Unsung Heroes

We remembered a lot about our teachers in the last blogs. But missed them during the meet.
Why didn't we invite them? Were we too tied up? Were we expecting others to do this "work"? Were too keen to meet the select few? Were we so lost with nonsense commercial tuition teachers, who designed some select few to Engg,Medical? Were they not at all important to be invited?
Why?
Someone has to invite them for the next meet. If you don't, should I?
Missed them....while going through that group photo album.

Goal , Strategy and Golden Mean.

Goals everywhere!! Like a blind man in Mackena's Gold movie says 'Gold Everywhere’

Friends, I am enjoying soccer world cup like anything. But to tell you frankly, I couldn’t curb getting my eyes wet when Brazil was out of the tournament. Not just because of my favorite team went out of world cup but because of I love the way they look at the game and their happy go lucky nature. And it’s certainly a painful thing to see a happy, merry human being disappointed. So much has been talked about the changed strategies and will continue even after the tournament is over.

Well, that’s the point friends. Changing strategy will definitely affect on your goal. It might be a positive effect or a negative one. You cannot afford to change your goal (unless something drastic happens and is beyond your control) but you can change your strategies. And that applies as good to life as any game. Every game teaches you very precious, lifelong lessons my dear friends. In fact, in a game or in a life you get more attempts to rectify your mistakes depending upon the time you have left before the game is over. The only and major difference is that, for a game, you get more chances to play the new games as such, but… dear friends not with life!! You know that friends, you have only one life.

That’s where we are now friends. Half time is over and second half has begun. First fifteen overs are gone. Veeru might be in a pavilion after doing his job. (I like his strategy …Attack is the best defense). Your aces might be slowing a little. Dear friends, it’s a time now to play Dravid’s innings. You cannot afford to loose Yuvraj at this stage. It’s a time to be a Valderama or Lothar Matthias.

But in any case my dear friends, you have to win the game of life. I love you friends and I’ll feel the same way I felt with Brazil if you loose. Tell me, what I have to do with that country and the team. I told you friends, I love them too. I love to see them as happy as they always are. And I want you to be the same my dear friends. So believe in yourself. Those who are struggling now, keep trying, don’t stop and fight, fight and fight.. You will reach the goal one day. Those, who have taken a good lead, enjoy. But do think of giving something back to society.

By the way, have you defined your goals or not my dear friends? And please remember, there are other goals as well besides financial matters. Alexander and Napoleon too, being lastly a human, realized this, but it was too late then. Just think what could be the strategy of that blind man in Mackena’s Gold who is after gold when he couldn’t even see it even if he gets it.

Friends, yesterday was the last day of your past life and today is the first day of your rest of the life. So, jindagi bitate waqt jindagi jeena bhi chahiye mere yaar!! Wo bhi to ek goal hona chahiye na? So decide your strategy accordingly. Try to find out the golden mean of achieving your goals and living life. Or should I say rather try for a ‘Goal done mean’ friends. Well, I am not a campaigner for Nike, but just do It.!!

And one more thing friends. Though I don’t have to be busy like Alexander or Napoleon, sometimes I just think I should spare a time and express myself when I am anxious or excited. After all, I am a human too. And I know, ‘ek din bik jayega mati ke mol, jag mein rah jayenge pyare tere bol.’. So bol baba bol, this blog pe kuchh to bol.

Goal…mol…bol, what is this all jhol… Dilip? Forget yaar. You need a break. Wanna tea or coffee or Lassi? Tell me, where to go? Ashwamedh or TrishaShanti? See you there friend!!

Pour some sugar on me! Material Girl

A few hours back, I was driving through heavy rains through palm lined roads of my beautiful Goa, call it coincidence, but the title of this blog is not a sleazy invitation; but the sequence of songs that I just heard on radio!
Friends I'm probably the lucky few amongst we classmates who gets to enjoy the new and old of both western and Indian music, (nowadays also World music), on radio everyday! You'll knew my passion for music and so has God! He blessed me with a home in Goa, where I can meet artists and attend concerts of some great musicians.
Those days,few of you even laughed at my dreams to become a Rockstar! Trust me, I am a Rockstar now. That's when I choose my favourite Skull candy headsets, songlists, turn on the ipod and close my eyes! I'm also on world tour when there are public holidays and an occasional Bharat bandh, as it was today! My children attend classes for guitar and Indian classical music. And I have a dvd of "Rock On" too! The only similarity with the movie and my life is when the lead actress mentions that she knows little of Rock music! My wife too knows very little!!!
Back to reality, just as "Pour some sugar on me" got over, Madonna started crooning, Material Girl! And I remembered Live Aid telecast on our black and white tv sets then. My parents were fast asleep, and here I was flying between US and UK, watching Bob Geldof's most memorable get-together of our favourite stars for charity.
I spoke about the concert the next day and everyone questioned, "what was that?"
Today, times have changed and many of you still request me if I have that collection of songs.......Yes, I do have. Thousands of songs, on not just one, but on over 3 Ipods!.....and not just the old but also the new. And there's good news too, along with Rock, Pop, Jazz, Blues,Electronica and the latest club music from Ibiza; I also have some good Hindi and Marathi songs!
But I have a problem, I need to put them together as songlists according to their genres. I also need to add some of your favourite songs in my collection!
Lets come together online, share some good music and also create an album of our favourites!

Waqt

Parwa Kolhapurat astana 3 get togethers attend karayla midale . agdi sagle bhetle .

Shala , College, Post Graduation colleges .. Khup loka . Manala ek gost khup lagun geli . 31st May 2010,BHMS cha get together hota . Excitement , Dhamal .. It was the first meet in all the long yrs after we left college . Entry zhalya zhalya -oh my tu ?? Where r u ?How r u? etc etc . All giggles n laughter . The Air was filled with fun .

It started with the welcome speech and soon immediately a 2 mins silence for all the friends and staff whom we had lost in the last few yrs .

Donach mintanchi ti shantata pan manat mazya wadal hota . 10 almost people in all we had lost ! 6 friends , memories began haunting ! thou i never had much memories of any of them as good friends they were classmates indeed .And what suddenly came to my mind that I may be on the list of the 2 min silence next year !! Never know !

Angawar kata aala shanbhar !!

Ajjach jagun ghawa watla . Tivra icha zhali saglayna bhetnayachi . khup khup bolnyachi . Mansokt hasnyachi ani khaup khup radnyachi hi . Nati... Mannyawar aahe ! Manla tar sagla , Nahi manla tar kahich nahi !
"Maitri ".. Asach ek sundar nata ....
Maitri na saajwaychi aste , na gaajwaychi aste.
Ti tar fakt Rujwaychi aste !
Maitrit na jiv dyaaycha asto na ghyaayacha asto,, Ithe tar fakt jiv laawaycha asto ....!!
Mhanun watla aj he ithe mandawa , ajcha zhan ka punha yenar nahi . Koni tari ekani mhantala aplya meet madhe "we'll continue to have this meet every 3 yrs ". 3yrs ??? I coudnt afford to !! Can u ??
So friends stay in touch always or one day u will be maintaining that 2 min silence thinking I wished i had sent a mail , a msg or just dialed when u know everything is just away at a click away .
Jabeen