Ek baar lautne ka mann karta hai..

Disclaimer

All characters appearing in this work are real. Any resemblance to real persons, living, dead or undead is purely intentional. If you want to sue me, talk to my attorney. No correspondence in this regard would be entertained.

Ek baar lautne ka mann karta hai..

                                              

bas ek bar wapas lautne ka mann karta hai

aaj har wo din jeene ko mann karta hai.

kuch buri batein jo ab acchi lagti hain

kuch batein jo kal ki hi batein lagti hain.

dopahar ki class mein aakhein band karne ko mann karta hai.

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai kaav kaav karte hue mess tak jana

yaad aata hai ulti chammach se namak wala khana khana

yaad aata hai popli sir ka shaklein banana

aur yaad aata hai lokesh sir ka roz ek graph banwana

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai baba ki chai pine dighi tak jana

yaad aata hai b'day par beltein khana

yaad aata hai raat raat bhar CS khelna

aur yaad aata hai sahoo ke room mein match ka discussion karna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai jaat ke room mein patte khelna

yaad aata hai mallu ka khatmal se pareshaan rehna

yaad aata hai pv ka peeche se aake maarna

aur yaad aata hai thAkur ka din bhar bakar maarna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai badey ke baalon ka udna

yaad aata hai dhoke ka sirf upscaled gaane sunna

yaad aata hai sahoo ka big daddy hona

aur yaad aata hai uncle ka har cheez ke crack dhundna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai bihari ka muftkhori karna

yaad aata hai vishy ka bas sote hi rehna

yaad aata hai sAm ka sade hue logic dena

aur yaad aata hai dash se roz ladai karna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai malli aur vidit ka google talk pe love triangle banana

yaad aata hai chandu ka meethi aawaz mein chillana

yaad aata hai sardar ka workshop mein ghisna

aur yaad aata hai tunnu ka din mein sau baar hi, bye kehna

na chahte hue bhi yaad aata hai mera har baat mein gussa karna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

yaad aata hai shere mein party karne jana

yaad aata hai football khelna

yaad aata hai chath par nautanki karna

aur yaad aata hai dighi pahadi chaddna

college ki wo baatein yaad aati hain..

ek aisi subah uthne ka mann karta hai

bas ek bar wapas lautne ka mann karta hai.

bas ek bar aur

wapas lautne ka mann karta hai..

Dedicated to You-Know-Who

One Small Step..

 It seemed like any other day. I had returned from the office after "hard work" with Python, at least my boss thinks so. I was just wondering what to do next and there was a knock on the door. Who is it? Who would come to visit me in this lonely place? May be it is Sam, my only friend here. Excited, I opened the door and found a 10 yr. old boy standing with a tiffin box in his hand.

 He said, "Saab, apka tiffin". I almost laughed at Saab. I let him in and decided to have a little chat with him. He told me his name was Shankar. He belonged to a small village in Haryana. His father sent him and his brother to Delhi to work and earn whatever they could. I asked him about school. He looked down and told me he used to go to his village school and liked it very much. I knew that I had just had a conversation after which you wish that you shouldn't have had it.

I asked him to leave. He said he'll return in an hour for the tiffin. He left my room but certainly not my mind. I sat there thinking why this 10 yr. old has to work whereas I used to go to school at his age. I hated school but was made to go there daily and this boy loves it but is made to work. I read in civics that there is a law which bans employment of children under 14. But is this one too meant to be broken?

 I wondered who should take up the cause of such children. Should I do it? I certainly earn more than I need. I can comfortably put aside a small sum for this. But what will happen to the IPod for which I've been saving for months? How will I buy my Enticer for which I have longed since childhood? How will I make my own Farmhouse like the one shown in Yash Chopra flicks? No, I can't do it. I have just started my career and I can't be thinking of all this. But then who exactly should do this?

 Ggrr grrrrrr grrrr grrrrr....It’s that drilling machine again. In the neighborhood, a pot bellied marwari is expanding his house. He sits all day in his chair smoking beedi and yelling at the laborers. He seems very rich to me. Why doesn't he help Shankar? Why is he building another storey when he already has two? He can make a school instead. 

 But then what will the government do? If it can't enforce its own laws what's the use? In States you dial 911 and it’s done. Do we have such a number? I sat in my room very confused and disturbed. Suddenly there was a knock on the door. Is it the mota marwari? Was I loud? Did he dial 911?

 I opened the door again and found Shankar again. He had come to take the tiffin back. I saw some chocolates on my desk. I gave them to him. He smiled and said, "Thank you, Saab".  This was it. That smile took away all my anguish. I happily went to bed humming,

                        Kisi ki muskuraahaton pe ho nisaar,
                        Kisi ka dard mil sake to le udhaar,
                        Kisi ke vaaste ho tere dil mein pyaar,
                       Jeena isi ka naam hai...

Neil Armstrong said, "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

He was right.