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जिसमें  डूबा रहना चाहूँ !!!    

Straight from the heart

मैं हूँ तट की रेट मीत रे 

तू नदिया की चंचल धारा

रहा समीप युगों से तेरे 

फिर भी प्यासा हृदय हमारा 

कितना मैं लाचार रहा हूँ

तुमको अब तक ना छू पाया

तू सूर्य की किरण सुनहरी

मैं संध्या की काल छाया

मैं हूँ तट की रेट मीत रे 

तू नदिया की चंचल धारा

रहा समीप युगों से तेरे 

फिर भी प्यासा हृदय हमारा !!!

A troubled Father

This blog was left untouched for almost 4 months. It was not like that I do not want to write but the thing is that I was not getting time at all. In office, loads of work is killing and at home Shaurya wants full attention. Besides there were a lot of things happening at family ends too which kept us busy like anything.

In my earlier posts, I have discussed how naughty Shaurya has become and it looks like he wants me to write more about him here. He is giving us such a difficult time that we are unable to cope up with. Sometimes things just go above our heads we have to shriek at him and that time he will make such a innocent face that one cannot believe that he is the same devil who was doing all the mischiefs.

Yesterday, we decided to take a risk and went for the movie Action Replayy. We reached to the hall around 30 minutes before to stabilize him (It was Medha's idea that after that he will be enjoying the place). This fellow was so happy when we bought Pop-corns and Cold drinks and happily devour them. We have booked the first row in the platinum category of Fun Cinema, so that he will get some space to stand and roam around.

He was happy when they played the trailer of Narnia 3: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader and howled with Aslan. He loved the trailer of Yamla Pagla Deewana too and even the National Anthem. He was happy when the casting started but all the hell broke when they switched off the light after 3 minutes of the start. And he was not getting calmed by any means and finally we decided to oblige our fellow viewers and rushed off the hall.

And he was again happy the moment we stepped out to the corridor and gave us a big grin as if he is saying, "I need your attention not Akki and Ashwarya". We gave our tickets to a couple who were unable to get the tickets and relished the smile on their faces and returned home.

Well, finally we reached home and watched pathetic "Did you hear about Morgans" and Shaurya happily played around my laptop.

And here you can see, how he was looking at me, when I was busy on my lappy.

~*Looks like he is trying to mimic Aamir in Gulaam*~

Sigh!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It looks like we are going to face some tough time ahead!!!

Price Hike: mehngai dayain khaye jaat hai

From a week or so I was hearing about all those Dharna and Band's against price rise but I never gave a thought about that and thought that It is all crap and story made by news papers and TV channels. But yesterday I got the taste of sour reality when I went to buy some house hold things after a long break of two and half month as my mom was there who usually goes with Medha to buy things.

I was carrying Shaurya in the shopping cart and was playing with him when Medha asked me to get some tomatoes. Eager to help her, I went to the counter containing Tomatoes and the first thing that came out of my mouth was "What the F@&&!!" and the reason was the price 60 rs/kg. Well that was not all, we bought

Bottle Gourd@ 30 rs/kg ( Two months back I got it for 6-8 rs/kg in Hyderabad)
Bitter Gourd@ 36 rs/kg (earlier was 12-14 rs/kg)
Garlic@ 120 rs/kg (earlier was 60/kg)
Ginger@ 100 rs/kg (earlier was 60-70/kg)
Potatoes@18 rs/kg (earlier was 8-10 rs/kg)

My expressions were like, what the heck!!!! I was more of shocked sort of when I saw the prices cos I never thought that they are so out of hand. Medha understood my condition and said, "No need to be shocked, I am buying at this rate from a month so I am habitual and Do not worry, even you will be habitual too".

When I was back home, I got a call from one of my friend who was all gung-ho about a song from movie Peepli Live and asked me to listen "Mehangai Dayan Khaye Jaat hai " which he had sent to me. When I heard the song, then I realized why he was so ecstatic about it. The music was given by India's one of the most famous band INDIAN OCEAN and was sung by Raghubeer Yadav (Mungeri laal ke hassen Sapne fame). The song has typical Indian Ocean feel with it, a rusty touch and full of rural wordings. And the most important thing is the hard hitting lyrics reflecting the troubles that a common man is facing every day. I am putting a few lines, but this album is worth listening!!

"Sakhi saiyan toh khoob hi kamaat hai,
mehngai dayain khaye jaat hai -
Har mahina uchle petrol, diesel ka bhi badh gaya mol
Shakkar bai ke kahe bol
Ussa baans maati daang mari jaat hai
Mehngai dayain khaye jaat hai
Sakhi saiyan toh khoob hi kamaat hai
mehngai dayain khaye jaat

Soya bean ka ka behaal, garmi mein pichke hain gaal
Ghir gaye patte, pakk gaye baal
Aur makka ji ji bhi kha gayi maat hai
Mehngai dayain khaye jaat hai
Sakhi saiyan toh khoob hi kamaat hai
mehngai dayain khaye jaat hai"

And there is something for remix lovers too, in form of English lyrics.

Government takes your money
Recession it ain't funny
Can't go shopping honey
Keep on working, keep on running

Well now it looks like even I got the lesson so Its time to go Keep on working, keep on running