Grieving alone.....

With no more tears left to shed away,
Wondering why I survived,
Like a dead leaf to sway,
I was left in the corner, devoid of light,
Hunched with arms wrapped around my knees
And eyes beholding the sight
Of the burning pyres and ashes,
Bearing the piercing pain, sharper than knife.....

Devastated, ravaged and ruined I lie alone,
In seek of some peace,
I was grieving alone...

The fear still grabbing my knees tight,
And eyes unable to face the sun glaring bright,
No one left to call mine, nor anyone to be with,
The Inhumanes took them all away,
Away from me, for whom I can’t even pray.
A spasm of sorrow cursed down second by ticking second,
Silence seemed like an assassin,
Its memory was enough to choke my harmony away.

Devastated, ravaged and ruined I lie alone,
Seeking some peace,
I was grieving alone….

They succeeded, as the terror was everywhere,
And innocent lives were shattered here and there,
Those damn cowards, to the extent of timidity,
Who could kill only innocents, and hide till infinity,
I still pitied their unpitiable lives,
Filled with curses, aims and desires to die
Who are denied to the dream of beautifulness of life….
I call them the Inhumans; the ruthless minds.

But why I was left to bear the assaults,
With no reasons left to live,
Why I was grieving alone....

The years I passed in a corner grieving alone,
Made me the toughest person to be known,
Every bit of grief has now provoked,
I had got why I was left alone.
Now I needed no peace for me,
I was shattered, shattered like nobody,
But life finds its way,
Towards the new goal to own.

I’m in search of those terrorists to make them feel,
How it feels, grieving alone....

(Here went the lines filled with the feelings of a boy who was left alone in this world......to grieve by those terrorists. I wish they could feel what's the difference between pain and grief.)
(Well I's waiting to post this poem from last month. I wrote it 2 months back and so it got modified too till now. Also a big thanks to Rachana to help me making it a better poem.)

Don't pluck flowers.......snap them!!

See how beautiful the faded dying beauty is!


These yellow blossoms just took my heart!


This Periwinkle shined bravely in sun!


And the red hibiscus tells its own tale!


Isn't it the green effect!


The rocky background is awesome, isn't it!


The congested leaves' life is so charming!

And don't hesitate to believe that I've taken these pics.

Feel like you are a part of the universe……….

We….the people hardly ever think that we are a part of society. Hey…..we are a part of whole universe, the mysterious universe, the infinite universe! But there are very few things that let us to realize that……We see the moon, the sun and the stars which are hardly visible in city skies…..but those bodies don’t tend us to realize that we are a part of such an unending space. Don’t they seem boring? Every night they come every morning they go…..Just like that!



Here comes the great news for you astro lovers. You can see above the Jupiter….yeah the jupi. Ah! Have you seen it…..hmmm….ya sure in the books, newspapers, your TV but by your naked eyes in front of you…..maybe nah!
And the great news is jupi is there in the sky visible to us as it is orbiting very close to earth. And that was the eternal experience for me….. Some days back I read in newspaper that in the month of May the heavenly planet, the biggest planet will be visible to the earth dwellers in the south-east direction even in polluted cities. Believe me! I saw the Jupiter. It’s just like a very bright star in the south-east direction in the night sky and almost double the radius of the stars as visible to us. So that makes it very very noticeable in the sky at night. Catch it soon as it's there on the sky only for this month. You don’t have any reason to miss out a chance to see the jupi, very lucky I’m that I got a chance to see it…….and hey I’m not joking. I also tried to focus my camera on it and to my uncontrollable excitement the photo I snapped was a red spot!!

Whoo….that’s was really an eternal experience to see it and you must not miss it……and if you have an astronomical telescope with you then you are the luckiest one…..
Just see it and tell me don’t you feel you are a part of universe!!


(Here are some photos snapped by my camera)

I see the top........

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Away I go, away I go ……… towards the sky, towards the sky,
Leaving the land, leaving land breeze ………. to touch the sky, to touch the sky,

Away I go, away I go ……… towards the sky, towards the sky,
Leaving the grass, leaving the sea ……… to fly so high, to fly so high.


Fighting the winds I got on my feet to begin,
Climbing the cliffs to see hundreds more ahead,
Crossing the cracks at every step to go,
Seeing from where these rivers start to flow,
I seek the top…….

You need to fight the sun; you need to fight your thirst,
Peeling your way to the sky where your eyes are stunned,
Crushing the snow by your feet as you move ahead,
Leaving the note you were there before, as,
I seek the top…….

With a dream in your eye to fly so high,
So that your shadow can reach the heights taller than nie,
Seeking the top you are moving towards the sky,
Though the winds blow stronger blurring your sight, you can see, yes,
I see the top………

Seeing my ambition lying ahead I move towards it with a brave chest,
I tackled everything to seek my dream but there are still many things to be tackled to reach to it,
The weather is extreme, the piercing cold is not mean but I am keen to be there, yes the origin,
I have reached so high and have no ambitions to see back, though I’m not there,
I see the top……..just the top......


Hey......this's my first poem....so please ignore the lines where I'm too bad......Well I feel very inspirational poem it is.....actually it's not an inspired one......in fact an inspiring one.....!!!


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Striking Strings

Have u ever felt the music. Have u ever experienced the power of the pleasing sound which we call as music....
Have any melodious tune conquered your heart. Have u ever been pleased by a sound that flies in air with rhythm....
You must have....
They are Strings who let me listen as well as feel music.





I like them this way the most.


Strings....Okhe I tell you something about them though you must have been knowing many things.
Strings....It’s a pure Pakistani band consisting two members who are born with great music in their blood, in their hand, in their voice or you can say in them.
The first guy about whom I must tell is Faisal Kapadia. Being in a family of businessmen he always used music as a tool to escape the numbers flying overhead. He used to sing since his childhood on some Pakistani channels. So he always dreamt of being in a band. His determination and eccentric exceptional voice did all the other things needed make his dream a reality.
Then he met the second member of the group temporarily be called as Mr. Swirling Hair....Ya, that’s what I call him…He & Faisal met by chance and it became the great successful pair known as Strings. Both of them extravagant lovers of music just did what both of them could do best. The soothy voice of Faisal made every song he sang feel like fostering heaven. But it’s not all he has. The other thing is his style of singing and the enthusiasm in which he uses his different looks....see the videos such as Durr....I like him the most in Najanay Kyon video. And also see the glares he wears in those videos. This happy married man also has children. At last I must say he is a rocking member of Strings........


Now the second fellow making Strings an entirely rocking band is Mr. Swirling Hair.....that’s Bilal Maqsood. Hey it’s only his great swirling hair that makes me call him that. I like his hairstyle man, really. Okhe about Bilal who has completely devoted himself to music. The guitar man…..watch him and his hair when he plays his guitar with his hands moving in rhythm plucking the strings. His hair swung while he nods with the tune of this guitar.....watch him in Durr video....He also never thought that he would take up music as sole profession. Thank God, he did that & now I see him playing his guitar.
Bilal, also a Pakistani loved music from his childhood but he got in great passion for it while in college. He already had a small band in there before being in Strings. He made a song Sar Kiye Ye Pahar and sang it so greatly. He has his own elegant style of rocking with his guitar. The way he plays his guitar, the ways he moves, so stylish man. I have no more words for his style but I can complement on his hairstyle as far as someday I have that hairstyle though he has changed his hairstyle now to spikes. He had married to an Indian woman and he himself admits that it’s not easy to play his guitar with three children on his back! But he loves the way his life is going on…..He supports Faisal with his guitar while he sings but is not behind him in singing. His voice, very different from his partner Faisal’s voice also rings some bells in hearts. Do check out for his dressing style....A simple srtiped or plain shirt with folded sleeves on a cool T-shirt....Sometimes even Faisal take on this cool look. One of the coolest guy I have ever seen is he, Bilal Maqsood.....I just adore him.....


Now about Strings....This band was formed in Pakistan only and still they have more number of fans in Pak than in India. They used to rock Pak with their music and thanks to pirating some of their songs reached India……And their tour began....Euphoria, an Indian band doing well with some great songs called Strings to sing Jeet Lo Dil with them. I’m thankful to Euphoria for that. That was the first step, they made great music in India and pleased many Indian fans. I am on of them. They were presented the MTV Asia Awards 2005 (Favourite Artists). The latest promotion is their entry in Bollywood through Zinda.....Ye Hai Meri Kahani.....
I just want them to do the same great job that they are doing……Really any song they sing becomes my favourite.
I say, I love them & I’m a totally Strings freak!!!

My hand strokes

This one is one of mine first sketches. It's my favourite sketch. I've great passion for panthers.



This one! May be a better sketch. The anger on it's face shows my hand strokes are pretty well.


Do leave your comments on 'My hand strokes'.

The Forgotten Date

Exactly three years back on 1st Feb something unexpected happened.

The man-made thing carrying 7 persons in it which was left in space was about to come back but the unexpected fate never let them touch the earth again. Oh! The Columbia had crashed on the same date of today.
But we are forgetting such dates which reminds us of the personalities in the shuttle who made their incomplete lives immortal.
Kalpana Chawla, an Indian was one of them leading the group. She, an extravagant lover of flying from her childhood dreamt of going beyond the skies. She did it! She was selected by NASA in 1995 as an astronaut. Kalpana Chawla traveled 6.5 million miles in 252 orbits of the Earth and logged 376 hours and 34 minutes in space.
Though her life remained incomplete she with all her contributions to the world will remain immortal in the heart of mine & yours.

Let us close our eyes and pay a tribunal respect & harmony to the souls of all those great personas who took off the earth but never came back. They are the shining stars in the space.