Drunken Revelry

Ecstasy and Despair - The Inseparable Aspects of Truth

The future great Sage Vyas, in a heightened state of consciousness with the ambrosial nectar in his hands, made a profound statement on the 20th day of the sixth month of the CE 2008, year of the Rat.

"Life is but a flow in a series of crests and troughs, of ecstasy and despair"

How true it is, I was in ecstasy on friday, in despair today, I'll be in ecstasy tomorrow and despair shall take over by sunday!

Ae Muhobbat Tere Anjaam pe…

Ae muhobbat tere anjaam pe rona aaya...
Jaane kyun aaj tere naam pe rona aaya...

Yun to har shaam ummeedon mein guzar jaati thi,
Aaj kuchch baat hai jo shaam pe rona aaya...

Kabhi takdeer ka maatam, kabhi duniya ka gila,
Manzil-e-ishq mein har gaam pe rona aaya…

Jab hua zikr zamaane mein muhobbat ka Shakeel,
Mujhe apne dil-e-nakaam pe rona aaya...

Winds of change are blowing my way...

Winds of change are blowing my way.
They're not bringing news from afar.
They bring omens of the time to come.
Time is less.

Winds of change are blowing my way.
I feel they'll carry me far away.
From my home where my heart lays.
Last goodbyes have begun.

Winds of change are blowing my way.
These are times when friends are treasured.
But alas the winds are too strong.
And my friends can't hear my cry, nor hear me cry.

Winds of change are blowing my way.

Bye Bye Birdie.....

"There goes my baby..."

Exactly 15 days ago, exactly this very hour, i talked my dear friend Akshay lovingly called Jhantu. I was visiting Bombay, the forsaken city of a hundred deaths a day. We planned to meet the next day. Enthusiastic and caring as ever he asked me to come to Bandra to watch a movie with him; little did i know that i would go to Bandra but for an altogether different reason.
The same night at 2 i was rudely woken up by a phonecall with TG on the other side in a trembling voice,
"Abe Jhantu...Jhantu mar gaya be.."
"Kya bakwas kar raha hai! Mazak mat kar!"
"Nahin be...seriously, local se gir gaya."

...and then the longest pause of my life. I kept lying there in a daze, my mind blank still trying to understand what had happened. When it finally sank in i felt my gut on fire, felt like vomitting...but no respite.One phonecall and its over...

Last time i went to bombay...his memories remain with me; those are the only things left now.

Life completes a full circle and the 13th was on Sunday. All the final goodbyes have been said, and my loving friend is gone. I bid adieu to you pal, may you find peace and better friends in your next life. Wherever you may be we will miss you...

Alvida......