Friendship

When a child comes in this world
He is deeply bounded by relations
He is made to recognize his world
This happened to him by chance
But his eyes search for a relation
With whom he can freely dance
With whom there is no compulsion
Who knows the song of his heart
Who shares his secrets and opinion,
Who shares his success and failures,
Who shares his happiness and depression
Who is, at times, his motivation
And on every small or big occasion
There is exchange of beautiful gifts
A relation which is truly valued
Relation builds by cute little fights
But which is unbreakable trusted
Goes on and on like day and nights
Yes, he is searching for his friend
Who makes his life really bright.
To value his survival in a way
This all cause for a celebration
On a special day- the friendship day

Marriage or Re-birth

Frank Pittman once said that,” for most people, a life lived alone, with passing strangers or passing lovers, is incoherent and ultimately unbearable. Someone must be there to know what we have done for those we love.” And I guess I am not a person who can live whole life all alone.
One fine morning my parents asked me if I am ready for the marriage so that they can start searching for the eligible bachelor for me. My replied optimistically to their question and they were so happy to my response. My heart too smiled as my parents were happy. The other day they asked me that they have fixed a meeting with a guy’s family on Saturday evening. I prepared my-self both physically and mentally for the evening that could change my life forever and ever. As I dressed up for the evening, my head was full of questions and my heart beats were not regular.

Finally we met the boy and his family. They asked us some questions and we too asked the couple of questions. Boy and I were let to have some time away from our parents so that we could judge each other if we can spend the whole life together. My heart constantly asked me if he would be able to care and respect me as my father does. Will he be able to love me as my mother does? Will he be my best friend when I need a friend? Will he be encourage and motivate me in my professional career whenever I need that? Will we be able to understand each other as we are? Will he allow me to meet my parents, friends and family whenever I want to meet them? will he allow me to waer the dress I want to wear? Will he accept me as I am? will I be able to accept him as he is? Knowing that he too has lived a simple life as I have lived, I said yes to my parents. And my heart danced when my parents told me after two days that they also have said yes.

I imagined my life without my parents in a new home with new people. I felt as if I am going to take new birth like a baby who doesn’t know how to walk, how to talk, how to behave and how to live according to the new environment in new world. I wonder how drastically a girl’s life gets changed in just one night. One day she is sitting, eating and behave at her parents home the way she wants and after the wedding night she has to observe her husband and his parents before doing anything so as to not to do anything wrong. I feel like its time once again I would to learn to walk talk according to them. I feel I am soon going to have re-birthed in a mysterious world with unknown environment. I could now feel how would have a baby feels in mothers womb.

Ah God! Life is really incredible.

Zindagi kuch is raftar se chali

ज़िंदगी कुछ इस रफ़्तार से चली

बचपन की वो खिलखलाहट

हर बात पर एक मासूम शरारत

कभी घर घर खेलना, कभी छुपा छुपी खेलना,

यूँ बिना मतलब इधर उधर दौड़ना

ना जाने नाम थे कितने

गुड़िया, बेबी, डॉल, छोटी, मोटू

हाँ हमने देखा सब कुछ ख़त्म होते हुए.

अब तो ज़िंदगी जैसे पलट ही गयी,

खिलखिलहट के नाम पर एक हल्की हँसी है

हर बात ,हर काम में एक जिम्मेदारी है

ज़िन्दगी की जंग हर कदम पर जारी है

अब सोचता है दिल मेरा बस यह ही कि ....

घर घर खेलना कितना आसान था

पर एक आशियाना बनाना बहुत मुश्किल है

छुपा छुपी खेलते खेलते अब खुद से ही छुपने लगे है

ज़िन्दगी की दौड़ में यूँ ही दौड़ते हैं

काम और नाम के चक्कर में

अपनी सब पहचान खो देतें हैं

बचपन की मीठी यादें वो मस्तियाँ

जा जाने कहाँ हम छोड़ आए ,कब भूल जाए

न जाने यूँ ही कब इन यादों से हम जुदा हो जाए

चलो एक बार फ़िर से बचपन को जीते हैं

Park woods, Shogi

Living life in an overcrowded metro city can sometimes become tedious. It often looks as if everyone is participating in an endless race. And the pace of life in metro cities is continuously getting faster and faster. Living such a life can be nerve-racking; so a place named Park Woods, Shogi situated at a height of 5700 feet and 18 kms before Shimla is calling you to re-energise.


A Park wood, Shogi is an ideal non-hotel resort for fun filled vocation for peace lovers; adventure lovers and children. Walking to this place is just like walking to forest. All one can hear is chirpings of birds; sounds of leaves and nothing else. It is surrounded by tress and an untouched nature. Life becomes like heaven if one can feel rain at this place, aroma of sand, voice of each drop of rain and a cool weather. Unlike metro city; life is at total peace and at halt here. The best of this place is too see sunset from the sunset point. Evening can just spent off watching mountains, pine trees; different flowers and clouds. View from every angle is different and extremely beautiful. Lodgings are comfortable in bamboo huts or cottage tents; all balanced with thick wooden sticks. Lawns and gardens add more to its beauty. I was touched with its beauty and also pleased to see that parking was 800 ms away from this place, so pollution cannot even enter in this place.

This place also promise to give you the variety of recreational activities like rope walking, trekking, climbing spider web, born fire, star gazing, monkey tapping and nature walk through mountains. My friend and I lost the way on trekking as we went on trekking without the trainer. As we lost the way, instead of completing trekking we went to some unseen, unheard villages down near by. We tried to come back the same way we started trekking; but unfortunately we end up at main road and had to double walk. Trekking which was supposed to be over in 1 hour we returned back to our Swiss cottage, trekking still uncompleted, in more than 3 hours. So if you visit this place make sure you have the trainer available with you. Trainer is always available for all the recreational activities.

My experience of visiting this place was mentally relaxing, adventures and very calm. This place is must to visit for everyone. I would love to visit this again in my life. It’s a complete fun filled forest retreat.
A Park wood is 335 kms from Delhi by road and takes 6.5 hours to drive down. Or one can take the train till Kalka from where it is 2 hours / 73 kms by road. One can always make bookings for accommodation and taxi from Delhi through any travel agencies.

Kuch dil se

Dur ho kar bhi pass lagte ho;

Ajnabi ho par apne lagte ho;

meri duniya ke nahi ho tum,

Par mujhe meri zindagi lagte ho.

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Dil ke darwaaze pe de gaya dastak koi;

aa pahuncha hai yahaan mujh taka koi;

main toh tanha hi kaat rahi thi zindagi,

jeene ki wajah de gaya mujhe koi;