इस रात की आवारगी में, दफ़न है वो बीती शाम
अब रह गयी तन्हाईयाँ और रह गया हाथों मैं जाम
लगता है थी ये कल की बात, ढलने लगी थी तुझपे रात
नज़रों ने की बातें बयां और थम गयी थी कायनात
बेसुध पड़ा बेजार मैं, बस नब्ज़ में रफ्तार थी
मेरे अधर यूँ खामोश थे, तू जिस्म से नाचार थी
वो समां ही कुछ और था, मैं और था तू और थी
हर चीज़ कितनी पाक थी, हर सांस मैं एक ज़ार थी
इस बार फिर वो आएगी, दस्तक दिए सी जायेगी
फुर्सत के पल मैं बैठ कर, कुछ बीते पल दुहराएगी
अब वक़्त लेकिन है ढल गया, और बुत बने से लोग हैं
अल्फाजों मैं वो रस नहीं, हाँ अजनबी वो होठ हैं
किस्से कहूँ ये दास्ताँ, तकलीफों का एक बोझ है
एक छाँव ठंडी चाहिए, न तू है ना कोई ओट है
(Dedicated to my old friends Ravi Mishra and Gaurav Singh, whose company brought me closer to gazals and shyari)
Wednesday, June 10, 2009
Saturday, June 6, 2009
To you..I want to say.....
In the whispers of wind, in a moonless night,
my heart was throbbing with a boundless delight.
The world seemed happy like never ever before,
“Blushing” was my face and smiles did endure.
I am dreaming or am I in heaven; my eyes refuse to open,
I want to be there for life, for I am far from being awoken.
Embrace me in your arms, make this feel eternal,
A touch a simple touch, this joy can’t be stolen.
Is it an illusion or am I nuts guys,
babe I always see you, even with my closed eyes.
You unwind my desires with emotions flying high,
I’ll cherish these memories, I promise no more cries.
Your long ebony hairs the lashes of your eyes;
Let me live by you forever I’ll never say “bye-byes”.
You are a seraph of heaven or an angel of light,
radiant in your freshness or a mist that engulfs me in night.
Your chuckles echoes in my ears, your voice sings lullabies,
Be in my arms forever..Oh Yes my love!! That’s absolutely right.
(dedicated to two of my old friends.. Deepasmita Bose who reminded me that i used to write poems and Meghraj Sharma who gave me a reason to write.)
Thank you
my heart was throbbing with a boundless delight.
The world seemed happy like never ever before,
“Blushing” was my face and smiles did endure.
I am dreaming or am I in heaven; my eyes refuse to open,
I want to be there for life, for I am far from being awoken.
Embrace me in your arms, make this feel eternal,
A touch a simple touch, this joy can’t be stolen.
Is it an illusion or am I nuts guys,
babe I always see you, even with my closed eyes.
You unwind my desires with emotions flying high,
I’ll cherish these memories, I promise no more cries.
Your long ebony hairs the lashes of your eyes;
Let me live by you forever I’ll never say “bye-byes”.
You are a seraph of heaven or an angel of light,
radiant in your freshness or a mist that engulfs me in night.
Your chuckles echoes in my ears, your voice sings lullabies,
Be in my arms forever..Oh Yes my love!! That’s absolutely right.
(dedicated to two of my old friends.. Deepasmita Bose who reminded me that i used to write poems and Meghraj Sharma who gave me a reason to write.)
Thank you
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Mistakes or Experiences - “The best way of learn?”
When a child tries to stand on his own feet for the very first time, he fumbles. He struggles to maintain his balance. Every time he stands up, he make mistakes…then in one such attempt he learns how to use his feet properly, how to support his body weight using his legs..And after that there is no turning back…
When we all started writing at the very tender age, we had problems initially in drawing the alphabets right. How many times did we have to write the same character just to make sure that it’s perfect? Entire junior education went through this process of committing mistakes and then learning from them. As a child, I had the habit of licking my thumb, which many children have. My parents told me several times not to do it, they used to say that it’s a bad habit but I never understood. So one fine day, my mom took a green chili and rubbed it on my thumb. I wasn’t aware of the “chilling” (also called Vitamin ‘C-C-C-C’ effect) of the chili. As usual I put my thumb in my mouth, and then something happened..My mouth started burning and I realized what a blunder I had done…As a child I was always curious to taste new items. It included soil, black ants (as told by my family members), chalk and chalk pencils, fish and other eatables..
As my mom says, one day while eating black ants, one of them got stuck to my tongue so badly that it started to bleed. Then I went to my father crying and he pulled it out. From that day, I left that habit because I learned from that incident the “Eating black ants is dangerous”. On the same lines, I still remember, in class KG at the age of 4 or 5 I went to my neighbors’ home for birthday party of my class mate. There I ate fish for the first and the last time. Actually the bone got stuck in my neck and it was a real bad experience.
Now here comes my point..Were these all experiences, whether good or bad, or would you call them my mistakes?? You may argue, why am I raising this point..it makes no sense but I feel people often use this word interchangeably. Oxford Dictionary says, a mistake is an error in judgment, a thing which is not correct, whereas an experience is an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on one. As a kid our horizon to judge or analyze things is very small and most of the time kids encounter new situations and new events, thus for them its an experience. No problem right!!!!
But here is the question, as we grow, why others perceive our every action as right or wrong, in terms of mistakes (failures) or success? Why aren’t we given freedom to explore new things for ourselves, to learn new body of knowledge? Mind it, I have used the word” experience” only in relation with “individual”. It doesn’t mean that one can fire a nuke on a city and then say that it was a new experience for him..That’s really absurd.. No one has the right to explore new things by hurting others.. One can try to do as many “out of the box” things as he want to be richer in experience with himself, but when others are involved with any of such actions, it can’t be executed unless others have complete knowledge of any such activity and give their consent in proper mental & physical health..
Now this debate won't stop till we choose it to stop..But think and analyze, how many times have you scolded without thinking weather he/she had really done a mistake or it was just a bad experience for them...which happened unintentionally..
When we all started writing at the very tender age, we had problems initially in drawing the alphabets right. How many times did we have to write the same character just to make sure that it’s perfect? Entire junior education went through this process of committing mistakes and then learning from them. As a child, I had the habit of licking my thumb, which many children have. My parents told me several times not to do it, they used to say that it’s a bad habit but I never understood. So one fine day, my mom took a green chili and rubbed it on my thumb. I wasn’t aware of the “chilling” (also called Vitamin ‘C-C-C-C’ effect) of the chili. As usual I put my thumb in my mouth, and then something happened..My mouth started burning and I realized what a blunder I had done…As a child I was always curious to taste new items. It included soil, black ants (as told by my family members), chalk and chalk pencils, fish and other eatables..
As my mom says, one day while eating black ants, one of them got stuck to my tongue so badly that it started to bleed. Then I went to my father crying and he pulled it out. From that day, I left that habit because I learned from that incident the “Eating black ants is dangerous”. On the same lines, I still remember, in class KG at the age of 4 or 5 I went to my neighbors’ home for birthday party of my class mate. There I ate fish for the first and the last time. Actually the bone got stuck in my neck and it was a real bad experience.
Now here comes my point..Were these all experiences, whether good or bad, or would you call them my mistakes?? You may argue, why am I raising this point..it makes no sense but I feel people often use this word interchangeably. Oxford Dictionary says, a mistake is an error in judgment, a thing which is not correct, whereas an experience is an event or occurrence which leaves an impression on one. As a kid our horizon to judge or analyze things is very small and most of the time kids encounter new situations and new events, thus for them its an experience. No problem right!!!!
But here is the question, as we grow, why others perceive our every action as right or wrong, in terms of mistakes (failures) or success? Why aren’t we given freedom to explore new things for ourselves, to learn new body of knowledge? Mind it, I have used the word” experience” only in relation with “individual”. It doesn’t mean that one can fire a nuke on a city and then say that it was a new experience for him..That’s really absurd.. No one has the right to explore new things by hurting others.. One can try to do as many “out of the box” things as he want to be richer in experience with himself, but when others are involved with any of such actions, it can’t be executed unless others have complete knowledge of any such activity and give their consent in proper mental & physical health..
Now this debate won't stop till we choose it to stop..But think and analyze, how many times have you scolded without thinking weather he/she had really done a mistake or it was just a bad experience for them...which happened unintentionally..
Friday, November 14, 2008
Freedom given to Children and Social Values!!!!
“With great freedom comes greater responsibility”....But what is more important: training others to shoulder the responsibility or blaming others for not taking responsibility of their actions?
Freedom, according to me, is a kind of social permission to do whatever you want in your way and promotes indigenous ideas and creativity.
In present scenario, as you can see all around, technology is gradually taking command over our lives. Apartment culture, computer and video games coupled with multiplexes have taken the space and freedom out of our lives. At how many places do we have good parks to play and moreover how many schools in entire world actually promote the spirit of going beyond the books? Recently in US a 13 yr. Old child was suspended from school for 5 days because his painting resembled with a gun (given below). What he drew was a normal street with houses and people around... So who is taking away freedom and from whom? Right from nursery, a child is bound to carry a bag, at times bigger than him and this tradition continues till our schooling ends..Do we have freedom actually to do whatever we want?? This entire system is promoting
only followers. Not innovators or genuine leaders..
Source: http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/23/331040.aspx
So what can be done?? Is there any way?
YES. The way is to empower the children..Give them more freedom..To think, to choose and to decide..Time and again psychologists are saying that symptoms of depression are being observed in children of 13 or 14 yrs. Some may relate it to genetic defects but the root cause always goes unnoticed. They feel themselves alone at that tender age. They feel as if they can’t share their feelings with anyone. I have personally seen kids competing against each other for positions right from class 1 and 2...When I was of that age, my prime focus was to enjoy the life...I don’t remember myself doing anything hard to be #1. Kids don’t even know the implications of being #1.. It’s the pressure society creates over them and when they grow up, try to free themselves from these shackles, they are said to be violating the social values.
SOCIAL VALUES??
Social values are created by the society and as per the definition in Civics; Societies are formed by individuals..Since individual values depend on individuals upbringing, believes and knowledge, therefore “social values” is a relative term.. What’s accepted in US may not be necessarily accepted in INDIA..Then how can we generalise that freedom given to children is spoiling the social values.
In US, girls and boys go together for whole night beach parties after 18. That’s an accepted social norm there. But will it be accepted in India?? I personally feel that there is no such thing. It’s only the reference through which, we see them.
Those in favour may say that freedom given to children is dangerous thing because they don’t know how to use it. But I say, things go wrong in only two cases: either Out of ignorance or if a child is deprived of something, in spite of having freedom in other areas.
You give fire arms license.. That’s a freedom you issue to use and to keep firearms..But do you give it to everyone?? You follow certain norms. You don’t give that freedom to any one, at any place and any time. So why not take this into consideration before making any rational judgement over this topic!!
I agree that have been some cases like increasing pregnancy rate among teenagers, firing arms in public places; increased use of alcohol and drugs, but my question is “are they occurring only because of freedom and not because of other issues?”
Recently I came across an article which said about increased pregnancy rate among girls less than 14 yrs of age and in most of the cases they didn’t know that they were pregnant..One girl went to a gynaecologist, because she felt a bump forming in her belly.. Other went because she could feel something moving inside her belly..
“Drugs usage” or “firing arms in public” are the outburst of frustration and anger. People don’t have time to look after their kids, share some moments with them & keep a check on the kind of company they are keeping. They try to make it up by giving them more gadgets, money and luxury and things go wrong, they blame it to their kids that they are misusing their freedom.
Every coin has two sides and every face has two colours. But you see only one because you choose to see it that way..
Try to change your frame of reference and you will be able to see what I am seeing...
Regards:
Nishant Kr.
Freedom, according to me, is a kind of social permission to do whatever you want in your way and promotes indigenous ideas and creativity.
In present scenario, as you can see all around, technology is gradually taking command over our lives. Apartment culture, computer and video games coupled with multiplexes have taken the space and freedom out of our lives. At how many places do we have good parks to play and moreover how many schools in entire world actually promote the spirit of going beyond the books? Recently in US a 13 yr. Old child was suspended from school for 5 days because his painting resembled with a gun (given below). What he drew was a normal street with houses and people around... So who is taking away freedom and from whom? Right from nursery, a child is bound to carry a bag, at times bigger than him and this tradition continues till our schooling ends..Do we have freedom actually to do whatever we want?? This entire system is promoting
only followers. Not innovators or genuine leaders..
Source: http://thenewshole.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2007/08/23/331040.aspx
So what can be done?? Is there any way?
YES. The way is to empower the children..Give them more freedom..To think, to choose and to decide..Time and again psychologists are saying that symptoms of depression are being observed in children of 13 or 14 yrs. Some may relate it to genetic defects but the root cause always goes unnoticed. They feel themselves alone at that tender age. They feel as if they can’t share their feelings with anyone. I have personally seen kids competing against each other for positions right from class 1 and 2...When I was of that age, my prime focus was to enjoy the life...I don’t remember myself doing anything hard to be #1. Kids don’t even know the implications of being #1.. It’s the pressure society creates over them and when they grow up, try to free themselves from these shackles, they are said to be violating the social values.
SOCIAL VALUES??
Social values are created by the society and as per the definition in Civics; Societies are formed by individuals..Since individual values depend on individuals upbringing, believes and knowledge, therefore “social values” is a relative term.. What’s accepted in US may not be necessarily accepted in INDIA..Then how can we generalise that freedom given to children is spoiling the social values.
In US, girls and boys go together for whole night beach parties after 18. That’s an accepted social norm there. But will it be accepted in India?? I personally feel that there is no such thing. It’s only the reference through which, we see them.
Those in favour may say that freedom given to children is dangerous thing because they don’t know how to use it. But I say, things go wrong in only two cases: either Out of ignorance or if a child is deprived of something, in spite of having freedom in other areas.
You give fire arms license.. That’s a freedom you issue to use and to keep firearms..But do you give it to everyone?? You follow certain norms. You don’t give that freedom to any one, at any place and any time. So why not take this into consideration before making any rational judgement over this topic!!
I agree that have been some cases like increasing pregnancy rate among teenagers, firing arms in public places; increased use of alcohol and drugs, but my question is “are they occurring only because of freedom and not because of other issues?”
Recently I came across an article which said about increased pregnancy rate among girls less than 14 yrs of age and in most of the cases they didn’t know that they were pregnant..One girl went to a gynaecologist, because she felt a bump forming in her belly.. Other went because she could feel something moving inside her belly..
“Drugs usage” or “firing arms in public” are the outburst of frustration and anger. People don’t have time to look after their kids, share some moments with them & keep a check on the kind of company they are keeping. They try to make it up by giving them more gadgets, money and luxury and things go wrong, they blame it to their kids that they are misusing their freedom.
Every coin has two sides and every face has two colours. But you see only one because you choose to see it that way..
Try to change your frame of reference and you will be able to see what I am seeing...
Regards:
Nishant Kr.
Sunday, November 9, 2008
LIFE & The Game of CHESS!!!!
There was a time when I used to play chess every night with one of the most importent persons I came across in my life “Meghraj Sharma from Sikkim”. Every night we used to play a series of 3 matches and record the moves on A4 sheets. Next morning, the result was posted on our room’s door along with those moves. Within a week, everyone in our hostel came to know about “How to read and record the moves of Chess” and "Mukesh Mukul" was a friend who took inspiration from us and joined our league.
Most of the times, the result was 2-1 in favour of Megh. Every day we used to Google new counter tactics and new moves, new OPENING styles, VARIATIONS and COMBINATIONS. During those days, I was going through the toughest phase of my life and my failures in life had prompted me to think again and again over my purpose of suvival.. I was losing my confidence; my ambitions/dreams were shattered. Then during one of those 440Volt series, I won 2-1. It was really tough to win against Megh.
During those nights, out of sheer pressure, I was unable to sleep. Every day we both use to sleep at around 3am after playing and posting the results but I could hardly sleep. It was after that victory, I was lying on my bed trying hard to sleep, when a spark came into my mind and I saw a relation between my life and the game of CHESS.
Yes...There was a relation...
Life is like a game of Chess.. You have an opening, Middle game and an end game.. Opening is fixed...May it be Greco-roman or Kings Indian...in the form of our birth and upbringing..we don’t have any choice there. We can’t choose the family or the parents we take birth from. Nor can we choose the way our upbringing is done...it’s all predetermined. As rightly said”Life is a theatre and we are the actors, doing our part only.” But for me, this statement is confined up to the initial stages of our life...as soon as we move ahead; we start to play on our own terms.
Once you are into or have crossed your adolescence, do you allow others to decide instead of you??? Seldom...even though others decide for us, we either agree or disagree.we want total control of life and we choose to decide what we want to do...from there begins the “MIDDLE game” of our life..As in the game of chess, each and every move is already mentioned in the books of life. Their counter moves are also there, including the variations. Then you may ask why a super computer can’t be a world chess champion, when it has all the moves feeded in it. There comes a classical saying “It’s not what you choose to do; it’s how you choose to do which is more important.” At every point in the game (unless it’s the end), you get multiple moves to choose from and play. In the game of chess, after every move a player thinks. How to react..How to make "moves" such that they can have long term benefits. How to make a good strategy..Everyone plays for a win, but those who play with more conscience, concentration and intelligence become privileged to get victories..Everyone plays for a WIN, but a single flaw can turn the table...U can be forced to surrender.At times you get a second chance to rectify your mistakes, at times you won’t get...but you can’t blame luck for that..It’s an irony that while making errors we don’t know, and when we realize we blame it to luck and god.What can they do...Luck or God can only help you up to an extent of providing a very good “OPENING”..Rest is entirely upon you.
Once, I had a room partner from Shimla named Anil Shosta, who was a national level chess player. He used to live the game of chess. He told me that in a game Parimarzan Negi (India’s youngest grand master at that time-2006) placed his Camel at a place in 7th move..Later, after he won the match, he said that the camel was placed there to be used at 32nd move, but since he won the match in 27 moves, it wasn’t used..
You must be thinking “this guy is nuts”.. I don’ know anything about Chess and he is lecturing on it..
You may be right and you may be wrong...Try to relate the things and I am sure you will visualise them. After our parents make us capable enough to stand on our own feet, don’t we start making moves of our life!!! How many times we find our self at a position where we have choices to make and there we make the most rational choice keeping in view the short term and the long term objectives.How many times we decide to do something (like a vocational course, or propose someone) so as to capitalize on its benefits at a later stage in life!!!
Life is the game we are playing against our destiny. In the book of destiny, everything that begins has to come to an end. The beginning is clearly written but the end is not.That’s the reason why you can always listen people saying “you can make your life as you want to” or “You can shape up your fortune”.That’s the MIDDLE game...you play it your way..If you make decisions wisely, you will gain control of your life else you will let others take it. Most of the games are finished during the MIDDLE GAME. In other words, most of us give up during the middle part or most struggling part of our life, and they say “FATE is always against us”.At times even I do the same. But great fighters are those, who carry it till the END game. Till the last breath, they will keep on fighting and fighting...At that stage even if you lose, It doesn’t matter a lot because you give your best...And you get the best...
At times I have heard people saying that they have been struggling throughout their life.What can be the explanation of this as per my LIFE-CHESS Theory. It’s pretty simple. They make the moves without a proper strategy.Ask a novice, who loves to play chess but doesn’t know anything about the concepts or the theories of the game. Now he will always fight till he Surrender’s. He will play as per his mind.he will look for the strategies that his mind can formulate...But when you are not good at your basics, how can you expect to get outstanding results.
So, simply his moves won't be properly synchronised. They won’t follow a definite pattern. He will keep on fighting at every front, Defending and Attacking at the same time without knowing from where to clinch victory..Watch two novices play against each other and watch two great chess players playing against each other. Do it for just 15 minutes for each. Trust me, even though you won’t be familiar with the art and science of playing CHESS, it won’t take you long to realize the hidden implication...
Now relate this with life..you can do it. I don't need to give an example now..
"Life is Hard and harder is the fight to gain control over it...
Fight for it till the last breath and you still don’t get victory.
Others call it fate; I call it “LIFE & CHESS”."
Regards:
Nishant Kr.
***A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game . Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings as initiated by White or defenses, as created in reply by Black. There are many dozens of different openings, and hundreds of named variants.
***The middlegame in chess refers to the portion of the game that happens immediately after the opening. During this time, players will attempt to strengthen their positions while weakening their opponent's, both by careful arrangement of the pieces for prepared attacks and defenses and by whittling away at their opponent's numbers.
***In chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board.
***In the game of Chess, A variation is like an unorthodox move. This employs great deal of risk but can give you an edge also.
***Combinations are when you sacrifice your piece (white or black, whichever you are playing with) to gain a control in the game.
Most of the times, the result was 2-1 in favour of Megh. Every day we used to Google new counter tactics and new moves, new OPENING styles, VARIATIONS and COMBINATIONS. During those days, I was going through the toughest phase of my life and my failures in life had prompted me to think again and again over my purpose of suvival.. I was losing my confidence; my ambitions/dreams were shattered. Then during one of those 440Volt series, I won 2-1. It was really tough to win against Megh.
During those nights, out of sheer pressure, I was unable to sleep. Every day we both use to sleep at around 3am after playing and posting the results but I could hardly sleep. It was after that victory, I was lying on my bed trying hard to sleep, when a spark came into my mind and I saw a relation between my life and the game of CHESS.
Yes...There was a relation...
Life is like a game of Chess.. You have an opening, Middle game and an end game.. Opening is fixed...May it be Greco-roman or Kings Indian...in the form of our birth and upbringing..we don’t have any choice there. We can’t choose the family or the parents we take birth from. Nor can we choose the way our upbringing is done...it’s all predetermined. As rightly said”Life is a theatre and we are the actors, doing our part only.” But for me, this statement is confined up to the initial stages of our life...as soon as we move ahead; we start to play on our own terms.
Once you are into or have crossed your adolescence, do you allow others to decide instead of you??? Seldom...even though others decide for us, we either agree or disagree.we want total control of life and we choose to decide what we want to do...from there begins the “MIDDLE game” of our life..As in the game of chess, each and every move is already mentioned in the books of life. Their counter moves are also there, including the variations. Then you may ask why a super computer can’t be a world chess champion, when it has all the moves feeded in it. There comes a classical saying “It’s not what you choose to do; it’s how you choose to do which is more important.” At every point in the game (unless it’s the end), you get multiple moves to choose from and play. In the game of chess, after every move a player thinks. How to react..How to make "moves" such that they can have long term benefits. How to make a good strategy..Everyone plays for a win, but those who play with more conscience, concentration and intelligence become privileged to get victories..Everyone plays for a WIN, but a single flaw can turn the table...U can be forced to surrender.At times you get a second chance to rectify your mistakes, at times you won’t get...but you can’t blame luck for that..It’s an irony that while making errors we don’t know, and when we realize we blame it to luck and god.What can they do...Luck or God can only help you up to an extent of providing a very good “OPENING”..Rest is entirely upon you.
Once, I had a room partner from Shimla named Anil Shosta, who was a national level chess player. He used to live the game of chess. He told me that in a game Parimarzan Negi (India’s youngest grand master at that time-2006) placed his Camel at a place in 7th move..Later, after he won the match, he said that the camel was placed there to be used at 32nd move, but since he won the match in 27 moves, it wasn’t used..
You must be thinking “this guy is nuts”.. I don’ know anything about Chess and he is lecturing on it..
You may be right and you may be wrong...Try to relate the things and I am sure you will visualise them. After our parents make us capable enough to stand on our own feet, don’t we start making moves of our life!!! How many times we find our self at a position where we have choices to make and there we make the most rational choice keeping in view the short term and the long term objectives.How many times we decide to do something (like a vocational course, or propose someone) so as to capitalize on its benefits at a later stage in life!!!
Life is the game we are playing against our destiny. In the book of destiny, everything that begins has to come to an end. The beginning is clearly written but the end is not.That’s the reason why you can always listen people saying “you can make your life as you want to” or “You can shape up your fortune”.That’s the MIDDLE game...you play it your way..If you make decisions wisely, you will gain control of your life else you will let others take it. Most of the games are finished during the MIDDLE GAME. In other words, most of us give up during the middle part or most struggling part of our life, and they say “FATE is always against us”.At times even I do the same. But great fighters are those, who carry it till the END game. Till the last breath, they will keep on fighting and fighting...At that stage even if you lose, It doesn’t matter a lot because you give your best...And you get the best...
At times I have heard people saying that they have been struggling throughout their life.What can be the explanation of this as per my LIFE-CHESS Theory. It’s pretty simple. They make the moves without a proper strategy.Ask a novice, who loves to play chess but doesn’t know anything about the concepts or the theories of the game. Now he will always fight till he Surrender’s. He will play as per his mind.he will look for the strategies that his mind can formulate...But when you are not good at your basics, how can you expect to get outstanding results.
So, simply his moves won't be properly synchronised. They won’t follow a definite pattern. He will keep on fighting at every front, Defending and Attacking at the same time without knowing from where to clinch victory..Watch two novices play against each other and watch two great chess players playing against each other. Do it for just 15 minutes for each. Trust me, even though you won’t be familiar with the art and science of playing CHESS, it won’t take you long to realize the hidden implication...
Now relate this with life..you can do it. I don't need to give an example now..
"Life is Hard and harder is the fight to gain control over it...
Fight for it till the last breath and you still don’t get victory.
Others call it fate; I call it “LIFE & CHESS”."
Regards:
Nishant Kr.
***A chess opening is the group of initial moves of a chess game . Recognized sequences of opening moves are referred to as openings as initiated by White or defenses, as created in reply by Black. There are many dozens of different openings, and hundreds of named variants.
***The middlegame in chess refers to the portion of the game that happens immediately after the opening. During this time, players will attempt to strengthen their positions while weakening their opponent's, both by careful arrangement of the pieces for prepared attacks and defenses and by whittling away at their opponent's numbers.
***In chess, the endgame (or end game or ending) refers to the stage of the game when there are few pieces left on the board.
***In the game of Chess, A variation is like an unorthodox move. This employs great deal of risk but can give you an edge also.
***Combinations are when you sacrifice your piece (white or black, whichever you are playing with) to gain a control in the game.
Tuesday, October 7, 2008
-- एक एहसास
हर सुबह जब सूरज की पहली किरण, पत्तों पर पड़ी, अलसाई हुई सी ओस की बूंदों को स्पर्श करती है, तो एक मिलन होता है...निशा और निशांत का....वो पल होता है एक मुकाम, जब दोनो एक दुसरे से मिलते हैं; कुछ वक्त साथ बिताते हैं, कुछ बात्तें करते हैं..निशा के होठों पे एक मुस्कान सी खिलने लगती है..पर जब तक वो मुस्कराहट हँसी मैं तब्दील हो पाती हैं, तब तक विदाई की बेला पुनः आ जाती है....
वो पल ठहरता क्यूँ नही है..क्यूँ नही जिंदगी थम सी जाती है; हर उस एह्साह पे जो मुझे जिन्दा रखने के लिए काफ़ी होता है... kehte हैं हर रात के बाद सवेरा होता है..पर उस रात का क्या जिसमें सारी दुनिया की खुशी समाई हुई हो...क्या हो अगर मैं उस रात की सुबह ही ना चाहूँ, क्या हो अगर रात के उस पार मेरी दुनिया मैं उजाले की जगह अँधेरा छा जाए...क्यूँ नही वो पल ठहरता है? क्यूँ नहीं मैं उस पल मैं सारी जिंदगी जी लेता हूँ? क्यूँ हर रात के बाद सवेरा होता है...क्या सिर्फ़ इसलिए की मैं अगली रात का इंतजार कर सकूँ??
हर दिन तिनकों तिनकों मैं बिखरता हूँ..एक रात है दिल का सुकून, जिसके साए मैं बैठकर सारी तकलीफें भूल सा जाता हूँ..हर रात अपने को सहेजता हूँ। सुबह तक तिनकों को जोड़कर अपना वजूद फिर से पाने की कोशिश करता हूँ... पर हर सुबह मुझे उसी मुकाम पर लाकर छोड़ जाती है, जहाँ से मैंने suruaat की थी...पर अब तो aadat सी है मुझको aaisee jeene की.... jaddojehad जारी है..अपने kufra से निकलने की॥
देखता हूँ कब तक kaamyaab हो paata हूँ...
वो पल ठहरता क्यूँ नही है..क्यूँ नही जिंदगी थम सी जाती है; हर उस एह्साह पे जो मुझे जिन्दा रखने के लिए काफ़ी होता है... kehte हैं हर रात के बाद सवेरा होता है..पर उस रात का क्या जिसमें सारी दुनिया की खुशी समाई हुई हो...क्या हो अगर मैं उस रात की सुबह ही ना चाहूँ, क्या हो अगर रात के उस पार मेरी दुनिया मैं उजाले की जगह अँधेरा छा जाए...क्यूँ नही वो पल ठहरता है? क्यूँ नहीं मैं उस पल मैं सारी जिंदगी जी लेता हूँ? क्यूँ हर रात के बाद सवेरा होता है...क्या सिर्फ़ इसलिए की मैं अगली रात का इंतजार कर सकूँ??
हर दिन तिनकों तिनकों मैं बिखरता हूँ..एक रात है दिल का सुकून, जिसके साए मैं बैठकर सारी तकलीफें भूल सा जाता हूँ..हर रात अपने को सहेजता हूँ। सुबह तक तिनकों को जोड़कर अपना वजूद फिर से पाने की कोशिश करता हूँ... पर हर सुबह मुझे उसी मुकाम पर लाकर छोड़ जाती है, जहाँ से मैंने suruaat की थी...पर अब तो aadat सी है मुझको aaisee jeene की.... jaddojehad जारी है..अपने kufra से निकलने की॥
देखता हूँ कब तक kaamyaab हो paata हूँ...
Sunday, October 5, 2008
What if i fail?
How many times do we come across such situation in our life?
As kids, we are always free from any sort of responsibilities। Our parents are always there to help us, to rescue us। To make us feel secure॥as if they are saying "Don't worry॥i am always there for you।" But as we grow, we want freedom॥to break away from the restrictions imposed right away from the beginning॥we want to do things in our way॥we feel, we are the best judge to decide the steps that we will take॥We feel we are responsible enough॥and that's the point where we land ourself into trouble॥ while trying to break free , we distance ourself from our parents, our family...At times we feel that they can't understand our situation। The way they lead their life was different from the way we are leading it॥ Competition at that time was not so fierce॥the pressure was no so fierce॥
You know, once i asked my father,"At your time, till 25-27 yrs of age, people used to study and marry and then go out in hunt of jobs...But why do you expect me to settle down so early in life। i am just 22 now॥"But it was just an outburst of the stress i was living with। Fortunatly i have a loving father who understands everything। Even though he is of a generation, just after the independence of India, he understands well the changes॥Coming back to point...When we distance ourself from others, apart from feeling a sense of responsibility we start feeling something extra। The burden, the pressure of "not to fail"।When we decide something; going against everyone, we take the moral responsibility of making our decision right। Proving a point that "I am able to take right decisions।" When we start, motivation is pretty high। Gradually, if we are not so lucky, we face setbacks। We come across some persons who make mockery of us, humiliate us and try to test us। Then what happens can be classified as:
1> Some of us are brave enough to live strongly। they don't let anything affect them. they live life in their style॥making a benchmark for others to follow. But being practical, they are a rare species
2>Some of us can't bear the anguish, the pain and are thus broken. They cry, need support (in form of friends, drugs, drinks, smoke) and need time to recover. Those who get right kind of support, overcome the pains inspite of few bruises inside and those who don't get it, destroy themself. they loose their focus, their goal. they don't remember the journey they started, nor they remember the high aspirations they made.
3>Then there are some of us, like me, who feel hurt a lot. Think to leave their ambition, dream॥ Loose their confidence, start feeling that they can't succeed..But they are no so weak to leave it. The spark to keep their word, keeps on burning inside, although with a very low intensity. They move ahead but they can't share the pain inside with anyone. There is something, which prevents them from opening up. They feel, no one can understand their feelings, their pain..resulting, they keep on hurting themselves..gradually go into depression.That is the high time when every night we go to bed, we feel "I am not as good as others... My time is gone, i am not what i used to be... I can't do it, its beyond my reach...i am a failure, i can't do a thing right".just some of the feelings...
But the point is, even though you are saying u can't do it,still you are trying to do..because only then you can compare wether you can do something or not..How many people keep on trying..they leave in between...Look at the scholars..they are normally said to be "Half-mind"..how many times they face critisism..low -depressed phase of life..History is replete with examples of those who came across such situation and became a role model for others.. Can any one of you name me a great leader who can say that he hasn't faced similar situation...Trust me..this is the phase where one can do self introspection in the best possible way..
it takes time..for me it has taken more than 4 years and still i am trying to heal up some minor bruises..at times still i go into low phases..but every darken cloud, has a shining ray.. i leave myself completely alone, aloof..try to change so many things..including the position of BED, Study Table...colour of bed sheet, pillow...wallpaper, pen i use....you don't know urself what will click at that time..but trust me..anyone of these things will surely work..try this..if you are still thinking "i don't think, i can make it"..it means you have still some fire underneath your belly...just try my friend....you won't fail..may be the quantum of results may vary..but you will never fail...you won't get what you want..but you will never fail..others may criticise you..but you will not fail...never..you can't fail..and you won't fail because those who die fighting are called martyrs...
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