My first love

It's hard to recall,
It's been so long ago...
You were 14 and I 15,
Classmates at same school...

To everyone it was an impossible match,
How could the school topper,
Fall for a dreamer, an artist at heart?
Yet we did, and became a school legend!

You were so tall and proud,
The teachers adored you...
But I stooped low... a misfit,
But for my paintings, I was loved too!

I loved your husky voice,
Your humour, your mild perfume...
You topped every exam,
While I struggled to stay afloat...

Years passed,
But our charisma remained...
We were both mysteries,
In our own worlds...

Only with you
I would really talk,
For hours and hours...
While you'd gently nod.

Tough times came,
Board and competitive exams....
I barely managed decent scores,
While you were all India topper!

You went to a premier medical school,
In Pondichery... beautiful campus...
I got into a rotten private college,
But it was walking distance from home.

I sent you long loving letters,
You would reply too...
But one day you lied,
And decided to call it off...

I didn't understand...
I didn't know what to do...
But you were firm,
Yet your voice cracked...

The last phone call,
I told I loved you...
You cried...
And it was all...

Many many years later,
When you were getting married,
Again you gave me a call...
I didn't come... I couldn't stand it at all.

My dear white fairy

My dear white fairy,
Now that you disappeared...
I miss you so very much!

I had read about you in stories,
Seen you in movies...
But never believed you lived!

With your milky white skin,
And your perfect rosy blush
Every time you would smile...

I think I saw you first,
During ragging sessions in college...
You seemed too perfect for me then!

Then I forgot about you
Obsessed with someone else,
Till our common Semantics module!

We were in the same project group!
How excited I was to be together...
And I'd share Norah Jones with you...

You always seemed so ethereal,
Never true... so you remained
A dream, and I faced the blues...

Years later after college,
We are in the same city...
Under the same drab skyline...

It was a Diwali evening,
A gathering at a friends place...
A cook-in and a sleep-in...

We cooked together,
Saw a lovely movie...
That night I dreamt of you...

But no matter how hard
I tried to win your attention,
You never gave in...

Then I gave up,
Someone else came in...
And I lost you forever!

My dear white fairy,
Now that you are gone...
How much I really... miss you!

I used to be fine

I used to be fine..
In my small PG room,
Without a window...

Where sleepless nights
I would pace about the terrace,
Like a ghost...

With my unkempt long hair
Which tangles in knots
Soon to form dreadlocks...

With a job that paid well,
But kept me in a cage,
And shut my mouth...

With my secret crush,
Who would hardly reply
To my emails and sms...

With the ugly mess food,
Coarse daal and wilted rotis
I would never complain...

Till the day you came...
And nothing was the same again!

home and back!

Just returned from a short trip to home....

It was a never-ending feast for me.... And also had some friends as guests... we all came to attend our batch-mate Nimisha's wedding! Quite a break for me... Now back to usual work.....

a glimpse of the sky

Our terrace is my favourite place in our office. Amidst all the routine office work, its so refreshing to catch a glimpse of the sky above....

The gentle breeze so soothing and the sunlight gently caressing....
Always makes my day!

Friday the 13th

Its Friday today and my 13th post! But I really don't feel 13 is unlucky for me.... I spent an entire year in Hostel 13 in IITB and was quite at peace (the room had a lovely view to the beautiful Powai lake)!

Anyways.... been quite hectic for me recently..... With a new project and my first client interaction! But went fine so far... just a few extra hours at office!

But I still managed to squeeze time to make the ZaBond poster... for the Nov star employee of Kuliza (hope u get where the 'Za' comes from)....

My Oasis

When I first looked at it... It was almost a ramshackle! Got it repaired, painted and ventilated.

Now its my home... my room.... my oasis....