तलाश (In search of someone)

एक खूबसूरत चेहरे की तलाश है,
जो मेरे लिए खास है,
दिल में मेरे,
जिसका प्यारा सा एहसास है,
लगता है वो कही आस पास है.


ढूंढता हूँ उसको, 
जो आके महका दे मेरा जीवन,
जिसको चाहे मेरा मन,
दूंगा उसे इतना प्यार,
ग़र करे वो मुझसे इकरार,
पहनाऊ उसे बाहों के हार,
अब यही मेरे दिल की आस है,
एक खूबसूरत चेहरे की तलाश है.


जो समझे मेरी नज़रों की इशारे,
जिसका दिल सिर्फ मुझे पुकारे,
उसपे दिल मैं जाऊं अपना हार,
कर दूँ अपनी जां मैं निसार,
अभी तो 'मोहब्बत' के लिए,
सिर्फ़ ये ज़मीं और आकाश है,
एक खूबसूरत चेहरे की तलाश है.

Social Networking - Truth behind the lies!

Few days back I was enjoying the party with my friends. It was my placement party. I was placed in Facebook. It was my dream job after working on a hacking project offered to me by leading IT Company of India during my engineering. My parents, my family members were really very happy. I was enjoying my time with Rolika as well and I was about to propose her. Rolika was my girlfriend. Everything seemed so perfect; I was able to imagine bright future ahead then.

But, today I am here in a very different situation.  At one instance I was thinking about my friends and on the other about Rolika. How can I forget those candle light dinners, those long drives, walking along with her in the rain? Those sleepless nights in the hostel with friends, booze parties, road trips! Myriad thoughts and feelings were screaming inside me. I was lost in my thoughts when a cop came and said “somebody is here to see you.”

It was Aisha, a friend of mine who completed her law this year itself.

Hi Sachin!

I could not speak a single word. She tried to console me. “I am with you, your friends, family everyone is with you. Just have faith in god and everything will be fine.”

“I have lost my future, my love and even I have lost my self-respect, how can everything be fine?”

Why it happened to me? Why? Why? Why? (My eyes broke into the tears and silence of jail made my cry even louder)

P.S.- I am trying a series of story, so for the coming parts please follow the blog.

Why IITians Should Do Start Up?

Few days ago I came across the article Why only few number of IIT kids end up doing startups. And then there was another article titled The 'Real' Reason Why Few IITians Do A StartUp; which is answer to the previous one. Being students of premiere institutes people expect a lot from IITians, so their arguments are totally correct. And matching upto once expectation is never possible. So I am not gonna add to that; but I will write about Why IITians should do a startup.

In India people are crazy about IITs and IITians, because IITs provide you a feeling of security. Once a child comes in ninth standard, his parents start expecting him to clear the JEE. It's not because of their craziness but they want a secure future for their child. Yes, IITs give you a secure future (in most of the cases). And it's not the degree which you get from IIT; but when you are in IIT you somehow develop certain qualities, skills and confidence that help you throughout your life.

Second reason behind craziness towards IITs is the privilege that IITians get. "Life doesn't give you a second chance, but an IIT does." Personally this is the good thing about IITs, you can always get a second chance. What it means is you start something and you failed after two years you can always opt a good job or you can go for your higher studies, but its not the case with other students of India.

So, I am asking  you to get a dream (an idea), believe in that dream, use that privilege, that confidence, those skills in chasing your dream (building a great product). Because an I-Bank or consulting company do not worth those skills. You will not be earning hefty in initial phases, but the skills you will be learning in the process will be priceless. Because as a start-up entrepreneur at times you will create your product, write the code, market your product, hire and train interns, deliver a keynote, write a blog about your company and list will go on. And if two or three years down the line your start up fails, you can always go for a job or higher studies with those tremendous skills. But I will not suggest you to do that, I will suggest  you to dream again.

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ज़िन्दगी

ज़िन्दगी की राह का एक और मुक़ाम पूरा हुआ,
कभी खुशियाँ मिली तो कभी ग़म साथ हुआ,
कुछ पुराने चेहरे थे साथ,
तो कुछ नए चेहरों का दीदार हुआ,
किसी ने हंसाया, किसी ने रुलाया,
और किसी  ने दर्द में भी साथ दिया,
पर 'माँ' के आँचल का मुझ पर हमेशा साया हुआ,
फिर सफ़र में मिली एक अनदेखी अनजानी सी 'वो',
जिसका साथ पाकर मुझे भी ज़िन्दगी जीने का एहसास हुआ,
दोस्तों के साथ बीते कुछ खुशनुमा पल,
और मुझे भी दोस्ती का एहसास हुआ,
सालों तक रहेगा ये साथ हमारा,
मेरे दिल को कुछ ऐसा एहसास हुआ,
बस है ये गुज़ारिश छोड़ना ना साथ मेरा,
कि दुनिया कहे मैं सबसे तन्हा हुआ,
अगर हो कोई गिला शिकवा तो भूल जाना,
माफ़ी मांगने को मैं दिल से तैयार हुआ.