To each. His own.

From my brother

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Tue, 01 Mar 2011 06:04:00 +0000

harsh words and violent blows
hidden secrets that nobody knows
closed eyes and open fists
deep inside i'm confused and twisted
too many whens and whys
sleeping awake i choke on my dreams
i listen loudly to silent screams
i am on my knees as much dead as alive
looking at the wounds from i've bled
burnt out, wasted, sad, and exhausted
my sun has died out, the ashes drifted
i'm still here, confused and twisted

-Ankit Singh

Sometimes I feel I am an indigo child

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Mon, 19 Apr 2010 22:50:00 +0000

A human creature born abnormally, inhumanly sensitive.

To him...

a touch is a blow,
a sound is a noise,
a misfortune is a tragedy,
a joy is an ecstasy,
a friend is a lover,
a lover is a god,
and failure is death.

IPL 2010 Honk Ringtone

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Wed, 24 Mar 2010 17:59:00 +0000

For those who had asked for the IPL 2010 honk ringtone

Click here to download

Divided by Time

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Sun, 14 Mar 2010 06:54:00 +0000

The Indian government has been trying and has finally decided whether the country should have two different time zones. Would the proposed time divisions throw the country into confusion? Who would benefit from this change and who would lose out?

So to understand let’s start from scratch. What’s the deal about having times zones? I tried doing some research on my own and I’ll try to summarize what I found out.

Indian Standard Time (IST) is the time observed throughout India, with a time offset of UTC+05:30. India does not observe daylight saving time (DST is the practice of advancing clocks so that afternoons have more daylight and mornings have less.) or other seasonal adjustments, although DST was used briefly during the Sino-Indian War of 1962 and the Indo-Pakistani Wars of 1965 and 1971 (Why? We’ll come to that later).

IST was not in practice in the British India, with regions maintaining their own time zones. It wasn’t until Independence that India’s two time zones were unified, while, ironically, the country itself was divided physically.

The country's east-west distance of more than 2,000 km covers over 28 degrees of longitude, resulting in the sun rising and setting almost two hours earlier on India's eastern border than in the Rann of Kutch in the far west. The peculiar problem is that every summer, the residents of our eastern states see the sun rising at 4 a.m. With hours to go before India’s workday begins, people wait in bed for the westward-moving sun to wake up the rest of India. Their forced procrastination has serious consequences. With nearly four hours of daylight wasted, there are big losses to eastern India’s productivity.

The country also loses a critical opportunity to tackle its worsening power crisis — especially the peak-hours power shortage that occurs early morning and late evening. The solution to both problems could lie in another re-partitioning of India — this time into two time zones.
R.K. Pachauri, director-general of The Energy Resources Institute (TERI), estimates that power shortages cost India up to 1.5 per cent of its GDP every year, with peak hour shortage rising to as much as 13.9 per cent. He says“Having two separate time zones will decouple the peak times in different parts of India and even allow for the possibility of transferring power between the states,”. In military and aviation time, IST is designated E* (standing for "Echo-Star"). In wartime daylight saving has been used to reduce civilian energy consumption.

Those who are for this change argue that daylight could be used to better effect if the country was divided by a north-south line into two time zones. But others who are opponents believe that this would cause social and economic problems as well as confusion.

On top of concerns is that having two time zones will disrupt everything from software systems in banking and finance to social and business interactions that may happen across time zones. Banks and Trading Markets would have to be reframed.

Also flights arising from east say from the city of Calcutta coming to Mumbai would practically take double the time to reach destination. Fliers won’t be the only ones affected. Examinations with the same test papers would be held at a delay in both zones but as the rules say that 12 board exams must begin simultanously in all schools across the country to ensure fairness. The voters in the eastern side would be able to declare the winner while voters in western side still stand in lines.

Other uncanny concerns obviously ought to come from the places least expected. Read in todays newspaper: In a series of political rallies, Thackeray repeatedly accused the Congress-NCP led state government of agreeing to the time zones only because it favours Bihar and Uttar Pradesh. He can’t bear Bihar being two hours “ahead” of Maharashtra and said that this would represent the superiority of UP and Bihari people over the Marathi people.

That’s not all, behen Mayawati herself is being accused of suggesting to divide the state of UP based on time zones selling out to the upper caste constituencies who would fall in the two hour “ahead” time zone. The MLAs allege that this is a move against the oppressed and backward sections of society and a further attempt to deprive them of development. (what bullshit)

Prime Minister's Office will soon address the nation to alleviate the ongoing confusion but apparently the government seems to be confused over the timing of his speech.

There have been previous attempts to put this in order. In 2001, the government established a four-member committee under the Ministry of Science and Technology to examine the need for multiple time zones and daylight saving. The findings of the committee, which were presented to Parliament in 2004 by the then Minister for Science and Technology, Kapil Sibal ( I don’t under stand why this guy is involved whenever the most degrading of the decisions are made), did not recommend changes to the unified system, stating that "the prime meridian was chosen with reference to a central station, and that the expanse of the Indian State was not large enough."

What took me into thinking is that have all the other matters vanished that every body has gathered to discuss to this all-so-sudden-so-important problem? Well, it has merits and demerits. Though serious issues like energy can be helped but at the same time you can expect a 1/6th of the world’s population to be all clear about the concept itself, can you?
To tackle these problems there have been instruments all along. There are provisions in labour laws that allow the Central and State governments to define and set the local time for a particular industrial area. So a TATA nano plant (now just a thought) in Singur would operate two hours earlier than a nano plant in Pantnagar, Gujrat. So rather than having separate time zones just work in different working hours.

Bangladesh is +6:00 hours ahead of GMT and we are further beyond that. The option that we have is to either opt in for Daylight Saving Time where you (apparently) shift your typical working day by a couple of hours or to have a divided country half ahead and half behind. Besides new time zones are not likely to add to the per capita income of an average Indian. Yep the tide of time won’t reach all of sailing ships at the same moment :).

In my opinion there wouldn't be much benefit to India in adopting multiple time zones. One time zone s just fine. I feel it will create more confusion, cause more difficulties in day to day business. I guess anyways a good majority of Indian services are not exactly time conscious (always late), let’s them be the way they are.

A Critic or A Cynic: The thin red line

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Sun, 07 Mar 2010 09:23:00 +0000

Hello ji... kaise ho ? Aap to aajkal ghar aate hee nahi , kabhi bhai sahib ko lekar aiyye na…ab to bacche bhee bade ho gaye honge..bittu kaunsi class mein aa gaya…ok ok sorry , wo ghar par uncle aunty logo ke beech Hello jee ke baad inti saaree baatein hoti hai ki main emossnal ho gaya tha . So shareef logo jaise , hello jee .

So now I am wishfully and willfully trying to come out of the alpaviram of blogging, post joining job. Baap re time hi time hai fir bhi nahin milta. For those who know, aaj raam kasam kuch gaane ka man kiya.

I went yesterday to see Road, Movie starring Abhay Deol, Satish Kaushik etc.... Since the morning I had been reading reviews from popular critics and websites. It was written all over that that the movie is “Beautifully boring” as the only highlight being the excellent cinematography. Every other critic contributed to the defamation that half my mood to watch it had sunk. Friends too said that the movie is weak on plot and on and on.

Finally I went to catch the flick and as it went forth I found the movie quite appealing at least to me. Post interval the movie was filled half the time with junta comments in the theatre with which I was really getting irritated. People were literally laughing during many scenes which weren’t funny at all, like the one where the girl sang a rajasthani folk at the end. And when the titles came up at the end guys looked at the screen like as if the movie had just stopped 10 mins after starting. An open to interpretation ending is still not received comfortably.

Of course there were things that could have been better but isn’t that the case with nearly every movie. But what I failed and yet fail to understand was whether all this enormous bullshit criticism was really required. I mean is a movie bound to have a complete story, why can’t one experience or a feeling be portrayed in a single movie. And obviously everyone who went to watch it knew that its not going to be another bollywood movie with singing dancing at regular intervals. In fact, that’s become the Oscar formula nowadays, just look at the winner of the best movie of this year “The Hurt Locker” where the barbarism of war is shown turning into a soldiers addiction. “The rush of battle is often potent and lethal addiction, for war is a drug”. Didn’t the best of recent movies “Wrestler”, “Reader”, “Blind Side” had a lot unsaid and open to interpretation. I found Road, Movie to be a beautiful portrayal a guy’s life for a week once he decided to roll on out of his boring life.

Whole thing points out to one basic thing (and not to demean any of the critics) that haven’t we had enough of that heavy dose of criticism to every other change which I mean not just in cinema but anywhere around us also. The stir on the mumbai manoos issue, all the reality shows turning round the adult corner, or even the parliament walkout on the 2010 budget. Any attempt to reflect the state of affairs in the current society is shot down like its a hypothetical issue. These things come up only because at least some section of the society is becoming more receptive to change and are also acknowledging that.

There are certain groups of people: those who’re conservative, those who are contemporary and the largest group of those who are confused. Times have changed and so have the perception and presentation. Too much criticism can drive you nuts, Isn’t what you are told not to do; goes straight to the top of your bucket list

My point is that criticism turning cynicism is not helpful at all. Weighing down somebody’s efforts outright is never a good personality trait. I personally hate that and it does no good to anyone.

Moongfali Waala

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 10:31:00 +0000

Baitha sadak kinaare, kisi gali,
Koi deewar ki aadh liye.
Baitha un chatakhti ediyon, par bal dekar.
Kisi grahak ki aas liye.

Muskura uthta tha, jab kapde chadh jaate the logo ke.
Ek ummedd banke aati thi thandi hawayein mere liye.
Daane bechkar, daana paani ka intezaam karna hai.
Daane bechne waala hun, bas yahi kaam karna hai.

Lohe se loha takrae, aur jab chan chan rait chanti jae.
Ek mahak aisi aaye, jo jebon se, haath hatae.
Do pal ki baatein ho, ya badi si gupshup.
Chit- pat, chit- pat…karte karte.
Samay chala jaata jhatpat.

Har insaan se waakif hun,
Har harkat ka gawaah hun.
Sadak ka bandaa hun.
Par hawa ke maafik hun.

Koi paanch rupalli deta hai, koi dus to koi do.
Koi muft ki rebri maangta hai.
Aur koi kehta hai "bhai loot rahe ho"
Par ye daane, har khushi har gham ke saathi hain.
Paas hi ki tooti bench ne suni…
Naa jaane kitnee kahaani hain.

Shaam hui to, log ghate.
Aur chilke, kaagaz ki kheti khile.
Aur jhadoo lagaakar Ram Singh bola.
Bhaiyya aaj to bade kamaa liye.

Kitno ne suni kahaani humse.
Kitno ne kahi kahaani.
Aur saalo se yahaan baitha hoon…
Dekh sun chukka kai kahaani maje ki.
Log jaante hain, kuch pehchaante hain.
Aur kuch udhaari ke bhi hain…
Jo sirf dukh baantte hain.

Beete din aur beete saal.
Badal gai logo ki chaal.
Akhbaar ki pudiya haathon mein..
Ban gayi sharam ki misaal.
Ab cola hai, aur packet hai.
Ya fir coffee aur biscuit hai.
Shayaad mein puraana ho chala hu.
Ab coat nahi, Bante jacket hein.

Koi andhere mein se aata hai,
Chupchaap ek packet le jaata hai.
Aur koi galti se din mein le gaya.
Wo badi jeb mein use chupata hai.

Pata nahi mein purana hoon,
Ya log ho chuke kaafi naye.
Sharam kya mera kaam hai,
Ya ye daane logo ke liye.

Par jaisa maine bola tha.
Ki mein sab dekh raha hoon.
Ye bhi ek badlaav hai.
Jise bas khusi se nahi, ghum se samajh raha hoon.

Ab choti dukaan ke Chote pakwaan hain.
Jo dekh ke bhaa gaya, wahi alisaan hai.

PIMPLE

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Tue, 30 Dec 2008 19:20:00 +0000

Komal kaaya par nazar vaar
ya hai ye koi hai pretchaal
bhor bhai sab tha mangal
ye pimple ne kar diya dangal

Date. Dupahri. Office. Kaaj
galat na khaya kabhi anaaj
kyun vichlit karte ho yun pimple
samjhe ho tum baap raaj

Hey pimple tum atikroor ho
pal mein karte ghamand choor ho
mujhe na dekho tum ghoor ghoor
yaad na aaye mujhe mera koi kasoor

Marzi aawat, marzi jaawat
samay samay par naach nachawat
dawa daaru cream ya powder
Sab par marzi jhapat chalawat

Na pakki jagah na pakka samay
aaj ya kal, sada rehta ye bhay
Koi cheez hai jisse prasanna karoon
Geet gaoon ya poojan karoon

Sheeshe par jab khud ko dekhoon
pehle tum hi kyun dikhte ho
Kya upar waale ki dukaan mein.
thok ke bhav tum free bikte ho

Mere chehre ki raunak par
jaise karta ho koi bak bak
Dekhne par jise kasht ho
chune par jyaada ho dikkat
Tu kaisa kissa , na mera hissa
Badi samasya hai vikat

Tere sang naa khai koi kasam
na lagaye maine saat phere
Fir bhi janam bhar karne padenge
kya hamesha darshan tere

Par tera mujhse rishtaa gehra
teri prasssanta mera chehra
Daal diya tune us par ghera
aakhir tu pimple jo thehra

Andhera

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 11:54:00 +0000

Udhar na jaana, wahaan hai andhiyaara.
bhooto se bhara hai ye galiyaara.
maathe paseena, bezor jabaan.
zor baj raha, vaham kaan mein.

Soch ke aage rok lag gaya,
chaal mein koi bojh lad gaya.
Ab putliyaan nahi tikti ek jagah pe.
jaan na reh gai ab haath- paon mein.
saans kyun fooli, tap raha badan.
dil ki dhadkane nahi rahi tham.
Jaise baraf mein jam gaya ho man.
baar-baar dil pooche sawaal ye,
Andhera kyu hota nahi naram.

Dil dimaag ab kyun na jawaab de,
koi kahin se ek awaaz de.
koi kahe chaido andhiyaara.
vaham bhaga do, saara ka saara.
Jitna gehra ho andhera
jo tinke bhar ka ho ujiyara
utna sundar lage jag saara
Chupa bhale le, mita nahi sakta,
sirf ankho mein parchai ka dera,
Rok nahi sakta kisi ko, bas saamne aa sakta hai andhera,

Andhere mein chal sake jo,
udh sakta hai wo ujale mein.
dekh sake jo andhere mein,
wo chun sakta hai laakhon mein.

Aankh mein to kar de parda
par kaan pe zor nahi hai chalta
Andhere mein tu apne.
dil ki to sun sakta hai.
Andhera ek dwand hai.
keval kalpana ka waar hai.
Jo nahi dekha kabhi.
wo kaise andhere mein sawaar hai.

Aaj teri cheenkh koi nahin sunega, Uska kaam hai maze lena woh bas maze lega

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 06:52:00 +0000

kya maanga tha tujhse,
aur kya de raha hai.
jaisa chaaha tha maine, kya wo ho raha hai.
sawaalon mein bunta chala jaa raha hoon.
sochta hoon zyaada, ye kya ho raha hai.

wo dega kya ab bhi, jo maangonga usse.
ya sab Likh chuka hai, aur maze le raha hai.

kya main uska likha kabhi badal paonga.
ya khushi se ab bhi use kehta jaonga.
ki kar de murad, ek baar to poori.
jo likha hai review kar, uspe nazar daal thodi.
kya jo ho raha hai, sahi ho raha hai
ya tu sab likh chuka hai, ab bas maze le raha hai.

tu jaane kya hua hai, kya hoga mere aage peeche.
fir tujhse mere maangne ki wajah aaj kya hai.
kyon maangu, kyon jodu mein haath apne.
jab mera kya hoga tu confirm kar chuka hai

kya meri awaaz kuch badal bhi sakegi.
kya judey haath dekhkar teri kalam fir chalegi.
mein nahi jaanta kya hona hai mera.
par tu jaankar bhi, saala maze le raha hai.

sab seedha chalkar bhi tedha ho jaata hai.
tera haath bhi na jaane kab saath chodh jaata hai.
jo palatkar dekhoon to love life dikhe khaali.
aur saamne dekhoon, to yaad aaein school waali.
peeche to jaa sakte nahin, aage bahut nikal gaye.
par aage bhi chaloon main, to kya tu nazar rakh raha hai.

suna tha dil se maango to sab kuch milega.
haath jodoonga to kya tu likha badlega.
jo tune likha hai, kabhi galat bhi hua hai?
ya likhne ke baad hamesha hansta raha hai.

maanoon ya na maanoon, kabhi kabhi sochta hoon.
par kisi par to mein ab yakeen kar chuka hoon.
wo yakeen tu hai, ya mein khud ban gaya hoon.
par tere likhe ka deewana ho chala hoon.
ab tu likh chuka hai, kirdar mein bana hoon
par kahani ke panne kya sahi padh raha hoon?

kya koi kahin mujh par hans raha hai.
Ya kaun hai kirdar, us baat par ro raha hai.
kahani ke panne ab kitne hain baanki.
ye mujhko nahin sirf tujhko pata hai.

tere kirdaar nibha ke main ab thak gaya hoon
haalat hui aisi, dekh ab main khud likh raha hoon

tu sab likh chuka hai, ab sirf maze le raha hai.

Kaisi Zindagi

noreply@blogger.com (Abhishek Singh) — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:50:00 +0000

Kaale Badal dekhkar.
kaal ke daas ho gae.
Kiran ki aas chooti.
to andhere ke paas ho gae.
musibaton se band kar li aankhein.
fir jisne haath pakda,
usi ke hi khaas ho gae.

Jee to rahein hein.
Par Jeene ki takat kahan hai.
Apni mehfil bhi wahin saje.
Jahan baitha saara jahan hai.
Dekh kar sabko.
Hum bhi muskura lete hein.
Kabhi aine mein dekhkar.
Khud se batiya lete hein.

Ped se utar gaein.
Bheja ghonsle mein hi chod aae.
Do Chaaron ke beech mein.
Apne pentre bhi aajmaie.
Jab kuch na ho saka.
To hansi ke saath ho gae.
Khud par hansna seek liya.
Ab hum bhi kuch khaas ho gae.

Apne liye gumnaam hein.
Auro ko lie hum aam hein.
Gareebon ki hum aas hein.
Badshah hum betaaj hein.

Ab aise hi jeena seekh liya hai.
Aise jie ki kuch ho na sakaa.
Itne natak kar lie hein.
Ki mann bhi apna ,
raha nahi sagaa.