Sing On

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Sing on, ye carefree lark,
Fill the meadows with thy harmony;
Gaiety, delight, careless indulgence,
Ignited young minds, your company.

Sing the tunes of the sunny future,
Beckoning us with open arms,
As we young minds embrace the world,
Embrace the meadows, embrace your farms.

Sing to us the tales of yore,
So forget we may not the days gone by,
As we march on spreading our songs,
Bidding this place farewell goodbye...

Have you?

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Found this old cut-paste while sorting my stuff yesterday. Cut-outs from Wills' newspaper ads which I had pasted at one place about 3 years back. Many memories associated with it... The message in it goes like this:
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HAVE YOU?

Have you lived life the way you want to?
Or the way you're supposed to?

Have you the courage to say no?
To people. To responsibilities. To the world.

Have you forgotten what it's like not to think of consequences?
Have you? Really lived?

Banaras-Sarnath trip

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Managed to undertake a short trip to Banaras and Sarnath. Will write about it later. Two pics for now [Thanks Shravan :-) ]

For Once

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For once let fate be defied,
For once let not the inevitable happen,
For once let logic fail,
For once let there be an abrupt surprise,
For once let my flawless inference fail;

Such things happen not in real life, I know,
Yet for once, just this once...

A being like any else

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Treat me as any other human,
A being like any else.

No privileges if I'm underprivileged,
No special conduct to make me equal,
No concessions, no reservations...

I am one of you,
Zany in my way,
Like you are...

Struggling with myself, with the world,
Like you are...

Looking for my goal,
Like you are...

Love me for what I've made of myself,
Or hate me for that,

But no love or hate I shall accept for what is beyond my control...

Tat Twam Asi

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Whirlpools without, tumult of the mighty gods,
Meancing tornadoes - I stick to my pole -
Swirling waves, hurricanes...mother nature's fury...

Peace within...silence, quietude;
For nature is but a part of me,
The waves, whirlpools, gods and others,
All exist cause I exist...

For I Am It,
Tat Twam Asi.

A new phase begins...

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Slot-1 placements are over.
Rejected offers from some of the best consulting firms to get into a career which I look forward to. Will be joining the research and fund management team of one of the country's most reputed investment houses.

A new phase of life begins...

Emotion

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He could give up his "unnecessary" emotions,
And scale higher and higher...
Dispassionate, mechanical engine of success...
The stratosphere was his for asking.

No feeling, anger, hurt or despair,
No emotion...that oft-despised "excess" baggage.
That's all that had to be cast away,
For the heady glory...he'd always dreamed of it.

Yet he did not, would not, could not.
He loved them...her, him, them...

Success without feeling, without love or despair!

Nah, he'd stay human and struggle...
Like her, like him, like them all.

Why do they give in?

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When that road winds ahead; twists and turns,
Lanslides happen; heavens falling apart,
When infinite powers of a rational mind numbed by finite fears...
Destitute - desolated, discarded;

They give in, give in to you...

Why, why do they do that?

For if your love for them were real,
You'd have sacrificed yourself to obviate such perils,
Inconsequential - whether an appeal arose or not;

True love requires no appeal...