Stepping out of college
You enter a whole new world
Here, even if you don't want,
Responsibilities are hurled
You feel I should finish
The work given to me NOW
You stay late for a day
It ends up being a habit somehow
People take you for granted
This guy works late always
Little does the guy know
Gone are his early going days
The guy plans a movie
And wants to go soon
He thinks his long working
Will now be a boon
But, wait ! People see him going late
Assume he will go late again
Plan a meeting without asking him,
Long working became a bane !
How can he say , he can't
When he did stay late before
The thing which he had planned
Remained behind the door.
He rose the expectations himself
No one but he, is at fault
His plans got affected
Got more work in his vault
Just relax fellows
Don't try to impress
Just meet deadlines
Rest's the same, more or less
Finish off your job
And scurry home
Take a friend to eat
Find a place to roam
Just a simple change in the mindset
Is the hour's need
It's upto you to choose
Freedom or the impression greed
--> Original by
Sanket Karkare
28th October 2009
Monday, November 2, 2009
Alone
Pity me, for I am sad
Understand me. Don't get mad
Leaving the comfort zone
Is not my cup of tea
Considering myself as alone,
a crying version, you'll always see
Change ? Nopes. Can't handle it
But, also get bored of routine bit by bit
So, what do I want ?
Umm. I want to go home
Never go out of the room
Never ever roam
New people ? Xenophobia. I need more aid
Don't try to mix, else I 'll fade
Of nothing but sloppy emotions I am made
Time to cry again, for goodbye I've bade
If this wasn't enough, I dissuade others too
When they should roar, I make them moo
I misplace my emotional outburst
And end up in a row
Thinking that reverting would clean the dust
I go to the person and bow
Still the person did not budge
Then against him , others I will nudge
This is the way of showing my grudge
I fudge the act of being soft like a fudge
My heart cries, but no one to hear
Oh, come on !! Who will ? No one's here
I don't have any close peer
Didn't I just tell about my fear ?
Forgot to mention
I do have friends few
Don't catch up even with those
So, surely can't have any new ?
Why doesn't my life revolve around people ?
I question and answer myself this doubt
Its coz I think that our friendship will finally cripple
You ARE crazy, I heard you shout
This is what I am
Am alone always
Was n will be alone
Its my ultimate phase
Not living life when the time is mine
Living on cloud 1 when others are on nine
For stupid reasons not to think but whine
Is what my life is in one line
--> Original by me
Sanket Karkare
17th Sept 09
Understand me. Don't get mad
Leaving the comfort zone
Is not my cup of tea
Considering myself as alone,
a crying version, you'll always see
Change ? Nopes. Can't handle it
But, also get bored of routine bit by bit
So, what do I want ?
Umm. I want to go home
Never go out of the room
Never ever roam
New people ? Xenophobia. I need more aid
Don't try to mix, else I 'll fade
Of nothing but sloppy emotions I am made
Time to cry again, for goodbye I've bade
If this wasn't enough, I dissuade others too
When they should roar, I make them moo
I misplace my emotional outburst
And end up in a row
Thinking that reverting would clean the dust
I go to the person and bow
Still the person did not budge
Then against him , others I will nudge
This is the way of showing my grudge
I fudge the act of being soft like a fudge
My heart cries, but no one to hear
Oh, come on !! Who will ? No one's here
I don't have any close peer
Didn't I just tell about my fear ?
Forgot to mention
I do have friends few
Don't catch up even with those
So, surely can't have any new ?
Why doesn't my life revolve around people ?
I question and answer myself this doubt
Its coz I think that our friendship will finally cripple
You ARE crazy, I heard you shout
This is what I am
Am alone always
Was n will be alone
Its my ultimate phase
Not living life when the time is mine
Living on cloud 1 when others are on nine
For stupid reasons not to think but whine
Is what my life is in one line
--> Original by me
Sanket Karkare
17th Sept 09
Monday, September 14, 2009
I saw Jaago Re.. and boy, did I awaken
If you say that you’ve never been bribed, then I’d say you don’t exist. This is a bitter fact of the society we live in. Everyone has become so-called busy that they don’t want to WASTE time in waiting. They would rather PAY the bribe, which the opposite person obviously accepts with a glee, and get their jobs done.
Common incidents where you are sure of being bribed include
-Passport
-Driving licence
-Police verification
-Other official stuff.
Such incidents are too common to be described. All of you must have undergone being bribed at least once in your lifetime.
However, today I had decided to be the change which I wanted to see in the nation. I had awakened :)
Today was the day we had been waiting for. Not because we liked to visit a police station, but because our police verification procedure was pending since like ages. Today, our broker finally decided to spare time for us and get the job done.
When he finally came, we were ready with all the necessary documents. He asked us to give Rs. 100 per form. I got infuriated and asked him the reason for the same. He said that the police WILL ask for the money. However, I had decided to change, and change was THEN. I told him that I would like to go personally to the police station and he agreed. Two of my friends joined me in this (in the beginning).
We reached the police station. We waited for more than an hour to see the authorized person to get the work done. When he came, he directly asked us to pay Rs. 200 per form, which would amount to 1200 /- in total. Seeing the police, one of my friends chickened out, paid 800 Rs. and went home to REST. He paid 800 Rs. because; we have three chickens living with us, including him. A fourth friend wanted to join us but was caught up in some work, so he had to “pay the price “ !!
Let’s stop beating around the bush and come to the point as to what exactly happened there !!. The friend who was with me all this time was Arnav. He told me not to speak because , boy do I get angryyyyy at such stuff. He straightforwardly asked the person, ”Yeh paise jo ap mang rahe ho, ye official charges hai kya ?” ( Is the money you are asking from us , the official charges ? ). The person was so bewildered that he replied (inspite of the fact that we DID have all the official documents with us) ,” Yeh sab bhi official hai kya .. blahhh blahh” As you must have read, this sentence had no sense at all !!
Till then, he’d got the idea that we were not going to pay him a single penny and so he made us photocopy the documents which he had actually overlooked in the case of my friends who had paid the bribe. But, Arnav and I had decided to win. We ran, got the documents photocopied and threw those in his face. Then, when he signed on the stamp, I asked, “Sab ho gaya naa ?” (All’s done, rite ?). The officer was speechless. His face showed a clearcut sign of being too puzzled to believe that inspite of the fact that he expected us to pay the bribe, we weren’t going to.
The best part was that I stormed out without looking back, and Arnav followed suit.
Lo and behold !! We DID win :D
So, now you decide. If we could make a small difference, why can’t you all make a difference too? And just think, if all these differences add up? Won’t that make it a BIG difference? Just ponder over this. When I narrated this incident to my father, you know what he said? His words were. “You did a good job. Buck up. WE are corrupt. NOT them. They take because we give.”
Just stop paying fellows, the taking will stop too.
I do hope that you too make a difference. JAI HIND…
--Sanket Karkare
Date: 13th Sept 09
True incident !!
Common incidents where you are sure of being bribed include
-Passport
-Driving licence
-Police verification
-Other official stuff.
Such incidents are too common to be described. All of you must have undergone being bribed at least once in your lifetime.
However, today I had decided to be the change which I wanted to see in the nation. I had awakened :)
Today was the day we had been waiting for. Not because we liked to visit a police station, but because our police verification procedure was pending since like ages. Today, our broker finally decided to spare time for us and get the job done.
When he finally came, we were ready with all the necessary documents. He asked us to give Rs. 100 per form. I got infuriated and asked him the reason for the same. He said that the police WILL ask for the money. However, I had decided to change, and change was THEN. I told him that I would like to go personally to the police station and he agreed. Two of my friends joined me in this (in the beginning).
We reached the police station. We waited for more than an hour to see the authorized person to get the work done. When he came, he directly asked us to pay Rs. 200 per form, which would amount to 1200 /- in total. Seeing the police, one of my friends chickened out, paid 800 Rs. and went home to REST. He paid 800 Rs. because; we have three chickens living with us, including him. A fourth friend wanted to join us but was caught up in some work, so he had to “pay the price “ !!
Let’s stop beating around the bush and come to the point as to what exactly happened there !!. The friend who was with me all this time was Arnav. He told me not to speak because , boy do I get angryyyyy at such stuff. He straightforwardly asked the person, ”Yeh paise jo ap mang rahe ho, ye official charges hai kya ?” ( Is the money you are asking from us , the official charges ? ). The person was so bewildered that he replied (inspite of the fact that we DID have all the official documents with us) ,” Yeh sab bhi official hai kya .. blahhh blahh” As you must have read, this sentence had no sense at all !!
Till then, he’d got the idea that we were not going to pay him a single penny and so he made us photocopy the documents which he had actually overlooked in the case of my friends who had paid the bribe. But, Arnav and I had decided to win. We ran, got the documents photocopied and threw those in his face. Then, when he signed on the stamp, I asked, “Sab ho gaya naa ?” (All’s done, rite ?). The officer was speechless. His face showed a clearcut sign of being too puzzled to believe that inspite of the fact that he expected us to pay the bribe, we weren’t going to.
The best part was that I stormed out without looking back, and Arnav followed suit.
Lo and behold !! We DID win :D
So, now you decide. If we could make a small difference, why can’t you all make a difference too? And just think, if all these differences add up? Won’t that make it a BIG difference? Just ponder over this. When I narrated this incident to my father, you know what he said? His words were. “You did a good job. Buck up. WE are corrupt. NOT them. They take because we give.”
Just stop paying fellows, the taking will stop too.
I do hope that you too make a difference. JAI HIND…
--Sanket Karkare
Date: 13th Sept 09
True incident !!
Thursday, August 27, 2009
PAST
The PAST
Nothing but memories, rite ?
Memories which you cherished ?
Memories which you want to forget ?
Memories which you wish never vanished ?
Memories that still make you fret ?
The happy past. Never an issue :)
But , the other past
Doesn't it haunt ?
Always finds a form.
Never lets you forget, does it ?
The form of another being
The form of another thing
Anxious ?
Why ? Why can't the past leave you ?
Why can't you live without it ?
It can. But it won't . Ever
You have to live with it
It will never leave. Ever
It will recall things that horrify you
It will recall things that sadden you
It will recall things to fill you with guilt
It will recall things you wish you'd not done
It will recall the PAST
Isn't PAST-Previous All Sufferings and Torture ?
Why can't it just be Pleasant And Sweet Times ?
Again, it can.
But it won't
That's what PAST is.
Poignant and Shady Times
The Past.
It haunts.
and haunts.
and ...
-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
26th August 09
Nothing but memories, rite ?
Memories which you cherished ?
Memories which you want to forget ?
Memories which you wish never vanished ?
Memories that still make you fret ?
The happy past. Never an issue :)
But , the other past
Doesn't it haunt ?
Always finds a form.
Never lets you forget, does it ?
The form of another being
The form of another thing
Anxious ?
Why ? Why can't the past leave you ?
Why can't you live without it ?
It can. But it won't . Ever
You have to live with it
It will never leave. Ever
It will recall things that horrify you
It will recall things that sadden you
It will recall things to fill you with guilt
It will recall things you wish you'd not done
It will recall the PAST
Isn't PAST-Previous All Sufferings and Torture ?
Why can't it just be Pleasant And Sweet Times ?
Again, it can.
But it won't
That's what PAST is.
Poignant and Shady Times
The Past.
It haunts.
and haunts.
and ...
-->Original by me
Sanket Karkare
26th August 09
Monday, August 24, 2009
Express
Life accelerates each moment
Raising its previous bar
It can't hold back and vent
The next record is not too far
Immediate adaptation is the need
We are pressurized to leave behind the past
Everyone aspires for some outstanding deed
The spell of success is successfully cast
However, when the subconscious self whispers
It reminds of the thing you forgot
Express this to your close once, before your disperse
Tell them " You mean so much to me and I love you a lot "
Just three magical words you need to say
Go now, don't lose the chance
Their replies will surely make your day
And you'll end up doin a lil' dance ;)
--> Original by me
Sanket Karkare
23rd Aug 09
Raising its previous bar
It can't hold back and vent
The next record is not too far
Immediate adaptation is the need
We are pressurized to leave behind the past
Everyone aspires for some outstanding deed
The spell of success is successfully cast
However, when the subconscious self whispers
It reminds of the thing you forgot
Express this to your close once, before your disperse
Tell them " You mean so much to me and I love you a lot "
Just three magical words you need to say
Go now, don't lose the chance
Their replies will surely make your day
And you'll end up doin a lil' dance ;)
--> Original by me
Sanket Karkare
23rd Aug 09
Yester-night
Yesternight on my bed, as I lay
the ceiling turned dark
Memories gathered and began to say
I heard them clearly as a lark
They showed me the moments I spent,
the life I'd lived before
It made life here a bore
It asked, who's there to vent ?
Thirsty soul
wants adventure
Mirage is what it gets
On the whole
was this venture
a fish-caught-in-the-net ?
It laments and asks
"Even when I am on the right path,
did I meet the people wrong ?
Indecision now basks
Should I've taken the LEFT path ?
Here, do I really belong ?? "
How can a dog live with a cat ?
How can a cat live with a rat ?
Exceptions are everywhere, I know that
However, I would rather kill the pestering gnat "
It was hightime. I shook my head
the mind needed to be the real world so,
I got up startled from the bed
and tried to pacify the mind's row.
I gave my mind
An invisible slap
Told it to think
of the bright side
Made it realize, it'd gone blind
And been a silly chap
After a wink
Stupid thoughts were forced to hide
I needed to talk
The mind was in a shock
I needed to take over
Craziness had started to hover
A conversation with my mind
Was a lil' of this kind
"Needed was this step one
Required to set you free
Dear, time to forget the fun
& climb the coconut tree
Friends n family were/are/will be there for you
But, some things are to be dealt with on your own
This bitter fact is undeniably true
Boy, come out of your comfort zone !!!
Surely, there wil be pals new
But, you've just spent here days few
The more here you'll live
More buddies, this place will give
Stop this baby's cry
Time will restore it all
Just go ahead and try
Now, colleagues are here to stop your fall :) "
The mind - now fully awaken,
Started smiling, that to grounds it was taken
Nodding that this was just a ghastly sight
It got lost in the dreams of the night
It got relieved of its plight
Phew!! Time to sleep tight,
Good night ;)
-->Original by me
sanket karkare
23rd Aug 09
the ceiling turned dark
Memories gathered and began to say
I heard them clearly as a lark
They showed me the moments I spent,
the life I'd lived before
It made life here a bore
It asked, who's there to vent ?
Thirsty soul
wants adventure
Mirage is what it gets
On the whole
was this venture
a fish-caught-in-the-net ?
It laments and asks
"Even when I am on the right path,
did I meet the people wrong ?
Indecision now basks
Should I've taken the LEFT path ?
Here, do I really belong ?? "
How can a dog live with a cat ?
How can a cat live with a rat ?
Exceptions are everywhere, I know that
However, I would rather kill the pestering gnat "
It was hightime. I shook my head
the mind needed to be the real world so,
I got up startled from the bed
and tried to pacify the mind's row.
I gave my mind
An invisible slap
Told it to think
of the bright side
Made it realize, it'd gone blind
And been a silly chap
After a wink
Stupid thoughts were forced to hide
I needed to talk
The mind was in a shock
I needed to take over
Craziness had started to hover
A conversation with my mind
Was a lil' of this kind
"Needed was this step one
Required to set you free
Dear, time to forget the fun
& climb the coconut tree
Friends n family were/are/will be there for you
But, some things are to be dealt with on your own
This bitter fact is undeniably true
Boy, come out of your comfort zone !!!
Surely, there wil be pals new
But, you've just spent here days few
The more here you'll live
More buddies, this place will give
Stop this baby's cry
Time will restore it all
Just go ahead and try
Now, colleagues are here to stop your fall :) "
The mind - now fully awaken,
Started smiling, that to grounds it was taken
Nodding that this was just a ghastly sight
It got lost in the dreams of the night
It got relieved of its plight
Phew!! Time to sleep tight,
Good night ;)
-->Original by me
sanket karkare
23rd Aug 09
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