Wonder how it feels
to die every moment you live
while you watch
your loved one die slowly.
Wonder how it feels
to do the best you can
to see that smile
one more time
Wonder how it feels
to watch helplessly
the loved one spewing blood
in agony
Wonder how it feels
to see the empty bed
to collect all those memories
and stuff them in bags
Wonder how it feels
to watch the army salute
the uniform and the flag
paying the last respects
My friend faced all this
as did her sons
while I watched teary eyed
Wondering how it felt.
Monday 27 September 2010
Delhi Diary 8
CWG
Things get more and more interesting. Rs 70,000 crore, unfinished work in the games village, muck in the toilets, dogs roaming freely in the rooms and the campus, water logged, mosquito larva breeding merrily, bridge and roads collapsing, tiles falling, snakes crawling.... Need we add anymore??
The world's best ever games, so said the Chairman of the OC of CWG, Suresh Kalmadi.
Today it was rather heartening to see on the news that the games village after a massive cleanliness drive is filling up with athletes and delegates who are going on record saying they are not disappointed with the arrangements. Then Kalmadi in an interview to CNN-IBN says if he is found corrupt he is willing to be hanged!!
This gets more and more interesting...
The latest is the tussle between the President of India and Prince Charles to open the games. So who is the rightful opener??
As a true and patriotic Indian, I hope and pray that the CWG happen smoothly and well. And then May Heads Roll.
Things get more and more interesting. Rs 70,000 crore, unfinished work in the games village, muck in the toilets, dogs roaming freely in the rooms and the campus, water logged, mosquito larva breeding merrily, bridge and roads collapsing, tiles falling, snakes crawling.... Need we add anymore??
The world's best ever games, so said the Chairman of the OC of CWG, Suresh Kalmadi.
Today it was rather heartening to see on the news that the games village after a massive cleanliness drive is filling up with athletes and delegates who are going on record saying they are not disappointed with the arrangements. Then Kalmadi in an interview to CNN-IBN says if he is found corrupt he is willing to be hanged!!
This gets more and more interesting...
The latest is the tussle between the President of India and Prince Charles to open the games. So who is the rightful opener??
As a true and patriotic Indian, I hope and pray that the CWG happen smoothly and well. And then May Heads Roll.
Friday 10 September 2010
Udaan
A movie close to the heart. The story centres around a creative 17 year old abandoned in a boarding school by his tyrannical father, Bairam Singh. The boy, Rohan has a 6 year old half brother, Arjun, who is regularly beaten into subnission by the dad. Rohan, along with three other friends, is expelled from school and lands up at home. Dad puts his son to work in his factory and gets him admitted to an engineering college. Rohan continues to write , fails his engineering exams and works at the factory half heartedly. He has in the meantime gotten frindly with three young local goondas and spends time drinking, smoking and fighting at pubs. This he does at night when he takes his father's car out. His uncle (younger brother of dad) and his wife are very fond of the two boys. Finally, Bairam decides to get married once again, this time to a woman who has a daughter. He decides that Rohan will work in the factory full time and Arjun will go to a boarding school. The uncle pleads with Bairam to think again but there is a fall out between the brothers. Rohan gets a call from his friends from school who are in Mumbai and are now working in one of the friend's dad's cafe. Rohan comes to a decision. He writes a letter to his dad telling him of his decision to leave home and also about taking care of Arjun who he says will grow into another Bairam Singh if left in the care of his father. The movie ends with Rohan and Arjun walking down the road happy with their new found freedom.:)
Saturday 4 September 2010
Delhi Diary 7
CWG 2010
Is there any common man who has not yet passed a sarcastic remark about the coming Commonwealth Games?? No, there can be none. Crores have been pumped into it and what do we have to show for it? Zilch! Today, speaking on the readiness of venues for the CWG, Badminton World no 3, Saina Nehwal at a press conference said that we are really not ready to host games of such prestige. She said she had seen international venues and found Delhi sadly lacking. An hour later, Saina goes ahead to retract her statement saying she apologises for making such statements which could hurt her and the country!!! Had she been threatened? Are we living in a democracy or what?? Can't we speak our minds any more? Who are these bigwigs who have pocketed all the moolah and are trying to make a show of running a defunct CWG 2010?
P.S. Why was Rahman paid Rs 5 crore for composing a song for these games? The song, it turns out, is a damp squib. (I haven't listened to it yet). So what now? Does he return 50% of the fee?
Is there any common man who has not yet passed a sarcastic remark about the coming Commonwealth Games?? No, there can be none. Crores have been pumped into it and what do we have to show for it? Zilch! Today, speaking on the readiness of venues for the CWG, Badminton World no 3, Saina Nehwal at a press conference said that we are really not ready to host games of such prestige. She said she had seen international venues and found Delhi sadly lacking. An hour later, Saina goes ahead to retract her statement saying she apologises for making such statements which could hurt her and the country!!! Had she been threatened? Are we living in a democracy or what?? Can't we speak our minds any more? Who are these bigwigs who have pocketed all the moolah and are trying to make a show of running a defunct CWG 2010?
P.S. Why was Rahman paid Rs 5 crore for composing a song for these games? The song, it turns out, is a damp squib. (I haven't listened to it yet). So what now? Does he return 50% of the fee?
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