That Made My Evenin’

One night I went to the lake and spent time there. I wasn’t in a good mood and was just walking around. That night the moon was orange and HUGE. I noticed it as it was just above a few buildings. I noticed that everyone around weren’t noticing or observing. I thought I could go around and tell people to have a look at the moon. I tried my best to not be shy and walk up to people and talk to them, but it just wouldn’t come from within. Then I saw a man who had his head bent and just sat at the benches for very long. I walked up to him and asked him:

“Aap ko mai ek minute ke liye disturb kar sakta hoon?”
“Kyun kya hua?”
“Aapne chand aakhri baar kab dekha?”
“??”
“Aaj chand ko dekhiye, bahut aacha lag raha hai!”

That man smiled at me after he saw the moon. Without saying another word I left the place. While leaving that area I looked back at him and saw him still smiling at me. I forgot that I was sad and went back to Amit’s place smiling. That experience made my evening!

"Swarathma"

Swarathma is a Indian Folk Rock Band. I started listening to them very recently, when a friend of mine introduced me to them. They performed in Mumbai yesterday, when i got the chance to watch them live, and i did make full use of this opportunity. I enjoyed throughly through the performance, and also got to talk to a couple of the band members and get their autographs. I really liked their performance, and the way they could gel with other bands like Scribe who have a completely different genre of music. If you would want to know more http://swarathma.com/

Earth - 'A Song For Life'

This is a song that my friend made me listen to. At first i didn't understand that it is a song which talks about saving the environment and protecting the earth.

Later when i listened to it properly, i realized that the song actually talks about saving the environment, nature, staying in harmony with the earth.

I especially like the line

"...kal ko tum badlo aaj..."

It triggers the brain to think about "today" and about "tomorrow".

Hope you enjoy the song...

What the Eyes can See but, the Camera can't

I went to Dahod (a tribal district in gujarat), to help my aunt with video shooting of a documentary movie that she is making on forests and people. I had gone there to do the camera work, but also got involved in the understanding of Joint Forest Management, the problems the tribal's have to face, and how the forests are still being depleted.

I had always read about Joint Forest Management in books, and in school, and always thought that it was a really nice idea for the people and for the forests. But, it all changed when i actually saw how things are

happening at the ground level. Everything didn't work very systematically, and according to the rules, there were a lot of illegal actions being taken.

I was able to see all these things through my eyes and could understand these things, but the camera couldn't capture these things.

Its what the camera lacks...

Emotions...

Travelling Places

Well, i visited Arunachal Pradesh about a month ago with my parents. I visited two districts that is Roing and Tezu. We went to the rural areas of Arunachal, where a lot of tourism has not come in. We spent a lot of time enjoying the climate, and watching the scenery. It is just a very beautiful place, with a lot of wildlife, the forests are green as ever and its bird-life would be a paradise for bird-watchers.

The place is very far away from the rest of India, geographically and also in terms of thought. Their culture is really beautiful, but is being lost due to influence.

I still loved the place very much, have to visit at least once...

"Friends"

This is something that i have noticed, felt, experienced........

My friends from ambarnath (where i stay)

had enrolled for an open basketball tournament (NBA

Mumbai).

i like playing basketball so i went with them for practice,

later i got to know that they went ahead to add my name on the list too. So i had to play the matches with them. well the practices were not very serious and i was not very happy with the way we were performing, especially if we had to play a Bombay based club. we were given a good enough court to practice on, but our coach was not a very supportive one, as he came for only 2 practices.

We did a lot on our own, and played our first match on children's day (14th Nov). we also happened to win the match against the powai hiranandani team, beating them by (18-13), a pretty good margin.

i felt very happy after winning and enjoyed playing the match too. later i realised that these were the same people with whom i did not like spending a lot of time, and also the same team with which i was not wanting to play.

Well the tournament goes on till Jan, so i wont be here till then but now i really want to play with them till whenever i am here.

It was a great experience, i realised that i have started to become friends with them again, accept them as they are and they are doing the same with me.

there was a time when i just would not like

to be with them cause they were very different from how i had become after going to Sahyadri. Now i guess i am learning to accept the way everyone is.....its just great to see such a thing.

Ae Dil...Ye Hai Mumbai Meri Jaan

About 20 days before the 13th of november, i was at kurla station in the evening after my wallet had just been picked by somebody. i got home that day very depressed cause i had not only lost some money, but also a lot of other important things that i would keep in my wallet. i felt terrible about it, and my parents told me that it was an experience that i should have had some or the other day.

Now on the 13th of november, i got a letter in which i found all my belongings, which i had in my wallet (except the money). i was very happy to have all of it back, but was also wondering how and why

the "Pocket Maars" would actually return the other stuff back to the people. It was some experience to lose so much stuff and also get a lot of it back. i just felt like i should write something about it so.........