Good Old Days....

Remembered my college friends, with a smile

When I saw a few pictures, lying down the isle

Everyone seems busy a lot,

No one escaped the destiny's plot.

We had all kinds of characters,

Leader, lover, loner and Joker

But, no one can replace,

The fun of late night Poker.

The games we played, the moments we shared,

Those late night talks, and early morning walks,

The chit chat in canteen and sitting outside co-op,

Those parties and "chilling", in our very own lounge

Project reviews to campus interviews,

Nicknames to classroom games,

Cultural rehearsals to love proposals,

Short term crushes to classroom blushes

Everything is fresh in my mind,

I Wish life could just rewind,

Let's meet again and party hard,

Let's make those nights again go wild.

Chatting and laughing. We all were in elation,

Till the painful moment of separation,

Then came the time to say good byes,

We returned home with a tear in our eyes.

Today the life is full of adjustments,

Endless running and false commitments,

Time keeps moving, only memory stays,

I'll never ever forget, those good old days.

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P.S. I've learned that good-byes will always hurt, pictures will never replace having been there, memories good and bad will bring tears, and words can never replace feelings. But, still we must take care of all our memories. For we can not relive them.

Let's Play.....

The weather has been hot

with monsoon nowhere close 

Outdoors will be nasty 

So movie is what I propose.

No need to dress all fancy 

and show off best of clothes

Exclusive it is – for you

No girlfriends and no Belles !!

And a few beverages would be nice

at a place somewhere close

Lets all beat the heat

and play it as it goes .....

Timeless Steel

Rahul Dravid: The Wall......When you think about Cricket as Gentlemen's game, there're very few names that cross your mind, and Rahul Dravid is definately one of them. A Champion Cricketer, Perfect Team man and truly a Gentleman. So, when Disney and ESPN cricinfo decided to come up with a book, they chose "Timeless Steel" as the title of that book. And when I came to know about this book, there wasn't a second thought In ordering this book even before it's release. 

This book gives his clear picture on being the most evolved cricketer in this era. RAHUL DRAVID - TIMELESS STEEL clears all your doubt if you hesitate to call him The Greatest Test Cricketer. Read this book to know how THE WALL acquired greatness, what’s Rahul Dravid's style of answering the critics, why is he referred as A Gentleman champion of timeless steel and dignity? 

The book is a collection of 30 pieces, which is written by people who have either played with him or know him for a long time. Some of the names include Greg Chappel, Sanjay Manjrekar, Sanjay Bangar, Suresh Raina, Aakash Chopra, Ed Smith, John Wright, Sambit Baland of course Vijeeta Dravid. The book also gives insight of some of his best knocks in Adelaide, Jamaica, Kolkata, Rawalpindi, Nottingham etc. It also includes Rahul Dravid's Bradman Oration Speech in Canberra 2011, which itself is worth owning as a piece of cricketing literature.

Timeless Steel is as much a celebration of a colossal cricketer as it is of an exceptional human being. It attempts to paint a picture of a cricketer who embodied the best traditions and values of the game, and a man who impressed many people who came in contact with him. It is a salute to Indian Cricket's go-to man.

If Batman was whatever Gotham needed him to be, Rahul Dravid was whatever Indian Cricket Team needed him to be.

The rise of a legend.....

Finally, I witnessed the rise of the dark knight, and it was epic.......The film isn’t good – it’s great, engrossing, surprising, thoughtful, inspiring and highly, highly entertaining. Chistopher Nolan deserves huge applause for making Batman a legend. Batman is not like any other superhero. He's an ordinary person, a protector of the Gotham city. Batman is just a symbol. That's what I like about batman. Batman is no superhero without Jim Gordon, Alfred Pennyworth and Lucius Fox. Similarly, Batman is incomplete without Ra's al Ghul, The Joker and Bane. 

“The Dark Knight Rises” takes on grand and ambitious themes, such as terrorism, corruption, salvation, and sacrifice. But can we expect anything less of a film as grand and ambitious as this one? In this way, “The Dark Knight Rises” is so much more than a superhero film; it’s a reflection of society. Tie that together with superb filmmaking from a true master, beautiful cinematography, a grandiose soundtrack that elevates your adrenaline and tugs at your heartstrings, and special effects to die for, and we have on our hands one of the best films of the year. Possibly THE BEST film of the year.

Whenever Gotham falls, he rises. He's neither a millionaire Bruce Wayne nor a superhero. He's whatever Gotham needs him to be. In “The Dark Knight,” Batman was the hero that Gotham deserved. In this film, he was the one that they needed.

Why do we fall?? so, we can learn to pick ourselves up. We can learn to RISE......