My Red caped King.

Oh! My red caped king,
Since your birth the history was in making,
Learning every move so close,
With every fall you rose.

In your blue eyes,
you carried dreams to win,
Killing to win for is not the sin,
The rush, the fire I see in you,
Is just the other side of you,
The love the care for your nation,
Your thoughts so brave then the ocean.

Xerxes touched, played with you,
Unknown of the sleeping devil in you,
They threaten your love, loved ones,
What fool they were for they have done the miss.

No Polit no diplomat only your belief,
You Walked with the spear n the shield,
To slay the marching thousands,
Words of beautiful Gorgo with,"Come alive or come on your shield."

How stupid of Xerxes,
didn't understand your hundreds,
The red 300 were brave of the braves,
They, the sons of Sparta,
Move to curb the alienation.

Thermopylae where you wait,
For the forth coming Persian blade,
The wall is in making,
With every dawn the Persian Empire is in breaking,
Your courage your valor,
Every word was a roar of lion,
Beating your heart was so calm,
Firm was the spear in your palm.

Every sight of the enemy you become more resilient,
With every thrust of the spear enemy went silent,
From the Xerxes' camp came All the might,
You fought day and night.

Submission,Not the choice for you,
for every brave standing there,
Was son of Sparta too.


From the yellow skies blood rained,
Spartan bodies were drained,
But in the soul the vigor remained,
For the immortals were put to test,
Their name undone by the spartan blade.

Beasts, they sent for you,
Still thoughts of winning over you,
The spartans fight,
They know the direction of spear right.

Cowering stood the army from persia,
Challenge to sparta,
Was the call for Euthanasia.

A cheat among you,
The traitor with you betrayed,
For whims sacrificed Spartan blade.

Still you danced your way to glory,
In every swing of your,
Swept away heads from the body.

Oh! Red caped Spartan,
Son of mighty Hercules,The Brave Leonidas,
Last words of yours,
They are still empowering us
,"Go, tell the Spartans, stranger passing by,That here, obedient to their laws, we lie."
Your words, the swing of sword,
The thump of the shield,The scent of the yield,
They are etched in our memory,
No you've not been made a history.

Sparta remained free,
Persians had to flee,
Spartan's red might,
shines in day in night.

Leonidas, you are there for the heroic deed,
Gave birth to a new creed,
For with our lives,
We take the same lead.

--- Vineet 'The Bard'

Paint it Black

Paint it black to hide the pain within,

paint it black to hide your sins,

doom is coming but paint black your visions

the premonitions,

my heart knows how to love

but paint it black to save me from alienation

my painful annihilation.



There's no one coming in no one going out,

there's no more feeling no more remorse,

Paint it black let there be no light and no doors.


Survive I will, I shall overcome,

in the looming darkness,

I paint my torch black,

I find my way with eyes wide shut,

because in the darkness of the shadows,

black light guides me to myself.


Lost it all in the colors of the world,

loved all but no one ever felt,

in the dark paint of my tears,

love shall survive,

in this black painted godly sky,

I shall fly.


Paint it black to let me be who I am,

paint it black to embrace the death you bestowed me.

- Vineet 'The Bard'

Choice

There's a divide in my heart,
there's a thought I cannot resist,
a choice I've to make,
to live and let live or to die
and let them survive in the bliss of their kill,
or kill and walk away,
for the fall of the enemy is rise of me. -
Vineet 'The Bard'

Free Spirit

You can try but failure is your destiny,
I'm a free spirit like a wild mustang,
you can't brand me, my soul,
you can't hold me in this pigeon hole,
I will spread my wings and fly away,
be your slave, no way! NO WAY!
I may not rule my destiny,
but I won't be ruled by you either,
I may be not a winner today,
but someday will be my day!

- Vineet 'The Bard'

Dreams

"Caught in the line of fire of this life,

dreams seek safe haven they always dream,

promises are there but what do thet mean,

man wasting life in anger and pain,

worrying about boon and bane,

dreams will never find the life they always dream."

-Vineet "The Bard"

Busy Day

computer screen,
busy days,
Aah! Sunshine

-Vineet 'The Bard'

This ain't goodbye!!

Do you really have to go?
this time again I wish the moments last forever,
just as I wait every second to hold still,
how shall I explain
when my friend, my love you're gone,
there's wait there's pain.

I wish I can hold your hand forever,
let you go never ever,
you the only one who can understand,
the rhythm of heart is such a joy,
with every goodbye I lose a note,
a musical this love gets lost in wait for the sunshine,
I'm afraid to let go of the moments so benign.

You and I are the best,
like beautiful stars so far above the rest,
like the dream that can never end,
two lovers who never pretend,
why shall we say goodbye,
when there's a lifetime to correct every wrong,
when there's love to hold on.

this will not be the way our story ends,
let's give it a one more try,
bring back the warm love to keep away the cold,
moments are tough so let's be together let's be bold,
oh no never ever say goodbye,
never let this story end,
let's be the stars again so far away from all this pain,
let's hold arms and be lost in love again.

- Vineet 'The Bard'

I dedicate this to a beautiful couple I met in a cafe` today and how they both never wanted to be apart but yet things seem to never work out quite too well for them. I wish from my heart they can resolve everything that troubles their love 'cos no emotion is as pure and beautiful as love.

English Alphabet Demystified.

Can You tell where in the world English Alphabet is screwed so badly ?


A= Yay
B= Bhi
C= chi
D= Dhi
E= EE
F= Hef
G= Ghi
H= Hatch
I= aaih
J= Jhay
K= Khay
L= Yell
M= Yum
N= Yun
o= Vo
P= Phi
Q= Qau
R= Yaar
S= Yess
T= Thi
U= Yau
V= Vhi
W= Daabloo
X= Yex
Y= Whyee
Z= Zedh

If you know the answer then I'm sure you are one of the victims like I am and if you didn't know until now, you can thank me later :) I do hope that your experience goes far better than what I had though I cannot promise you that it will be a great experience :D

Deedaar

aaj kal hawa kuch sard hai,
kyun rehta dil mein dard hai,
har dhadkan par lagata hai aahat hai uski,
na jaane yeh ehsaas kyun hai,
bebasi mein bhi khush ab rehta hai yeh dil,
khushi mein gum ka sahil hota hai yeh dil,
isey chaahat kahoon, ya kahoon isey pyaar,
rehta hai dil bekaraar,
karne mere humdum ka deedaar.

--Vineet 'The Bard'

सुकून

सुकून के दो पल एक पथिक की प्यास,

मंजिल है दूर पर पाने की आस,

थोडा है अभी पर कर रहा हां थोडे और की तलाश,

बस अब महक जाए ये गुलिस्तान सा जीवन न रहे बेसुध जैसे फूल पलाश।

-विनीत 'The Bard'

Choice!!

There's a divide in my heart,
there's a thought I cannot resist,
a choice I've to make,
to live and let live or to die
and let them survive in the bliss of their kill,
or kill and walk away,
for the fall of the enemy is rise of me.

- Vineet 'The Bard'

The car and the Jar

In my car I kept a Jar,
together we traveled far so far,
in jar I kept the pennies,
yesterday it was empty,
but today the jar is full,
I'm so tired I need a red bull
and my car needs the fuel,
to our rescue came the pennies,
and now jar is empty,
yet again to be done full.
-Vineet 'The Bard'

Tribute To Metallica!!

Memory Remains but it'll Fade to Black,
how Sad but True that Nothing else Matters to me,
I ride the Lightning like King Nothing,
I 'm Unforgiven for all my true lies,
I'm St. Anger pushed into fire of life,
trying too hard to Turn the Page to see The Day that Never Comes.
Wherever I Roam with Whiskey in the Jar,
I find No Leaf Clover but Fuel for pain.
and I Pray to One, the Master of the Puppets,
to save me from this Some Kind of Monster playing games of horror Untill it Sleeps,
my end is known so is my destiny,
but I will live on this world in thorns until I Disappear.

Long Live Rock!!

-Vineet 'The Bard'

That thing called CERTIFICATION...

It's been said, learned and what not that Life is an exam (I know they call it to be a test but let's go with exam for a while), it's a battle ground where everyone is playing to win but some have to lose and the end will be all the same for everyone, Death wins above us all.

May not be great opening lines for this entry but sure you will understand why I said all that. As a kid we all were told to write just one more exam and then we can go play have fun but all those years we had to write many many exams the count of which we simply don't remember now though there are a special few who can recall but I'm not the one keep that count, I sure do have bitter sweet memories of those days. So, back to the story when you have an exam to write tomorrow and there's a match (cricket, football, soccer, baseball..can be anything) that's about to start and then out of nowhere comes the thought about the exam, while some chose to say, Aaah! Screw it! but most of us ended up with books to read which made no sense back then and believe me you, it doesn't make any sense even today.

So, here I was after 18 years of exams in school and graduate degree looking for some fun with my life and learn more from it rather than just read to score, little did I know that there's more exams coming my way. I graduated to be an engineer and then chose a career that I wanted to (or may be not so much) started loving my job (snap!! Mistake again..never ever love thy job) but just like all the love stories which mostly fail to the test of times (I do wish that your's last forever and ever!) mine had to see and end as well. The end came with crappy policies that Idiots up high from some moronic-land were making not to help us in anyways rather to screw us just so much more.

Yes! It all happened at my JOB!

The policy brought with it the flood of horrors for all the people everyone who knew that his/her aim was to excel in profession or may be just pack big bags of money. The Policy brought with it EXAMS! code named as CERTIFICATIONS. I'm not against writing certifications or any sort of new learning, after all we learn, we apply and we prosper but what I don't like is all the enforcing part of it and then calling it a Company Policy.

Now, I've a Certification to write on Monday and I know one thing I don't feel like writing it but anyhow I will I certainly take a shot at it with a Aim to nail it and nail it I will. And once done with it I will have the same question for everyone writing or making us write this exam that what did we all achieve with this feat of passing the 'Certification'?

Got an exam to write,

got a bad bad fight,

got to do this right,

I will celebrate the win on Monday Night!! :)

Howzattt!!!! The COMPANY POLICY ???? 

-Vineet 'The Bard'

Khawaab

खवाबों की परस्तिश से तुने क्या पाया?

जो था पल तेरा उसे भी गवाया,

ज़िन्दगी जैसी है उसे तू अपना ले,

कभी इसकी, काभी उसकी चाह को तू ज़रा दबा ले,

रोशन होगा तेरा अंतरमन तो पा लेगा हर ख़ुशी,

और जो तू ये न समझा तो बस दौड़ता रहेगा भीढ़ में यूँही

-Vineet 'The Bard'

To all the special people in my life!

walk the road a little known, along the weary path you'll find the strangers, some will come along and some will leave you alone, walk a bit further you will find the true friends who carried with you on and on!!

...you are handful in number but such big is your heart that you gave me space to live in it.!!

Always in your Debt.

-Vineet

I need me I need you!

I need to run away from the sunshine I need to hide
I need some sleep I need peace
I need love

I need me I need you.

I need to feel I need to live
I need to smile I need to be free
I need to be high I need to be low
I need to go I need to stay
I need some day I need a night
I need dark I need Light
I need to lose I need to win
I need to heal I need pain
I need love

I need me I need you.

-Vineet "The Bard"

London asks Facebook to provide a Panic button!

There's been lot of misuse of popular social Networking sites like Facebook, Orkut, Myspace etc and the same is the case with the numerous public forums. The misuse that I'm particularly talking about here today are those of stalking, rapes, kidnapping, deaths and what not but what I'm not able to understand is that how these sites become the target of making changes implementing things like "PANIC BUTTON". These sites were designed for people to connect and they serve the pupose well however, like everywhere else these sites are not sanitizied of the bad people who go to these sites with only bad motives like raping an innocent girl etc.

So, I argue on the fact that these sites are responsible for all these social crap happening around us, neither do I agree that these make it simple for criminals, sociopaths, paedophiles etc to find their victims because if not on these sites such people will find these innocent souls in local pubs, bus stands, subways, metros, streets, city parks etc. The fact that we need to correct people and the way think cannot be done all the time by having a PANIC BUTTON to everything, you can't do that much policing (or may be you can if you have everyone joined the police force) but what you certainly can is save yourselves by not getting into all those sorts of discussions which lead to an un-acceptable circumstance. Can we have a PANIC BUTTON to a marriage where a man/woman are not what we expected them to be? Can we have a PANIC BUTTON in the bus in which we travel everyday? Can we have a PANIC BUTTON at the traffic signal where a chain snatcher awaits? No, we can't but what it requires is awareness, sense of responsibility and not some swanky version of Distress numbers like 911. These sites already offer the choice of blocking a person or if you feel so afraid you can simply opt out of the website and the first level of defense is to never share your personal details that can be from your photographs to your birth date.

So, I will rest my case of I can go on arguing on it that we DON'T need another PANIC BUTTON help people become aware of steps to ensure their safety first rather than finding unneccesary troubles for the police or the CSI teams. There're lot of bad guys out there stop them but do what you do best don't just put your feet in all the boats 'cos you've got only two.

- Vineet "The Bard"

Happy Happy Day

Boring day, boring day,

where have you come?

Go away, go away,

let me have fun.



I want to see my friends,

I want to party all day,

I want to wear new trends,

I want to yell Hurray!!



Boring day boring day,

please go away,

send your brother,

mr. happy fun day.



W'come W'com Happy fun day,

take me to the skies so blue,

take me to my family who are so far away,

I will surprise them without a clue.



Come Happy fun day,

together lets sing, lets dance,

you don't come so often,

to give me another chance.



boring day has gone,

gone too far away,
I feel so chirpy, so free like a new born,

what a happy day!



I'm alone here,

no friends no one dear,

but still I feel the breeze of cheer,

as if y'all are by my side so very near.



I love this feeling of joy,

I love this morning,

no what's and no why,

a happy day it is.



Boring day please be far away,

I need to live my happy happy day.



Today wasn't really a happy day but I felt like asking for one and out came this small poem.

- Vineet "The Bard"

Chat-roulette

I've to admit that I did check this new chat engine on the Internet to curb down my curiosity and the findings were not so "happy faced". It was amazing to see almost 15-20 different people from different parts of the world and then try to strike a conversation with them but most people I met there were not so curious about another person they were looking for sexual pleasures and it makes me sick to my stomach. C'mon guys! Isn't there enough porn already available on Internet, book stands etc that now you need just one more website to help you with your disgusting ideas.

I went online on this website with a thought that I'll meet people from different parts of the world who look different, who may even speak a language that's beyond my comprehension but all this ended up in a scenario where Yes! I met different people but almost all of them (barring one girl And an elderly guy) were all looking for god knows what but they were involved in such acts that for the reason of maintaining decency I cannot explain here. The conversations I had with this girl from Atlanta, GA, USA and the elderly guy from Bordeaux, France were nice, though both these conversation were short lived like 5-6 minutes each but we talked about places, parts of the world we've been to, places where we'd like to visit and we told each other about ourselves like where we are from and why we were there online on Chat-roulette.

It's a fun site only if used for those purposes otherwise just like many other websites it can only be considered as waste.

- Vineet "The Bard"

Yet another reservation another Quota!

I've to say this and I say it loud and clear...as a responsible citizen of India, I DO NOT support the Women's Reservation Bill. There are many reasons I can quote for my anger on this bill let me share them with you. I just want to share and express what I think to accept it or not it's upto you, because you are free to make your own opinion (I know I don't have to remind you of this.)

So, here are the reasons:

1. Indian Woman is NOT weak : We were once under the infamous British Raj and together we fought both men and women to gain th Highly precious and dear to us all, the Freedom. Those days are gone now, when everyone felt empowered, when there was zeal to get free and throw away the British government, now we all want is to make ourselves feel weak so weak that our mind stops believing in ourselves. Indian woman has had (and a very few still have) the worst times from crimes like female fetal homicide and many more but those crimes to women were not done by men alone there were women accomplices too, however, we tend to ignore that fact because we want the women of our nation feel they are weak, they need someone to guard them, a helping hand and what not. But I think that women are no less than men they can do everything that men can do and as the history stands to testimony this is a true statement I can go on quoting examples of Rani Laxmi bai, Sarojini Naidu, Kiran Bedi, Our President Smt. Pratibha Patil, congress chief Sonia Gandhi, Mayawati, Mamta Banerjee etc etc the count is huge, so when they can do it why can't others? Our Constitution doesn't stop them from contesting in any government jobs or for that matter any private jobs or works. why do they have to have a reservation when Women of this great nation are already empowered with equal opportunity and are not weak in any sense.

2. You cannot win if you start begging: Some strong words there I know and I can tell how they are true, but I have a Question to ask first What is the intent of this bill? Is there any timeline till which it will be in force and then we'll drop it? Who will measure the success of this bill? Having asked those questions hope I get answer to them, I want to quote the example of existing QUOTA for SC/ST/OBC who are these people called SC/ST/OBC? aren't they citizen of India? don't they have right to breathe as much air, have as much water as a person from so called General class? Yes, they have the right and they enjoy their freedom but still they want the reservation, if that's not begging what is it? I promote equality and it can not be achieved if we continue on making favors to one section of society and then other We are only promoting DIVISON of Society and not equality. The plan to have quotas as proposed by Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was for intial 3-4 five year plans under a constant supervision and monitoring but it's still going on after almost 7 decades since we got independence. If woman of India HAS always been weak and so is today then WHY was the BILL never proposed from the begining i.e. in 1947? because we believed that we will promote a free society with equality and everyone will have the right to fair contest but now we are down with the habit of begging, we need quotas/reservations for everything.

3. If not Reservation Bill then what?: That's the question I think we all should be asking rather than asking (begging) for quotas. Let's start small how about

(A) mandate on every family where a girl is born to give her education by sending her to schools (govt. already has programs to support child education especially for girls) so that she can start learning things and plan for her future and become independent.

Another scenario that I can suggest but I'm afraid of it's misuse is (B) giving financial support like cheaper loans, cheaper education for like next 5 years or may be 10 and then observe/measure the growth if nothing substantial is achieved that doesn't mean to continue if or another decade instead take a breath and think/analyze how much success did we achieve and what can be the next best thing to do with the on-going technology advancement, societal changes etc.

(D) Law Enforcement: People should Strongly oppose any kind of bills of such nature being presented in Parliament instead spread the conscious message of equality that any sort/nature of discrimination based on sex will be dealt with the harshest of consequences. 

4. Global Image and Learnings from across the Globe: The moment I think of this bill I get this sense that we are telling the world that Indian woman is the weakest of all and Indian society still believe in 'purdaah' we won't let our mother's and sisters live the free air and neither we promote their growth. All these thoughts make me question: What do we learn from other Nations acrss the globe?

Their rise should be a battle they win instead of someone's help to begin,

'cos the fire that melts the iron makes it strong too.

Support women to make them Strong and not weak,

they can roar like lioness of jungle but let them speak.

let them march along to the highest peak,

be the helping hand only when they need.

- Vineet "The Bard"

Long time but more to come.

It's been a long long time since I posted something on this wall (aah! Facebook is catching up on me). I've been doing some thing all these months I've been away and thanks to this beautiful world I got plenty to share from what's been with me to what's it that world means to me. I've met many beautiful people and they taught me a lot about life I saw I learned from them but am I going to apply those learnings? no, not 100% of them but yeah a few of them because I learned what I should not be doing (and I think I still don't do any of those) and I learned what I must be doing...so here I am out in the open pouring my thoughts on everything and nothing at all.

"Tell the world what your heart has to say,

don't worry if they don't listen,

the voice, the thoughts are here to stay,

you'll be missed someday someday!"

-Vineet "The Bard"