I Fought

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I Fought, I Won, I Conquered
I Fought, I Lost, I Learned
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These lines have a very fine line between them, although there is still a lot of difference in the understanding of these lines. When they are used together, it becomes easier to comprehend them.

Why do we fight?

The above question is not as simple as it looks. Fight has different meanings for different people. Some fight for pride, some for their rights, others just fight because they don’t have anything else to do. Recognize the reason for your fight, and then maybe you’ll find the reason why you should win or lose it. Fighting is a necessary exercise in our lives. If there is no fight, there is no competition, no hoard for excellence, no development, a robot like life. Fighting keeps you fresh and alive. It brings out the best (and sometimes the worst) out of you. It lets you know the real you. It is as good as an hour of exercise that we must do every day in order to maintain a fit body.

In this note, I’m not trying to provoke the hormones in the readers, so that after reading this they’ll go out to fight. Try to understand what I mean by fight. Here is an example. A 60 year old man, who doesn’t earn as much as you do, who, till day, stands in long queues in order to get the Ration for his family, gets pushed back by a lot younger person, just because that person doesn’t have enough time to stand in queue and wait for his turn. But this old man stands tall and faces the challenge of this hot blood youthful man. What does he get? All he gets is a set of abusive words along with physical torture, which would get any faint heart human hospitalized. People around this old man just enjoy the scene, go home, have a dinner-table discussion over it, maybe an occasional laugh too. Don’t you think that this young man must be given a lesson? Who is going to stand for this old man? It needs to be someone among us. I don’t want anyone to hold an axe and hit him, but I’ll heartily appreciate if someone goes to him and tells him to behave nicely. But are we brave enough to do that? The answer to this question is hidden in the next question: what if it was your own father? In this example I’ve tried to explain a way in which we can understand the reason for our fight.

What Happens When We Win?

According to me, whenever we win, we set example for others to follow. People around us refer to the success path, modify it with respect to their strengths and advantage, and create their own. "If he can do this, then I can do it too".

Lets take an example of a person who is suffering from cancer. He knows that he will die of it. But he also believes that it can be cured and goes for it. He has nothing to loose here, but his dedication and belief gives him the strength to live.

What Happens When We Loose?

Losing helps us in understanding our mistakes and learn from them. Some people get hurt when they loose. Its alright as long as they don't get carried away too much with it. Its not necessary that you may have committed any mistake that made you lose your game, it is possible that your competitor was just good enough. In such cases, we can take his/ her example and move forward.

In the example stated above, if the person knew that he is going to die, and decides not to do anything about it, then he is already dead, if not physically, in almost every other form. His soul is just waiting for the right moment to leave his body. He has already lost the game of life, before even trying to go for it. Whereas in the above example, it doesn't matter whether he lives or dies anymore, because everyone around him is going to remember his Fight, a fight for survival.

An Urge To Find Myself 2

Not everyone wants to talk to you, not everyone likes your voice, not everyone wants to hear what you wish to express, but some do.

Someday this "not everyone" group will feel sorry for themselves, and laugh at their situation, thinking that they had a chance.

What is more important is to understand who come in the category of "some". They're the ones who value your presence, and know your qualities. They will shout on you, scold you, even beat you, but end of the day, they will stand up for you, saying that no one else, apart from them, has the right to do that.

You are different... You don't possess the same traits as possessed by any other human being. There will be at least one quality in you that distinguishes you from the whole world, the one that makes you special. All you need now is to understand it.

Today, its you who wants to go to people, talk to them, share your experiences and emotions. Today, its you who is ignored or taken for granted. Tomorrow it will be them. But don't be like them. If they come to you, don't ignore them.

You Are Unique..... Just Remember That.... \m/

A Walk With The Cool Breeze....

One Night When I Was Walking Alone,
A Cool Breeze Passed By...

It Turned Around And Asked Me,
"Where Do You Stay?"

                                          I Thought For A While And Said,
                                          "A Place You Pass By Every Single Day!"

The Breeze Stopped, Stunned, And Said,
"Why Didn't I See You?"

                                          I Smiled And Said,
                                          "You're Always In A Hurry".

The Breeze Laughed And Said,
"I Am So Lonely Tonight"

                                          I Said,
                                          "Then I Can Walk Your Side!!!"

Breeze: Do You Like Someone?

                                          Me: Yes, Everyone....

Breeze: And Why Is That So? :(

                                          Me: Because Everyone Likes Me.

Breeze: What If Someone Doesn't Like You?

                                          Me: (Humbly) Then That Someone Loves me!!!

Breeze: (Laughed And Sighed) How Can You Be So Sure?

                                          Me: Because That Someone Is Jealous Of The Likes!!!

Breeze: You Know Something? I Think I'm Jealous.

                                          And I Just Smiled.....

I WONDERED IF YOU WERE MY COOL BREEZE...

Jatin H K Sharma...

Silence that kills.....

Someone asked him once, "Do you love her?"
He was silent; He didn't answer this question. He had tears in his eyes, but he didn't show them to him. As always, his mind was dealing with these questions and not his heart. He knew the answer. He knew that he loved her, but didn't say anything.

He was crying that day. Crying really hard. She was there with him, she was trying to wipe his tears, but she failed, as he kept moving away. She was also crying with him. She asked him, "Do you love me? Say you love me." Again, a big silence. She wanted to hear it from him. She wanted the answer so badly. He didn't say anything.

Our mind always thinks radically, and very rarely does it think emotionally. Our heart has all the answers, but most of the times, the mind doesn't let it supersede. It is its ego that spoils everything that is hidden in our heart. Rather than building synch with the heart, it strongly suppresses it. Our heart is not weak, but it tries to handle situations very smoothly. In this particular situation, it failed.

Finally the day came, when the heart fought its way out of the boundaries drawn by the mind. It finally generated the courage in itself, and answered all these questions. The boy finally said it, "Yes, I love you. And I can't afford to lose you, ever."

But it was too late. The girl had already left him. All alone he is today. His friends try to cheer him up, but no use. He tries to tangle with a lot of things, goes out, roams from one place to other, meets different people. But end of the day, just before he goes to sleep, he remembers all that happened in those days. He tries so hard to forget it all, but he fails. His mind again is playing all these games. "Why now? Why not then? Does it matter anymore?" are the questions that he asks himself, not aware of the fights taking place inside of him.

The soul tries to calm the situation between heart and mind. But in the meantime, they all forget about the body, that suffers the most.
Mind: The girl was not the only thing that mattered in his life
Heart: But now she's gone :'( ..."
Mind: So whats next?
Heart: You tell us, you are the one responsible for all this.
Body: Will anyone feed me? I'm starving.
All: Shut up!
Body: (silent).

The body finally gets angry, and decides that its not going to accept anything that is offered to it. Gandhigiri of the body makes the heart and mind surrender. They finally apologize to it and ask it to eat something, otherwise all will suffer. The body finally accepts the apology and starts eating again. But, the heart still speaks of her, the mind still brings back the memories, and the soul isn't able to attach itself with any other.

The boy finally realizes his mistakes, and tries to move on. The words are easy, but very difficult to work upon. A corner of his heart still feels for her. Some part of it still believes that she'll come back. The mind laughs at it, but there's nothing else it can do in this situation, anyways.

He loves her a lot, respects her even more. She left him for a reason. He knows the reason, and will make sure not to make the same mistakes again. He isn't crying (or at least he pretends that way). He laughs, cracks jokes,talks a lot, the same way as before.


But, its the silence that kills..........

The musical moments that took me back...

It was 11:30 PM on a Friday night, when I was walking my way back to home. I had switched on the radio on my Mobile Phone. This was one of those lucky nights, where almost every song was picked up from the collection of my favorite songs. It all started with "Kal Ho Na Ho", followed by "Lukka Chhuppi" (Rang De Basanti), "Aashayein" (Iqbal), "Yaaro Dosti" (KK) and many more.

All these songs have memories linked with them. Different places. Different Occasions. Different Times. And a different song.

Kal Ho Na Ho: This song reminded me of my school days, where I was once asked to sing a song, and the one that came to my mind then, was "Kal Ho Na Ho". The song was special, because when I was singing it, my eyes were closed, and later on I realized that the class was cheering me up with the claps and giving rhythm to the song. Its also the song that I once dedicated to a girl in our class. She is one of my best friends, even today.

I remembered the time when we used to go to our college in those public transport Tempo's. It used to be at least seven to eight of us at a time. But we made sure that our thirty to thirty five minutes journey isn't wasted. We used to sing songs throughout the way. The regular participants were Varun and me. Varun isn't the best as far as singing is concerned, but his sense of music is very good. He sings his heart out, and when he does so, nothing else really matters. We all used to keep mute when he used to sing. Others in "we" were Rohit, Anuj, Mohit, Shrish, Amit, Alok and Devesh J occasionally.

One of the songs that he used to sing the most, was "Kuch Iss Tarah" and the other one being "Tere Binn". I am writing these songs, not only because of the fact that he used to sing them, but because that night, I heard them both one after other, and it took me back to those days. :)

Yaaro Dosti: This song took me to our juniors' Fresher Party "Spark". Varun and me (again) prepared a medley of three songs, viz. Yaaro Dosti, Hum Kis Gali Jaa Rahe Hain, and Doorie. One of the best memories of my college days.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j3hMjXty0do&context=C4da07faADvjVQa1PpcFPiTihnTY7RdDtezgv3Cl0Sfsn31Y3WbQM=

Lukka Chhuppi: This song took me back to the day when we recorded our first composition for the college. After all the recording sessions, we all sat down and sang a lot of songs. The last one in the series was Lukka Chhuppi.

Video Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lov4cFuFyE&context=C44dfab9ADvjVQa1PpcFPiTihnTY7RdLnyEUJ-QcLvBT0ljxxTOrE=

Aashayein: This song reminded me of all the practice sessions before one of the biggest events for me, the Mumbai Marathon. As a part of TCS Maitree Band, I was given the opportunity to sing a song. It was Aashayein. Although I could not sing the song in this event due to an early closure, I sang the same in another company event, LSA Awards. This time, it was a combination (medley) of seven beautiful songs.

Last song of the show, just before midnight, was my favorite song, the one which everyone used to ask me to sing, "Tere Liye"(Veer Zaara). I have a very profound memory of this song. I remember the day when after we had finished with a tiresome game of cricket, we all sat down in the pavilion of our college ground, and Anuj asked me to sing this song. When I had finished singing, I saw someone wiping his tears.

This post is dedicated to all those memories......... and the moment that took me back to them...