We the humans

We lived happily
We lived gaily
Like friends, like siblings
All together
Playing and eating
Four limbed with small brains

Lived on trees
Hunted for food
Not a single demand
Not a hint of greed
We lived happily
We lived gaily

One day
Came the devil
Offered a shiny jewel
To one who will finish the race first
And the greed
Was Shining in our eyes
We fought
We raced
For a mere jewel
We lost our innocence
We  lost inner self
No more together
No more gay
No more happy
We fought for Devil's ugly prize

We killed
We cried
But we were not to unite
And came the big wave
We Lost all trees
All glory
All beauty
To the ice age
We were hungry
We were crying
Eating away each other
Desperate
We killed each other again
Slowly slowly
We Withered away
We lost
We went away

Earth was no more our home
All left was hope

Years later
Came the better ones
Better, smarter and larger
Inhabited the earth
We again Lived happily
We lived  gaily
Developed the tools
Improved the life
All were in heaven

Living happily and gaily
With a silent promise
Not to die away fighting
But again arrived the devil
This time no jewel
No glitter
In his hand was a paper note
The prize was large
But the race trikier
To earn it
We had to act the ugliest
The battle was on
We Went into fight
Just like the old ones

Life was better
And worse for some
With new things
Devil increased the prize
On came the wars
On came the nuclear weapons
The big gadgets and the bio weapons
The battle was on
the hunger to win unnerving
But someone watching over
Was awaiting the same fate
He had new breed
In his mind
The plan was ready
The new were better
With better minds
But all he was waiting for
Was the dawn of new ice age
Just like the old one

I call him the most beautiful chapter of my life

This very month last year,  something beautiful made a grand entry into my life,  my nephew. I have heard movie-stars use the phrase 'khushi ke aansu'  ample number of times. And I experienced it the day he was born. 
Some would say you are a kid lover.  But I was never one before him. I can  say I am a changed person now. He has made me change so many things about myself. I was always a rebel like any teenager and later as an adult. I am still in the same age but I have started to value the family bonds.
My preferences have changed.  Now I look forward to going  to my sister's place and seeing  him.  I was anti family.  Now these relationships and family bonds are very dear to me under my changed perspective.
Seriously kids can change your life and in my case he changed mine.

When is it going to change?

Shit!! I forgot to save it and now I will have to write it all over again. Hmmm what was it all about. Yea I am depressed today because of two people in my life. One is a close relative and other one a close friend.

My friend said to me today that she is feeling suicidal as she is not able to cope up with her relationship. She is doing all she never wanted to do in her life,  just to save this bond. She said her boyfriend is having trust issues with her. Her words clearly pointed out towards her depression. How could I help her?  She wanted me to sort things out for her. But I was helpless.

How could I say something when I was myself a witness to the same issue, happening to someone closely related to me but was not able to do much about it. It is always going to be the same if girls are going to work,  they will have to give proof of their loyalty from time to time. Why can't these stupid boyfriends actually think of their girlfriends as girlfriends  and not as some versatile example of male ego. How could anyone even be in touch with my gf behind my back?  Stupid boys!! When will they learn to treat two things differently where ego is an issue of feelings,  girlfriends are living  things,  who deserve respect.  I am not a feminist and I am not a hardcore promoter of male female equality. 
But I do promote this fact that when it is easy for your girls to accept your working status, your work friends and busy schedules. Why can't you do the same? When I see 99% of females cribbing about this trust issue. I always feel why this word called 'jealous' has been attached to girls,  it would rather go well with jealous boys.

Don't think too much

The best part of the life comes in bits and pieces.  And mostly at times when you need it the least or the most.
I was talking to a friend today after a long time. I asked him the usual question,  how's life?  What have you been up to? Ad his reply was the usual,  life has been tough but it's okay,  I am trying  to be strong.
All I could think about was my life,  which  I think was the toughest.  Yes according to me,  being undecided about your career and your dreams is the worst of all.  But I guess like most of the preconceived notions,  this one also turned out to be wrong. 
And I asked the usual ironic question, is  your job not going well? For me job and career, which is my problem actually,  the center issue of all problems. But he said no I got promoted,  career wise everything  is perfectly fine,  my mom passed away in December.  I was left speechless.  I had nothing to say. 
And I realised not all is well with everyone.  But positivity is one thing that keeps one going.

Udta Punjab

I am new to writing movie reviews. So I  might not be entirely correct but yes udta punjab deserves an applaud. One time watch with a very sensitive message. Over and all a social issue,  yet it is difficult to draw a line between the  politics of Punjab and the drug menace there. The director concurs with me there and is very expressive about  it through out the movie.  Four parallel narratives of Tommy Singh,  alia bhatt, preet Sahni and Sartaj singh  with a common theme, meet at different points and weaves an integral story out of the lives of these four.  Shahid kapoor and diljit have acted brilliantly.  The surprise package was alia and  kareena who rather than playing the usual part of a complementing factor to the whole scenario,  have given an equal challenge to the male  characters. It is still hard for me to forget that expression of deep content and  satisfaction on kareena's face on her death bed. And alia with her disadvantaged life adds a new flavour to the movie. With this movie,  Daljit is definitely going to make a mark in the Industry but ofcourse for his acting skills as well as charming personality. And best  of course was shahid,  the crazy rockstar,  whose character ages with every bent and turn in the story. Tommy Singh's satirical 'I am the gabru' is a bomb big enough to burst the Punjab bubble.  And I think those three words are enough to describe the detrimental condition of youngsters of Punjab.

Well we forgot Abhishek Chaubey, who is the real charmer,  who created this thread and made everyone participate so brilliantly.
Story was good but the ending could have been  even better.  Leaving things open ended was much needed so as to let people ponder over this issue.  Giving them a happy ending  was like taking them to hell first and make them suffer and  like every other story they land in Paradise at the end.  Whereas reality is nowhere near this utopia even in the future.
Over all the direction is good, the idea brilliant,  story good and actors have acted far better than it was expected.  Portrayal of characters quiet real and the music adds a necessary dimension to the movie.  After all, punjab is all about drugs and rap music these days.  Politically motivated or not,  that is difficult to contemplate but yes this movie can be a deciding factor in the fate of Punjab assembly elections. As many parallels can be drawn between the udta punjab and the contemporary punjab.