i remember

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Playing in the rain
The peace of mind
And joy of heart
I remember

first day of college                       \\ Aug 2003
watched "Tere naam"               \\while my classmates were ragged ..haw haw
that spoiled brat
i remember

small class
32 students
6 rows 2 columns
i remember

the teddybear
the hitler
the sisters
i remember

skipping lectures
failing maths
hating teachers
i remember

the little canteen
the birthdays
the soft drinks,the pastry's
the cornettos
i remember

the lunch breaks
the fighting for my mom's maggi
sukku's lassi,Akhil's dhokla,
shilki's red-chilly achar,sheetal's sandwiches
i remember

and even the bus
Where we should have fallen in love
those fights,the "ram-ladoo's"
i remember


She wanted to say but didn't have the nerve
A half smile crosses my lips
I remember.
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P.S.
It was supposed to be more
Wherever you are
There's far too much of me in there.

poem for "naina"

Yesterday i logged on for a regular session
And I met this girl there
there were messages and more messages
she wanted me to write her a poem after reading my blog
so here's what i thought....


Friends don't call her name
they sing for her,
how lucky she is to have them
surrounding her like a fur

morning jog, window-shop,dancing
are her trades,
betrayals,traffic-signals,policemen
are all she evades

had a crush once
and that was all,
so fortunate as
love is the one that makes you fall.

she hates the gym as it wastes her time,
won't even trust you for thousand dime


her dreams are big,
hopes are high,
she wants to a designer
designing other lives.



p.s.
to नैना
miss, i wrote this in "रैना" :D

sob sob!!!!!i want those outfits for me!!!!![cry loudly]uuwwwahh!!!!

we

we see them in the convenient store
We see them on tv
We read about them in novel books
some appear in magazines
some look at you in the checkout line
some hang out in the mall
some become the stars of movies
few hang posters of them on their walls
you know its true
The ppl i am talking about
are just like me and you !