Tiger Anthem

Well.....i just came through this beautiful poem in Tigers thing on the WWF india website....

I too say....Save the tiger......Respect its Life. Respect Life..not only yours or of the tiger......but of every creature on this earth. Well...maybe we can learn to respect that. Belonging to a place where probably the worlds biggest tiger population thrives read Jim Corbett National Park...i know that these creatures do not have a lot of space to live in......we are eating out in to their place....worse still....we are killing them.....Join the Save the Tiger Campaign here....

http://www.wwfindia.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/tiger_wildlife/tigermosaic/index.cfm

..Seeing them in a zoo doesnt give the slightiest ideas as to how marvellous therse creatures look like in the wild..and how nature has bestowed on them the sheer power ... the might..the ROAR...Belive me, the world wont look good with only the Freaky Humans in it....maybe we should save it for ourselves...Hers that good sounding Anthem..The tiger Anthem:

My son asked me the other day

Do we have tigers only in the zoos

My teacher tells me the forests are gone

The deers are gone, wild animals are gone

The king of the junge now kills our cattle

Poachers on his trail Now people live where once he lived

His skin is up for sale.

I said son, your teacher's not fully right

Tigers are in danger, but still they survive

You can still see them in the wild Sure I will take you there someday

The future of the tiger still hangs by a thread

But the battle is still not lost We don't wanna see tigers only in the zoos

We'll save them at any cost And its now or never, for the future of the tiger

It is time to decide if we wanna see the tigers in the wild

And he looked you in the eye, When you shot him, before he died

It is time that we ensure we gave the tigers a safe home.

Well son, the tiger needs your support In you his future lies

If the tigers live, the forests live

And we need it for us to survive

I take the vow not to buy anything

That has tiger part

And I will try my best to gain all support

For the tiger with all my heart And its now or never....

A day like no other

A day i will not atleast in the next few months. Ya. Thats for sure. I dint go to office today, without any particular reason. I just wanted a break..from that office. So i just called up one senior in the morning. And i faked...i told i have headache and dysentery. I had to think a lot..before i just called him up. I actually shouldnt have done it. Later on, I did feel guilty for telling a lie. And well..i am also not going to repeat that. But this day it became special in its own very kind. It was very different because the whole day i was all alone.....all alone in my flat..with noone besides me..no chitter chatter......and i enjoyed that. It was bliss. I spent the day reading books...cleaning my room....read old newspapers..had a chat with mum....and she also said i shudnt be doing this kind of thing.....just because that if something makes you feel guilty..you should not do it...Well..it was like listening to the heart and not to the soul....though this isnt a very big thing i did..people keep doing this......telling lies..faking things....but maybe i dont like it.....i hated it when a colleague actually called me up and asked me how i was......i was perfectly well and ...i had to say tht i am this n that....my guilty conscience...!

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How many of we feel that we need this kind of a day in our life? A day when you want to clear your mind..spending the day all by yourself.....enjoying the solitude.....sometimes it feels so great when you are alone..at times it happens doesnt it? You want to go far far away....fay from the maddening rush...you dont want to be bothered by whats happening in this world.....you want to come in terms with yourself......you are able to enjoy even that omlette that you made for yourself alongwith two slices of bread....even if it gets burnt its ok.....it still looks good and tastes better....it tastes like the best lunch you had in the last few weeks? weell...I feel I need this kind of day......I need it...I want it....again.

Now..why i liked the day? Why i am also grateful that i took it off? Its because i was all alone...and someone who knows me well also knows that its perfect for me to be this way.....be alone....all by myself..i enjoy my solitude! and i did that today.....i think that from the day i came to this mad place..first time i was at peace with myself....and this world. I recreated old memories...i read books...i studied an old book which i had already read....i listened to music with low volume....and i was actually able to recount the days that i was having a year back..back at home.....back at the college.....with friends ..i took my time to thank god for eveything i have in this life......for that he has blessed me with more than i deserve...so thats also another reason why this day was special. I took a look at old photographs...my old stamp book..my old coins that i had collected. I took a small nap in the evening......now its evening....and i am writing this.

It is a day like no other......

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No more....

SILLY BILLY(This name is good....a good nick...isnt it? A new nut friend of mine gave it to me..thanks Nuts!)

I cant speak...

Finally today i went to the DON BOSCO SHELTER. For the past few weeks i had been thinking about that....finally today i went there. I was in touch with this girl Gayatri...who was actually taking care of volunteers like me. So i went there..met her..and i told her that i can help the kids with their studies ..... so well there i was..i got a lot of kids to teach.....n listen to them. I met this kid who is in 8th grade and needed help with his English. I saw those kids....n then i felt what is being deprived of something. They get amazed at seeing mobiles......they were super amazed to see the pod....and they were so much interested to study.

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That is something i was never interested in. Just maybe because i went to a good school with cool fancy teachers n i never felt the need of studying....i had books....all kind of books i always needed...wanted...and there they are....sleeping in a big hall.....lined up.........every night. getting up and going to the nearest municipality school...........still they want to study. They have got ambitions....and they are grateful that they are in a better place than the slums....they want to grow up to become good citizens, and that they say would be paying back to these good people who brought them here. Not all are like that.....there are kids who were into drugs...now having been rehabilitated...they are here at the shelter...

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Still they know they are better....but they want to get out of here..they want their life to be fast forwarded....somehow! They are keen to study. This kid i was teaching..he seemed so so interested to study. I taught him for two hours.it was lunch time but he didn't want to go...i was feeling hungry too..so i told him that please go...we will continue later.............in between there were lot of kids i met..asked their name....and in between this kid came...

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I just patted him on the shoulder and asked him his name...weelll....i think this was just something that made me feel very bad...very very bad. He just flicked his fingers over his ears an mouth....and i figured out he cannot hear...niether can he speak. What could i do ?

I couldnt say anything to him....he could hear anything...nor could i gesture....i just made him feel bad. I cursed myself for that. After that i dint ask anyones name. These kids ..their life has been made better for sure, but still they lack these proper facilities and all...and it is also understandable that they cannot get it all. They will have to struggle and make their way......and they will. This kid i was teaching...he made me realize that what it is like to be feeling alone....whats its like to be sleeping with 150 other kids....he told me that when everybody sleeps he goes out..looks into the sky and thinks...what are these stars? what is this group of three stars..is it called something? I tried to tell him that its called a constellation...but he couldn't pronounce it. Soo.taught him something...and then he asked me at least 5 times....you will come back next week na? What if you dont?..please be back....all i said ...why not ..i will be back certainly...n i will be back for sure.

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We all are very lucky that we have this life....we have the pleasure of sitting infront of or PCs ..reading blogs...being comfy in the sofas....having the newest designer.... stuffing cokes n burgers.....still people are not happy....why the hell? Everyones crying....over this...over that..taking anti depressants? making themselves more depressed..we deserve it? No..maybe we just wnt it? maybe we dont need it..........and like this song i am hearing..

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But today atleast i realize that god has given me enough to be happy....to make others happy...and if i dont use my life for this..if i dont do what i can..n if i dont do what i should......then no wonders for calling me an idiot!

A dull time

These days, all the while i kept looking for some place...some peace....some place where it could quiet, somewhere i could just sit alone..listen to the birds...think to myself....talk to myself....where no one is there to bother me...!! I never found it, i think i never will. So, what i do? Just stuff my earphones into my ears, with max volume i listen to John Denver....He is such a great singer. Am i getting mad or something?? I dont know but i am just not getting in to this screwed up mad rush city mode...i dont like the way people are living here...everybody lives their own life...just being selfish all the time...no time for anything...and also , now i think i understand why people are all looking for spirituality, yoga, meditation....may be that provides them some respite from the.

And worse is that, now i find myself strifing through the newspapers on sunday for the cathartic articles. Those all sound sweet for sometime, and you think that yes, this is the mantra to perfect everything!! But is it really? I dont know.

Although i have been one of those 'happy-go-lucky' type of persons, which i think i still am, but i dont feel good about it anymore like i used to. I guess this doesnt work. Sometime, being very enthusiatic also sucks you know. i think its just too early to say if this is right or wrong in the context which i am referring this to.

Well, all this doesnt make sense to me, all this i have written, i am basically very very confused now, i am very tensed, i am very worried about things for which i am not responsible..and i dont know if should be really worrying about it or not!! is this it??
http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=1108911753

All in all, i am not in a good mood. I didnt even want to write all this crap here, but even then i am doing it. I see people all around me, three kids on the street stoning a poor dog, i try to stop them but they dont stop. They might even pelt the stones at me..i dont know...so i dont insist anymore. Married couples out for a evening walk in this busy street coz thanks to the city which is called Mumbai, they dont have any park to go to ..i see people without the basic amenities..10 people stuffed into a tiny room...a common bathroom..the public utility which more than a 1000 people use everyday.....a sign board under which tons of garbage is dumped....all out of the bin...
the sign board reads CLEAN UP! ..almost funny ..is it?

The only thing i need to do now is CLEAN UP! my mind.. Life is good sometime, sometimes it is not too good... but still it is life. I guess we have our share of joy, great times, good times, better times, bad times. Right now, I am studying people....its good to sit somewhere and observe the people walking by, doing all sort of things. Guys just trying to impress girls, some other just talking about girls, other looking busy in their own personal ways..some doing loose talk....its good time pass thing@!! but its sllly tooo
....but who the hell gives a damn
Just now i had a Facebook thing also...i made me facebook......its in a mag here.....so i just made one!!!

A dull time

These days, all the while i kept looking for some place...some peace....some place where it could quiet, somewhere i could just sit alone..listen to the birds...think to myself....talk to myself....where no one is there to bother me...!! I never found it, i think i never will. So, what i do? Just stuff my earphones into my ears, with max volume i listen to John Denver....He is such a great singer. Am i getting mad or something?? I dont know but i am just not getting in to this screwed up mad rush city mode...i dont like the way people are living here...everybody lives their own life...just being selfish all the time...no time for anything...and also , now i think i understand why people are all looking for spirituality, yoga, meditation....may be that provides them some respite from the.

And worse is that, now i find myself strifing through the newspapers on sunday for the cathartic articles. Those all sound sweet for sometime, and you think that yes, this is the mantra to perfect everything!! But is it really? I dont know.

Although i have been one of those 'happy-go-lucky' type of persons, which i think i still am, but i dont feel good about it anymore like i used to. I guess this doesnt work. Sometime, being very enthusiatic also sucks you know. i think its just too early to say if this is right or wrong in the context which i am referring this to.

Well, all this doesnt make sense to me, all this i have written, i am basically very very confused now, i am very tensed, i am very worried about things for which i am not responsible..and i dont know if should be really worrying about it or not!!

All in all, i am not in a good mood. I didnt even want to write all this crap here, but even then i am doing it. I see people all around me, three kids on the street stoning a poor dog, i try to stop them but they dont stop. They might even pelt the stones at me..i dont know...so i dont insist anymore. Married couples out for a evening walk in this busy street coz thanks to the city which is called Mumbai, they dont have any park to go to ..i see people without the basic amenities..10 people stuffed into a tiny room...a common bathroom..the public utility which more than a 1000 people use everyday.....a sign board under which tons of garbage is dumped....all out of the bin...
the sign board reads CLEAN UP! ..almost funny ..is it?

The only thing i need to do now is CLEAN UP! my mind.. Life is good sometime, sometimes it is not too good... but still it is life. I guess we have our share of joy, great times, good times, better times, bad times. Right now, I am studying people....its good to sit somewhere and observe the people walking by, doing all sort of things. Guys just trying to impress girls, some other just talking about girls, other looking busy in their own personal ways..some doing loose talk....its good time pass thing@!! but its sllly tooo
....but who the hell gives a damn
Just now i had a Facebook thing also...i made me facebook......its in a mag here.....so i just made one!!!

A dull time

These days, all the while i kept looking for some place...some peace....some place where it could quiet, somewhere i could just sit alone..listen to the birds...think to myself....talk to myself....where no one is there to bother me...!! I never found it, i think i never will. So, what i do? Just stuff my earphones into my ears, with max volume i listen to John Denver....He is such a great singer. Am i getting mad or something?? I dont know but i am just not getting in to this screwed up mad rush city mode...i dont like the way people are living here...everybody lives their own life...just being selfish all the time...no time for anything...and also , now i think i understand why people are all looking for spirituality, yoga, meditation....may be that provides them some respite from the.

And worse is that, now i find myself strifing through the newspapers on sunday for the cathartic articles. Those all sound sweet for sometime, and you think that yes, this is the mantra to perfect everything!! But is it really? I dont know.

Although i have been one of those 'happy-go-lucky' type of persons, which i think i still am, but i dont feel good about it anymore like i used to. I guess this doesnt work. Sometime, being very enthusiatic also sucks you know. i think its just too early to say if this is right or wrong in the context which i am referring this to.

Well, all this doesnt make sense to me, all this i have written, i am basically very very confused now, i am very tensed, i am very worried about things for which i am not responsible..and i dont know if should be really worrying about it or not!!

All in all, i am not in a good mood. I didnt even want to write all this crap here, but even then i am doing it. I see people all around me, three kids on the street stoning a poor dog, i try to stop them but they dont stop. They might even pelt the stones at me..i dont know...so i dont insist anymore. Married couples out for a evening walk in this busy street coz thanks to the city which is called Mumbai, they dont have any park to go to ..i see people without the basic amenities..10 people stuffed into a tiny room...a common bathroom..the public utility which more than a 1000 people use everyday.....a sign board under which tons of garbage is dumped....all out of the bin...
the sign board reads CLEAN UP! ..almost funny ..is it?

The only thing i need to do now is CLEAN UP! my mind.. Life is good sometime, sometimes it is not too good... but still it is life. I guess we have our share of joy, great times, good times, better times, bad times. Right now, I am studying people....its good to sit somewhere and observe the people walking by, doing all sort of things. Guys just trying to impress girls, some other just talking about girls, other looking busy in their own personal ways..some doing loose talk....its good time pass thing@!! but its sllly tooo
....but who the hell gives a damn

The fish has got it all !

Another week gone by.......and same old story continues. Wake up..take an auto..go to office...have time pass....get back...eat ...sleep..good night....wake up..dumboooo...too mechanical it has become it seems. Well..let me not talk about that. I think saturday is a good day....it was a god day indeed.

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Well...this week i just bought a new fish pond for me. This is because i have always loved pets. Since i was a kid..i liked to have pets with me. I had this big Bournvita Jar in my home..and i just forced my mom to get me two pairs of goldfish. She just hated pets....I tried so many times..once i got a kitten....the night the kitty shitted on the bed....so..she ws thrown out instantaneously ! I got a small dog..it was very sweet...but too angry and sharp teetehed for me to handle..even mum couldnt handle it..so two days and it went out....and i had to get an injection!! It was white...but tht time our house ws getting painted...we gave him a bath..and he fell into the colour..and became pink!!...Well...my fishes were with me for 4 months after which..my younger brothers just "murdered" them just beacuse we had a fight one day and they were like " hahaha..you fought with us and mom gave us a beating na..look now..we have killed ur fishes"...mannn.....i tell you....i cried like anything!..Hey that was way way back when was in fourth grade.....

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But i have always loved fishes..not because they are lovely or anything...ut simply because i love their "lifestyle"....well simply because

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They are obviously very cool...fishes are cool (they hv to b...)

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They are always at peace

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Watching them gives me a very nice picture of how good it must be to live all by yourself.....you dont have to think much... no1 is there to bother you all the time....u dont have to be in the hassles!!

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They are such amazing creatures and sometimes i just look at them and look at them and look at them....and well...it is always good to have someone alongwith you.....someone who can live alongside you....still never complain....and fishes have become my friends!!

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It must be good to be a fish! So,those were the Fishy Tales!!I think everybody must have a Pet.They can be your best friends...so adopt animals..!!! It wouls also be good for them....and good for you. Had i got lot of money...i wud gave adopted all the dogs in this city!!

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Well..apart from that.....there was a small party at the office friday....it was good..it was enjoyable....and monday on.....my fuse gone..........i am getting work big time!! So Sun day needs to be a Fun day............so everybody....have a great time...

Go GET a PET

go go go ..

Ashok