Chatur

I was rushing home after a busy day, with Chirayu Shah, and just outside KC, saw this guy!! He smiled and waved. The same day, fb notified that it was his birthday, so I stopped to wish him. As a usual friendly gesture, asked for a party, and Chirayu did the same. Without any hesitation, he bought us ice cream. This is how Chirayu met him. I hadn't met him many times and didn't know him actually. We were just acquaintances! He was from comp, and as such we didn't have much in common except a smiling face, interest in physics and love towards smartphones. But these small little common things mattered much in that small little world of ours called "Lonere".
That icecream, probably, started a lifetime friendship. I started visiting his room in Lonere, a small place, where I met his over friendly smart sweet Symbian loving roommate Shubham Mortale. Then, we kept meeting, started sharing our life stories, how we ended up at Dr.BATU, our future goals....... When dreamers meet, they've endless dreams to live in, a lot to speak, a lot to listen. I don't remember how, but, in spite of busy schedule, we managed meeting, kept track of our academics, first year being common. These moments made a great impact, kept me positive, fresh, and active.
But, Chatur left my university after first year and joined Govt. College Amravati, and changed his branch to instru. We kept talking over the air, and still do. He started working at Fluor Daniel. Nice job for a nice guy.
Btw, Chatur was the name awarded to him by one of our teachers, Pramod Patil, to Ajinkya Virulkar! If I were to describe Chatur, he's extremely positive, caring, smart, happy, fast and obviously a great friend. He travelled a considerable distance just to meet us during our third year.
Long live such great friends.....and God bless such good people!!Hope he succeeds in all his quests....Wish you luck bro!

Current scenario!

Facebook boring झालंय,
आणि Whatsapp वरही कोणी येत नाही,
College संपल्या पासनं जगण्यात पूर्वीसारखी मजा येत नाही.

दिवस सरतात हळू हळू,
आणि आठवणी मात्र तशाच राहतात,
Mobile जरी असले तरी मित्रांचे phone मात्र आता क्वचितच येतात.

दुखः होते रोज विरहाचे,
आणि पुन्हा सर्वांना भेटावे वाटते,
पण आत्ताच्या या practical जीवनात भावनांना मात्र किंमत नसते.…

येशील तू.....

येशील तू, खात्री आहे,
मिठीत घेऊन एकदा रडशील तू, खात्री आहे,
फक्त मंन मारू नकोस, स्वतःवरचा विश्वास गमावू नकोस,
सर्व काही नीट होईल, याची मला खात्री आहे.

....प्रवास

गार वारा,
पोर्णिमेचा चंद्र,
ST चा प्रवास,
आणि मनात तुझ्ही आठवण.

खिडकीतील जागा,
कवलारू घरे,
रात्रीची वेळ,
आणि तुझे भास.

एकटा प्रवास,
चमचमणारे तारे,
वळणारे रस्ते,
आणि तुझे ते हसणे.

चंचल मन,
मनात तू,
तुझा मनात मी,
पण तू मात्र दूर

वर्तमान

शब्दांना भाव नाही,
भावनांना वेळ नाही,
पैश्यांचा दुनियेत पैश्यांशिवाय कशालाच किंमत नाही.

स्वप्नांना कुंपण नाही,
हट्ट पुरवायला वेळ नाही,
रोजच्या धावपळीत मित्रांना बोलायला देखील वेळ नहि.

प्रेमाला बंधन नाही,
शपथांची आठवण नाही,
आणि तुझ्या मनात मला थोडीदेखील जागा नाही !

सावरलंय

आता मी तिला सोडायचं ठरवलंय,
काहीही झाल तरी तिला विसरायचा ठरवलंय,
नातं जुळण्या आधीच ते तोडायचा ठरवलंय,
तिला त्रास न देण्याचा ठरवलंय,
माझं मन मीच कोंडायच ठरवलंय,
आता फक्त चांगल्या आठवणींत जगायचं ठरवलंय,
कारण मी आता स्वतःलाच सावरलंय

अबोला

मला ती आवडते,
पण तिला मी आवडत नाही,
तिचं हे वागणं काही मला समजत नाही,
मी पाहून हसतो,
ती पाहून लाजते,
पण ती काहीच का बोलत नाही?

पुन्हा सर्व नीट होईल

पुन्हा सर्व नीट होईल,
आपलं मंत एक होईल,
एकमेकांसाठी पुन्हा जगू,
एका घरात सुखात नांदू !

Destiny

Never had I believed during my engineering education that I would ever believe something called "destiny". But time has changed my view considerably! I now believe that everything's probably perfectly planned with little things in hands. May be, we are just tracing the journey already planned.....
These days I feel, that probably, the things we do, the people we meet, the places we visit, all have been well planned and we have just been perfectly executing. In an year, I've lost contact with almost all classmates. I've met a plenty of new people. Not that I liked everyone, but somehow, I know, they all don't just cross my paths, but are destined to meet. Each person has some role, wherein we have to gain some knowledge, experience and morale useful in our quest. Even if we plan everything, work hard to execute, somehow, the plans fail sometimes. Sometimes they work. Its not a matter of luck, or time or anything other than destiny! Its destiny! I might be dreaming of this, to be happy and satisfied with what I already have, but I do believe these days, that probably what I have is what I am supposed to have, and what I lost or couldn't achieve was not actually meant for me!
I meet several good people daily. If you come across TVs, radios, any media for that matter, you'll come across negativity to a great extent, and if everything's so negative, how come do I meet so many positive people daily? Hasn't it been well planned? Believing in destiny doesn't mean I've stopped dreaming completely. To some extent, I've limited my dreams, but haven't stopped! I just believe that its my duty to be good and kind enough to everyone, and then, whatever comes on my way is just what I am supposed to enjoy, face, struggle!! Each day is just an exam, but there isn't anything like "failing", its just performing well, to the extent we can.....
So, for now, lets just sit back, live our daily lives, and watch what destiny has written for us!!

अक्षय भिडे !!

That I would ever express so much about a person with such an affection, love, mixed feelings.......is what only अक्षय भिडे can expect from me, and had already given consent to express whatever I wish to.....

अक्षय भिडे , a guy I first saw probably in Nov-Dec 2011. भिडे , as I heard his surname, and saw in his grey eyes, at Yogesh Fulpagare's room, first thought that must be an introvert. We sat next to each other, but he didn't speak anything. That was how I first saw him. In following months, Dr. M. S. Tandale introduced us, and he asked, in a typical पुणेरी  style, आपण या आधी कुठेतरी भेटलोय का ?

Yes, I said, and narrated the above incident. This is how we started meeting, loving, living, spending time, eating together, roaming around.........

Had it not been him, it would have been difficult to complete B.Tech, for he provided an immense moral support, which I probably lacked. After Jan 2012, we never spent a day without talking to each other, until May 2013.

We met everyday, worked together in Annual Social Gathering 2012, at Dr. BATU, and this ASG brought us so close that we never parted. I don't remember a single conversation wherein we had a difference in opinion.

This person, whom I should rather be calling sir, was a idealist. But, somehow, didn't pay much attention towards some things which I would better keep undisclosed. अक्षय could play keyboard, guitar, some side instruments quite well I would say, managing good with his M.Tech curriculum. During ASC preparations, we spent time from 8.30am to 12.30am together most of the days. Even after ASC, we kept meeting. We were so sentimental and like thinking, that the day proceedinf ASC, we went to NSS room and said, what next? It feels odd that the program's over. Somehow, we became so close friends, that apart from the days he was out of station, we met daily, that too multiple times. Our mornings started with greeting at EXTC department or canteen. We used to meet again during lunch, then after lectures/practicals. Home became a place to dump my bag, change clothes, so that we could meet again. In the evenings, we ate snacks at वसु , walked several miles, went home, talked and kept talking, we had so much to share, just two of us, so many things to speak, knowing multiple point of views, thinking about how future would be, talking about each others' subjects......Many a times, he left for dinner, had it at Lonere,  and returned back, so that we could spend some more time together.

As time passed, we had actually got addicted to thoughts...I never met a guy who could think like me, with me, predict what I felt unpredictable..Even what I'm writing now, before I wrote,  अक्षय predicted.

In final year, I stayed away from all ASC activities, and अक्षय respected my decision, also, didn't leave. We remained the same. When two dreamers meet, the world looks so beautiful, that no one can ever imagine....We had dinner together several times during our last semester. Even in dinner, we had same taste. We loved sweet dishes. And I doubt if even once our order was changed. We ordered same foods each time we ate- Malai Kofta and two naans or 4 rotis.

Whenever I think why I did engineering at Dr. BATU, I think of अक्षय. May be, it was just a place for us to meet. That we were supposed to meet, destiny got us. In May 2013, अक्षय fell sick, went home. By the time he returned, I got too busy with final year activities like projects and final exams. I left Lonere, we didn't meet, but stayed in contact over phone, till June '13, after which, अक्षय disappeared. 

But finally, 8th March, I got a call, and I felt alive. We decided to meet, no matter how busy we were. I didn't care how taxing it would be, I was prepared to pay anything, any amount of time, money anything......We met on 11th March. It was peaceful sitting on his white TVS Wego, wondering for sometime, watching his new room, spending 2-3 hrs at CCD, and having a dinner with same menu- Malai Kofta and 4 rotis!!

 अक्षय भिडे is probably the best guy I ever met.........That we would continue meeting for the rest of our lives, is what he has promised. And I hope, we keep meeting.........Our lives changed, circumstances changed, our plans failed badly, we changed ourselves to a great extent in an year, but one thing remains same.....our friendship!!

Tuzhi mazhi यारी , भोकात गेली दुन्यादारी !!

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and to add to his skillset, नवाब सध्या violin शिकत आहेत !!

तुमचा ससा !

It was T.Y.B.Tech Mechanical Engineering that I was studying in. Unlike now, I was fast, quick, intelligent, superb at everything I did. That I didn't want to participate in Annual Social Gathering (ASG), and preferred going home that year, I was about to leave the university on a weekend. But, somewhere, my friends had planned something else for me. My classmates, went to one of my professors, who was then in-charge of the Musical Events committee (ASC 2012), and told him that I could sing well. Friends always have this wonderful skill of screwing up your plans when you've planned something without them. So, there I stood, in front of my would-be-B.Tech-Project-Guide in a hall where auditions were being taken. But I didn't want to sing was what I said. So, my professor requested me to assist him for some time, till he could form a student committee, after which I would be free. To this, I had to agree. So,  there I began, working out some small silly things!!Somehow, within two days, I got so attached to all the people, that I thought of staying. So, I asked whether I would have to apply for becoming an official coordinator of the event. In reply, I still remember, my professor handed over me a bunch of applications for the posts of coordinators.

Including Pratik Kulkarni, the chief coordinator of the event, we were supposed to choose a team of 6. With dozens of applications, I felt a bit tensed. But, when we invited all the applicants, only 3 came to meet on the notified time. I still remember, I went to my prof and asked what to do, in reply, he said, the fact that 3 students came itself proves that they are interested. I was happy with this point of view. Also, it secured my position in the team without competition. But, there was still one vacancy. So, I asked the friend who got me into all this to accompany, and she did. Thus was formed the revolutionary team of 6 coordinators- Pratik Kulkarni, Sangita Ubale, Richa Patil, Kirti Bhamare, Supriya Pawar & myself!

Revolutionary I said. Its because, this time, there wasn't any professional band to play instruments during the singing event. Each instrument player had to be a student. And, trust me, all artists have this small little problem- they need lots and lots of pleasing, reminding....... Our team was established, we had 2 keyboard players, Vivek Patil and Lalit Khedkar , an octapad player, Sahil Relekar, a tabla player, Nikhil Awasarikar, side-instruments player, Akshay Bhide and guitarists Rohan Kamble and Utkarsh Sorte, dholki players Sumit Sarvade and Satish Manvatkar. My god, we had so many singers.....to name a few, Nihar Thale, Abhijit Mahadik, Abhijit Kadam, Anees Kazi, Dipali Biradar, Shreya Chavan, Harshal Shinkar, Pranay Jadhav, Jayesh Desai, Pradyna Abhange, Sonam Kumari, Nitin Sasane, Kaushik Muley, Kalyani Surse, Ravi Pawar, Pratik Gujar, Chaitali Ahirrao, ...........I'm sorry forgetting names or not mentioning some special people!!!
We met regularly, to organize the event. Worked hard, together, shared our feelings. I was greatly attached to everyone. That I have a problem remembering names, I called & I still call most of these by the song they sung!! The most satisfying thing I did in my life was this event. Nothing after that, or before that gave me the satisfaction and happiness which all of my teammates gave!!!
Time passed, ASC got over, but the place we met everyday, the NSS room, had made a great space in our hearts. The day following ASC, I remember, we all gathered in NSS room, it was an odd feeling. I knew, everything had got over. But it was difficult to let go everyone. We kept meeting, until a day arrived when we had to return the NSS room to the Prof. in-charge of NSS. Smiling, I remember, we thanked the Prof. with our heart for giving a place to gather, work, succeed. We thanked our Musical Events in-charge Prof. too.
We kept meeting since then. In lunch hours, I tried my best to see everyone at least for a minute, and made sure that they were fine.
Officially, everything got over, but the place we made for each other in our hearts, still exists. We still call, meet, although not frequently, but we surely miss those days spent together. Probably Kirti and Supriya, for I looked cute, innocent and  गोंडस , suggested my Prof. to give me the name  ससा. My Prof., by further justifying by quoting qualities like fast, sleek, intelligent, finally approved the title, and I became ससा .
That I am quite sentimental, and miss people, I just want to let you know, that I miss you all....Life sounds incomplete without meeting you, without those PJs, without those canteen meetings....I hope, somewhere, in your hearts, you still remember me, for all the time we spent......Wish you luck!

I don't always feel good, sometimes I feel bad!!!

In d daily schedule, I feel like losing myself, rather I feel most of d ppl r losing demselves! Somewhr, in d competition, v r ending up in unnecessary competition, losing our peace! We work hard, v wrk harder, earn, den earn more, spend, spend more unnecessarily, but deep inside, v die, v die daily!!

V complicate ourselves! V complicate our lives, link everything......Jst think abt ur ph. Its not jst a ph, u hv ur emails linked, ur whatsapp, linkedin, box, dropbox, fb, twitter, .....& what not, everything linked. If u lose a ph, u jst dont lose a ph, u lose peace. Bcaus v've bcum attached. I guess, even ur bank a/c is linked and u cant transact if u dont receive ur one-time-password...

Peace comes from detachment, it comes from within, then comes happiness.....I've seen ppl working jst to complete 8 hr shift, which drags them to depression. At d same time, dere r ppl working wid their heart, loving what dey've got!!

Working hard is necessary, but its d motivational force behind it which matters!! If d motivational force is d fear of failing, probably, u've already lost!! Its better to stop competing. U can live in peace, happy, widout struggling much...U need not always fight, compete, work hard, sometimes, just relax!! Watchout....appreciate nature,......appreciate ppl around, appreciate things!

When was it last dat u saw sun rise, right frm complete darkness to a bright morning??
Its dark bluish black at night. It turns into a ligher blue shade. Den, a reddish orange in d east, dat orange shade increases and alld  shades in between are beyond explaining in words.
You've already lost all d sunrise events in the past. If possible, try witnessing it asap. Its worth investing time.......

If u wake up late, and go to bed late, try watching how beautiful d street lights look!! D way light forms a roughly conical shape, d way doz lights look when dere's some fog....

Its time to start living, .....living d way u want,......time to b crazy, to b beautiful d way u wanted to b!!!