Ye degree bhi le lo, Ye naukari bhi le lo
Bhale chahe le lo mujhse US ka visa...
Magar mujhe lauta do college ki canteen
Woh parantha Sassi ka, Woh KL ki choumeen..
Woh mess ka sexy khana, bina kha ke wapas bahar aa janaa
Karna wait extra messing ki, yehi hai life meri janaa...
Woh kadi dhup mein apne kamre se nikalnaa
Woh project ki khatir lab lab bhatakna...
Woh jana class main hamesha late
Woh kehna sir ka, 'get out from the gate'
Woh lecture mein doston ki proxy lagana
Woh sir ko chidhana, Woh aeroplane udana...
Yaad aayenge BN Jain aur Suban, batsman like Sandeep Sen
Kalra ka akelapan, SKG ke relation
Nahin bhulenge Bala ke funde, Woh SAK-Sanjiva ke gande (PJs),
Woh milna Kapoor ko on Sunday, Woh NG jaise mast bande...
Woh Moshu ka mangna design-document
Woh assignment ka rona-dhona tha permanent...
Woh bimaari ka detention ke time bahana
Woh dusaron ke assignments ko apna banana...
Woh submission ki raton ko jagna jagaana
Aur agli subah phir se tepna tupana
Woh assignment ki khahani, Woh report ka kissa...
Woh MOSS ka pakadna, dher sara hissa...
Woh presentation ke din pairon ka chat-patana
Woh Intel mein din raat pasina bahana...
Woh exam ke dinon ka bechain maahaul
Par vo maa ka vishvas, Prof ka bharosa...
College ki wo lambi si ratein
Woh doston se KL par pyaari si baatein...
Yaad aate hain vo din cricket ke, No ball wide ball ke liye ladna
Chauke chakke se jyada, har room ke shishe thodna...
Woh election ke dinon ka ladna jhagadna
Woh hostel ki khatir lafde mein padna....
Woh ladkiyon ka yun hi hamesha akadnaa
Un sabhi ke saare nakhre jhelna....
Woh chalis ka char pe fight marna
Registan(desert) main ek boond pani talashna...
Woh europe ki masti, firangiyon ki dosti
Woh kaam ki susti, pani mehanga wine sasti...
Bhulaaye nahi bhul sakta hain koi
Woh college, jivan ka ek atoot hai hissa......
They say life has just begun now,
That there is a whole world for us to explore,
That there is everything to win, and nothing to lose;
Can it be true, really ? Should we believe them, my friend ?
Time, surely, has run out, too fast, too soon;
The circle has come to a full,
And it seems we are, today, where we stood four summers ago,
Looking at that magnificent structure with pride, when we first came here.
When the struggles just began, but we had such high hopes,
When the tasks looked daunting, but we never stopped smiling,
When the Profs breathed fire down us, but we never bothered actually,
When we seemed to flunk this course or that, but our friends helped eventually.
It seems it was only yesterday when we all met -
The first steps of a new life away from the comfort of home -
The beginning of a new dawn thrilled us so much
That some of us lay drunk even today.
We saw a million colors when a single ray passed through a droplet,
While the days slipped by from our windows;
It's difficult to part ways so soon
For the memories keep coming back ... again and again.
How we clutched at each moment, wanting to enjoy it to its full,
How we laughed and cried together, all this while,
How we hurt each other sometimes, only to realise the mistake,
How we patted each other on the shoulder, and rejoiced in each of our victories.
The wonderful moments are still alive,
And, were they precious, my friend ?
Should I even be asking it ?
Is there even an answer to it ?
And, today, while we stand at the crossroads,
Not knowing if the other side is as worth living as this,
With an apprehension and a sadness, we must bid farewell to one another,
For Life, it seems, has ordained a different fate for each of us.
And these lines keep coming back to me, today, again and again:
The grass was greener
The light was brighter
The taste was sweeter
The nights of wonder
With friends surrounded
The dawn mist glowing
The water flowing
The endless river
Forever and ever...
Vishal Lama
I can cry for you
if you will say i can die for you.
i don' know how and when
but it happened then
so how are you going to face it
take my advice and erase it
from the bottom of your heart
or its gonna hurt
i can only say that but its gonna tough and tough
like a water surrounded dove
my cravings for you are increasing
like a tide that is rising
but i know
it won't follow
the next phase
or its gonna deface
my life,my heart,my soul
and getting you for me is the only goal
in this world full of crowd
i cried out for you out aloud
i sent you the message
but it seems to be lost with time's passage
may be you didn't recieve
or you did decieve
it hurt me hurt me a lot
my heart did blot
blotted with sorrow and grief
i can tell you only this in brief
my life lost its track
i know i won't get back
your memories are my treasure
being lost in them is my pleasure
i m getting suffocated to death
please save me from lover's wrath
at least allow me to see you in my dreams
i'm willing to go for a lifelong sleep by diving into atlantic streams
people say i should forget
but i can't i bet
see the pity of this broken heart
it says it was all destiny's art
but will never throw on her the blame
regardless of what all others claim
it would never say she created void in my life
when it was going all peaceful and ripe
that void would never be filled
so its better i get killed
life without her is of no use
i can say that without asking even the life for an excuse
people say time can heal every wound
so it will again make you sound
but who will tell them i don' want to heel them
but i want to feel them
as they remind me of her
so i refuse time's offer.
Sudheer Sahu
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Goodbye Cruel World
"Certain things should just stay the way they are. You ought
to be able to stick them in one of those big glass cases and
just leave them alone."
- "Holden Caulfield"
I am a grown up today. That moment is still vivid in my imagination, the moment
that decided the course of my life. Its almost four years now, time to bear
the fruit, time to take a look back and take stock, time to fly away. Bear with
me, dear reader, for it is natural for me to be a bit nostalgic. Ah, the days
of growing up are not forgotten so easily.
Decision having been made by a fateful moment, fortunately or unfortunately, I
landed in this hostel. The initiation was painful, but what a journey it has
been ever since. The wonder of learning has amazed me all the time. I have
learnt so much and so well that it would be next to impossible to unlearn it.
I was naive, I have learnt to be smart. I was so inwardly-drawn, I have learnt
to look around and learn from the world. I was so stubborn, I have learnt to
be flexible. As I take leave to go out and make my mark in the world, I leave
in debt. A debt that would be hard to repay. I leave with a wonderful set of
friends, friends forever. I leave with so much learning, that I realise
how much more I still have to learn. I leave with a sense of wonder at the
world that lies in front of me. I leave, a grown up. Oh, how much will I miss
this place.
But then, is that a such great thing really? There are times, when I look back at
whatever I have gained and compare it with what I have had to leave behind. It
is at such moments, that I am unable to shed an acute feeling of emptiness.
Accompanied with the growing up is the inevitable sense of loss. A sense of
having left something precious behind. I am ready to face the world in all its
wily ways, but I have lost my innocence. Somewhere deep down in my heart I still
wish I hadn't grown up.
Vishal Grover
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