There lived a fish so wonderful in the ocean that the tales of its beauty has reached far far lands. Her name was Flash. It was vibrantly colored with a tail called the “half moon“. All the other fish were envious of Flash for its long finned tail and brilliant colors. Its “D” shaped tail with sharp and crisp edges form almost a 180 degree angle. Flash also had the proud heritage of belonging to a rare family of fish who could breathe directly from air (apart from water).

But Flash had a worry. She was worried about and constantly looking for this thing called the “ocean“. She had heard about it and how beautiful and vast it was, but she couldn’t find it. She wandered all around the water, looking beneath the rocks and beyond the danger area where predator fishes reside, but to no avail. Her life was perfect in so many ways, but yet the meaning of ocean eluded her, and that spoiled her days.

She looked worried and anxious at all times due to this never ending search, and it started to impact her beauty too.

Word came one day to Flash that there was… Read the rest

तुझे देखा तो यह माना
की तू सोने की मूरत है
तुझे जाना तो यह पहचाना
कि तू कितनी खूबसूरत है

मैं तो हो गया हूँ घायल
जबसे देखी तेरी नजाकत है
तेरी निगाहों ने कर दिया है कायल
बस एक ये ही शिकायत है

देख के तेरा चेहरा इतना भोला
सूझे मुझे भी पल पल शरारत है
जिस रोग ने बना दिया मुझे दीवाना
वोह तेरी याद ए मोहब्बत है

इतना इंतज़ार न करवाओ
कि अभी दूर वो शुभ मुहूरत है
बस जल्दी से तुम आ जाओ
कि अब मुझे तेरी जरुरत है

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There are some traits we should all have – like being helpful, confident, proud and humble, and enough has been written about them. What I want to touch upon in this article are some traits which we should aspire to have but not go too far in that aspiration either. It is very important to maintain the right balance in the extent to we have these traits. By focusing on these things in this article, the aim is only to become the best version of ourselves, and not to become better than anyone else.

Path 1 – Be Proud and Confident but not Arrogant and Cocky

The balanced man is sure, secure and certain but never has an exaggerated sense of one’s own abilities. He doesn’t need to have a victim to become victorious. He knows his strengths and weaknesses well, and knows when to seek help. If he has a good idea, he shares it with the world rather than keeping it to himself. He takes action regularly towards his objective, and these actions doesn’t need to put anybody else down. He has ‘real’ confidence, which is authentic and genuine, and doesn’t let his insecurities translate into over-confidence…. Read the rest

“Oh no, not again today. Why do these last minute tasks keep coming up at just the wrong time”, Vivek thought as he rushed out of his office in a hurry. The watch read 5:15 pm. “I might just escape the evening traffic.”, he murmured as he started his car.

He had traveled around 15 minutes and the traffic was smooth.

“So far so good”, he uttered as he approached a traffic signal, knowing that a real busy stretch was about to commence. He waited for the signal to turn green, which happened after around 90 seconds of waiting. But alas, even as the signal was green, the car in front of him didn’t move.

“What the …? What’s wrong with this …?”, he shouted as he rolled down his glass windows. “Why do people take their cars out if they don’t know how to drive?”, he said, his voice getting louder.

It has been 15 seconds now, and was only 30 seconds before the signal would turn red again. He honked, and then honked some more but to no effect. He decided it was time to give the driver an earful and got out of the car.

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सुबह सुबह जब आँख खुले
पल पल जब तक रात ढले
यह दिल तुझे ही महसूस करे माँ
और यह आँखें तुझे ही ढूंढें माँ

तेरी दांट मुझे अक्सर याद आये
प्रेम से पड़ी मार आज मुझे रुलाए
यह कान तेरी ही वाणी ढूंढे माँ
और यह आँखें तुझे ही ढूंढे माँ

तेरे हाथो का स्पर्श नहीं भूला मै
तेरी गोद की नींद नहीं भूला मै
यह मस्तक तेरा ही आँचल ढूंढे माँ
और यह आँखें तुझे ही ढूंढे माँ

तेरी ममता की चादर बहुत बड़ी है
तेरे प्यार की बोछार एक निरंतर झड़ी है
मेरा हर शब्द तुझे ही हर पल पुकारे माँ
और यह आँखें तुझे ही ढूंढे माँ

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How I describe a winner or success has changed tremendously in the last six to seven years. Very early in my career, I used to associate success and winning with results produced by the people involved, but the definition has changed tremendously now. Not that results and outcomes are not important, but I feel there is more than that to a person or team being called a winner.

In my book, a person is a winner if he/she can do the below three things -

1. Push themselves beyond their current limits, day after day, week after week and month after month. They do this despite the pain, the struggle, the discomfort that this ‘pushing‘ will create.
2. Sacrifice doing something where immediate rewards are guaranteed and continue working in an area where he/she is not even sure whether the rewards will come or not, because of some goal one is pursuing, or some ideals or values that one believes in.
3. Does whatever he does with intensity. Intensity causes performance, not duration. Can you run for 15 min instead of a 1 hr walk? Can you treat every second of your time as your most valuable… Read the rest

“Mummy”, screamed the child as he craved for some attention from his mother. He has finished his cookies and coffee sitting on a rooftop coffee shop, a favorite of her mother.

“What beta?”, asked his mother as she glanced at him, taking her eyes away from some office work she was just about to complete on her laptop.

“You are busy, and our coffee is finished too. What am I supposed to do?”, said the child, clearly getting bored.

“Just a minute beta. My work is just about to…” She was interrupted before she could complete the sentence.

“There is nothing going on.”

Realizing that her son won’t take it anymore, she closed her laptop, took one last sip from her coffee and asked – “Now tell me son, what’s the matter?”

“It is so boring here mummy. There is nothing going on, let us go home.”, screamed the boy again, attracting the attention of a few people sitting close by.

“Let me tell you something. There is never nothing going on. Just relax for a moment and observe the waiters serving coffee to customers, different set of people leaving and coming in the coffee shop. Also observe the… Read the rest

थोडा थोडा करके तुम्हे सताने में
बातों बातों में तुम्हे हँसाने में
आँखें झुकाके तुम्हारे शर्माने में
सामने हो तो घूर घूर के देखने में
और कभी कभी तुम्हारी डांट खाने में
बड़ा मज़ा आये मुझे यह सब करने में ।।

सुबह सुबह तुम्हारी आँवाज़ सुनने में
रात भर बात करके तुम्हे जगाने में
खो जाना तेरे धीरे धीरे मुस्काने में
पंगे लेके तुझे जान बूझकर रुठाने में
और फिर प्यार से तुझे मानाने में
बड़ा मज़ा आये मुझे यह सब करने में ।।

तुम्हारे हाथो से पचरंगा आचार चखने में
बहुत इंतज़ार के बाद तुमसे मिलने में
बहाने बना कर तुम्हे अपने पास रखने में
मिलने के बाद तुम्हे जाने ना देने में
और छोटी छोटी बातो पे तुमसे लड़ने में
बड़ा मज़ा आये मुझे यह सब करने में ।।

साथ मिलकर अपने भाई बहनों को छेड़ने में
तुम्हारे लिए शरारत भरी शायरी लिखने में
अपनी पुरानी बीती यादें तुमसे बाटने में
तुम्हारी बातें सुनके तुम्हे समझने में
और पल पल तुम्हे अपने करीब लाने में
बड़ा मज़ा आये मुझे यह सब करने में… Read the rest