HERO

My heart breaks seeing you break
Please do not I pray for my sake
Just get going, sit up & wake
Flutter your wings & just give a shake
I have seen you maneuver
A diligent cruiser
Navigating the vehicle of life
In happiness & in strife.

Life is a puzzle of some happiness
Enhanced with bits of dreariness
Don’t let the momentary despair hurt your sentiments
Move ahead dear do not be hesitant
Be optimistic & persistent
When gorges make you feel disheartened
Look towards the sky
And just fly high, high..

You are a smooth rider
Moving ahead amidst hardships & danger
Do not let the bumps & pits
Drive away your everlasting grit
Spread your wings & surge ahead
Cheat on all your fears, do not dread
Be carefree, leave all your doubts
Hang on to your faith & all about
Living it up & loving what you do.

Do not let other’s views,
Or opinions bother you
So do away with the blues
Start all fresh anew
For all to find a new, better you.
You are a fighter, my hero
The most wanted, never a zero
Life is a game of ups & downs
Smile; do not let in the creases & frowns.

Be deft and agile
The moment is delicate & fragile
Rediscover your dreams
Let your eyes gleam
With the abundance of success
In your heart you possess
The will & the strength
To retouch, reinvent
All that is within your reach
Nay dear! I do not sit here to preach.

I want to marry your dreams too
Share all & see them come true
Let’s bid farewell
To any thought abominable
Draw out new parallels
In this life ephemeral
You have to leave behind a heritage
For generations to narrate
And to bravely follow
When we aren’t there tomorrow
A path of dreams, intelligence
Courage, perseverance & diligence
I know you can & will
Succeed, braving the heat & chill
Win, get over it all & be victorious
Be remembered as a fighter laborious,
Meritorious & glorious!!

-Madhumita

RAHI

I don't believe in the song JEEVAN KE SAFAR ME RAHI,MILTE HAIN BICHHAR JAANE KO, AUR DE JAATE HAIN YAADEN TANHAI ME TARPANE KO...
Instead I love to put it this way: JEEVAN KE SAFAR ME RAHI MILTE HAIN BICHHAR JAANE KO, AUR DE JAATE HAIN YAADEN TANHAI ME MUSKANE KO...
Afterall life is about meeting so many lifeforms.
Living with some, playing with some, eating-drinking with some, growing up with some, walking the road of life together with some etc.
Each an every Rahi leaves an impression in our lives in one or the other way, inturn helping us in our process of growing.
I remember all my fellow travellers in this journey of life with happiness. Their memories whether good or bad always light me up (one should learn & see something good even from bad).They fill me up up with happiness, joy & revive me with a strange kind of energy.
Whenever I am down,feeling low, just a trip down the memory lane is enough to zest & boost up.
As I write this I remember two travellers & am really compelled to write about them.

The first one who brings a smile & a strange sense of wonder is TANI SINGH. I met her at her parent's shop (In & out) at a PETROL PUMP enroute to Shimla.We had some problem with our vehicle & while my husband got the problem rectified I walked into the shop & was looking up for small lil things to carry &just pass time.
"Aapko kya chahiye", was the enquiry I responded to with my gaze. There she was a small, tiny structure,9-10 years old,a special child. I was smitten by the lovely smile.I told her I was looking for something, nothing special & walked ahead.
"Aapke bachchen nahi hai"?
"Hain", I replied in the affirmative.
"To aap ye le lonaa", & she handed me a lovely book, followed by colour pencils, chocolates,& all that she could possibly think of.
Like a dedicated follower I received her advice, the happy gaze in her eyes was wonderful as she was being listened to.Her ways, her smile,her care & affection was very special for me.Everything about her was so infectious. Her mother tried to take her away but I insisted on her being left with me. "No she is not at all troubling & bothering me. You have a lovely child,"was my response to her mother getting a little worried about her customers being troubled by her small lil girl.
What still amazes me is the small lil selfless girl, who seemed to know me since ages, giving me motherly & friendly advice, treating me like a small girl. I learn from her memories to be responsive, to care & of all to have a lovely heart. The thought of Tani Singh always livens me up. She must have grown now but her memories stay with me & will continue to enrich me forever.
The other life form is of a wayside dog,but did not seem like one( let me name it Happy).He was cute & fresh.He was a bundle of energy & joy with lovely cheerful eyes & very playful ways.
Happy came across me in Mashobra, came jumping to me & started tugging at my T-shirt. An animal lover that Iam,I could not just resist the teeny weeny pup playing with me. My entire family was drawn to Happy. We got some biscuits for him.He started nibbling but as soon as he saw me take out the camera, oh my my...
to the utter dismay & disbelief of everyone ,Happy started posing for pictures. He turned his face, changed his posture & did everything possible to ensure that I get a good shot.Every tourist, every passer by was enthralled & captivated by his charming ways & stopped to have a look & give a lovely pat or a stroke.It was an experience in itself. At the end of the so called photo shoot Happy would not let us leave & coaxed us to continue playing with him. It was as if we shared some invisible bond & he filled my heart with love & joy. But sadly we had to part ways.
Like Tani, Happy will remain in my memories forever & will continue to enrich me with love & happiness.
Tani & Happy have taught me how to care,& impart love & happiness to everyone selflessly, even to strangers. They have taught me to be happy in any situation & will continue to fill my life with happiness & pure love through their memories forever & ever.
So I say happiness is everywhere, one just needs to see it &embrace it.
Three cheers to evergiving, ever enriching happiness.
Isn't this Lifeamrit

happiness

happiness...

Sheena was at home.She had availed the much awaited leaves, but could not go anywhere because Sanjay was away on tour. 

She spent the first day sleeping. Ah!!! What relief she got....

The next morning she helped her Maa-in-law in the kitchen for sometime and sometime, she just spent staring out of the window. By the evening she was a lil bored. She saw the same notes of boredome in the eyes of her mom-in-law too...and  then an idea struck her.

"Maa.. chalo"...She said.

"But where beta"...her mom in law asked.

Chalo to.......

In a jiffy she got ready & helped her maa get ready with her small lil tips, got the car keys & sped off to Bengali Market.

She could see the surprise in her mom in law's eyes and was enjoying every bit of it.

She stopped the car right in front of Nathu's her mom-in-law's favourite joint.

"What will you have maa?"

She could see the childlike glee in the smile of her maa , that felt heavenly.

She helped her mom in law choose from the vast array of chats other than the ones she loved. Her laughter, her small squeals of delight & her narration of the old times spent with her friends , her family & Sheena's paa-in-law, made Sheena venture into her life , a life which she had withheld from everyone; a life she shared only with herself in her room.The glimpse of this side of  maa left Sheena a different person altogether. She never knew her maa-in-law was so full of life. She had seen her shrouded in her sadness( her paa-in- law had passed a few months back & Sheena was married later), embedded in her own world.

The warm glint of happiness in her eyes, that rare vision of independence and the overall joyful & happy woman in front of her, made Sheena enjoy 'her', as well as the evening all the more.

That very day a deal, a secret, non vocal, non verbal deal was struck between these two women, one a mother, the other much junior & like a daughter. The deal was of friendship & trust.

Till this day Sheena has her best friend around. She does not need to wait for 'her Sanjay' or her motley of friends for any kind of support, sharing anything or for happiness. She has her mom-in-law with her, beside her.

The experience of that day made Sheena a fuller, happier & enriched person beacuse she too believed in the old ways of life, was old school and so was a lil wary of her maa-in-law . Her total outlook changed that day( she still thanks Sanjay for not being there that day). The bond between the two of them( the two women) strengthens day by day; and the happiness in their lives increases manifold.

It's so very true, that a mother is a mother after all & will always remain a mother and no 'law' or 'in law' prefixed or suffixed will make a difference.

It is also true that there is an abundance of happiness, in the small, big and not so big things.

To look for happiness you just have to look around you!!! It is easy..........

©®Madhumita