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One of my favourite poems by Shri Harivansh Rai Bacchan

Jo beet gayi so baat gayi .. Jeevan mein ek sitara tha Maana woh behad pyara tha Woh doob gaya to doob gaya Ambar ke aanan ko dekho Kitne iske tare toote Kitne iske pyare choote Par bolo toote taron par kab ambar shok manata hai Jo beet gayi so baat gayi .... Jeewan mein tha who ek kusum The us pe nitya nyochawar tum Wo sookh gaya to sookh gaya Madhuwan ki chaati ko dekho Sookhi kitni iski kaliyan Jo murjhai phir kahan khili Par bolo sookhe phoolon pe kab madhuvan shok manata hai ? Jo beet gayi so baat gayi Jeewan mein madhu ka pyala tha Tumne tan man de daala tha Woh toot gaya to toot gaya Madiralay ka aangan dekho Kitne pyaale hil jaate hain Gir mitti mein mil jate hain Jo girte hain kab uthte hain Par bolo toote pyalon mein kab madiralay pachtata hai ? Jo beet gayi so baat gayi

Private victory ..

walking the less taken path although it doesnt seem right to all tough choices then,no regrets now ..

Unwinding at Matheran...(May 27 2007)

Perhaps it was the wrong time to visit Matheran ,or the mood wasnt just right or for whatsoever reason.. Matheran didnt turn out to be the beautiful place i expected it to be..Guru and I set out at 5.30 am from home and reached Neral by local train at around 8.00 am. Firstly the long queue at Neral station put off our spirits. The journey by the really slow toy train was just about Ok.Thegood part was that the whole bogey was filled with kids who were super excited with small things that didnt quite as much excite us ..It was good to see them enjoying themselves.Probably Matheran is best visited just after rainy season or at the onset of the rainy reason.Guru was all the time in an imaginative world trying to tell me how the valley might look just after rains and that we shud visit it then.The toy train pulled on really slowly and it was unbearably hot at some places on the route. And it stopped at 3 intermediate stations for aroung 10 mins each .. We finally reached the dusty town of