Finally I realize...

well its been long that I wrote here n m sure none of u missed it.. bt theres this stupid frnd called Arpit who asked me abt it n so m here again.. I wrote this poem below 1 day before the Kinematics n Dynamics of Machines' paper (btw i eventually topped it-n yeah i love boasting abt that n everything else :P).. it meight seem humorous or FAALTU to u, n it definitely is, bt there is a deeper meaning-I AM NOT MEANT TO BE AN ENGINEER.. a thing which i realise now, after spendin 2 years in the quagmire.. ho gayi bagut bakwaas, ab padho.. aur like karo:-

Its called Kinematics and Dynamics Of Machines
Can't get it in by any means
A day doesn't seem to be enough
Thats how engineering makes you rough and tough
I don't feel like studying anymore
Not that its a daily chore
But its something I've forgotten
like a bad memory now rotten
But then they say, you must study
to be successful you gotta work hard buddy!
I wish I get to write a poem tomorrow
about Nassu's high waist pants and sorrow
then you'll see the talent here
Oh man! am not meant to be an engineer
I realize that now day and night
adding to the one-sided love plight
but in the end I gotta wake up
and see the levers n cranks dance down n up
what will happen tomorrow i fear
Oh man! I'm not meant to be an engineer..

-The Devil

When I lost a friend...

If this is what is to be
If this is what it is
Then I was surely wrong somewhere before
For what I was set was surely not this

It was a dream to me
Which only you made true
You made me better
The friend I found in you

They were the best times ever
And though I quite cherish
But they remind me of you
All the jokes and talks I miss

All the times which we laughed
And the ones we cried
All the ways you understood me
No matter how much I lied

I miss them all
Like lost pearls in dew
But pearls are to be preserved
As there won’t be another you!

And so it has become what it is
As you say the doors close
Yes, I was surely wrong somewhere before
For I neglected the thorns when I saw the rose!

A Peice of the Insanity Pie!!

moving on from being emotional to the other more favourite form of madness!!
here are some humourous one liners I love.. post your take on them that they are great or... who cares for the review anyway!! ;) jus kiddin , dun mind.. here they are:

#I told my psychiatrist that everyone hates me. He said I was being ridiculous - everyone hasn't met me yet.
--Rodney Dangerfield

#Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.
(Well thats why I love it, coz m no good to earn anyways! :P)

#If you think you can, you can. And if you think you can't, you're right.

#A recent police study found that you're much more likely to get shot by a fat cop if you run!!

#Consider this: In India, an automobile is stolen EVERY 24.7 SECONDS. If that statistic scares you, think how we felt when we made it up...

#I'm not a vegetarian because I love animals. I'm a vegetarian because I hate plants.

#It`s easy to be smart, just think of something stupid and say the opposite!

#Doing nothing is very hard to do ... you never know when you're finished..
(So you see how hard I work the whole day!! :) )

#There's three ways to do things, the right way, the wrong way and the way that I do it!

#Talk is cheap because supply exeeds demand!!
(Are you pointing to me, eh?)

#What worries me most about the credit crunch is that if one of my cheques is returned stamped 'insufficient funds', I won't know whether that refers to mine or the bank's
- Jay Leno

#Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until your forehead bleeds.
—Douglas Adams
(See, its not that I am a superman to do it!!)

#Little girls grow to become young women. Little boys have a job for life !!

#Some people are so dry that you might soak them in a joke for a month and it would not get through their skins.
(Dedicated to all those who didn't get any of the above ones!!)

The Opening To An End...

Today we'll part,
never knowing whether we would ever meet again;
I wonder how will I leave u,
with this heart full lof pain..
Would there be a smile on my face,
or would I shower tears like rain?
But if there's a bond between our hearts,
then we'd surely meet again..
And I wonder how would I greet you,
going down the memory lane?
Would there be a smile on my face,
or would I shower tears like rain...!?

- DRUPAD SHASTRI

(one of my v first trials at poetry! but this is a thought, more than a poem !)

HAPPY NEW YEAR !

As the sun sets today,
and the night celebrates,
I pray that the morning tomorrow
brings you happiness in crates!

Its gonna be a new year
Its gonna be a fresh start
with more of those moments
to cherish forever from the heart...

Its the time to say goodbye
and to make new resolutions;
A time to say thanks
and also to make some confessions..

Yes, confessions, what you've
always wanted to say,
instead of carrying those negatives
put 'em here to slay !

So that you're ready
better than ever before;
so that you're stonger
to walk in through the new doors..

May the Almighty,
on you bestow his care,
and for me - the sense
that you'll be always there... !

- DRUPAD SHASTRI
31st Dec., '08

"All Religions are Equal".. not the conventional way...

After all that emotional stuff, heres some spiritual one ! no no, don't be mistaken.. dont go by the word spiritual.. read on, it is interesting..

There is a popular analogy used to show that all religions are valid ways to describe God. Religion professors especially love this philosophic analogy, because it equalizes all religions, making all religions equally "true" in their description of God.
The analogy is this: there are four blind men who discover an elephant. Since the men have never encountered an elephant, they grope about, seeking to understand and describe this new phenomenon. One grasps the trunk and concludes it is a snake. Another explores one of the elephant's legs and describes it as a tree. A third finds the elephant's tail and announces that it is a rope. And the fourth blind man, after discovering the elephant's side, concludes that it is, after all, a wall.
Each in his blindness is describing the same thing: an elephant. Yet each describes the same thing in a radically different way.
According to many, this is analogous to the different religions of the world -- they are describing the same thing in radically different ways. Thus one should conclude that no individual religion has a corner on truth, but that all should be viewed as essentially equally valid.
This is a powerful and provocative image, and it certainly seems to capture something of the truth.
If God is infinite and we are finite, it is reasonable to believe that none of us can fully capture His nature. But does this philosophic analogy demonstrate the truth that all religions lead to God? To conclude that it does would ignore several points...
First, there is a fact of the matter: the elephant. What the blind men are attempting to describe is in fact an elephant, not something else. Just so, there are factual questions regarding God. "Does God even exist?" is a question of fact, much like, "Was Abraham Lincoln ever President of the United States?" If so, it would be true whether anyone believes it or not, and to deny it, one would be mistaken. Thus, not all opinions, whether concerning elephants or the nature of God, are equally true.
Second, all four blind men are, in fact, mistaken. It is an elephant and not a wall or a rope or a tree or a snake. Their opinions are not equally true -- they are equally, and actually false. At best, such an analogy of religious pluralism would show that all religions are false, not true.
Third, and most important, the philosophic analogy does not take into account any kind of special revelation. If a fifth man were to arrive on the scene, one who could see (and who was able to demonstrate his credentials of having sight), and he were to describe the elephant as an elephant, then it would change the analogy entirely.
Jesus Christ, unique among all religious leaders of history, claimed to be such a "fifth man," a definitive revelation of God. Many of the people who watched Jesus' miracles and heard him speak were offended by his clear statements about his deity. "This was why [they] sought all the more to kill him, because he not only broke the sabbath but also called God his own Father, making himself equal with God."
Jesus however, invited us to believe in him if we want our search for God satisfied... "I am the bread of life; he who comes to me shall not hunger, and he who believes in me shall never thirst."

- adapted from David A. Horner

In Search for the One...

Stars are many,
but yours is one;
I searched for mine
but I found none !

The heart thats broken
can't reason her thrills;
The rum I fall in,
the tum that kills..

I walk the lonely path
in the dark night,
My shadow's betrayed me too,
for its there only when its light..!

The darkness remains
when will it rise, the sun ?
I searched for my morning..
but I found none !

I thought I found one
the one and only mate
but deceived am I
call it my life, call it my fate..

I know it will take time
and I should get wise,
I know it will take time
for the sun to rise

But who knows the tomorrow
who's had a glimpse
Today its night,
tomorrow it may be eclipse..

I know I should walk
but the pain will remain
I'm afraid I'll stop
and go down the memory lane..

And that'll take me back to the stars
in my search for one;
I'm still searching for mine,
but alas, I've found none...

- Drupad Shastri
(sometime in Sept. '08)