Making decisions
That do not reach
The intended destinations
Involving in Acts
Self defeating and suicidal
State of vegetation
Where status quo is considered a fashion
A person who makes these calls
In more than one occasion
Is in dire need of guidance
Prudent future action
Is the vision lacking in his thinking

Happened to many
Waltzed down the chimney
To the fire
Burnt and weary
But not ready to
Accept that his actions are faulty

Pointing out the fault
Is no problem
The inflated ego gets burst
That's the quandrary
Insult of intelligence
Is the wrong perception
Trying again with no realisation
That the same act cannot
Produce another result
Leading to more insults

Many years in
The advising business
Both ends of it
Giving and receiving
Unless pointedly asked
Do not part
With knowledge on your behalf
Wasted words doesn't stop
Thoughts and emotions given as bonus
Experiences and analytical ability
The 2 power horses
Used as cylinders
To fire the process
Of change in the other

The target misses
Invariably as law of nature
Intends
Each his own
Best cliche in the history
No 3 better words formed
Out of the English vocabulary

Not worth the time
Of both yours and mine
None taken seriously
I ve seen it all already
In my position
Things are different
The pressures i face
Are face to face
Many such reasoning
Based on the conditioning
Running through the mind
Blocking any flow
Of a new process of contemplation

Best answer is silence
Remember you were not asked to begin with
Anything voluntarily offered
Has no value
Its available free
Remain aloof hope for his good

His time is when
He realises it then
Only from within
Until then...

High up there
Out of sight
Out of reach
How did they get there
Want to analyse threadbare
No magic trick
Or Sleight of hand
Still don't get the big picture
Ask the question where
Did they start to dare
To go out there
Wearing their dreams on their sleeve
Not afraid to loose
Starting all over again
Time and again
Enjoying the day
Even if it didn't go their way
Ready for another day
Not to repeat the same mistake
Respected the game
Thought to them
By the coach
Who's every word
Was taken as wisdom
Never in doubt
Of the coach' s clout
To make them win
If not today
One day later
Respect for opponent
His skill and effort
Every drop of his sweat
A piece of advice
His coach no less
Does the same
Finds your weakness
How you could be beaten
What other lesson
Can be taught
Than to have  a list
To have you at a loss
Teaching you to win
Teaching you to loose
Combine both to groove
A step up the ladder
Right on time
Not too soon
Not too late
Now in sight
How the winner
Wrote his fate
Time to erase
To keep a clean slate
Unlearn the learnt
Cup empty to be filled
Process paves the way
Endure the pain
Don't count the hours
You spend to play
Start counting after
Your breath you are no more sure
Is two way

As the day dawns
Knocking on our doors
From the skies
One day lesser
Left in our lives
We still welcome it
With hope and faith
Recieved it with respect
Logically we should detest
If we value life
Of ours and our near and dear
Countdown being announced
No hand made Swiss clock
But by the one above all
Who is never slow or fast
Because he decides the time after all

Dusk of the decade.
Dynamics alternate.
Collective consciousness
On the threshold of change.
A movement had happened.
It was to stay.
That way.
Assumed wrongly.
Permanancy is chalk.
Duster enough to erase.
Decade of contradictions
Revolution leads to war.
Mirror view image.
Evidence of change..
The Seventies became.
Aurora like a thousand searchlights.
Whipping across the sky.
Pulling out all stops to Kingdom come
To stop the atrocities in Vietnam.
Neil and Buzz.
Aboard the Apollo eleven ,
Small step was humility,
Giant leap for humanity.
Bob and Carl,
At the Post.
Navigated by *******.
Investigate Watergate
All the President's men
Final days for Nixon's reign.
Beat Generation, Flower Power ,hippie movement or Counterculture.
Christened by Jack Kerouac and Allen Ginsberg.
Capsuled the mood in the air.
Ken Kesey and the Grateful Dead
Acid Trips taken on a Bus.
Experimental tour on
Music and drugs.
Civil Rights and Dr King
Another battle about the skin.
Won the Nobel.
Proving everyone is equal.
Wars, Marches ,Protests.
Illustrated in bedrooms.
Live television was the boom
Horrors of War ,seen by all.
Casualties of  War Were in every room.
Rock Music explosion.
Nexus with the counterculture generation.
Talents aligned
Bands formed
Music into existence.
Legends born.
Myths created.
Millions gathered
Traditions established
Parables designed
Life altered
Generations affected.
effect felt , effortlessly.
Captivating? fascinating? entrancing? hypnotic?
Words can't describe.
wasted words .
Demiurges  divinity diminished dramatically.
Drastically devoid.
Haight and Ashbury.
Cradle of Counterculture.
Intersection of both.
Became the Cross
worshipped upon
Beatnik a fish out of water.
Took to the crossing like a fish to water.
Contradiction in words
Unity in Society
Gathered in entirety
For the Summer of love.
Civil rights and Vietnam War.
Gay rights and Nuclear War.
Women Power and Human Sexuality.
Sub Cultures and Anti Authoritarian.
Bohemian and Mind Bending drugs
Ikigai for Millions
I'm the Greatest the world has ever seen.
Heavyweight champion and king of the ring.
Rumble in the jungle
Thrilla in Manilla
Foreman and Frazier
Bout after bout
Showed  the world what Ali was about.
Many are called ,few are chosen .
Scandinavian Teenager
Tennis' first rock star
Grass or Clay
Dominated the play
Resembled Chirist
Bjorn Borg was a delight
Raised by women to conquer men
Jimmy Connors became a legend
Winning titles was a cinch
Played 5 generations and 2 decades without a flinch.
Longevity laudable
Point or Life
The offer he made.
Battle of the sexes
The Great Billie Jean king.
Gave the women's movement a zing
Grasping at the straws,
Bobby Riggs the competitor
Remained a spectator
Astrodome witnessed a milestone
Billie beat Bobby
Three sets to none
Quality questioned
Answer given
Inferior no woman
King remained Queen.

Cinema of the 70 s
Greatest ever made
Censorship boundaries blurred
Artistic expression blossomed
Studio system failed
Television boomed
Auteurs and Polymaths
Actors and Superstars
Collaborated .
Symbiosis enriched
Individual and Team. Delighted Disciples  Demanded  .
Studios responded
Classics  in order
One equal to the other
Talent made them timeless
Quality gave them immortality
Excellence brought Endurance.
Warner Brothers and Warren Beatty.
Bonnie and Clyde .
Canadian Premiere.
Jumping off point.
Films that altered lives.
These films have no death
Proved Montreal as holy as Nazareth.
Fashion was about expression.
Androgynous looks
Reigned supreme.
Wearing Tee Shirts and Levi's Strauss Jeans.
Bold and Daring was the theme
Stand out and Fit in
Principle behind the dressing.
Turtlenecks
Heeled boots,  braided belts , Corduroy pants.
Long collared shirts  leisure suits and flowing scarves.
The 70 s was more about costume than clothing.
Hairstyles and Sunglasses
Unique in itself.
Retro and relevant
Stylish and current
Smart and trending
In and out.

Criticism is narcissism
So absorbed into ourselves
That any design outside the pattern
That our brain maps
We deem it wrong
A sense of righteousness
High on a pedestal
Looking down at the other mortal
Seemingly unfit to act
Directly in conflict with the facts
Our priorities the best
Hence condemn the rest

Judge jury executioner
The roles everyone plays
Cought in the middle
With no one to plead
The sensibilities behind his deed
His soul is lynched
By the paralysis of our process
Which exclusive is nature
Excludes the doer

Judging the other
Is the crime
to be judged
And judgement passed
That one shall not judge

Last supper
Apostles in order
One a betrayer
God the Forseer

Washed the feet
Apostles each
Objected the act
Act of faith

Swallowed the bread
Along went the Devil
Birth a curse
No crime worse
Judas Iscariot
His name

Denied by Peter
As predicted earlier
Not once but thrice
Only to later cry

Arrested and Crucified
Greatest sacrifice ever made
Tortured beyond belief
Son of God and a thief

Hes not god
Because of birth
Not the chosen one
Due to crucifixion

He is god for one reason
In agony and pain
Prayed to his father
Forgive the sinner
For he isn't aware
That he is the doer

No sacrifice enough
To gain immortality
Benefit of entire humanity
Founded Christianity

His life is his message
Follow his footsteps with courage
His door always open
His house and his heart

Love and Peace
Core of his teaching
Follow his preaching
Duty of every human being

Crucified and buried
Friday the day
Even in death celebrated
Christened Good Friday
Rose again
Sunday the day
Life celebrated
3 days later
Easter Sunday

In the face
Of nature's fury
Human unrest
For our souls to rest
On the Cross
Jesus of Nazareth

High tides of grief
Drowning my heart slowly
Tuning off to the outside
Solitary confinement in a crowded place
Departed a dear one
Not knowing how to handle
My sorrow surprised me
Made me cry like I'd never been
Melancholy overflowing taking
The form of tears from the evening
Barrage of grief making me weep
A cousin equally in despair
Summoned me to the door
Walked slowly toward
His daughter in tow
Handed me a poster of CRY MACHO
Silver lining to that evening
An unexpected gift during mourning
Gladdened by his gesture
Started regaining my composure
Aware that i love Clint Eastwood
From a  very young age
Thoughtful of him to purchase
My excitement made me forget for a second
The poster and the warmth
Injected hope that the earth was a decent place
Had watched the film
Loved every frame like i did every Eastwood film to date
The quality and the size
Made me hold my head high with pride
That's always what  watching Eastwood made my inside
Spent the time till the creamation
With a little less burden
Thanks to Eastwood s latest cinematic affair
The innocence of his daughter
Who handed me the poster
Increased its value
1Sitting in my room i can see the Poster of CRY MACHO looking at me
Owning it makes me feel special coming from genuine emotion
A work of art representing the same work of art giving a glimpse into what's in store
The life-size poster of CRY MA

Dependance a curse
Living without for better or worse
Looking out for a source
Pricked by the thorn but get to smell the rose
As it is life led
Better off with as anything bereft
Not a task where effort helps
Its like feeling safer with two belts

Dastardly deadly
disease disorder
delineating duality
Detecting disturbance
Daydreaming dirt
Drifting dreamer
Disappointed disorientation
Dwelling delegated
Dissolving determination
Destiny's design
Death Desired
Direction Dead End

Silence is golden
Problem lies in sharing
Close to your heart
Do not information part
Dart will hit Its Mark

Heat of the night
Cold of the day
Warm lonely afternoons
Under the shades of the tree's
Walking alone none in sight
Empty roads behold the plight
Evening shade makes its way
One  part of the day
The Sun kisses the Sea
Removing its shackles from the stars enjoying freedom
For the next few hours
The moon their friend
Parole officer keeping an eye
None slip away into the roofless sky
Sparkling miles away
At arms length still far away
Illusion or hope
The way you see it
** ** **

Circling around LAX
My heart not taking any rest
Excited about the best
Thing to happen in my life

Visit the United States of America
Heard about it from 20000 miles afar
Seen it in the movies that played in India
Past 30 years that's the thought that caused sleep apnea

Dream remains a dream
Until this day unable to redeem
Seems so easy when it comes to others
I seem to be cought in a web of curse

Pursuing higher studies
In one of the universities
Bad judgment due to lack of clarity
But glad that I tried wholeheartedly

A fixation for decades
Self Actualization made it fade away
To be worthy true for any pursuit
Is that neccessary to go even as a tourist

Sense of competition
Driving force for Realisation
Of the dream into actuality
It existed only in my verbosity

Throwing out challenges
Completely hollow inside
No one takes you seriously
Cant blame them for that's the reality

Influenced only by movies
Come across a complete novice
Ability to go to America
Even did self enquiry to get the formula

First one to Express desire
False step till today I regret
Influenced friends and cousins to aspire
I'm the only one it still remains an aspiration

Kids and newborns
Have already visited
Not even born when it cought my fancy
Half a dozen visits already while for me it still remains a fantasy

Is it not in my Destiny
Am I not worthy
Is it a conspiracy
Are my mistakes so costly

Remains an illusion
For everyone else common
Unsolvable mystery
Decades in quandrary

Woke up from my sleep
Circling around LAX nothing
But a day dream
Wishful thinking years later
How do I answer the Visa officer

How is it easy
For everybody
But am impossibility
Only for me

Have asked many this question
None has the Solution
Many have offered  help
This happens only by self help

Its 1 am
Do I call it night or day
Meridiem signifies one
The skies reflect the other
Moon making its presence
Gives ample evidence
We say last night
But the calender rewrites
Its duty past midnight

Live life today
Make it  beautiful
Whatever may happen
Not our decision
Handle it with perspective
Tomorrow it becomes a memory
Start a collection of wonderful memories
That is the best story
You can tell yourself
Things go as planned
Nothing greater
If not then God has taken over
Either way in safe hands
You survived till today
Remember that all day
Live it with a purpose
One step closer
To your goal
Follow your teachers
Recall their lessons
Application makes the difference
Watchful with your words
Respect the elders
Thankful to everyone
You are where you are
Because you deserve to be
Life is unfair
You react by being fair and square
When the clock shows
The same time again
If you retain the oneness
Your heart will give you the answers
That you did the process
Think feel act and react
Keeping the senses intact
Go to sleep without any guilt
You could not have done better
Even if you had faltered
Learn the lessons
That life teaches you today
Falter again but never for the same reason
Let the day treat us as it befits us
Become better that next time it shows you more respect
Rays of hope and faith
Allow it to lead the way
Have a great day
Fulfilled with no regrets
Pleased and hurt
Good and bad
Happy and sad
Smooth and broken
With the tide or against it
As darkness fills the sky
Hope for the ray of sunlight
The day after will bring with
If you do wake up
Be grateful for the time offered
Live like it' is your last day
React like you have many years to stay
Relax like you don't know how many days have been saved
Be the day that will come again
To live it again
Or comes again and you are missing
Congratulations you've gotten your promotion

Success is a dead end
Failure teaches Curiosity
To make use of an opportunity
The success of failure lies in the maturity
The invaluable learning
That only humbling experiences can teach
Failure of Success without maturity
Lies in its inability to be of use to anybody
If not of value to society
Or sharing it with the needy
Is like playing the game of Monopoly Solitarily

Taken away by fate
That was written to end this day
Nature had its way
Sequence of events to have its prey

Boy with great talent
Achievements to meet the high standards
Of impeccable manners
Level headed and calm demeanor

Winning his second nature
Made it a habit to persevere
Every category grew in stature
Won matches along with hearts every year

Loved by all
Players Parents and Coaches
His trophies carry his memories
Forced to rely on memory
Because of this tragedy

No way to convey
Our Hearts go out
His family and friends
A boy who transcended clubs

May be was sent
With a purpose to tend
No other answers i have
To a tragedy of this size

Cannot share the grief
To give his parents relief
Understand it very deep
The sorrow that has seeped

Does God love
Him more than us
He wanted him beside
Couldn't find a better child

Life without him
All have to endure
What is to cure
There's no answer

The game is
No more the same
Long live his fame
Carry along his name

Death s second try
To ****** Chandra Away
Failed first time
Tried again

Surgery gone wrong
Knocking at deaths door
Beat it with willpower
Legends stay on forever

Corona the demon
Spewing all its venom
His next opponent in this round
Finally captured its crown


Double jeopardy on life
By that logic he cant die
Gave his best to survive
None can have his drive

Champion on the table
Champion in the hearts of the people
Game yet to see a player
Of such high calibre

Your fame is immortal
You are no mere mortal
The game has lost
Legend in his time
The spirit of the game Carries your name

Life is finite
Nothing is certaint
Your presence
We will reminisce

Left us today
Your heart with us always will stay
You were taken away
A loss for the game and the way it is played

There is only one mantra
For every aspiring Table Tennis star
Table Tennis is Chandra
Chandra is Table Tennis

Rebirth is repaying
Karma the currency
God the banker
When will it end we wonder

Self Realization the answer
Know yourself to ponder
Nothing else to wonder
Become one with the creator

Good and bad
Two sides of the same coin
They never meet
Until entered in the balance sheet

Discard the veil
Fake gives way
Real becomes clear
That nothing is real

The gods will answer
Only one prayer
Seeking relief from Rebirth
This however will be granted
To those who only desire
Is to keep away from other desires

Debt to the Creator
Law of Nature
Unlock the seeker
Rebirth automatically surrenders

Gratitude the first step
Forgiveness towards the other self
Compassion universal
Takes you one step closer

Removal of desires
Searching greener pastures
Momentary and transient
Pleasure seeking impermanent

Sense of doing
Achieving or failure
Taken very personal
Steps taken backward

Life teaches lessons
Answers lie in life
Learning outside life
Come back to live life

Rebirth is repaying
Karma the currency
God the banker
When will it end we wonder

Self Realization the answer
Know yourself to ponder
Nothing else to wonder
Become one with the creator

Good and bad
Two sides of the same coin
They never meet
Until entered in the balance sheet

Discard the veil
Fake gives way
Real becomes clear
That nothing is real

The gods will answer
Only one prayer
Seeking relief from Rebirth
This however will be granted
To those who only desire
Is to keep away from other desires

Debt to the Creator
Law of Nature
Unlock the seeker
Rebirth automatically surrenders

Gratitude the first step
Forgiveness towards the other self
Compassion universal
Takes you one step closer

Removal of desires
Searching greener pastures
Momentary and transient
Pleasure seeking impermanent

Sense of doing
Achieving or failure
Taken very personal
Steps taken backward

Life teaches lessons
Answers lie in life
Learning outside life
Come back to live life

Born with wisdom
Birth setting of the timer
Dream starts its travel
Which our lacking masks as real
Giving reality to fantasy
Ambition to an illusion
And vision to a delusion
Pipe dream to the dream
Cluttered with thoughts
Various battles fought
Victory a daze
Defeat a haze
Acted upon with haste
Result only a bad taste
Based on these rate
Or else blame fate
God is great
After all he did create
Hoping you will negate
And finally able to relate
To the dream state
As the dream state
Using wisdom which is innate
To throw light and illuminate
When its time to recreate
God ensures the role you play in his play is your last play

Denied a chance
Treated with askance
Wanted an entrance
Only to enhance
Skill and talent
Treated like an adult
For no mistake committed
For life will never forget
Being an uninvited guest
For no fault insulted
For life scarred
Can turn any path
Hurt and withdrawn
Turn into wrath
There's no escape clause

Time to part
Matter of the heart
Near yet far
Destiny decided by past
Curved away for what
Played your part
Now time to depart
Didn't work out
Who might have thought
With a heavy heart
More burden stocked
Unable to restart
Not a car its the heart

If life is an equation.
Why aren't the results coherent.
If life is random
Why do we try to fathom?
If life is pre ordained ,
Why do we procastinate?
Life is unfair says one.
It is never to none.
Table your mumbo jumbo.
Balance them with your prudence.
Life will make sense.
Decision has choice.
Action is one.
Alternative action is a non existent phenomena.
Life is a straight line.
Doesn't run in parallels
What if ? Is the most asked question.
The only puzzle for which there can be no resolve.
It seems as easy as grease on wheels.
To make s cow fly is infetestinal.
Finding answer for that is futile.
For you cannot act twice at the same point of departure.

As naked as the day
You were born
Till you travel beyond the veil
Not by chance  but by design

People in our lives
Come Go and stay
Did not make their way
By mistake

There is purpose
With those we interact
Have come to teach us
Rights and wrongs
Show directions of where we belong

Experience results from
Our thoughts and actions
They do not wear any disguise
To mislead us

That is the best
That could have happened
We are unable to fathom
The Balance always kept even

Any other way
Misgiving at play
Feeling the intent
Makes us content

Start time is the right time
Getting up from bed
Eyelids closing without asking us
Happens when we are ready never early never late always appropriate

Ego battles bruises
Makes thinking crooked
Realise it is for the better
Say a simple thank you prayer

Let go and move on
Ends for good reason
Loss the Mirage pulls a blanket over the enrichment
Required for our refinement

Theory of evolution
Feeling every moment
Live and love like there's no tomorrow
If there's a Tomorrow live and love like there's no tomorrow

Loneliness Is Freedom
The company you keep
One one you seek
Cuffs put on self

Cut adrift
External noises off
Start the search
Face the thoughts
Noises more than
On the outside
.
Contemplation Discovery
Awareness Enquiry
Judge and Jury
Face reality

Biggest burden
Address the question
Raised within
Answers lacking

Labyrinth formed
Mind corrupted
Intellect influenced
Personality manupilated

Honesty Acceptance
Character realization
Guilt Repentance
Equilibrium Equation

Conduct Reason
Knowledge acquisition
Means no end
I exist therefore
I am

Enrich understanding
Process Discovering
Dissipate Ignorance
Procedure Permanent

Savor the Solace
Exploit the Silence
Alone not lonely
The only attribute
Of Solitude

Detox the brain
Clarity in thought
Purity in the heart
It is only the Start
Anything to gain
Innocence regained

Headmaster’s son
Skipped class
Entered theater
Life to Alter
Matinee show Shaheed
Worshipped Dilip Kumar
Like many before
Dreamt about Movies
Like a few followed up
Won Filmfare talent Contest
Frontier Mail to Bombay
Promised film stalled after start
Struggled even for a bit part
Anonymous in stature
Mononymous in Name
Debut in 1960
Finally part of filmdom
Small role
Mentor Arjun Hingorani
For a princely sum of fifty and a cup of tea
Still a novice
Women centric movies
Romantic lead in the Sixties
Meena Mala and Nutan
Supporting role with passion
Step by step rise
Salary raise
Accepted every role
Occupied was his goal
Villain to Jubilee Star
Filmfare Nomination
Sunil Dutt first choice
Destiny's voice
Phool Aur Patthar
Set on fire
Box office Register
Superstardom attained
Humility retained
First Action Star
Christened He Man
Shirt removed on Screen
Greek God looks
Women Swooned
Top ten lists
Most beautiful men
Ranked seven
Romance and Melodrama
Bollywood formula
Action film as chosen path
Rode the Lone road Superstardom under grasp
Looks Delivery and Fights
Made fans of Men &Women alike
Blockbusters galore
India's Superhero
Hit after hit
Audience explode
Cinemas full
Entry to Dress Circle
Needed a Miracle
Action and Drama
Tragedy and Comedy
Range of talent and skill
For one ticket fans would ****
All performed with ease
Endearing fans with range
Complete Superstar India’s Gain
Rajesh Khanna with Aradhana
Took the Nation by Storm
Adulation never seen
Sensation by definition
Costume Mannerism
Copied by every Indian
Every Star took a fall
Rajesh the magician
Stars faded into oblivion
Mass hysteria
Across India
First Superstar
Next 5 years none on par
Giants’ wayside
Stood his ground
Equal number hits
Second to none
Dedicated Fans
Built over a decade
Common man
Still wanted the He Man
Action and Adventure
Helped endure
Glorious career
Storm passed
Many faded
He never dated
He was fated
Test of time
Passed with Jubilees
No obstacle for water
Flows through all
Fridays proved
He’d never fall.
August 15 1975
Saw the release of Sholay
The greatest Indian film ever made
Said the Great Master Satyajit Ray
Top billed in the cast
One film showcased talent all
Action, Comedy, Drama
Cannot tell the Character and Actor apart
True quality of a genuine movie star
Many giants in the cast
He did help some get the part
Ensemble film
Even though the biggest star
Did not want to stand apart
Final product always in his heart.
70 mm Surround Sound
Entire country Theater bound
Never seen action sequence
Racing high the crowds pulse
Music Score by Burman
Records sold by the Million
Every dialogue known by heart
Salim Javed knew their craft
Ramesh Sippy knew to bring them all
Extremely well acted by the cast
Never will be another Sholay
Present future or past
Not to be seen but experienced
Its not a film but a phenomenon
Greatest Story ever told
Greatest cast ever assembled
Was the Tag Line
Global Indian Population
Viewership the film got
Not surpassed till now
Never will be
Every city town or village
Across the entire Country
Full house boards were not a mystery
Number of years it had its run
Till today box-office records undone
Yeh Dosti with Manna Dey and Kishore Kumar
Greatest  film Song picturised
Sizzling chemistry and male bonding
Friendship the central theme
Bullet with side car
Everyman’s. dream
Zanjeer with Amitabh Bachchan
Birth of the Angry young man
Indian Cinema never the same
Reached Pinnacle
Rode like a Colossus
One Man Industry
Steamrolled into one
Every Aspirant pushed
Donning Supporting Role
Every Reputed Writer, Banner and Director behind
Thirteen years
None had a career
Superstars became former
Stars to Supporting actors
Newcomers extinct
Old timers jaded
Galvanized Nation
Every release
Celebrations for fans
Faded festivals
Another Superstar
Bigger and Better
More popular than god
Elevated to one
Neither shaken or stirred
Matched Bachchan
With box-office Gangbusters
Hits became a habit
Fans and public
Yearning for more
Whatever the competition
Stood his ground
Megastar or Superstar
No dent to this Farmer
Paired with Hema Malini
Record Successive strikes
Result was Box office gold
Many a Phoenix
Flashed and Vanished
Shorter reign at the top
Never could topple him
From the moviegoers heart
Superstars became Supernovas
Younger generations
Had come to stay
Still stood in the fray
Never one to give way
Always had the final say
Held cash registers still in sway
Replaced Relegated
Never to be
Another name for longevity
Turn of the century
Completed 4 decades in the industry
60s 70s 80s 90s
Times changed
Many faded
Some retired
Contemporaries eased into character roles
Later lot fared similar
Star Sons made their mark
His sons did their part
Dawned the new century
Multiplex and wide releases
He never ceased to be a draw.
Man with a very big heart
Gave breaks to many a director and star
Never bitter Never insecure
Thanks people for making him a Superstar
Gratitude and love
His trump card
Became the Symbol of friendship
His Chemistry with Amitabh
Deep from the heart
Reciprocal in nature
Their oneness
Greatest gift of God
For the entire Country
Will be celebrated
For generations to come
Amitabh and his name
Always mentioned together
For every moviegoer
Till kingdom come
Till the universe remains
Etched in the hearts
Is his name forever
Can never be erased
That's true loves power
Men want to be him
Women want to be with him
Oldest cliché used for a star
Suits none better than this man from Punjab
60 years completed
From Meena to Mallika acted.
Done films with his son
Now with Grandson
There’s no one on par
Who's lasted so far
What can you say
About an Actor and Star
Captured a billion hearts
Transcended generations
In this delicate world of films
Who cannot be confined to any era
This timeless living legend
Is called Dharmendra.

While giving away the Cecil B Demille Lifetime Achievement Award to Martin Scorsese Robert De Niro famously said that Mr. Demille will be equally honored if he were to receive the Martin Scorsese award
Likewise Mr. Phalke would be equally delighted to receive the Dharmendra Award

The only act done with honesty
Is the business of dishonesty
Clarity and consistency required
To keep a lie from being discovered
If dishonesty is the way of life
Clarity and consistency automatically lies

Quality placed above
Generosity and Empathy
Ourselves and Others
Live with Honesty

Happy within your skin
Mind body and Deed
On a straight line
Benefits accrued in time

In order to please
Words with ease
Spoken in contradiction
Giving wrong Impression

Wide of the mark
Enunciate and Articulate
Birthed by imagination
Creating a situation
Contrary to reality

Fear of the other
Facing their anger
An important trigger
To give an answer
In tune with their tenet
In course of time forget

Not told in full
Continue to fool
Creativity in flow
Half as happened
The other imagined
Conveyed with contradiction

Thoughts jumbled
Words bungled
Events rambled
Honesty lost enroute
Tracing backwards
To the root
Impossible to find the truth

Consistenty in dishonesty
Oneness in Activity
Untruth to everybody
End result a split personality

Memory a necessity
Covering up possibility
Impossible with accuracy
To recreate activity

Feeling right in a wrong
Duality cemented strong
Medicine not discovered
For the truth to be uncovered

Silence as Answer
Given much better
Not required to remember
Better off than a liar

Discovered at last
Others new first
The lie never worked
Price paid lost trust

Web of deceit
Spun around
The Souls Seat
Most ignoble feat
Act and repeat

Instinct or imbibed
Unhappy with self
Escape from the Actual
Becomes habitual
Without realizing
Second nature Conning

Catches up sooner
For self not the rest
Lie fooled no one
Liar fooled the liar
Truth be told
Suicide of Character
Life not lived
Only acted in front
Of a mirror
Actor and Audience
Both the same
Fooling each other
Forever and ever

Difference of opinion
On a small issue
policy decision or
Matters in the public domain

Hate without reason
On wrong assumptions
Other compulsions
Yarn weaved to create the emotion

Abhorrence for injustice
The seeker of justice
Must learn to practice
End up as a novice



Forgiving the other
Option is better
Load carried lesser
Mind utilized better

Start an argument
Ignoring an option
Verbal abuse to mention
Faults of the other person

Dig deep into the causation
Emerges the correlation
Ego and pride hurt the reason
Cause of this whole phenomenon

Maintaining the balance
Straddling the silence
With bottled up violence
Rational in abscence

Loathing the being
A reflection of your doing
Positive energy evaporating
Outside world never changing

Hostility to another mortal
Mirrors your downward Spiral
Attempt to change others futile
Forever live in denial

Disregard for others
Splitting image of self
Respect yourself
But naturally respect the rest

Branding them enemy
Unforgiving and Apathy
Filled with despair
Too late to repair

Thinking becomes disoriented
Brain guided by hatred
Ego gets inflated
Soul no more sacred

Relationship gone for a toss
For absolutely nothing at all
Over the years build a wall
Alone and lonely a free fall

Characters that you despised
Continue to lead their life
Your anger makes no difference
Only you remain frustrated and with grievance

Best is to let go
Ignore the issue from the word go
Reversing the relationship a no go
Mind becomes a merry go round

Highest form of maturity
Dont show the enimity
Always show Social decency
From the heart never let them in your freqency

Thoughts facing the opponent
There is no opponent
The word I does not exist
Everything falls in place as it is

Bulid a bonding
With those offering
A helping hand in suffering
Using and throwing a habit
Some peoples tendency
Emotionally distant
Is the only way to keep your sanity consistent

The day unfolds
Akin to an examination
Experience our preparation
The wrong perception
Using it to handle an unknown
Is like mistaking the shadow for the moon
Unknown awaits us
Distinctive every day the  only known
Awareness the key to unlock
Being Present the best way to answer
Adapting to every incident
Sans an emotional reaction
Look back same time
Which the clock will show again
Hours went by you didn't matter
One step closer
To the seeker
Not elated not scared
Each given its due share
Of attention it deserves
Time will pass or you pass the time
A matter of perception
How real or how false
You know the answers in your heart

Old man walking way side
Carrying some debris beside
Habit in play
Muscle memory aids in sway

Throws it in a ditch
As though it were a football pitch
A roadside vendor selling coconuts
Makes his living on the streets
Earning peanuts

His house the platform
Maintains it true to form
Tall and well built
Pounced on the old man who was out of his wits

Threatened the Sire
Of consequences fire
Collar clenched in his wrist
Remove the garbage his wish

Taken aback and stunned
Couldn't defend his act reasons none
Public place after all he moaned
Will **** you the dweller bemoaned

Step by step into the ditch
Elder suffered every bit
Risky affair for his advanced age
Unfortunately he'd committed the first mistake

Watching by the wayside
I cursed my cowardice
Crisis of Conscience my mental state
Watched in silence the entire escapade

Weaker but the wrongdoer
Stronger but the bully
On whose side would have stood Bruce Lee
In all my wisdom it points towards the elderly

Race decided by lineage
Seeds sown  centuries ago
Different societal norms prevelant
Deep rooted emotions passed through generations

Creates many lines
Superior Inferior Mediocre
Based on DNA
Judged on these parameters

Paradox in search of answers
Qualities acquired can add layers
Race Cast Creed decided already
No act to acquire these neccasary

Rating man within mankind
Putting in a pedestal or kicking him off
Not his acquired sensibities
But a different eras identity politics

A man should never be judged
If at all one does
Its the goodness within himself &   Respect given outside of the self

Generous to a fault
Honesty fills his talk
Living life for others
Trust his better half

A man who possesses
The above as his character
Is not superior or inferior
But a needle pointing to understand human behaviour

Humanity lacking human beings
Lying their tool for bargaining
Divisive of people based on immeasurable
Is Society's most dangerous criminal

If you want to divide
Divide the prosperity
If you want to multiply
Multiply the generosity by paying it forward
If you want to add
Add value systems to society
If you want to subtract
Please delete this race caste creed permanently

We are all one
Borders are only for geography lessons
History should be remembered and forgotten
A twin edged sword

Life life in harmony
With every member of society
When you are alone and needy
You'll understand the value of your own hypocrisy

The legacy he left
By example he led
His character had you imbibed right
Can walk life with might

Ever careful not to sin
Never cared for a bottle of gin
Wayne Cooper Bogart and Flynn
Made his nights from within
Stoic but not taciturn
Helping everyone at every turn
Expecting none in return
Generous to a fault
Attainment never by default
Treated equally the men
Was shy with women
Acquiring wealth he did with acumen
Shared his wisdom without reluctance
Lived life the Hindu way
Believed in what the Saints say
Consistency was a feather in his cap
For others mistakes hed take the rap

Wipe out his wealth
**** him with a hatchet
Deface his reputation
Blanket of sorrow be will bear
On the gods I can swear
Will never buy his future by selling out even an adversary
Nothing mattered more than equity
Weasel Squealer Snitcher he was not
The legacy he left
Will be perennially felt
Saints called him a Saint
Conduct and Etiquette we of the highest order
Seldom lost his temper
Lost his job for a misplaced piece of paper
Threatened with dismissal
He never wavered in his principle
Had he given the name
His life would not have the same
Why did the gods play this game
He never once had them to blame
Found himself all alone
Families he  had helped
With their growth and well being in mind
None of them he could find
Vanish they did
For nothing more he could accomplish
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Constant change evident
Change constant possible
Constant change impossible to predict
Change constant statistical nightmare
Thinking linear always surprised
Logical conclusion not always delivered

Predicting and planning
No axis to revolve around
Nothing to follow
Go with the flow

Double whammy served
Intellect often snubbed
Bruised ego remains
Following a fixed routine

Only the now
Truth to behold
Past null and void
Future never real

Living in the present
No decision taken
Life into a description
A new permutation not foreseen

Unpredictable in its core
Predictable anything may show
Wake up next day
Only the present is here to stay

At home and alone
Dreamer inside forlorn
Dreams remain dreams
Dreamer still dreams
Unrealised dreams stinging
Newer ones replacing
The problem for the dreamer
Lies in the dreaming

friends meet up
At a hotel for a cup
One said i had a dream
That i was going fishing
Beautiful the ocean
And the bright blue sky
The other said i too had one
That i am going for dinner
With Gina Lollabrigida
The first guy got agitated and asked
Why did you not ask me to join
For which the friend
Without skipping a, beat said
Ofcourse i did
But you had gone fishing

Dream compete with dreams
Where do they originate
Some we've seen some a mystery
Both not reality but kickstarts a query

What happens in the dream
We narrate like we see a film
Playing out as it did
Was the time already decided

A powerful illusion
Make you believe it is real
So real that wake up state is an illusion
So we presume from the dreams perception

What is its dimension
Sub conscious fears
Giving themselves an outlet
Hidden desires playing out their prospects

Is it to foretell
An event yet to occur
That would make it a miracle
Fortune tellers would become tenants of our imagery

Some we forget
What happens to that
Fading away half way
Is there a sequel

Time of sleep
Doesn't make a difference
Dreams searching for the resting mind
Collaborates with the unfulfilled mind

Hasn't really meant
Much to anything
Past or future
Cannot be the present because you are dreaming in the present

Their color schemes i wonder
I really can't remember
Black and white or color
Seem to miss it everytime it occurs

Unable to fathom
Being our thinking pattern
Not in a free flow
Many stories merging half way through

Can give you a scare
Elements you fear and aware
Unable to let go
Come back to haunt you

Sequential in nature
Hours of stories told together
Wakes you up with a fright
The sequential dreams might


Source of the dream
Saints write thesis
Answers we understand
Doesn't get rid of our  Dreamland

Dreams while awake
Not yet made their way
Daydream a term for lazy
Hope it remains so and protects us from becoming crazy

At the Station
Filling water
Widowed mother
Clad in White

Steam Engine  
Blowing Smoke
Synchronized Whistling
A different tune
Pitch and Volume

Station Empty
Midday Heat
Eerie feeling
Mother standing
Nearby watching


Carriages overflowing
Passengers hanging
Window without
Grail or Shutters

Mother seated
Window seat
Here to there
Jump cut edit
Far away
In the heat
Water in hand
Lonely I stand

Platforms empty
Train on its journey
Alone in the Yard
Longing for her
Water and Fear
Hand and heart

Station Nameless
Rooms Deserted
Terminus unclear
Odyssey in Obscurity

Opera of insecurity
Played repeatedly
Time warp Train
Again and again

Eyes opened wide
Soaked in Sweat
Skipped a beat
Dream state a fright

Sequential dream
A Screenplay
Scene by Scene
Looped in Memory
Played multiple times

Visiting America has been a three decade sequential dream
Will it turn to reality or simply add a sequel to the gaps in my sleep depravity
No cause to worry even if the dream state makes it a trilogy
Fantasy sans reality has a mystical quality

Vast lands of Emptiness
The sound of the winds
Given a tune heard before
Words made to fit like a pro
Lyricist and Composer at one go
The Ocean reflecting the sky
Illusions of blue everywhere
Silence makes you hear
Heart  providing the rhythm
Not yet acquired Sea Legs
Legs a slave to the brain wave
Unlike the heart which contemplates
Dancing to the beat
Of the waves kissing the Keel
Composer again without pressing any of the keys
Land and Water as it were
Their 9 to 5 under nature's care
Intrinsic qualities illustrated
Propitious to all
Putting the Ritz  equally
The Land and the Sea
Emptiness not in them
Reflection mirrored outside
At peace with yourself
Inside out mirrored inside
Waves and Dunes merging with each
Thoughts and feelings becoming their shadows
Honkytonk man picking his guitar
As slowly the Drifter ceases to be
At land or Sea
Empty

Most stylish walk
Most effective way to talk
Knew it all
Even before the talkies were to start


Made The Big Trail
With Raoul Walsh
On 70 mm and the film flopped
Career took a drop


Waited for 9 years
To be cast by Papa Ford
Ringo Kid in Stagecoach with Claire Trevor
Was born the greatest International Superstar

Westerns  War Drama and Sports films
All genres suited him
Topped the box office 4 decades
23 times made the Quigley list

A record yet to be broken
It needs another Duke Wayne
Kept audiences happy
Quality films he delivered yearly

Every movie now a classic
Revisiting them makes one nostalgic
50 year career
Ended due to the villain called cancer

In our hearts forever
Immortal in his fame
The only and only
Marrion Morrison who became
Duke Wayne

Here in India
All his movies
Sold out at the Box office
In their hearts built his edifice

My father a huge fan
Didn't cry when his parents died
Shed tears when he read that John Wayne had died


A great Patriot
Proud to be an American
Loved the American way
Dreamt the American dream

Most enviable filmography
One Classic after another
Overflowing box office receipts
Dedicated fan following one of the causes

An idol for the common man
Always in tune with his fans
Three generations of a family
Liked the Duke for different reasons naturally

Decades at the top
Found a place
In millions of hearts
For life and beyond

Everyman' tries to copy
John Duke Wayne s personality
Impossible to mimic his life
You can try and stop with his walk

Won an Academy Award
Playing Marshall Rooster Cogburn
True Grit with an eye patch
One more of his conquests


Also turned Director
Westerns and War the genre
Wore many hats with dignity
In his dignity lies his beauty

Started his Banner
Every film a surefire winner
Called the company Batjac productions
Launched many newcomers giving them  a new direction

Default favorite of millions
Had fans across beyond definitions
Always a Republican
Controversial views never affected his reputation

The name John Wayne
Stood for Macho Integrity and honesty
Saddled up for a cause
Whatever the opposition he never paused

Ford Hawks Huston and counting
Auteurs at the top
Colloaborated with the Duke
Their vision in film manifested

Professional to the core
First to come and last to go
Passion for his profession of choice
Made him people s number 1 choice

Am a great fan too
Not his fan i haven't seen two
God bless him his fans and  family
With great reverence i write this solliloqy

Sun bidding adieu
Doesn't mind being late
as it watches with his friend
the ocean and its waves
free spirited girl  and on the swing
She gives it hope that the next day will be a better day

The numbers on the board
Did not understand a word
Number and word
Identical it appeared

Numbers dancing in my head
Already overload of baggage inside
Saw others at ease it with
Made me more nervous than it already is

Words were jumbled
I couldn't even mumble
Writing alphabets a task
B and D s Were D s and B s

Affected my learning
Crippling my understanding
Did not know i was dyslexic
Results in exams were tragic

Above average intelligence
Socially likeable amongst friends
Grasping with common sense
Had no problem hence

A rarity in occorunce
Great men overcame this detterant
I did too with perseverance
No regrets clarity in my vision and vision

What greater gift
Does one need
Than a best friend
Sharing happiness and grief

This goes beyond sharing
In joy and sorrow they are one
Have always been that way
Their souls would have been painted by Monet

Never alone or lonely
With a friend always nearby
They don't live in our world
They created their own and made us envious

Don't need anyone else
Sufficient with themselves
Everyone would want to be included
Friendship so deep rooted
They don't require anybody else

EARTH MOTHERS


Mother and Brothers
Siblings and Cousins
Joint family system
Household member
Eleven in Number

P & S
Scarce to find
Two of a kind
Amiable and Kind

Donned the roles
Sans make up or clapboard
Mother Wife and law
With every prefix in

Up before dawn
Hot water for bath
Switched on
Timing bang on

Coffee second duty
For all and sundry
Equal share to everybody
No to none


Food for all
By 8 o'clock
I ternary fluctuating
Permutations confusing
On the table
Ready to serve
Lesson in management
Deserved recognition


Obligated execution
Committed Passion
Equanimity in Affection
Rarity in quality

Candles burning
Both ends
Ready to drop
Not a wink
Shut eye catch some Z's
Not written
Both their destinies

Common in Creation
Unique in Emotion
Daily by the Dozen
Handled with Silence

Take the Heat
No mean Feat
Shared the burden
Never Shaken

24*7 Spent
In a kitchen
Others first
Self last
Duty with Precision
Seldom commotion

Midnight oil burnt
The worse for wear
On the floor
What was left
Food so cold
Tough row to ***

Beat Bushed
Under the Weather
Migraine to Split
Head into two
On pins and Needles
Shaken up Spaced out

Felt Blue
End of their tether
A bear with a sore head
Took a punch

Flowing River
They compare
Burning Sun
Justice Done

Friends and Family
House guests
Apart from the rest
Another term
For Hospitality
To be included
In the dictionary
Their names are apt
And Rhyme as well

An abode
For every hungry soul
Never rationed
Or proportioned

Complain Compare
Doesn't juxtapose
Equal and fair
2 in a Billion
Earth Mothers
By definition

Cognitive Emotional
Compassionate
The 3 types of Empathy
Available in totality
Felt them personally

Fable Fantasy
Parable Mythology
Dont have Women
Characters to compare
Not even on paper
Can you find
Lying if I am
I'll go blind

Luckiest I am
Benefited most
For Decades from Birth
Deeds from previous

Same place twice
Throw of the dice
Luck of the draw
Murphy's Law
Idioms for rarity
Evidence to the contrary

Emotion or Deed
Nothing in Return
Never Sought
Didn't care
What do you call these women
2 in a Billion

Mother and Brothers
Siblings and Cousins
Joint family system
Household member
Eleven in Number

P & S
Scarce to find
Two of a kind
Amiable and Kind

Donned the roles
Sans make up or clapboard
Mother Wife and law
With every prefix in

Up before dawn
Hot water for bath
Switched on
Timing bang on

Coffee second duty
For all and sundry
Equal share to everybody
No to none


Food for all
By 8 o'clock
I ternary fluctuating
Permutations confusing
On the table
Ready to serve
Lesson in management
Deserved recognition


Obligated execution
Committed Passion
Equanimity in Affection
Rarity in quality

Candles burning
Both ends
Ready to drop
Not a wink
Shut eye catch some Z's
Not written
Both their destinies

Common in Creation
Unique in Emotion
Daily by the Dozen
Handled with Silence

Take the Heat
No mean Feat
Shared the burden
Never Shaken

24*7 Spent
In a kitchen
Others first
Self last
Duty with Precision
Seldom commotion

Midnight oil burnt
The worse for wear
On the floor
What was left
Food so cold
Tough row to ***

Beat Bushed
Under the Weather
Migraine to Split
Head into two
On pins and Needles
Shaken up Spaced out

Felt Blue
End of their tether
A bear with a sore head
Took a punch

Flowing River
They compare
Burning Sun
Justice Done

Friends and Family
House guests
Apart from the rest
Another term
For Hospitality
To be included
In the dictionary
Their names are apt
And Rhyme as well

An abode
For every hungry soul
Never rationed
Or proportioned

Complain Compare
Doesn't juxtapose
Equal and fair
2 in a Billion
Earth Mothers
By definition

Cognitive Emotional
Compassionate
The 3 types of Empathy
Available in totality
Felt them personally

Fable Fantasy
Parable Mythology
Dont have Women
Characters to compare
Not even on paper
Can you find
Lying if I am
I'll go blind

Luckiest I am
Benefited most
For Decades from Birth
Deeds from previous

Same place twice
Throw of the dice
Luck of the draw
Murphy's Law
Idioms for rarity
Evidence to the contrary

Emotion or Deed
Nothing in Return
Never Sought
Didn't care
What do you call these women
2 in a Billion

As a young girl
Made to do household work
Errands to run
Household to please
Told it was their duty
To make others lazy
Sent to school
For a few years
To read and write
Not for their use
But to be more useful
Married of in their teens
To a man never seen
Enter a family
Numbering many
Not even introduced properly
Start where they left off
Only the address differs
Work without pay
Continues till after hours
Servitude to the husband
His family in tow
One more joins the row
Told to assist in the chores
One dimension alone
Takes its toll
Period of time
Mother nature's indifference
Had children to raise
Not only theirs
But many in a joint family
New generation to serve
Third in a row
No reprieve offered
No task let go
Added on many more
Older members to serve
Husbands and family
To please
Children to nurture
Guests to be honoured
All treated in the same vein
Effort increased as did age
Born without time
But served it fine
Did not need a clock
As they had no agenda
Only time to look at the time
Was to ensure others were on time
Used as a ladder
All their life
All climbed and got off right
Everything for granted
Only life to focus
Nothing else mattered
How was everything in place and ready to take
Never asked the question once
Their fingerprints touched many lives
All for the better none worse
Older age nothing to celebrate
More to face
Doing it from birth
Burden never left a trace
When did they sleep
When did they rise
Are they well
Physical and Mental
Did they need help
One great lacking
Is their inability in asking
Second nature in giving
Did i learn nothing,?
Real living is living for others
Bruce Lee said
These women by example lead
Have seen two
How did they manage to do
What they do
One sided transaction
Only taken none given
None asked is their greatness
Did it even occur to me
To ask them the question
Did you have your meal
Food for hunger they provided
Food for thought
Their lives to be celebrated

The ringing of the bell
From the telephone
That is not in your home
From where the echo comes
Searching for it
Which doesn't exist
Eager to recieve and answer
Messages posted and delivered within your head

Eluded me this lifetime
Before during or past my prime
Everything changes with time
Constant this remains is my complaint
Brought forward fear from the earlier birth
During my childhood set forth
Ever present panic looming
Added by my convent schooling
Compounded the  panic
Movie watching with my father the only tonic
Misplaced ideas and goals
Turned my teenage into a drought
Reality elusive as for every dreamer
My dreams were unrealistic even as a dream
Sense of lacking
Permanently prevailing
Addiction filling the vacuum
Another decade made its way past
Leaving behind more indications of doom
Reason and logic
All sounding fantastic
Battle raged heart
World weary thought
Only asset to possess
No place probably left
In heart or thought
To rent or lease if not buy
The only thing elusive in life
Will i find it in my next try
The all pervading oneness
Which brings along with it the elusive Happiness