tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739Fri, 01 Nov 2024 07:27:42 +0000QuotesPoemsMovie Reviewshttp://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/noreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)Blogger30125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-2297784049591843203Tue, 29 May 2018 16:56:00 +00002018-05-29T22:26:33.572+05:30 Us mez pe, meri kuch aadhi likhi kavitaayein hain, Shayaad unhein kabhi poora na kar sakoon... Unmein jo alfaaz adhure reh gaye hain, Ho sake, to unhe apne kuch bol, udhar de dena. Tumse churaye hue kuch pal ab bhi hain yahaan, Mehfooz hain, yaadon ki silvaton mein... Inhe yun, khwaabon ke daayron mein hi rakhna, Haqeeqat mein, inke ab koi maayne nahi. Haan, woh almari mein kuch lafz rakhein http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2018/05/main-bhi-nahi.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-8332268397175320424Tue, 29 May 2018 10:31:00 +00002018-05-29T16:01:55.990+05:30 Do you remember, when we were waiting for the rain to stop... And neither of us spoke a word to another, In that cold, damp evening, for the first time, I saw you... Do you remember, when you held my hand, and pulled us close... I began to lose my self within yours, And when every soul around me ceased to be, once more, I saw you... Do you remember, when we danced without a care http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2018/05/do-you-remember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-5498572355679510821Wed, 10 Aug 2016 19:02:00 +00002016-08-11T00:32:34.813+05:30Poems Ekti pataye ektu lekha,Tor, aar amar, sheyi dekha...Shobder bheede khujche ekhon,Toke keno je, eyi kheyali mon...Koto dur obdi dekh laaphaye,Tor daak e shob chede palaye...Atke rekhe achi aami anek khon,Manche na tau, eyi kheyali mon...Haath dhore tor, chaadte chaaye na..Zid dhore boshe, kore baayna...Bujhale o shey bujhena kokhon,Abadho amar, eyi kheyali mon...Ajoshro harano, shreeti jaante http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2016/08/kheyali-mon.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-3921958499403015633Mon, 07 Mar 2016 17:11:00 +00002016-03-07T22:44:18.665+05:30 I was on my way to the pantry at our office, when I bumped into one of my friends who was also going the same way. We were both talking about the weekend, when my phone rang. It was my wife. The name "Lucky Mumbai" flashed on the screen. My friend giggled and asked, "What have you stored her number as?" I showed him the screen, "Lucky Mumbai", it read. He was still giggling when he asked, "http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2016/03/lucky.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-1315539798447141459Sat, 05 Mar 2016 15:46:00 +00002016-03-07T12:41:39.972+05:30 I grew up in a joint family, during my initial years. We had three tvs, one was a big color tv, that was in the living room of our house, an uncle of mine had another one, a tad bit smaller color tv, but with a remote, and my parents had a smaller black and white tv in our room, one that came with knobs. All three tv sets had one thing in common, they had only two channels that aired. That http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2016/03/i-dream-of-jeannie.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-3642189844434951676Fri, 04 Mar 2016 09:46:00 +00002016-03-04T15:27:44.402+05:30 You know those rare times, when you are aware that you have to get up and move, and you only have a few moments to be in the state you are in. And you are in this awareness zone in those few fleeting moments, fully conscious of the fact that time is passing away. Well, I am right now in one of those moments.  I am lying here, in conflict with myself, listening to the lull hymns of http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2016/03/are-you-sure.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-5188382858909437855Sat, 17 May 2014 22:02:00 +00002014-05-18T10:36:09.950+05:30Poems Umar bhar ki hai ye jo kahaani tumhari, Ek aadh panno mein iske, kahin main bhi hoon... Saath tumhare chahe hoon na khada main, Parchaiyon mein tumhari, kahin main bhi hoon... Fursat jo mil paati kisi lamhe ko wo kehta, Kharcha hai yun, use aaj bhi tujh hi pe.. Laut aane ka vaada, jo waqt kabhi nibhata, Yaadein banata phir, saath mein tujh hi ke... Beete hue palon ki bheed mein jo khoya, Un http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2014/05/tum-aur-main.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-5776832539796033640Sat, 19 Apr 2014 00:07:00 +00002014-05-18T03:38:52.470+05:30Poems Can we meet somewhere? Somewhere outside.. Outside me and you. Somewhere within all the years we lost, Or may be within a moment we had. Where reasons won't be needed, And reality would be obscure.. Some place without definition, With blurred boundaries.. Where you wouldn't have ended, And I would have already begun. Regrets wouldn't be there as well Somewhere outside time too Where I http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2014/04/somewhere.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-2698266959617125671Sat, 29 Mar 2014 23:24:00 +00002014-03-30T10:12:34.139+05:30 If you close your eyes and reflect upon the moments that have defined your journey up till this very second. What is it that you remember? Think hard. What stands out? Do you remember the first time you fell from a cycle, or do you remember the first time you were able to ride it on your own. Do you remember the numerous failed interviews, or do you remember the moment you recieved your firsthttp://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-yellow-lamp-posts.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-8783900435528352464Fri, 29 Nov 2013 05:47:00 +00002013-12-01T17:42:13.598+05:30Poems Khule aasmanon ki khwahishein samete... Pankhon ko failaye, ud chala hoon main.. Kuch dhundli si manzilen hain haasil karni Dhoondhta unhe, kho chala hoon main.. Tedhe medhe se pathreele hain raaste, Nange pair inpe chal pada hoon main Ankahe lafzon ke sannaton mein goonjti, Awaaz apni hi, sun ne chala hoon main. Toota bhi hoon, main haara bhi hoon Khud ko sambhalta chala hoon main,http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2013/11/ummedein.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-8321727121177621039Fri, 29 Mar 2013 22:34:00 +00002013-03-30T04:13:11.964+05:30Poems A cup of coffee, a few pages to read, A long walk with some thoughts to feed... The rainy school days, the openfair nights, The windy afternoons filled with kites... An evening with friends, some old stories told, Some old parchments, in some forgotten folds... That familiar road, now a stranger to you, Still finding in there, old faces few... Some questions unasked, and their answers untoldhttp://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2013/03/a-memory.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-1179688281653568220Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:53:00 +00002013-03-30T03:26:19.901+05:30Poems Sitting there lost in her thoughts, With strands of hair kissing her face, There's so much more than meets the eye, About the girl in the orange dress. Carrying a million queries in those eyes, With her earring's melancholy chime, Wandering around in her own dreams, She's caught in a moment lost in time. A hint of smile is on her lips, Reminiscing about evenings passed, Trying her best to http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2011/10/girl-in-orange-dress.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-5445856072821752952Sat, 04 Jun 2011 07:26:00 +00002011-10-31T16:53:31.468+05:30Poems Dekli toh kemon amder dekha...etaai to chilo hathe lekha...vule jacchis shei chottobela??????shei choudhury bajaar eaar shei mela.... "ha re" mone ache "tor" shei bodmaishi???dekhei ami dtaam muchke haashi.....:)shei amder dushthumir shondha...mone chilona kono rokom dwidha....maar o boddho "tui" khetish !!!taao jekhane ami shekhaane "tui"  jetish !!! ki re"kakimoni k bolbo naki"..ajob"tor"http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2011/06/praan-khola.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-2585839287055676570Sat, 28 May 2011 19:30:00 +00002011-09-24T11:18:33.090+05:30Poems BASED ON A TRUE INCIDENT Once there was this girl,I don't remember her name.But it doesn't really matterCoz, the story stays the same. In front of our school she'd wait,for her little brother everyday.Up from their classroom windows,would peek the boys of XII-A. That day her rickshaw had parked,right beside our tall red fence.Our view had been totally blocked,by trees long and their leafs dense.http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2011/05/i-still-dont-remember.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-349554684045586065Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:08:00 +00002013-11-29T08:47:11.550+05:30Poems Out of the night that covers me, Black as the Pit from pole to pole, I thank whatever gods may be For my unconquerable soul. In the fell clutch of circumstance I have not winced nor cried aloud. Under the bludgeonings of chance My head is bloody, but unbowed. Beyond this place of wrath and tears Looms but the Horror of the shade, And yet the menace of the years Finds, and shall find, me http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2010/01/invictus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-4019673616236512833Sun, 17 Jan 2010 19:01:00 +00002013-11-29T08:47:36.597+05:30Poems T' was the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that St. Nicholas soon would be there; The children were nestled all snug in their beds, While visions of sugar-plums danced in their heads; And mamma in her 'kerchief, and I in my cap, Had just settled down for a long winter's http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2010/01/night-before-christmas.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-1145543036557648356Mon, 12 Oct 2009 02:00:00 +00002013-11-29T08:50:17.845+05:30Quotes " To be nobody but yourself, in a world which is doing its best, night and day, to make you everybody else, means to fight the hardest battle, which any human being can fight and never stop fighting." ~ E.E.Cummings http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2009/10/quote-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-6637031097591719434Sun, 11 Oct 2009 15:40:00 +00002013-11-29T08:50:12.808+05:30Movie Reviews Directed By: Ayan Mukherjee Starring: Ranbir Kapoor, Konkona Sen Sharma, Anupam Kher, Supriya Pathak, Rahul Khanna Music Director: Shankar Ehsaan Loy, Amit Trivedi My Rating: 3.5/5 It happens very rarely, that you watch only the first few minutes of a film, and you know you are in for a treat. That's what Wake Up Sid does to you. It presents characters you can identify with, and a story you canhttp://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2009/10/wake-up-sid-movie-review.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-7475534711856782602Sun, 31 May 2009 20:51:00 +00002013-11-29T08:50:05.698+05:30Poems This is something i wrote for my parents. I haven't got a chance to show this to them yet, but pretty soon i will. The first time I opened my eyes, You were there to care for me, I haven't said this much often, but mom, dad, I worship thee. In every scorching heat of life, You have been my caring shade, Your love is pure, your love is rare, Your love is something i'll never trade. If ever, i http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2009/06/i-worship-thee.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-3009820133746564778Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:41:00 +00002013-11-29T08:49:57.762+05:30Quotes "Only the wisest and the stupidest of men never change." -Confucius http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day_06.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-7283238501597393989Thu, 04 Dec 2008 18:35:00 +00002013-11-29T08:49:53.540+05:30Quotes "To assume we are in control is one of the illusions in life, and every now and again that illusion is shattered." -David Adam http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day_05.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-3630996107634472722Wed, 03 Dec 2008 18:34:00 +00002013-11-29T08:49:22.266+05:30Quotes "We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." -Oscar Wilde http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day_04.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-8189171202633449071Tue, 02 Dec 2008 18:32:00 +00002013-11-29T08:49:15.430+05:30Quotes "Hypocrite: The man who murdered his parents, and then pleaded for mercy on the grounds that he was an orphan." -Abraham Lincoln http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day_03.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-1746294334215424879Mon, 01 Dec 2008 18:36:00 +00002013-11-29T08:49:08.319+05:30Quotes "Friends are angels that lift you from your feet when your wings forget how to fly." -Anonymous http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day_02.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9002733681586287739.post-7608431883080916248Sun, 30 Nov 2008 18:32:00 +00002013-11-29T08:48:59.688+05:30Quotes "Wit is the sudden marriage of ideas which, before their union, were not perceived to have any relation." -Mark Twain http://avrasengupta.blogspot.com/2008/12/quote-of-day.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Avra Sengupta)0