In ME....

After all the years, now I look at me,

I feel something’s lost, feel so lonely.

I’d once been alive, so full of life,

Wonder what is it that’s missing in me?

A decade ago, we were school going,

Loved to do the class monitoring.

Lunch boxes and birthday treating

These were all a part of our living.

The times in classrooms and canteen,

The loud screeches and soft chirping.

The proxis, the books and the mass bunking,

What happened to the moments of bonhomie?

Now we’re apart, occupied and busy,

Fighting to balance work and family

Setting goals and priorities clearly,

Doing our best to keep all happy

Many friendships and one love story,

Seem very much like a fresh memory.

Now I realize nothing’s missing really,

The reminiscence quietly lives in me!




P.S. Dedicated to the Graduates/ Post graduates like me...


Cheers!!
God Bless!!!


Chandra Daga

Drive Yourself...

I let the world be aside for a while and went on a short drive.

My friend drove while I looked forward to the drive... We took the flyover that leads us to Hosur. I let go off my footwear, sat comfortably in my seat, lowered the windscreen and let the breeze blow against my face. The soothing rays touched my cheeks and kissed my eyes like never before. It felt like nature was enjoying seeing me enjoy. The huge buildings that are homes to lakhs of us, surprisingly looked like miniatures from above the flyover..

Birds spread their wings and flew in the sky and created the same harmony made by the notes of a piano. As the music player changed tracks, I sang some songs aloud with a lot of enthusiasm without worrying about the melody and quietly listened to others with closed eyes. While the peppy songs reminded me of the fun moments that have passed, the soft ones made me think about my future which I feel would be as wonderful.  A speed of eighty let me enjoy the short drive for long.

After a sixty km drive in just an hour, some long forgotten questions were answered and an ensemble of new unanswered questions await me now. I'm not sure if I'd find an answer to all of them but I'm sure that such lovely drives would only help me experience life every time I take them...

The drive filled me with a sense of peace and zeal, it steered  me to leap to greater heights. Take the companion of your choice and try it for yourself. Drive Yourself!...

P.S. Thank you Senorita! :P

Cheers!
God Bless!!


Chandra Daga

Jeetz...

It is said 'No matter how far people are, if relations are for real, the distance only strengthens the bond'

This holds true for one case wherein the person is very close to my family and even closer to my brother. "The Biggest Casanova" is what I call him and he's my brother's buddy Jeetz...

He not only left Bangalore five years back but also his childhood friends who made his gang. When he left, I felt that life was taking away a six feet skeleton from the gang but when he shows up every year, the Entertainer is back with a bigger bang every single time.

He has new episodes to share about the girls he's trying to hook, incidents about how he's chased by traffic cops but still enjoys racing against time and breaking rules, sneak peek into his neighborhood and not to forget his Everlasting Love Story....

Of all the things that he says or does, one would only enjoy hearing them but no one would dare do. Yet, in his very own way, he leaves a lesson for all of us. He had to leave his studies half way, leave his friends, let go off his city and set life in a new place altogether but he never complained because however it is, it is our life and we alone are responsible for it. Every time we meet him, he makes us feel like he'd never left us and was right here. He proves that its not the distance but the bond that matters. More importantly, he spreads a forest of happiness with his contagious smile and his full of life attitude helps us impose new energy into our lives and make it worthwhile...

He makes life four times more fun with sheer madness that unfolds with his adorable sincerity and endearing honesty... May God Bless him and keep him the same "Jolly Good Fellow" always...

P.S. Thank you for cautioning me about my smile :P
We all Miss you!!

Cheers!!
God Bless!!


Chandra Daga