Friends......

FRIENDS..Hmmmm.....Well i personally feel that "friendship has something of all relations and something above them all".Hence its the most complete relationship...

And rightly too. I have great friends in my life...and i could really not do anything without them. They have taught me so much..and have told me so many things about me that i did not know myself...
To all you friends..i just want to tell you guys that i love you.i know its not friendship's day....But somehow i am missing all of you today.

i have made many great friends.....To start with Ishita,Richa, Srabanti, Mauparna. They have been with me since school and whatever i tell about them would be less....Infact i couldnt make better friends than them.
Our Photos together-Friends Forever

And then my pagal Shivangi( Well the next post has to be on her....she is getting married on 12th november..). I had made many friends when i was studying in LA MARTINIERE...but i guess they were too many and we shared fun times much more than a close friendship....nevertheless some of them need a mention...Shraddha, Shreya Nupur....

And then.........i joined Mount carmel College, Bangalore. And i guess they were the best 3 years of my life. More so cause i made great friends...our group was HOT n HAPPENING. I made another best friend...Varsha...then Navya,Shweta,Divya,Naga.I love you all guyssssss....and we really had a great time...miss u all!!!!And also my classmates in college....Padma,Sweta,Isha...somehow always felt a link with u guys!!!!
Click here to view photos with bangalore friends

I also made great friends in the PG....Jassi,Uma....
Not to forget Rishabh, Ajay, Maanav, Abhinandan...........we have had the best times together in bangalore...and guess the place rocked cause of u people!!!!!
Rocking timesssssssss in PG

And then last of all coming back to our very own KOLKATA....and the whole ERUDITE experience....I made a best friend again....Gagan!!!! he is amazing....and a great friend. then Shubodeep,Rajneesh,Sumitr.....

well...thats how everything has been!!!! And i am really thankful to God that i have been blessed with this life ....and with such great friends....hope to add in more to this bank which just gives greatttttttttt returns!!!

This goes out for all my FRIENDSSSSSSSSSSS....



We need friends for many reasons,
all throughout the four seasons.








We need friends to comfort us when we are sad,
and to have fun with us when we are glad.

We need friends to give us good advice.
We need someone we can count on to treat us nice.





We need friends because we are social in nature
and having friends makes us feel secure.




We need friends to remember us once we have passed
sharing memories that will always last.



That's why I need YOU allllllllllllllllll!


And...hehehehehe...i have actually become that fat!!!!!


FRIENDSHIP DOESNT NEED EVERYDAY CONVERSATION, DOESNT ALWAYS NEED TOGETHERNESS. AS LONG AS THE RELATIONSHIP IS KEPT IN THE HEART, TRUE FRIENDS NEVER GO APART.

LIVE YOUR LIFE....

We always keep hearing "you just have a few years, make full use of it.....live life to the fullest...." . Ever wondered How????

Well...what i feel is that one lives life to its full when he questions each and everything that comes his way. Its important to question yourself, to question others always...To know the WHY's n HOW's.....thats when you begin to realise the beauty of the world....the beauty within you...n the beauty in others. Its this quest for knowledge....to know the unknown...this constant yearning for answers that makes you happy n satisfied....IN SHORT...MAKES U LIVE YOUR LIFE....
Be it questioning the government on the poor affairs of the state...or questioning youself on the decisions you take...its important to be well awared and always on the hunt!!!!



I just came across this poem worth mentioning here......

"ALWAYS LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST"

Don't let go of Hope.
Hope gives you the strength to keep going
When you feel like giving up.

Don't ever quit believing in Yourself.
As long as you believe you Can,
You will have reason for Trying.

Don't let anyone hold your Happiness in their Hands;
Hold it in yours, so it will always be within your Reach.

Don't measure success or failure by material wealth,
But by how you Feel;
Our feelings determine the richness of our Lives.

Don't let bad moments overcome You;
Be patient, and they will pass.

Don't hesitate to reach out for Help;
We all need it from time to time.

Don't run away from love but towards Love.
Because it is your deepest Joy.

Don't wait for what you want to come to You.
Go after it with all that You Are,
Knowing that Life will meet you Halfway.

Don't feel like you've lost
When plans and dreams fall short of your hopes.
Anytime you learn something new
About Yourself or about Life,
You have progressed.


Don't do anything that takes away
From your Self-Respect.
Feeling good about Yourself
Is essential to feeling good about Life.

Don't ever forget how to Laugh
Or be too proud to Cry.
Or too stubborn to Smile

Don't ever forget a friend who truly loves You
As it could be that friend who is true to your Needs
Don't ever forget who helped you Grow as your need for more seeds may
often
re-appear

With all the above live life to its Fullest!!!!

Thts all this time....Its really important to keep smiling always.......so please do....and Remember LIFE IS NOT ONLY WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU....ITS WHAT YOU DO WITH WHAT HAPPENS..... Do check out OUR WORLD in the ordinary words section of my blog...It makes you really think!!!!
love

The Radisson Ffort - a good trip

Well i had a great 3 days and 2 nights trip to ,RAICHUK. Its some 2 hrs from Kolkata(would have taken 1 hr or so had the roads been in a better condition).We were at THE RADISSON FFORT. It was a big group-7 families which also included Kishore fufaji n Usha bhua.

It was a welcome trip after a lot of tension that i have been going through these days. Initially i never wanted to go because there was no one my age, but then i had to agree as my parents were adamant. And now....in retrospect..i really dont regret the trip at all. It was 2 days of masti & activities. The resort is beautiful....especially at night with all its Lights on. Just behind the resort is the Hooghly river....another beautiful site. And the brick architecture actually gives the resort its name...the ffort!!!The 2 days just flew off.

Rani had come along with us...and both of us can swear we were missing Yash. It was basically me & rani everywhere.All the kids were younger to me...but i did gel well with them. Thanks to Varun(Shyam uncle's son) & Rick(Bappa uncle's son)we did have a great time. Right from Evening games,to cricket match,Water polo (in which our team won), swimming(darn it i was in the pool for 4 hrs...& tanned like hell) to exploring the whole damn resort(which we couldnt fully),DJ Happy rocking us on the floor late night.......to The dandiya night...to ,the burning of ravan effigy, to celebration of dashmi(Durga puja...there was a beautiful pandal set up in the resort) with sindur khela...everything was purrfect!!!!We also have a video recording of the whole trip.

Well...our cottages were beautiful....you can have a peep at them in the cricket match snap(the white buildings behind). Myself and Rani did catch cold due to the continuous ac in & out....but we also had a gala time!!! We also celebrated Rick's bday there...and had yum cake!!!
This snap is of myself & Rani.Click on the snap to have a larger view.

Since my fufaji is adept at the art of Photography, he did take a few of our snaps the day when we were leaving( guys i was all tanned!!!)

All in all i had a nice time....and guess i realised...Its not good to crib about everything...sometimes outings with parents to such places is also fun(if not heaven!!!). Well....it has its small problems also...like there were some people who were trying to be friendly on the dance floor...but my parents were ON ALERT...hehehehehe....

And yes...if you want to see any of the snaps goto
Raichuk trip photos

Here i pen off......

Happy is the man......

I read this quote somewhere..


Happy is the man,
And happy he alone
He who can call today his own.
He who secured within can say-
"Tomorrow do thy worse i have lived today"
And very true isnt it!!!!
I also completed reading this book- The ZAHIR by
Paulo Coelho

The book talks about Zahir,an Arabic word which means 'visible, present and unable to go unnoticed.' It refers to something or someone that ends up being the only thing we can think of. Paulo tells a very different, gripping story of love, loss and passionate obsession.The protagonist of this novel is a renowned author who writes about spirituality. He is suddenly abandoned by his wife, who leaves no trace of herself behind. As the story unfolds the author becomes obsessed with understanding the reason for her desertion.

The Zahir can be a person, a job, an objective, but the attempt to possess or achieve it never brings us happiness, instead, it becomes an unhealthy obsession. Unfortunately, this is an experience everyone goes through.
Can a person have more than one Zahir in their life?
As frustrations accumulate, Zahirs appear. That way, we don’t think about how to solve the problem, instead we become fixated on its image.

What i feel is that there is a big difference between a Zahir and a normal dream. It’s one thing to follow our dreams and to believe in the signs that guide us on our way. Then we have a goal to aim at, but we also enjoy the journey.
With a Zahir we don’t get that same feeling of joy with every step we take, but only the stubborn desire to get what we believe to be necessary for us to live.


The novel is also full of comments on what it is to be rich and famous, on the meaning of money, on what motivates a writer and on the nature of marriage.

Above all the best thing i like in the book is the part about forgetting your personal history by going on talking about it to everyone and hence making room in your mind and body for the energy of love..more love...unending love. Well...no one else would agree more on this topic than me.
I have come across this poem in one of my mails which i guess would be relevant to quote here...





Today I smiled……



Today I smiled and all at once
Things didn't look so bad.
Today I shared with someone else,
A bit of hope I had.

Today I sang a little song
And felt my heart grow light,
And walked a happy little mile,
With not a cloud in sight.



Today I worked with what I had
And longed for nothing more,
And what had seemed like only weeds,
Were flowers at my door.


Today I loved a little more
And complained a little less,
And in the giving of myself,
I forgot my weariness...

Well.....All in all the book is good.

THE POWER OF ONE....

I personally believe that there is lot of power in ONE. For example say throwing wastes into the bin. How many of us actually do that all the time? But if each one of us did the same then this world would be a much better place to live in...and even if one of us did it we would make a difference!!!
I came across this poem and thought i would mention it here...




THE POWER OF ONE

One song can spark a moment,
One flower can wake the dream.
One tree can start a forest,
One bird can herald spring

One smile begins a friendship,
One handclasp lifts a soul.
One star can guide a ship at sea,
One word can frame the goal

One vote can change a nation,
One sunbeam lights a room
One candle wipes out darkness,
One laugh will conquer gloom.

One step must start each journey.
One word must start each prayer.
One hope will raise our spirits,
One touch can show you care.

One voice can speak with wisdom,
One heart can know what's true,
One life can make a difference,
you see, it's up to you!

Don't you think so????

This is the story of a lifetime.....Can you see youself at any stage of the cycle??
You can click on the images to have a larger view.

Words on my mind...

BLUE EYES.....
Well....thats what most of us have always been..The Blue-Eyed Boy or Girl..In informal terms it would mean "A Favourite". But there are many things behind us..that no one knows of, the hidden treasures that we keep to ourselves. We are expected to be attentive, disciplined, rational, sensible, wise and logical. And ultimately we are all of it to this world...A creation fabricated by all of it. But inside us are the desires that want to go wild, that want to be an aberration to these orders inflicted, that want to be riotous to such sensibilities. Thats what i want this blog to display...us when we are "US". I have nothing on my mind when i say so...Infact i dont know what my next post would be on. But i just want it to be something which i wanted to write when i sat infront of the comp...and it just could be anything!!!

Talking about BLUE, Its fascinating how the colour holds more meaning despite just the 4 letters in the word. BLUE is the colour of the sky on a cloudless day. It would also mean a state of depression & melancholy. From BLUE blood ( which would mean aristocratic descent)to BLUE jokes ( which would mean something indescent and obscene, blue when preffixed with words gives them new meanings. Hence blue holds a lot of meaning in my life...

On this note,i end...and i hope i come up with a lot more topics of interest in the upcoming posts.

WHY Behind Blue Eyes.....

To start with i thought of Quoting the song (by The WHO) that inspires the Title of my Blog.
No...there is no vengeance in me....nor do i have blue eyes....but yes i do have DREAMs....



No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind blue eyes

No one knows what it's like
To be hated
To be fated
To telling only lies

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

No one knows what it's like
To feel these feelings
Like I do
And I blame you


No one bites back as hard
On their anger
None of my pain and woe
Can show through

But my dreams
They aren't as empty
As my conscience seems to be

I have hours, only lonely
My love is vengeance
That's never free

When my fist clenches, crack it open
Before I use it and lose my cool
When I smile, tell me some bad news
Before I laugh and act like a fool


If I swallow anything evil
Put your finger down my throat
If I shiver, please give me a blanket
Keep me warm, let me wear your coat

No one knows what it's like
To be the bad man
To be the sad man
Behind Blue Eyes