on Diwali, I was sad and upset due to this very fact of not being with my loved ones in the festive season….. I was alone and feeling very gloomy and decided to spent my day watching television…every channel was broadcasting some or the other reality shows wrapped in diwali flavor!!! By evening I was so bored and exhausted, so I decided to go out and feel the festive flavor in the air. I went to marine drive….. I love this place due to its uniqueness…. though its too calm but it has some kind of life in it….that day It was a different marine drive…every where there was beuty and bright lights people wishing each other, dressed nicely, children carrying crackers , joy and happiness flooding every where. Seeing so many people sooooo happy …I was also feeling very jovial and full of enthusiasm!!!! I saw people from all over Mumbai came there to celebrate this festival of light, joy and hope together….I also greeted some of them and exchanged sweets… I wan now not feeling lonesome ….meanwhile a very group of very distinct people attracted my attention…..they were wearing white/light colored clothes and were giving a white flower , a white lit candle and a white sweet to every one whoever passes by…. I was kind of exclaimed seeing this and went closer to ask what was the reason of doing the same, do they belong to particular community who celebrate Diwali this way or there is some other reason …. The answer which I got really made my Diwali a wonderful and memorable one !!!

They said “ We belong to that special community of people who worships humanity and believes in celebrating it….…this diwali we are trying to spread the thought of love, peace and sweetness in hearts” .

Survivor !!!

She was innocent, she was simple, she was fresh, and she was pure, unaware of the rules and regulation of the big ruthless world. She thought and believed that the world is as pure as the dew drop, she believed in trust, hard work, and dedication. She believed in “doing it right " and she believed in “if you have never harmed anyone no one can harm you”, she lived in her own fairy land surrounded by angels and fairies!!! But suddenly one day she landed in the world of “projects, bench, deliverables, deadlines, pressure, work culture, professionalism, decorum, analysis, innovative thought, quarterly ratings, confirmation, timelines, and guidelines”. She tried to cope up, in few months she realized that the whole project world was going through a disease called as “FAVOURITISM”!!!!” Initially it was not clearly visible to her rather she couldn’t realize it …..she thought this is also a typical human behavior and as she is new, she was unaware of the symptoms, she thought this a change in the environment and she should have an open mind towards the changes, because she still believed in her self-defined mantra “if you have never harmed anyone no one can harm you” along with the “Bhagwat Geeta” “you just perform your work rest will be taken care”. But there has to be an end of self-beliefs! Because the world surrounding her was living with the parasite “irrationality” which actually infected the world of projects, by Favoritism. This particular disease can push oneself direct to the top of Mount Everest in a moment, and in the other under the depth of Pacific Ocean. To survive the disease …….the most important needed medicine is a Godfather!!! No other side byes like performance, consistency, or intelligence is required!!! Because Godfather is so strong and effective that the effect of all these other things are just negligible!!!

So what she was hard working? So what if she was and sincere? What’s the big deal if she was efficient??? Did she have a “GODFATHER”? Was there anyone who can blindly favour her? Was there anyone who can blindly recommend her???

People came and asked her to fight for her true rights, asked her to make the gods of project world to be answerable….!!! She tried , tried very hard unaware of the fact that there also she will meet the giant favoritisms !!!!!

Today her life is normal and usual…though still today she doesn’t have any Godfather. Even today she doesn’t have her complete rights, she deserved, though today also she is not being praised for her good work and even today she is not recommended for responsibilities. But whenever she asks herself, what did she achieved by being honest, hardworking and a fighter???? What did she achieve fighting for her true rights????
Her inner core answers “Feeling of being a fighter and a proud survivor of the calamity called FAVOURITISM”.

An unusual experience in a usual day !!!!!

It was like just another weekend..very usual.. I went for shopping to Crawford Market with my friend while coming back we took a train from churchgate for andheri as usual we boarded in the ladies compartment..it was not too crowded we were just moving toward our destination passing each station.. it was around 9:00PM my co passengers were of different ages, belonging to different communities of the societies…few were busy talking among themselves while few were absorbed by their headphones
( which is a very usual trends in metro cities…thanks to the radio channels and the mobile manufactures !!) Any way I also belong to this group but “unfortunately” I forgot mine at my home, so I was reading Filmfare(as it featured Shahrukh) and my friend was reading Femina ! Meanwhile a very unusual but pleasant sound grabbed my attention …… I saw a very young boy (aged around 15 years) was playing a bollywood number in his Instrument ….Being trained in Indian Classical music I am aware of most of the Indian and western musical instruments but this one was really very different…And I was unaware of the name. It sounded like but designed like Ektara…but it was not ektara as it had 4 strings….and that boy was playing it so beautifully that even if you don’t have a music sensitive ear then also you will find it pleasant….but as its there metro culture nobody was interested in his music as people were to busy with their headphones . After completing the first song he played the next number which was a purely based on Raag Lalit ( It was kind of dhun ) !!! I was so amused and astonished that I was hardly able to stop myself talking with him …but somehow I didn’t!!!! I don’t know why ? I don’t how did he played that piece but I must say he was really very good at that. And if you are really interested in some form of music..you cant let off yourself from it !!! Then my destination Arrived and I gave that boy some money and moved out of train heading towards my Home…All that night I kept on thinking that why these kind of talent are never nourished, Why this form of music will be just a side by for all of us ! I don’t know I could I have helped him, giving him some money will definitely help him fulfilling his daily needs but, I wish I can do something more for all these street child who have some or other kind of talent in them. These kind of talent really make me feel that if this raw then how will it be after processing !!