MAJBOORI.......a hindi poem

Hothon pe khamoshi…

Saason me hain garmi….

Aankhon me majboori…

Dil me pyaar ….hain

jab bhi dekhtha hoon aapki aankhien

Dhoond tha hoon khushi

Dhoond tha hoon roshni

Jab bhi dektha hoon aap ki aankhein

Dekhta hoon nami

Dekhta hoon majboori

jab bhi dekhta hoon aankhon me majboori

sochta hoon kya kahoo is duniya ko

sochta hoon kya karoo is halaaath me

sirf ek baar bas ek baar

muskuraado in aankhon se

agar mar bhi gaye abhi

hoga nahi gila koyi

hoga nahi shikayath koyi

jab bhi rehta hoon main paas aapke

lagta hain doori hain

lagta hain mehfil hain

jab bhi rehta hoon main door aapse

lagta hain nazdeeki hain

lagta hain tanhayee hain

jab bhi sochta hoon main doori hain

sochta hoon doori buri nahi hain

sochta hoon doori main doori nahi hain

sirf ek baat bas ek baat

rakho sada apne dil me

door rehke bhi hum door nahi

paas rehke bhi hum paas nahi

hamari rishta hain yahi… ha yahi

MANAGEMENT IN SIMPLE LIVING!!!

Note: This is not a work of fiction. It is based on a true incident and all the characters used in this story are real. The names of the characters have not been changed to preserve the originality and more importantly to give due credit to the deserved.

It was an otherwise normal Friday. Nikhil(me) and Rajavardhan were seated in front of the computer (in the office) discussing something that doesn’t categorize either as trivial or as path-breaking. Sandeep, then suggested that we go for a movie. He was keen on watching the junior NTR starrer YAMADONGA. The girls rejected the offer outright without even considering. Rakesh accepted the offer thankfully. Rajavardhan had to go to his relatives place and so he was not willing to come. Nikhil was not able to decide what to do. He was not really sure as there were a million things running in his mind. They were running out of time. They had to book tickets really early if they intended to go. Sandeep was on a computer with the website already opened to reserve the tickets. No one except Rakesh was sure. Sandeep asked the other two a few more times but they could not decide and gave him the same answer “give us some more time”. Sandeep then booked the tickets. Yes he did without being sure which one of them would go to the movie. He had booked 4 tickets. He did it very cleverly. He would not compel anyone of them to come and yet if any number of them dropped, there would be no loss of money and the ones who wanted to go could go without any problem. You might be wondering how this is humanly possible. But, he did it. This is how and what he did. He booked 2 tickets under one transaction and 2 more each in a different transaction. There were a total of 3 transactions in which 4 tickets were booked. Let me explain how the reservation works. It’s simple. You book tickets online and you are given a transaction number for each transaction. You go to nearest delivery point in some fixed duration mentioned and collect the tickets stating the transaction number and paying the money. In case, you don’t turn up at the delivery point in the specified duration your transaction is rolled back and no fee is collected. If all the 4 go to the movie everything works normally. Now, assume 1 of the 4 decides against coming then one transaction of 1 ticket is neglected and the other 3 are collected. If only 2 agree to go then both the single ticket transactions can be neglected. Now, if only 1 decides to go then only one single ticket transaction is claimed. This is how and what Sandeep, the hero had planned. This is what I call ‘real planning’. The perfect plan , the FOOL-PROOF plan which would work even when everything fails.
This is a really inspiring story or more aptly an inspiring anecdote. Hats off to you Sandeep!!! I (We) hope to make such perfect come-what-may-will-surely-work plans in the future. I (We) have learnt a lot from this simple, effortless yet immaculate plan. This is what I call ‘Superb Management in Simple living’.

HAPPINESSS...

Been long since been happy,
Started searchin’ IT…
In my dreams at night,
in the rising sun,
in the chirping birds,
in the fragrance of flowers,
in tree shade on a hot afternoon,
in the water that quenched my thirst,
in the eyes that waited for me,
in the words that praised me,
in the tears that were for me,
in the hands that would hold me forever,
in the love people gave me,
in the beauty of the Taj,
in the elegance of the Eiffel,
in the length of the Nile,
in the smile of Monalisa,
in the innocence of a child,
in the victory of my team,
in the money in my account,
in the comfort of my house…
tired I am of searching….
I give up …
I sleep on my bed fatigued totally,
I find it then finally,
That moment I learnt what I forgot,
It was in me from always…
That moment I brought it out…
Happiness I finally found …eternal happiness…